Infosys' Rs 9,200 cr share buyback to open on June 25

Infosys’ Rs 9,200 cr share buyback to open on June 25

NEW DELHI: ‘ up to Rs 9,200 crore buyback plan is scheduled to commence from June 25, wherein the IT major has proposed to buy back shares at a maximum price of Rs 1,750 apiece. The Board approval for the buyback was granted on April 14, 2021, and the shareholders’ nod was received on June 19, 2021, at the company’s 40th annual general meeting. The Bengaluru-based company has issued a public…

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European Union says UEFA has no ‘excuse’ for blocking rainbow protest

European Union says UEFA has no ‘excuse’ for blocking rainbow protest

A top European Union official said he can’t find “any reasonable excuse” for UEFA to reject host city Munich’s plans to display rainbow colors during a match between Germany and Hungary at the European Championship. UEFA said it understood the city’s intention to send a message to promote diversity and inclusion but stressed that it was “a politically and religiously neutral organization” after…

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Homeless people barred from registering for Covid vaccination? Health Ministry responds

Homeless people barred from registering for Covid vaccination? Health Ministry responds

Image Source : PTI/FILE IMAGE Homeless people barred from registering for Covid vaccination? Health Ministry responds A number of reports have claimed that homeless people were “barred and conspicuously left out” from registering for COVID-19 vaccination due to unavailability of technical requirements. They further stated that the “requirement to register digitally”, “knowledge of English and…

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Bodoland Lottery Result Today Get To Know The Lottery Results Today Winners 23 June 2021, Know The Full List And Price Details

Bodoland Lottery Result Today Get To Know The Lottery Results Today Winners 23 June 2021, Know The Full List And Price Details

Bodoland Lottery Results Today, 23 June 2021: Bodoland lottery results. First prize winner to get Rs 1,00,000 as winning prize money. Assam Bodoland Lottery Department  will announce their result at 3 pm today. The participants can check their results on the official website – bodollotteries.com The winner of the Bodoland state lottery will get an award of Rs 1,00,000. The second prize winner…

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Bid to Form Opposition Front Without Cong Will Help BJP: Nana Patole

Bid to Form Opposition Front Without Cong Will Help BJP: Nana Patole

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday said any attempt to form an ‘anti-BJP front’ without his party will indirectly help the BJP. Talking to reporters at Faizpur in Jalgaon district, he also said elections were three years away and COVID-19 management was the priority of his party. Amid speculations about formation of an ‘anti-BJP front’, Patole said such a front was not…

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Previous governments did not curb terrorist financing and money laundering: Pakistan FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Previous governments did not curb terrorist financing and money laundering: Pakistan FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi

With the FATF set to discuss a report on the progress made by Pakistan on the implementation of a 27-point action plan this week, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has alleged that previous governments did not take steps to curb money laundering and terrorist financing in the country. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018 and asked…

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Singapore Reduces Stay-home Notice for Travellers from Higher-risk Countries, Including India

Singapore Reduces Stay-home Notice for Travellers from Higher-risk Countries, Including India

Singapore has shortened the stay-home notice period for new travellers arriving in the city-state from higher-risk countries, including India, or regions from 21 to 14 days from Thursday, the health ministry said on Wednesday. This is “based on updated evidence gathered over the past month”, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. These travellers will be required to test themselves regularly with…

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Study suggests exposure to nature during COVID-19 lockdown beneficial for mental health

Study suggests exposure to nature during COVID-19 lockdown beneficial for mental health

Washington: A new study has found that exposure to natural spaces during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 was beneficial for the mental health of Spanish and Portuguese citizens. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Environment International’.The study was carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona…

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Centre further liberalises guidelines for Other Service Providers - Times of India

Centre further liberalises guidelines for Other Service Providers – Times of India

NEW DELHI: To make India a favourable destination for expansion of voice-related Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the Centre on Wednesday liberalised the guidelines for Other Service Providers (OSPs), removing the distinction between domestic and international OSP. Informing media about the move, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad said the BPO centre…

