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Drug major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it has pledged $250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) in humanitarian aid to India to support relief activities amid the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country. The aid to India is part of the $1 million which the British-Swedish multinational has earmarked for relief initiatives across communities which have been hit hard...

Cipla has entered into a licensing agreement with American pharma company Eli Lilly to expand access to COVID-19 treatment in India. Under the agreement, Cipla has got royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing rights for manufacturing and commercialisation of the drug Baricitinib for Covid-19. "Cipla today announced it has signed a royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company, the...

Japan's second-biggest steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc will study the feasibility of forming a joint venture with its Indian partner JSW Steel to make and sell electromagnetic steel sheet used in transformers, it said on Friday. "Demand for electromagnetic steel sheet is expected to grow to reflect soaring demand for electric power in India," JFE President Koji Kakigi told a...

Information technology industry veteran Nandan M Nilekani has extended a helping hand to revamp the computer software relating to bed allocation for COVID-19 patients in the city, Bengaluru south MP Tejaswi Surya said on Wednesday. Surya, along with three BJP MLAs, on Tuesday raised issues of alleged irregularities and anomalies in the city's civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike...

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Aiming to foster the growth of innovation and entrepreneurship, the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata, organized its flagship event, the Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp 2021. Mr. Sourav Ganguly, current BCCI President, former Indian Cricket Team Captain and St. Xavier's alumnus, Mr. Manoj Kohli, Country Head SoftBank Group and Former MD & CEO of Bharti Airtel, Mr. Varun Sridhar, CEO of PayTM Money, Mr....

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or the "Company"; Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that the Fourth Digital China Summit was recently held in Fuzhou City, Fujian, and as the exclusive special contribution brand partner of the summit, the Company has participated in the event and hosted the Digital...

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, which has just completed 20 years of operations and never reported any annual losses, has reported a massive 33.2 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 1,330 crore for the year to March 2021 compared to that of Rs 999 crore in the previous year. However, for the quarter ended March, net income declined by...

Indian-American billionaire businessman Vinod Khosla pledged $10 million for the supply of medical oxygen to hospitals in India. This is in continuation with the Sun Microsystems co-founder's efforts to fund hospitals for oxygen supplies amid a surge in COVID cases in the country. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, he said there was a need to save lives as further delay may...

The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), which owns Taj group of hotels, is looking for a comprehensive turnaround when the COVID-19 impact tapers off. It has recorded highest number of new hotel signings and openings in the industry during FY 2020-21 - with 17 signings and seven new hotel openings. The company follows an asset-light growth strategy and targets to expand...