Govt bans on-board meals in flights as Covid-19 cases riseThe Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday that airlines are not allowed to serve meals on flights that have a duration of less than two hours in the wake of a spike in coronavirus cases in India.The ban will come into effect from April 15, the ministry said in its latest order. However, there are no curbs on inflight meals on international flights as of now.Poonawalla-led Rising Sun's acquisition of stake in Magma Fincorp gets CCI n...

Renowned economist and Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee has trashed the ideology that calls for lesser or limited government interventions towards uplifting the poor; Amazon India announced the launch of its 'Mentor Connect' programme on April 11, aimed at accelerating the growth of start-ups and emerging brand owners enrolled under its Amazon Launchpad initiative; Indian IT major Infosys will consider a share buyback plan in its board meeting scheduled on April 14 and is expected to hold board meetings on April 13 and 14 to approve and take on record financial results for the quarter and fiscal ended March 31, 2021. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: 3rd COVID-19 vaccine in India? Expert panel to decide on Russia's Sputnik V

India bans Remdesivir exports till COVID surge abates India has banned the export of Remdesivir injection and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) used for making the coronavirus medication till the recent surge in COVID-19 cases subsides. India has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases with the second wave of the pandemic. As of Sunday, the number of active cases stood at 11.08 lakh. This has led to a sudden spike in demand for Injection Remdesivir used in treatment of COVID patient...

The top US diplomat's sharp words underscored criticism from other members of the Biden administration over Beijing's lack of transparency in the crucial early days of the pandemic

The international community should work together to resist 'vaccine nationalism,' strengthen cooperation and policy coordination to fight against COVID-19, and improve the accessibility and affordability of vaccines in developing countries in a meaningful way, Yi Gang, Governor of the People's Bank of China said

The Philippines suspended the use of AstraZeneca shots for people under age 60 after Europe's regulator said on Wednesday it found rare cases of blood clots among some adult recipients, although it still believes that the vaccine's benefits outweighed its risks

While the volume gains in January-March are attributable to low base of March 2020, there has also been a sequential recovery in demand across sectors.

Citing data from RBI, CMIE said household financial savings in India shot up to 21 per cent of GDP in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020-21 after averaging 7.2 per cent in 2018-19.

Stock Market News Update Today: Top Sensex losers were PowerGrid, Ultratech Cement, Axis Bank, and IndusInd Bank falling up to 2%. Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, HUL shares were the top Sensex gainers rising up to 4%

The second phase will begin from Wednesday, April 7. The 800,000 doses of the China manufactured vaccine - Vero Cell- against COVID-19 infection will be administered to the frontline workers as well as those involved in trans-Himalayan trade activities

Stock Market News Update Today: Out of 30 stocks on BSE, 25 ended in red, with Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv emerging as top losers, dropping between 4-6 per cent

Tesla's Shanghai factory started production of the Model Y late last year in the key market where it already produces Model 3 sedans. In February, Tesla's China sales jumped 18% from the previous month even as demand usually falls during China's Lunar New Year holidays

Volkswagen to rename US operations as 'Voltswagen'; inflation uncomfortably high in India, says Moody's Analytics; data withheld from team probing COVID-19 origins in China, says WHO chief. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: India's middle class shrinks by 32 million due to Covid-19: Pew Research

WHO's expert team report says further studies are needed to know how virus spread to humans

'Life not always fair; I sleep with clear conscience,' says Cyrus Mistry after SC verdictFormer Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry spoke up on the Supreme Court's judgment in the long-drawn fight against Tata Sons. The apex court had stated that the company was well within its rights to oust Mistry. Mistry in a statement said that he is personally disappointed by the verdict. He added that he, however, sleeps with a clear conscience. Calling the setback another step in his and his family's evol...

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments to the agency's member states as a WHO-led team that spent four weeks in and around Wuhan, China, in January and February released its final report to the public

The idea of such a treaty, which would ensure universal and equitable access to vaccines, medicines and diagnostics for pandemics, was floated by the chairman of European Union leaders Charles Michel at a G20 summit last November

Traffic in Suez Canal resumes as stranded massive ship set freeShipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed on Monday after a giant container ship which had been blocking the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated, the canal authority said. The 400-metre (430-yard) long Ever Given became jammed diagonally across a southern section of the canal in high winds early last Tuesday, halting traffic on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia. Approximately 30,000 cubic metr...

COVID-19 vaccination in Delhi: Around 11.97 lakh doses were administered in the national capital as of March 30, i.e., Monday

After a slow start, India is picking up the pace of its immunisation campaign as it tries to head off a new surge in infections that has brought the highest tallies of daily cases and deaths in months