February 2021

BENGALURU: Indian micro-blogging platform Koo surged into prominence last month after a number of prominent personalities, including Union ministers, joined the platform, especially after Twitter refused to comply with the Central…

CHENNAI: Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland on Wednesday claimed that 60% of the energy employed for its countrywide operations is green. Currently, at least 75% of its energy consumption in Tamil Nadu and 60% throughout India…

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The slow pace of vaccination is likely to hamper the gains made by the state over a year by keeping a large majority of the population from Covid-19 infection, according to health experts. As per the latest sero…

NEW DELHI: On a day when petrol crossed the Rs 100 mark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the middle-class would not have been burdened if the previous governments had focussed on reducing India's energy import dependence.…

New York , February 18   United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of all…

Puducherry , February 18  Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy met newly appointed LG of the Union Territory Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan at Raj Nivas on Wednesday. "HCM Shri V Narayanasamy warmly welcomed the new HLG Smt. Tamilisai…

New Delhi , February 18  Farmers' organisations will hold a nationwide 'rail roko' program for 4 hours on Thursday as they continue their protest against the central farm laws. Jagtar Singh Bajwa, spokesperson of the Kisan Andolan…

Washington , February 18   Nearly a month after coming to office, President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) spoke to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time since the inauguration and reiterated the United…

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) , February 18   The Budget session for 2021-22 of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly will commence on Thursday with an address by Governor Anandiben Patel to a joint sitting of both houses. State Finance Minister Suresh…

Singapore, February 18   Southeast Asia's support for the United States has likely increased with the winning of Joe Biden in the presidential elections, according to an annual survey by Singaporean think tank ISEAS Yusof-Ishak…

Taipei , February 18 Taiwan was close to receiving 5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine late last year but the deal was called off due to interferences from outside sources, said Chen Shih-Chung, Taiwan Health…

Chandigarh , February 18  Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday hailed the Congress party's spectacular victory in the state municipal polls as not just a validation of his government's "development-oriented…

Panaji (Goa) , February 18   Former union minister and Congress leader Captain Satish Sharma passed away in Goa on Wednesday. He was 73. Sharma was Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas from 1993 to 1996. Born on October…

Kolkata/Murshidabad (West Bengal) , February 18   West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar called the attack on state Labour Minister Jakir Hossain "reprehensible" and expressed concerns over rising violence in the state. Dhankhar…

LONDON: Princess Latifa, daughter of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has for the first time described how she was captured by Indian special forces three years ago on a boat off the coast of India and how despite…

KOLKATA: A head-to-head political battle will play out on Thursday in Kolkata neighbouring South 24 Parganas district where Union home minister Amit Shah and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee are scheduled to address…