Day: May 5, 2021

Franchises and stakeholders of the Indian Premier League on Tuesday hailed the BCCI’s decision to suspend the tournament indefinitely, insisting that cricket can wait while the country fights an unprecedented COVID-19 crisis.

Tata Steel on Tuesday said it has further increased its daily oxygen supply limit to over 1,000 tonne for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

A total of 19 companies have filed applications under the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware, including Dell, Rising Stars Hi-Tech (Foxconn) and Lava.

Wipro Limited, a leading information technology, consulting and business process services company, on Tuesday announced the setting up of an Innovation Centre in Holborn, London.

Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco said on Tuesday that its net profit increased by 30 per cent in the Q1 of 2021, due to higher oil prices and an improved economic environment amid the pandemic.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has permitted telecom service providers (TSPs), including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea, and MTNL, to conduct 5G trials.

DMK president and Chief Minister-designate M K Stalin today met Tamilnadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit and staked his claim to form the next government.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee took oath as Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time today.

A whopping 3,780 people succumbed to coronavirus in India in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative death toll to 2,26,188. This is the highest-ever single day tally so far.

The Reserve Bank of India today announced a targeted on-tap liquidity window of Rs 50,000 crore to set up Covid-related healthcare infrastructure to counter the devastating coronavirus surge gripping the country.