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Indian economy: After ‘bottoming out’, it can only improve, says Suisse

Mumbai: International investment banker, financial services firm and wealth manager Credit Suisse has indicated that the Indian economy may have left behind its worst phase in many quarters, from where it can only rise and recover the lost ground. After years of downgrades to India’s medium-term growth outlook, the estimates are likely to be upgraded […]

Job market: 40% Indian professionals see better prospects in 2021

New Delhi: Around 40 percent of Indian professionals hope that 2021 will be better for them as they expect an increase in the number of new jobs. According to the yearend survey and platform data released by LinkedIn, the American business and employment-oriented online service, India has remained cautiously optimistic and resilient in the face […]

Diwali celebrations: Hindu-Americans donate 294,000 pounds of food

Mukund Patel Chicago: A month after Diwali, it has emerged that the Hindu-Americans donated nearly 294,000 pounds of food items to the needy people to mark the Festival of Lights in the USA. During the season of giving, nearly 180 organizations and individuals collected food for 199 pantries across 26 states and 225 townships in […]

Economy: ‘GDP to grow at 11+ percent in FY22’, says Chandrasekaran

New Delhi: Painting an optimistic picture, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran has said the Indian economy is likely to grow at over 11 percent in the 2021-22 financial year. The economy has rebounded spectacularly after the initial loss of production due to the global pandemic of Covid-19 this year, he said at the FICCI’s annual […]

Covid-19: Four volunteers of Pfizer’s vaccine develop facial paralysis

New Delhi: The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has revealed that four volunteers for the Covid-19 experimental vaccine developed by global pharmaceutical major Pfizer, Inc. have developed Bell’s Palsy, after receiving the vaccine shots. Bell’s Palsy is a medical condition that causes a temporary paralysis of the facial muscles when the nerves controlling […]

Covid19@1: Stigmatized Wuhan market remains deserted

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, remains deserted even a year after the first cases of a mysterious disease, then identified as a new ‘pneumonia’ or ‘influenza’, began to be reported. By December 31, 2019, at least four cases of the disease, later named Covid-19, had been reported from […]

Make-in-India: Walmart to triple exports to $10 bn by 2027

New Delhi: Walmart Inc., on Thursday, gave a massive boost to the country’s initiative for an Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) by announcing that it would triple exports of India-made goods to USD 10 billion per annum by 2027. The US-based multinational company said the move will help expand the global reach of goods from the […]

Roving Periscope: Turkey loves to hate EU!

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: No country appears as split against itself as Turkey. Its overambitious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just accused the European Union (EU) of “never acting honestly” towards Ankara which, he claimed, is not concerned by any economic sanctions the Union might impose on it. But his own Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu […]

Global Indians: Grandson of poor Kannada farmer, Dr Murthy back as the USA’ S-G

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Well-known Indian-American physician Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy is returning as the Surgeon-General of the United States after his appointment by President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday. He had served in the same capacity under the then US President, Barack Obama (2014-17). The 43-year-old Dr. Murthy, a former Vice Admiral in the Public […]

New Frontiers: US deals with aliens; Trump knows it, says Israeli ex-space security chief

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a startling claim, a former Israeli space security chief has disclosed that extra-terrestrials not only exist, but the US has also in fact been dealing with them for years, and that US President Donald Trump is aware of this. Haim Eshed, the 87-year-old former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space […]
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