February 2021

Bengaluru (Karnataka) , February 2   Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday lauded efforts by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to increase the production capacity of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which he said is going to be…

Stockholm, Feb 3   The coronavirus variant first detected in UK is gaining a foothold in Sweden, where it was identified in approximately 11 per cent of 2,200 positive Covid-19 tests, the Public Health Agency of Sweden said in a press…

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed an external professional IT firm to carry out a special audit of the entire IT infrastructure of HDFC Bank. The development follows recent outage in the bank's internet banking and…

New Delhi: India's January merchandise exports rose over 5.37 per cent on a year-on-year basis, preliminary data showed on Tuesday. Accordingly, the country's merchandise exports during the month under review grew to $27.24 billion…

Washington, Feb 3 (Sputnik) Amazon's Jeff Bezos in an email to employees said he is stepping down from his role as Chief Executive Officer of the company.  "I’m excited to announce that this Q3 I’ll transition to Executive Chair of the…

Riyadh, Feb 3 (UNI) Saudi Arabia will temporarily suspend all arrivals of foreigners, including diplomats and medical workers, from 20 countries beginning on Wednesday over COVID-19-related precautions, state media reported, citing the…

Bengaluru, Feb 2 (UNI) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that in the coming 3-4 years, India will achieve the target of Rs 1.75 lakh crores in the field of defence manufacturing. Mr Singh made the observation while…

Kolkata, Feb 2 (UNI) Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC), the leading NBFC in power sector, has successfully raised USD 500 million on  January 29 through issuance of USD denominated Bonds under Reg S route with a fixed maturity of May 16,…

NEW DELHI: In a marginal hike of around 1.4 percent, the defence budget was increased to Rs 4.78 lakh crore for 2021-22 as against last year's allocation of Rs 4.71 lakh crore while it has emerged that the armed forces spent an additional…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the Union Budget, saying it has the vision of 'Aatmanirbharta' (self-reliance) and addresses all sections of the society, while keeping farmers and villages at its heart. "This…

NEW DELHI: A large number of commonly used items, including refrigerators, air conditioners, LED lights and mobile phones, will become more expensive due to hike in customs duty on imported parts, as proposed by Finance Minister Nirmala…

Washington , February 2   US President Joe Biden is not willing to settle for a COVID-19 relief package that 'fails to meet the moment' as the country continues to be the worst-affected by the pandemic, said the White House. Biden met…

Chandigarh (Punjab) , February 2  Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday virtually launched the 'Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai' mission as part of the government's campaign to accomplish the goal of 100 per cent potable…

Kochi (Kerala) , February 2   Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Economic Offences) Court will pronounce its order on the bail application of M Sivasankar, former Principal Secretary of the Kerala CMO in the dollar smuggling case on…

Panaji (Goa) , February 2   Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said that the allocation of Rs 300 crore in the budget to mark the 60 years of Goa's Liberation will be used for the state's infrastructure and human…

Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) , February 2  As many as 386 highly sensitive places have been identified as part of preparations for the upcoming Gram Panchayat Polls set to take place in four phases starting from February 9. While speaking…

London , February 2 : UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has once again voiced support for the Belarusian opposition, in a call with former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. "The UK stands with the…