The key Indian equity indices reversed initial gains on Friday, ahead of the presentation of the Economic Survey for FY21, to trade in the red. At 11.45 a.m., Sensex was trading at 46,836.03, lower by 38.33 points or 0.08 per cent from its previous close of 46,874.36. Earlier in the day, it had surged over […]
Hungary and the Netherlands have secured qualification for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics at the recently concluded FINA Women’s Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament. Both the teams won the Olympic berths by entering the finals after winning the semifinal matches against host Italy and Greece during the tournament held from January 19-24, FINA stated in […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead the nation in paying tributes to the fallen soldiers by offering a wreath at the National War Memorial at the India Gate on the occasion of 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday. The Guard Commander gave salute while bugles sounded the ‘Last Post’. The officers in uniform saluted and others were […]
Agitating young members from the farmer protest groups on Tuesday broke the police barricades at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur border to enter the national capital, hours ahead of the planned ‘Kisan Gantantra Parade’. Hundreds of farmers, comprising mostly the youths removed the barricades forcibly, even as senior members in the groups were seen persuading them […]
When Priyanka Chopra Jonas started her journey in the West, there was no one to facilitate her entry into Hollywood with adequate opportunities. That is something she wants to change, with the power to create stories. Now that she has turned producer, the actress says she wants to help in the normalisation of South Asian […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed a three-person independent senior advisory panel on humanitarian deconfliction in Syria, his spokesman announced. The panel comprises Jan Egeland of Norway (as chair), Erika Feller of Australia, and Radhouane Noucier of Tunisia, Xinhua news agency quoted the UN chief’s spokeman, Stephane Dujarric as saying in a statement on Thursday. […]
After the man coordinating Israel’s Covid-19 response reportedly said that a single vaccine dose against the disease appeared less effective than expected and also lower than Pfizer had suggested, the country’s health ministry said that fears about the effectiveness of the vaccine were “out of context and inaccurate.” Israel is one of the top countries […]
The Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa on Thursday secured their berth into the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles event at the Toyota Thailand Open after getting past Germany’s Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich in their second round contest. Satwiksairaj and Ashwini defeated their German opponents 22-20, 14-21, 21-16 in a match that […]
On the birth anniversary of Sushant Singh Rajput, actress Kangana Ranaut said she regrets not being there to protect him from the toxicity of Bollywood, and took digs at Karan Johar, Mahesh Bhatt and Aditya Chopra. In a series of tweets, she also slammed many for belittling his mental health, and called Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter […]
A new study published on Thursday revealed “massive concerns” about the long-term recovery of Australian forests from the devastating 2019-20 “Black Summer” bushfires. The study, which was published by Australian National University (ANU) and Griffith University, warned that early signs of recovery from the fires could be deceiving, reports Xinhua news agency. It found that […]