The Indian envoy in the US is having an intense engagement with the CEOs of top American companies, particularly from the pharma sector, to help India get the necessary medical equipment and drugs to successfully combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spoke today afternoon with Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha on their support in India's fight against the pandemic including through supply of ventilators along with other partners, India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu tweeted after the meeting on Wednesday.

India’s biggest bank is caught between Larry Fink and Narendra Modi.

State Bank of India needs to finance coal projects to meet the Indian leader’s push to electrify more homes, yet it wants to back renewable projects to appease investors like BlackRock Inc. For now it’s doing a bit of both.

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Reliance Industries has said that it will continue to provide salaries for five years to the nominee of employees who succumbed to the disease.

In a statement, Reliance further said that under the 'Reliance Family Support and Welfare Scheme', it would fully fund tuition fees, hostel accommodation and books of all the children of the employee, up to bachelors degree at any institute in India.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused the Central government of hiding the actual coronavirus death figures, even as he urged people to raise their voice for universal free vaccination.

GOI is hiding actual Covid deaths, he said in a tweet, tagging a media report that conducted a survey on who people thought were responsible for coronavirus deaths.

Prices for 22 carat gold on Thursday jumped to Rs 48,230 for 10 gm from Rs 46,900 and silver was at Rs 71,900 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery price varies across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making changes.

IT company Wipro on Wednesday said it has sold its entire stake in Denim Group for a consideration of USD 22.42 million (about Rs 160 crore).

In March 2018, Wipro acquired a 33.33 per cent stake in Denim Group Ltd and Denim Group Management, LLC, an independent application security firm, for a consideration of USD 8.83 million, Wipro said in a regulatory filing.

The paediatric trials for the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Bharat Biotech, Covaxin has started at Patna`s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Covaxin received the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) nod to conduct clinical trials in children on May 11.

Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog had earlier said, Covaxin has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), for Phase II/III clinical trials in the age group of 2 to 18 years.

The government on Tuesday cautioned that even though the coronavirus infection has not taken a serious shape among children till now, its impact can increase among them if there is a change in virus behaviour or epidemiology dynamics, and said preparations are on to deal with any such situation.

We reassure you that the needs of the paediatric population will be arranged and no gaps will be left, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said, adding we will do an audit of what is required and would be required in the worst-case scenario and be put into action.

In good news for international travellers, the Netherlands on Tuesday (June 1) lifted the ban on passenger flights from India. The ban was imposed on April 26 amid the rising COVID-19 cases in India.

As per the Dutch Government ban on passenger flights from India that had come into force on April 26, 2021, has been lifted w.e.f 01 June 2021, the India embassy here tweeted.

Shares of Gujarat Gas Company surged 7 per cent to Rs 576.60 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Wednesday after the company reported a strong set of numbers for the quarter ended March (Q4FY21). The stock of the integrated oil & gas firm was trading close to its 52-week high level of Rs 580, touched on April 9, 2021.

In Q4FY21, the company’s revenue increased 28.6 per cent year on year to Rs 3,429 crore as sales volume jumped 22 per cent YoY to 12.1 mmscmd.

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