By Administrator_India Capital Sands Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for human trials, making it India’s first domestic candidate to get the green light from the government’s drug regulator as cases surge in a country with more than 1.3 billion people. The Drug Controller General of India has approved the company’s application to conduct […]
Month: June 2020
Higher Education University Rankings 2020: Capital University, Jharkhand ranks 64th, notches up from 68th position of last year
New Delhi : CapitalUniversity India has ranked 64th in the 2020 Higher Education University Rankings. Last year, CUJ was 68th and it has moved 04 notches up this year. It is second among-st the Indian Universities. THE’s 2020 University Rankings reveal the best universities under 50 years old, assessing them across teaching, research, international outlook and their work […]
Fashion masks a hit as Indonesians, Malaysians seek style in safety
By Administrator_India Capital Sands With no sign of the global coronavirus threat easing anytime soon, protective masks are fast becoming fashion accessories for Indonesians and Malaysians keen to add some style and humour to healthwear essentials. Bespoke masks are catching on in Indonesia, with customers ordering designs with their own faces printed on reusable neoprene […]
Amazon to build new facilities in Australia as online demand surges
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Retail giant Amazon Inc is expanding its Australian operations with plans to build a warehouse in Sydney and is also scouting locations for a giant facility in Melbourne, the Australian Financial Review reported on Thursday. An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment on ‘speculations or our future plans.’ In a separate stock […]
Gold Up on Back of Increasing COVID-19 Numbers
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Gold was up on Wednesday morning in Asia, with investor worries about rising numbers of COVID-19 cases globally and expectations of further stimulus measures giving the yellow metal a boost. The number of cases topped 9.2 million as of June 24, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Gold futures were up by […]
Global coronavirus cases top 9 million as outbreak surges in Brazil, India
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Global cases of the novel coronavirus surpassed 9 million on Monday, as Brazil and India grappled with a surge in infections, and the United States, China and other hard-hit countries reported new outbreaks. The first case was reported in China in early January and it took until mid-May to reach 4.5 […]
China likely lost at least 40 soldiers in border clash
By Administrator_India Capital Sands China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline on Sunday. China has not said anything about any losses in the hand-to-hand combat that took place in […]
Japan lifts coronavirus travel curbs to help economy bounce back
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Japan lifted all coronavirus-related curbs on domestic travel on Friday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling on people to go sightseeing or attend concerts and other events to help the nation’s economy bounce back from a pandemic recession. Japan began lifting its pandemic lockdown in May as coronavirus infections fell. The […]
Fitch cuts India’s outlook to ‘negative’
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Ratings agency Fitch cut its outlook for India to “negative” from “stable” on Thursday, saying that the coronavirus outbreak had an unfavourable impact on the economy. “The coronavirus pandemic has significantly weakened India’s growth outlook for this year and exposed the challenges associated with a high public-debt burden,” Fitch said in […]
India, China troops clash at Himalayan border, ‘casualties on both sides’
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India’s army said on Tuesday 20 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with Chinese troops at a disputed border site, in a major escalation of a weeks-long standoff between the two Asian giants in the western Himalayas. India’s army said on Tuesday 20 of its soldiers had been killed […]