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Ramdev moves Supreme Court against multiple FIRs over his allopathy remarks- The New Indian Express

Ramdev moves Supreme Court against multiple FIRs over his allopathy remarks- The New Indian Express

By PTI NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the proceedings in multiple cases lodged against him in various states over his alleged remarks on the efficacy of allopathy in the treatment of COVID-19. Ramdev has sought protection from coercive actions in FIRs lodged by Indian Medical Associations’ (IMA) Patna and Raipur branches, and transfer of…

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Apple says allowing users to download apps directly onto their iPhones without having to use the App Store would harm customers by damaging privacy and security (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)

Apple says allowing users to download apps directly onto their iPhones without having to use the App Store would harm customers by damaging privacy and security (Tim Higgins/Wall Street Journal)

Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: Apple says allowing users to download apps directly onto their iPhones without having to use the App Store would harm customers by damaging privacy and security  —  Company says allowing users to download software onto their iPhones without using the App Store jeopardizes protections Source link

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Cabinet approves allocation of additional foodgrain to NFSA beneficiaries

Cabinet approves allocation of additional foodgrain to NFSA beneficiaries

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday has approved allocation of additional foodgrain under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (Phase IV) for another period of five months from July to November. Under this scheme, 5 kg per person per month free of cost ration is provided to maximum 81.35 crore beneficiaries — roughly two-thirds of India’s population. These 81.35 crore beneficiaries are those covered…

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China's Vaccine Diplomacy In Question As Countries Using Sinopharm, Sinovac Jabs Witness Surge In Covid Cases

China’s Vaccine Diplomacy In Question As Countries Using Sinopharm, Sinovac Jabs Witness Surge In Covid Cases

Washington: Several nations, including Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain, which had relied on the Chinese Covid-19 vaccines to combat the pandemic and bring back normalcy, are now battling a surge in infections. The examples from several countries suggest the Chinese vaccines may not be very effective at preventing the spread of the virus, particularly the new variants, The New York Times (NYT)…

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Bid to form opposition front without Congress will help BJP: Nana Patole

Bid to form opposition front without Congress will help BJP: Nana Patole

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday said any attempt to form an ‘anti-BJP front’ without his party will indirectly help the BJP. Talking to reporters at Faizpur in Jalgaon district, he also said elections were three years away and COVID-19 management was the priority of his party. Amid speculations about formation of an ‘anti-BJP front’, Patole said such a front was not…

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Rape Accused Gets Bail Based On Peter Pan Syndrome - Learn What It Is?

Rape Accused Gets Bail Based On Peter Pan Syndrome – Learn What It Is?

On Monday, the Bombay High Court granted bail to a 23-year-old rape accused. He was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. The grounds of bail in the court became the psychological condition of the accused – he was suffering from the ‘Peter Pan Syndrome.’ What is the Peter Pan Syndrome? Peter Pan Syndrome is a psychological condition used to describe an adult. This syndrome is found…

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Is Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines effective against Delta plus variants?

Is Covishield, Covaxin, Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines effective against Delta plus variants?

Will Delta Plus be more transmissible? Delta plus has addl mutant K417N, that converts Delta (B.1.617.2) to Delta plus. There are speculations that this mutant is more contagious and it’s 35-60% more infectious compared to alpha variant. However, you need not be worry. In India, the numbers are still very low. It is still a variant of interest and not a variant of concern yet, as the number of…

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Mahesh Babu's nephew Ashok Galla makes his acting debut with Hero; watch teaser here

Mahesh Babu’s nephew Ashok Galla makes his acting debut with Hero; watch teaser here

Image Source : YT/AMARA RAJA MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Mahesh Babu’s nephew Ashok Galla makes his acting debut with Hero; watch teaser here Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s nephew Ashok Galla is all set to make his acting debut with a film titled Hero. Ashok has acting running in his genes. He is the grandson of veteran actor Krishna. Ashoka’s parents are Padmavathi (Mahesh Babu’s sister) and…

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