By Administrator_India Capital Sands Search engine giant Google is celebrating its 23rd birthday on September 27. To mark the special day, Google unveiled a special birthday doodle on its homepage. The Google doodle features a two-tier cake with ’23’ written on the top. The L in Google has been substituted by a candle on the […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands Star Indian tennis player Sania Mirza won her first title of the season as she and her Chinese partner Shuai Zhang beat the pair of Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in the women’s doubles final of the Ostrava Open here on Sunday. The second seeded Indo-Chinese duo defeated the third seeded […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Government of India is planning to start at-home vaccination against COVID-19 for beneficiaries with special needs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on September 23. The door-to-door vaccination facility will be extended to people with disabilities and/ or special needs that may hamper their accessibility to even near-to-home COVID-19 vaccination […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands US President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States would return to the Iranian nuclear deal in “full” if Tehran does the same. He said the United States was “working” with China, France, Russia, Britain and Germany to “engage Iran diplomatically and to seek […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Indian equity benchmarks edged higher on Tuesday, defying the weak trend in global markets, paced by gains in information technology and FMCG heavyweights like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, HCL Technologies, Hindustan Unilever, ITC and Tech Mahindra. The Sensex rose as much as 288 points and Nifty 50 index moved […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands The secretary-general of the United Nations on Friday excoriated members for choosing a “catastrophic pathway” on climate change that is leading to a “massive loss of lives and livelihoods.” Antonio Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister who’s led the UN since 2017, responded to new estimates showing just how far behind countries are […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India’s farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, which is seeking to ensure food security in the world’s second-most populous nation, […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Delhi on September 16. While the alert is for moderate rain, heavy rain is also expected at isolated places. An orange alert is issued as a warning for extremely bad weather with the potential of disruption in commute with road and drain closures and interruption […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands Oil prices climbed on Wednesday after industry data showed a larger than expected drawdown in crude oil stocks in the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer, and on expectations that demand will recover as vaccine roll-outs widen. Brent crude oil rose 39 cents, or 0.5%, to $73.99 a barrel by 0133 […]
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By Administrator_India Capital Sands Paytm Payments Bank on Monday said it has launched the country’s first FASTag-based Metro parking facility, in partnership with the Delhi MetroRail Corporation (DMRC). “As an acquiring bank for the parking facility at the Kashmere Gate station, Paytm Payments Bank will facilitate the processing of all FASTag-based transactions for cars having a valid FASTag sticker, thus eliminating […]
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