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[ad_1] New Delhi: Omnichannel eyewear unicorn Lenskart has signed a definitive agreement with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) to raise $500 million from the authority. The investment is an extension to last year’s funding round, helping Lenskart maintain its $4.5 billion valuation. The company said that the capital will be deployed to deepen its presence…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Retail inflation in India remained above RBI’s 6 per cent upper tolerance band for the second straight month in February 2023, with the Consumer Price Index pegged at 6.44 per cent, government data released on Monday showed. The retail inflation in rural and urban India was 6.72 per cent and 6.1 per…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a relatively young institution and presents a lively reflection of the cultural unity of India, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday. Addressing the sixth convocation of the university, Murmu noted that the number of women research scholars has outnumbered men at the institute this time, terming it…
[ad_1] New Delhi: India’s handling of COVID-19 was an example to the world of how the country utilised its digital resources to roll out vaccines for a large population and successfully controlled the disease at home while helping other nations, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Friday. Dhankhar, who inaugurated the “International Symposium on Health…
[ad_1] New Delhi; Congress on Thursday alleged that farm laws, which were withdrawn by the Centre in 2021, were brought in to give benefits to the Adani group. Jairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary, who has started a series of questions, said “It’s related to the hard work the government has put into handing over India’s…
[ad_1] Karnal: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has accused the British rulers of ruining India’s education system and said “70 percent” of the population was literate before they dominated the country. Bhagwat addressed a gathering here on Sunday after inaugurating a multi-specialty hospital at the Aatam Manohar Jain Aradhana Mandir complex. “…Before British rulers dominated this…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday released a book titled “India’s Vaccine Growth Story – From Cowpox to Vaccine Maitri” at the World Book Fair here at Pragati Maidan. The book authored by Sajjan Singh Yadav, Additional Secretary, Union Finance Ministry, elaborates on India’s achievement in developing, producing and distributing Covid-19…
[ad_1] New Delhi: As 5G roll-out picks up speed, the median download speeds across India increased by a massive 115 per cent since the launch of 5G on October 1 last year, a report showed on Wednesday. The median download speed increased from 13.87 Mbps in September to 29.85 Mbps in January 2023, according to…
[ad_1] Chennai: Global credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday raised India’s economic growth projections as well as several economies like the US, Russia, Euro area, China and others. In all cases, strong data in the second half of 2022 created large carry-over effects for 2023, Moody’s said. It has projected India’s growth at…
[ad_1] New Delhi/Chennai: India’s economic growth fell, for the second consecutive quarter, to 4.4 per cent in October-December period of the current financial year, owing to weak demand and high inflation, as per data released by the Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry on Tuesday. Reacting to the numbers, CARE Ratings Chief Economist Rajani Sinha told…