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Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy with the National Company Law Tribunal, blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney-manufactured engines for the grounding of about half of its fleet, costing the airline 108 billion rupees ($1.32 billion) in lost revenues.
2023-05-2

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces a $35.14 billion package to stimulate the economy by boosting jobs, consumer demand, manufacturing, agriculture and exports hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. She said the package includes 9 billion rupees ($121 million) for development of a vaccine by the government’s biotechnology department.
2020-11-12

Vodafone acquires Liberty Global's European operations, including German cable operator Unitymedia, for €18.4 billion.
2018-05-9

An initial report on a collision between container ships MV "Tolten" and MV " Hamburg Bay" near Karachi, Pakistan, that caused millions of rupees in damage and lost cargo last month suggests errors by MV "Tolten"s captain caused the collision and better tug provision by Karachi Port would have prevented it.
2018-04-16

Vodafone Group Plc announces criminals accessed customer account details, including phone numbers and some bank details. The British multinational telecommunications company of over 400 million subscribers says it is contacting about 1,800 affected customers. This is the second recent hacking of a U.K. phone carrier. Last week, TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc said its systems had been attacked.
2015-10-31

Vodafone reveals that the governments of six countries have a permanent link to monitor communications throughout Vodafone's networks.
2014-06-6

The Indian rupee hits new record low against the US dollar. The rupee fell to 62.85 rupees against the dollar.
2013-08-17

The bollywood movie "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" grosses Rs 19.45 crores on opening day in India, the highest figure obtained in 2013 thus far.
2013-06-1

According to a parliamentary answer by the ministry of health, the value of a life lost during a clinical trial is 2.2 lakh rupees ($ 4,000) in India in 2011. This number is the average compensation paid for deaths during clinical trials. No rules governing compensations for clinical trial-related injury or death have been approved by the Parliament of India yet. [http:--old.irna.ir-News-General-Value-of-life-only-rs-2-2-lakh-in-India,-report-80316807 (IRNA)]date=August 2019
2012-09-10

Mobile phone firm Vodafone says the Egyptian authorities have hijacked its network to send unattributed text messages supporting the government.
2011-02-3