December 2020

New Delhi: Cheaper food prices lowered India's sequential retail price inflation in November. Sequentially, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which gauges the retail price inflation, rose at a slower rate of 6.93 per cent in November from…

New Delhi: The disruptions in supply chains caused by the current agitation by farmers in many parts of India will have a bearing on the economy over the coming days and may impinge upon the ongoing recovery from the economic contraction…

New Delhi: Microsoft on Tuesday said that electric vehicles solutions firm SUN Mobility is using its Azure Cloud as well as other solutions in developing a Cloud-connected swappable batteries to put the country on the road to the future.…

New Delhi: Facebook on Tuesday said that it is committed to help India quickly recover economically and socially in 2021 from the pandemic-hit year, by deepening support for small businesses and test and roll its new features from the…

New Delhi , December 15 : Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said photographs of those "who have nothing to do directly or indirectly with demands of farmers" have been seen during the protest over three farm laws, noting…

New Delhi , December 15  : Noting that the government is ready to accept all good suggestions from farmers about the farm laws, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said it will "convince farmers, explain and find a way through…

Chennai, December 16 : A girl from Tamil Nadu entered the UNICO Book of World Records by cooking 46 dishes in 58 minutes in Chennai on Tuesday. SN Lakshmi Sai Sri, who created the world record, said that she developed an interest in…

Kathmandu , December 16   With COVID-19 protocols in place, revered Hindu shrine Pashupatinath Temple re-opened for devotees on Wednesday morning, the Pashupati Area Development Trust confirmed. Closed since the first phase of…

Manila , December 16  An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Wednesday. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the tremors were felt at 04:52:00 IST. The epicentre, with…

Tokyo , December 15  Takahiro Shiraishi, also known as the "Twitter killer" was sentenced to death by a Tokyo court for murdering nine people whom he met on social media. A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced him to death. Trial…

New Delhi , December 15  UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday announced a closer collaboration with India on an 'enhanced trade partnership', which will boost bilateral trade and investment in both nations. During his…

Bhopal, Dec 15 (UNI) The Madhya Pradesh Technical Education Department is providing a free-of-charge opportunity to engineering and polytechnic pupils to comprehend the nuances of artificial intelligence, machine learning plus data science.…

Beijing , December 15   Numerous academics, journalists and politicians have been detained or arrested for "anti-patriotic activities" since China imposed a national security law in Hong Kong earlier this year, yet the matter has…

Barr, who has faced a barrage of criticism of himself and the Justice Department from Trump, appeared to part on good terms on Monday. Barr gave a nine-day notice in his resignation letter from the cabinet post with powers that include…

Washington, Dec 16 (Sputnik) - Repeated delays by NASA in tests of three closely related systems needed to return American astronauts to the moon illustrates a need for upgraded management oversight of lunar exploration plans, the General…

Hong Kong, December 15   China's nuclear forces, under the aegis of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), are nowhere as large as those of the USA or Russia, but the inventory is significantly growing and modernizing.…

Cairo , December 15 : A large fire that broke out at a depot in the port of the Egyptian city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast was extinguished more than six hours later, and an investigation into the incident began,…