Two days after the Supreme Court took the state government to task over “trying to overreach its directions” on the disbursement of compensation to the...
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1st Dec 2021 | Updated at 04:37pm 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....
Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal and Iran have been the first recipients of resumed vaccine exports from India almost eight months after they were halted due...
Washington: The United States added Russia to a blacklist of countries singled out for “egregious violations of religious freedom,” the state department said. US secretary of state Antony Blinken said in a statement that he was designating Russia,...
Washington: The White House, under pressure from activists to increase the supply of coronavirus vaccines to poor nations, is prepared to invest billions of dollars to expand US manufacturing capacity, with the goal of producing at least 1 billion...
Brussels: Tens of thousands of people have been marching in the Belgian capital, Brussels, to protest against anti-Covid measures. Some protesters threw...
Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris held presidential powers for a total of one hour and 25 minutes while President Joe Biden was under anesthetic,...
Naypyidaw: Myanmar's junta has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with electoral fraud during 2020 polls that her party won in a landslide, state media reported. Suu Kyi was accused of "election fraud and lawless actions", state-run newspaper...
Pakistan will ensure legislation is passed on central bank autonomy as agreed with the IMF, said Finance Adviser Shaukat Tarin, who is equivalent to the...
Kampala: The Ugandan police have shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people, officials said, following twin suicide bombings claimed by an ISIL (ISIS)...
- 24 Nov 2021
Male: The Maldives government rejected what it said were attempts to spread “false information” through social media using the “India Out” slogan, and...
