Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India on December 6 when he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold their first in-person India-Russia summit in two years. “The leaders will review the state and prospects of bilateral relations...
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1st Dec 2021 | Updated at 04:48pm 1st Dec 2021
Veganism is most definitely the future
Satvinder Bains is on a mission - to make a positive impact on the environment and animal welfare, one curry at a time. Vegetarian for more than 20 years and a competent plant-based cook Satvinder oversees the recipe development side of the...
8-year-old girl bags a pivotal role in Akshay Kumar’s next
8-year-old Seher Bhowmick doesn’t speak Hindi but is fluent in Bangla and English. Seher, who is fond of gymnastics, ice skating, judo and acting, is a student of Jupiter Community School, Hemel Hempstead.
Mamata calls on PM Modi, raises BSF jurisdiction issue
New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, at her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi last week, raised a host of Centre-state administrative and political issues and also invited him to inaugurate next year’s Bengal...
Karnataka seeks nod to administer booster dose
In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Karnataka government has requested the Centre to allow the state to administer the booster dose of vaccine to prevent the third wave, state revenue minister R Ashok said. After the high-level meeting chaired...
Parag Agrawal, latest to join long list of Indian-origin CEOs
- 01 Dec 2021
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has named IIT Bombay and Stanford University alumnus Parag Agrawal as his successor. At 37 years old, Parag Agrawal is the youngest tech executive to join the group of prominent Indian-origin CEOs in the US. He attended...
Uganda loses key airport to Chinese lenders
- 01 Dec 2021
Kampala: The Ugandan government has lost its major airport to China for failing to repay a loan, the African media reported. The government failed to reverse a loan agreement with the Chinese which had repayment conditions of attaching its airport....
Former Thane and Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh appeared at Thane nagar police station last week to record his statement in an extortion case registered against him and 28 others. In a related development, the chief judicial magistrate...
The Centre has not received a proposal to recognise bitcoin as a currency in India, the government told Parliament on Monday, while adding that the Reserve...
A startup summit will be organised in Ahmedabad as part of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2022 with the aim to bring together innovators, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on one platform, officials said.
Following years of trust deficit on trade issues, the US agreed to ease rules for export of mangoes and pomegranates in return for India allowing shipment...
Underlining that it is not ready to accept any sort of "closure" on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the government gave a renewed push to punish the guilty on...
India’s total fertility rate (TFR) or the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime has dropped below replacement level for the first...
BJP won 329 out of 334 seats in urban local bodies polls in Tripura which was termed as 'murder of democracy' by both Trinamool Congress and CPM. Mamata Banerjee's TMC, which got just one seat in Ambassa Municipality, said it had petitioned...
Dhaka: The UN General Assembly has adopted a historic resolution to graduate three nations, including Bangladesh and Nepal, from the least developed country (LDC) category to the developing country grouping, a major milestone demonstrating the...
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s highest court has upheld the death sentence of two Indian origin men convicted of conspiring to traffic at least 1.3 kg of cannabis in March 2016, according to a media report.
