New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) HFCL Limited on Monday announced it has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a global community of mobile network operators, vendors, research and academic institutions operating in the Radio Access Network (RAN) industry. As an O-RAN Alliance member, HFCL would focus on contributing to standards that ensure a true open and multi-vendor [...]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), an autonomous body under the Department of Biotechnology, and Panacea Biotec are developing a vaccine that would offer "broad protection" against SARS-CoV-2 variants and other betacoronaviruses, with financial support from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). "CEPI will provide funding of up [...]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) The endeavours under the government's flagship Skill India mission need to be integrated with education to ensure that students can easily access the skill ecosystem, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday. He was addressing a post-Budget webinar on fostering strong Industry-Skill Linkage. “We need to build on what we [...]
Colombo, Feb 21 (PTI) Sri Lanka on Monday shipped out to the UK the last 45 containers containing hazardous garbage, including clinical waste, used cushions and mattresses, that arrived from Britain, according to media reports.The containers were part of 263 containers imported to Sri Lanka in 2019. A local company said that the waste had [...]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) Lenders of Sintex Industries will approach the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to seek an extension of time for the completion of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) and select a bidder for the debt-ridden textiles maker. The Committee of Creditors (CoC) in a meeting held on Monday "discussed and [...]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday emphasised that trust and confidence in the financial markets are critical to gain traction among investors. During an interaction with leaders of the financial and capital markets here, Sitharaman also asked them to explore ways to further strengthen the sector, according to an official [...]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) Hero MotoCorp on Monday said it has created a new position, titled Chief Growth Officer, integrating the marketing, sales and after-sales functions and has appointed Ranjivjit Singh to the post with immediate effect. Singh, who has been heading the marketing function at the two- wheeler major, is being elevated to [...]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (PTI) V-Ensure Pharma Technologies, which is into contract drug manufacturing, has raised Rs 130-crore (USD 17.5 million) from global alternative investment firm Investcorp and Asia-based private investment firm Tanas Capital. For Investcorp this is the third healthcare investment in the country and its first in the pharmaceutical sector, the firm said in [...]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) Subscribers of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) are eligible for LIC initial public offering at a discount, Chairman of insurance company M R Kumar said on Monday. "PMJJBY is part of that and reservation will be there (for the policyholders)," Kumar said in an interaction with the media. [...]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) India on Monday called upon global investors at the ongoing Dubai Expo to invest in the country's agriculture supply chain while highlighting the export potential of organic products. Addressing a seminar on the opportunities and export potential that Indian agriculture offers, P K Swain, additional [...]
