New Delhi, July 26 — A new study has found that ivermectin, a medicine traditionally used to treat tropical diseases, can help reduce malaria infections by 26%. The findings give fresh hope in the fight against malaria, especially as mosquitoes grow resistant to common insecticides. Ivermectin is already used to treat diseases like onchocerciasis (river…
New Delhi, July 26 — Vaccines have saved over 2.5 million lives around the world by preventing deaths from Covid-19, according to a new global study. The research was led by scientists from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy. It found that one death was prevented for every 5,400 Covid vaccine doses…
New Delhi, July 26 — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that India’s trade talks with the United States are going well. This comes just days before US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on specific countries are set to begin on August 1. Speaking at a book release event in New Delhi, FM Sitharaman…
London, July 26 — Ashish Kumar Chauhan, the Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), said it was a great honour to witness the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the United Kingdom. The agreement was signed on July 24, 2025, in the presence of India’s Prime Minister…
Mumbai, July 26 — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has increased its raids on locations linked to Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group (RAAGA Companies). The raids happened in Mumbai and Delhi, where officers collected many documents, hard drives, and digital records. These raids are part of a bigger investigation into a money laundering case connected to the…
Mumbai, July 26 — Zen Technologies has reported a big drop in its profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 (Q1 FY26). The company made a net profit of ₹53 crore during this time, which is 53% lower than the ₹113 crore profit it made in the previous quarter (Q4 FY25). It is also…
India’s High Commissioner to Maldives, G. Balasubramanian, said ties between India and Maldives are strong and not affected by any third country. He spoke ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit starting Friday, marking his third visit to the Maldives. PM Modi will be the first head of state to visit Maldives since President…
Walking just 7,000 steps each day can lower the risk of many serious diseases like cancer, diabetes, depression, dementia, and even death, a new study published in The Lancet Public Health on Thursday found. The large review included data from over 160,000 adults across 57 studies. It showed that walking around 7,000 steps daily helped…
India’s banking sector is expected to see a turnaround by the third quarter (Q3) of FY26, with net interest margins (NIMs) stabilising and earnings recovering, according to a report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services on Thursday. This positive outlook is due to easing funding costs, a planned cut in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), and…
High-level trade talks between South Korea and the US, planned for this week, have been postponed due to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s urgent schedule, South Korea’s finance ministry said on Thursday. The ‘2+2’ dialogue was set for Friday in Washington and would have included South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and Trade Minister Yeo…
