The Heavy Civil Infrastructure business of L&T Construction has emerged as the lowest bidder for a Package 4 of new broad-gauge line between Rishikesh and Karnaprayag, sources privy to the development said. The scope of this engineering and construction project includes completing tunnel work by Tunnel Boring Method (TBM) and New Austrian Tunnel Method (NATM) […]
Right-handed batsman KL Rahul has been ruled out of the remaining two Tests of the ongoing four-match series against Australia and will fly home after he sprained his left wrist while batting in the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A statement from the Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Tuesday said, “KL Rahul sprained his […]
Relief has reached every affected community in the northern and eastern parts of Fiji with more than 37,000 food ration packs and non-food items after the island-nation was battered by tropical Cyclone Yasa last month. According to Fijivillage, the country’s leading news website, FPrime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said on Monday that to ensure schools are […]
For the first time since December 15, 2020, Sydney did not report a single new coronavirus case on Monday despite fears of a developing infection cluster in the western suburbs of Australia’s biggest city. Health officials in New South Wales (NSW) state, of which Sydney is the capital, noted that overnight two cases were linked […]
The Income Tax Department on Monday carried out limited verification exercise at the office premises of the Zee Group and Larsen and Toubro to verify into their bogus inputs about tax credit, official said. A senior IT official, requesting anonymity told IANS, “There are no searches or raids but we are carrying out limited verification […]
After angry mob in Pakistans Khyber Pukhtunkhwa provinces Karak district, attacked and vandalized the shrine of a Hindu saint in Terri area of Karak; Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced reconstruction of the Hindu temple, along with launching a crackdown against the attackers. Chief Minister Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) Mahmood Khan has issued instructions to relevant […]
Sweden has witnessed a spike in the number of shooting incidents, with the figure reaching new highs in 2020, according to a local media report. In the report on Tuesday, the Swedish Television, citing statistics from the Swedish Police Authority, revealed that by November, there had been as many shootings in 2020 as during the […]
Australia are likely to go in with just the one spinner in the third Test match that begins on January 7 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Australia vice-captain Pat Cummins said on Wednesday. With the SCG helping spin bowlers more than any other Australian surface, visiting teams are often tempted to go in with […]
As the country awaits the UK’s approval to the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine before giving nod for Emergency Use Authorisation to its Indian counterpart developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), a top European drug official has claimed that the vaccine is not even ready for a conditional approval at the moment. Noel Wathion, number two […]
Cyber-security firm CrowdStrike has revealed that suspected Russian hackers who broke into a series of US government agencies and enterprises via compromising SolarWinds software, attacked its network but failed to extract any information. At least 24 big companies including tech giants like Intel, Cisco, VMware and Nvidia suffered part of the SolarWinds hack allegedly orchestrated […]