February 2021

Beijing, Feb 9 (IANS) Huawei Founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei on Tuesday urged the new US administration to adopt a more "open policy" towards Chinese companies, while he also expressed his desire to talk to President Joe Biden. This is the…

Seoul/New Delhi: Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia said on Monday they are not in talks with Apple over an electric car manufacturing project in response to reports of their suspended discussions. In separate regulatory filings,…

New Delhi: Energy major ONGC will implement India's maiden 'Geothermal Field Development Project' in Ladakh. A memorandum of understanding to formalise the plan has been inked between the ONGC Energy Centre (OEC) and the Union Territory…

New Delhi, February 9: A Delhi court has sent actor-turned activist Deep Sidhu to 7-day police custody for his alleged role in the violence that took place at the Red Fort and other parts of the national capital on Republic Day. Delhi…

New Delhi: India's January air travel growth slowed sequentially due to higher capacity, ratings agency ICRA said on Monday. According to ICRA Vice President Kinjal Shah, the passenger load factor (PLF) last month was lower than 74 per…

New Delhi, February 10: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP PP Chaudhary on Tuesday moved a breach of privilege motion against Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha for calling 'Greta Thunberg persona non grata'. Chaudhary said…

MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Sputnik) The Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace has decided that Tibetans will never recognize a candidate for the new incarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama chosen by China, Telo Tulku Rinpoche, the Tibetan Buddhist…

Moscow, Feb 10 (Sputnik) The UAE Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) made a significant breakthrough on Tuesday as the Hope Probe reached its orbit around the Red Planet, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre said. "Success! The Hope Probe reached the…

New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) The outgoing Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress stalwart Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said that he counts himself among those fortunate ones who did not go to Pakistan and felt proud of being a…

New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) Punjabi actor-turned activist Deep Sidhu, an accused in the Republic-Day violence, was arrested on Tuesday morning by SWR range of Delhi police special cell. He was apprehended from Zirakpur in Punjab, as per the…

Seoul, Feb 9 (Sputnik) South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday formally appointed his former security adviser Chung  Eui-yong to the post of foreign minister, after a parliamentary committee passed a confirmation report on his…

Moscow, Feb 9 (Sputnik) The price of the most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, for the third time in several hours broke a historical record to reach a new all-time high above $47,000, according to trading data. On Binance, the largest…

Tripoli, Feb 9 (Sputnik) The parties to the conflict in Libya have for the first time in seven years on Monday agreed on a unified national budget, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement. "On 3 February…

Washington, Feb 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on Monday agreed to continue their close cooperation on advancing freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region and also insisted that the rule of law must…

New Delhi: More promoters have pledged their shares in during the pandemic to provide additional security on their loans from banks in the absence or run down of other assets. According a report by Kotak Institutional Equities, value…

New Delhi: India's risk-based internal audit requirement for non-banking finance companies is credit positive, Moodys Investors Service said. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued guidelines for the country's largest non-banking…

New Delhi: Government's more transparent stand in terms of its accounts has resulted in country's fiscal deficit taking a longer glide path towards consolidation. According to a research report by Crisil, with off-budget expenditures…

New Delhi: A day after an under-construction NTPC hydroelectric project was damaged in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, the state-run power major said on Monday that the damage may not be considered material or significant as per SEBI…

Mumbai: Visa on Monday announced the recipients of its grant programme in India to boost women entrepreneurship globally and empower budding businesswomen. As part of Visa's first global grant programme in partnership with…