Новости за 26.07.2021

(MENAFN - NewsBytes) Bengaluru-based eyewear retail start-up Lenskart is now valued at $2.5 billion, following a fresh $220 million investment led by Temasek and Falcon Edge Capital. The start-up has raised a total of $315 million in this round,...

(MENAFN - NewsBytes) Shares of food delivery giant Zomato Friday made a stellar debut on stock markets as the company created history by becoming the first Indian unicorn to go public. Its shares were listed at Rs. 115 apiece on the Bombay Stock Exchange...

(MENAFN - NewsBytes) In a major blow to major Indian telecom players, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected the applications by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Tata Teleservices, seeking corrections in the calculation of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR)...

(MENAFN - NewsBytes) Rural India is witnessing a spike in the weekly unemployment rate, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). While there has been an increase in both urban and rural weekly unemployment rates, the rural...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Coronavirus infections in the UK have fallen for the sixth consecutive day, with 24,950 lab-confirmed cases reported. It is the lowest daily figure in more than three weeks. Hospital admission and occupancy rates – which tend to...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Equatorial Guinea will close its diplomatic mission in London, the country’s foreign minister said yesterday, after Britain last week sanctioned the son of its president for misappropriating millions of dollars. –The first...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Malaysia’s government will not extend a controversial coronavirus state of emergency beyond August 1, a minister said yesterday, as parliament convened after a months-long suspension that sparked widespread anger. The king in January...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with terrorism-related crimes, police said yesterday, following his arrest while preparing for a meeting to discuss proposals for a new...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Hundreds of junior doctors at state-run Malaysian hospitals staged walkouts yesterday demanding better conditions as the country faces its worst coronavirus outbreak yet.  Dressed in black and holding signs with slogans...

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Reuters/Jakarta Muhammad Ihsan gratefully lugs an oxygen cylinder into a small office in Jakarta’s outskirts, lining the breathing equipment up with scores of others against a wall.  Ihsan has taken advantage of a new...