By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stocks rose to a fresh seven-week high on Thursday, lifted by encouraging early results from a COVID-19 treatment trial, though bonds and currencies held cautious ranges ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later in the day. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, said Gilead’s antiviral remdesivir will […]
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India’s Serum Institute to make millions of potential coronavirus vaccine doses
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Serum Institute of India said on Tuesday it plans this year to produce up to 60 million doses of a potential vaccine against the new coronavirus that is under clinical trial in Britain. Serum, the world’s largest maker of vaccines by volume, is mass-producing the vaccine candidate developed by the […]
Gold slips as lockdown easing plans lift risk appetite
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Gold fell on Tuesday as risk appetite was boosted by plans of some countries to ease coronavirus curbs in a phased manner, but prices held above the key $1,700 per ounce level amid hopes for more stimulus to cushion the fallout from the pandemic. *Spot gold eased 0.7% to $1,702.09 per […]
Modi urges citizens to follow lockdown as coronavirus spreads
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to comply with a nationwide lockdown and social distancing measures on Sunday, a day after some of the world’s toughest restrictions were eased slightly while cases of COVID-19 continued to mount. In a radio address, Modi said the country was in the midst of a […]
Coronavirus stockpiling drives best Nestle sales growth in years
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Swiss food giant Nestle reported its best quarterly sales growth in nearly five years on Friday as consumers stockpiled everything from Purina pet food to Nescafe coffee to frozen meals to prepare for coronavirus lockdowns. Sales in North America and Europe were particularly strong in March, helping to drive an overall […]
Saudi G20 presidency urges more donations to fund pandemic response
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Saudi presidency of the Group of 20 major economies on Thursday called for further immediate donations to fund the emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic and develop needed vaccines. The G20 secretariat said $1.9 billion had been donated by countries, philanthropic organizations and the private sector toward an $8 billion […]
South Asia coronavirus cases top 37,000, headache for governments eyeing lockdown end
By Administrator_India Capital Sands South Asia’s coronavirus infections have crossed 37,000, with more than half in India, official data showed on Thursday, complicating the task of governments looking to scale back lockdowns that have destroyed the livelihoods of millions. Authorities in India sought this week to ease a stringent 40-day lockdown of the population of […]
India battles supply snags in race to build affordable ventilators
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Indian medical device makers, racing to churn out ventilators as domestic COVID-19 cases spike, have been beset by supply bottlenecks, cost overruns and labour shortages that are delaying their efforts to produce an affordable device. Ventilators help patients breathe and are seen as critical given severe COVID-19 can lead to pneumonia […]
Facebook invests $5.7 billion in Reliance Jio
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Facebook Inc announced a $5.7 billion investment in Reliance Industries Ltd’s telecom unit on Wednesday, making it the largest minority shareholder in Jio Platforms Limited. The social media giant said it would focus on collaborating its messaging platform WhatsApp with Reliance’s e-commerce venture JioMart to enable people to connect with small […]
India restarts factories, farming in rural areas even as coronavirus cases rise
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Some shops and businesses opened in rural India on Monday as part of a staggered exit from a weeks-long lockdown that has left millions out of work and short of food, while coronavirus infections rose by more than 1,500 over the previous day. India’s 1.3 billion population has been under one […]