Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the country was still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden”s USD 1.9...
Archive - February 2021
A young leftist backed by a convicted-but-popular former president led the field of 16 candidates in early returns from Ecuador”s presidential election...
The Australian prime minister on Monday dismissed as “speculative” reports that a Chinese company plans to build a new industrial island city near...
Floods as glacier breaks off in U”khand, 16 labourers rescued, 7 bodies recovered, 125 still missing
A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system...
Scoreboard on the third day of the first Test between India and England here on Sunday. England 1st Innings: Rory Burns c Pant b Ashwin 33 Dominic Sibley lbw...
The MeT department Sunday said no adverse weather events are expected over Chamoli, Tapovan and Joshimath in Uttarakhand on February 7 and 8, in a relief for...
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday prayed for the safety of those affected by the flash flood in Uttarakhand after a glacier broke off at Joshimath. A...
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said he was deeply worried about the massive glacier burst at Joshimath in Uttarakhand”s Chamoli district and prayed...
The TMC on Sunday accused the BJP government at the Centre of depriving West Bengal of rail projects over the last few years, and said allocations have been...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the government will work with the Reserve Bank for execution of the bank privatisation plan announced in the...
A glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and endangering the lives of...
India”s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,26,363 with 12,059 new infections being reported in a day, while the daily deaths fell below 100 for the...
India were 59 for 2 at lunch in their first innings on the third day of the opening Test against England here on Sunday. After openers Rohit Sharma (6) and...
India”s sovereign rating should not come under pressure due to surge in fiscal deficit which was mainly on account of higher expenditure to deal with the...
The New York State Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to declare February 5 as Kashmir American Day, drawing a sharp reaction...
Domestic electrical equipment makers expect budget proposals, including the revival scheme for discoms, would help resolve their payment-related issues with...
Nurses and female health care workers are most at risk of experiencing psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new research. The...
Treatment of a COVID-19 patient who had a suppressed immune system with convalescent plasma coincided with the emergence of different variants of the novel...
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday called on peasants across the country to join the “tractor revolution” as part of the ongoing protests at Delhi”s...
Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar, the two Uttar Pradesh districts adjoining Delhi and Haryana, remained incident-free during the chakka jam that was called by...
The three-hour-long nationwide ”chakka jam” by protesting farmers was held on Saturday amid tight security, even as there was no such event in the...
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said his focus is on providing job opportunities to 80 percent of the young population within the next...
Ahead of the nationwide ”chakka jam” called by the farmer unions protesting the Centre”s new agri laws, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on...
Captain Mominul Haque was 83 not out as Bangladesh reached 149-4 at lunch on the fourth day of the first Test against West Indies on Saturday. At the break...
Veteran actor Susan Sarandon on Saturday extended her support to the ongoing farmers agitation and said she stands in solidarity with the protesters. The...
The Delhi Police intensified security at all border points of the city as thousands of personnel including paramilitary forces have been deployed to deal with...
Shri S. N. Subrahmanyan has been appointed Chairman of the National Safety Council for a period of three years. His experience is likely to guide the National...
India”s COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 1,08,14,304 with 11,713 new cases in a day, while 1,05,10,796 people have recuperated so far pushing the...
The leadership of the powerful Congressional India Caucus has urged the Indian government to ensure that the norms of democracy are maintained and the...
The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced its funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in 2020, the year it signed a US-brokered normalisation...
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged Friday that the United Nations will do everything it can to unite the international community and create conditions...