By Administrator_India Capital Sands India is turning from man to machines to improve the quality and speed of its economic data, which has been criticized as inadequate, delayed or even confusing due to sharp and unexpected revisions. The Ministry of Statistics is ramping up use of artificial intelligence for collecting, analyzing andContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India is expected to send 5,00,000 doses of Covishield vaccine to Sri Lanka on Thursday. It is learnt that the consignments are being sent to the island nation as a “gift” from India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a commitment to his Sri Lankan counterpartContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Air quality has been deteriorating across India amid falling temperatures and New Delhi recorded the worst air quality among Indian cities, followed by Kolkata, on January 27.Over the past months, the Air Quality Index (AQI) has fallen dangerously low in the northern regions of the country, especiallyContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The global diamond trade had spent years in the doldrums, only to be crippled by the pandemic when started looking up. Now, at last, business is booming again. Factories in the industry’s “engine room” of Surat are so desperate to boost production that the most-skilled cutters and polishersContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Facebook executives on Thursday fielded questions from an Indian parliamentary panel about changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy, days after the country’s technology ministry asked the messaging platform to withdraw them. The committee asked why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp’s privacy terms and how it will impact users, a panelContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Indian-origin Kamala Harris was on Wednesday sworn in as America’s first woman Vice President during a historic inauguration at the West Front of the Capitol. Harris, 56, the 49th US Vice President, will serve as the deputy of President Joe Biden, 78, who also took the oath ofContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India will start exporting COVID-19 vaccines from January 20, paving the way for many mid- and lower-income countries to get supplies of the easy-to-store Oxford/AstraZeneca drug, of which it plans to ship millions of doses within days. Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccineContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Gold steadied as investors awaited commentary from Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen on the dollar and stimulus when she testifies on Capitol Hill a day ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president. Yellen’s Senate confirmation hearing is likely to feature foreign-exchange policy, and will also serveContinue Reading
By administrator_India Capital sands Air quality has been deteriorating across India amid falling temperatures. Over the last three months, the Air Quality Index (AQI) has fallen dangerously low in the northern regions of the country, especially in New Delhi, where it is on the brink of an “emergency” level. While the AQIContinue Reading
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The share price of Bharti Airtel rose 5 percent in the morning trade on January 15, a day after MSCI Global Standard Indexes said it will raise the weightage of the telecom operator in the February 2021 quarterly review. National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL, on January 12 hadContinue Reading
