August 2021

New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind hosted a ‘High Tea’ for the Indian contingent of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, here on Saturday. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu also graced the…

Srinagar, Aug 14 (UNI) Reviewing progress of implementation of IT related projects in Power Development Department (PDD) Principal Secretary PDD Rohit Kansal impressed upon officers to use technology to improve power supply across Jammu and…

Bhopal, Aug 14 (UNI) Strafing political opponents, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President and erstwhile chief minister Kamal Nath said on Saturday that entities that did not make “even a vestige of contribution to India’s struggle for…

Hyderabad, Aug 14 (UNI) Amara Raja Batteries Limited (ARBL), India’s leading Industrial and Automotive Battery major, the flagship of the Amaraja Raja Group, on Saturday reported 99.16 per cent increase in its Profit before tax (PBT) to…

Helsinki, Aug 14 (UNI/Sputnik) A convoy of military equipment of the French contingent of the NATO international battalion based in Estonia began its movement towards the Latvian town of Adazi for artillery exercises, the Estonian defense…

Moscow, August 14 (Sputnik) - BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford will be granted a renewed Russian visa as soon as the UK issues a visa to a Russian correspondent, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.…

Karachi, Aug 14 (UNI) As many as 10 people were killed and several others injured when a mini truck exploded in this Pakistan city during the Independence Day celebration on Saturday night. As per the initial investigations by authorities,…

Moscow, Aug 15 (UNI/Sputnik) The number of people, who have died as a result of the earthquake in Haiti, has risen to 304, the Agence France-Presse reported, citing the country's civil protection agency. According to the authorities, the…

Moscow, Aug 15 (UNI/Sputnik) The Taliban Islamist movement (banned in Russia) controls 90 percent of the Afghan territory, Iranian media reported. According to the IRIB broadcaster, the militants have entered the northern city of…

We can learn a lot from children about tolerance and acceptance, about kindness, compassion and civility. This is a bold new generation that seems to be internalising all that is positive and shunning hypocrisy. Kids have never failed to…

Green caps on tire valve stems usually mean the tires are filled with nitrogen instead of ordinary air. Car dealers, tire dealers, repair shops and even some gas stations have touted nitrogen for several years as a better alternative to air…

Paris, Aug 13 (UNI/Sputnik) France's constitutional authority on Friday validated most of the provisions of an anti-separatism bill designed to counter Islamist extremism. The bill was introduced by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin after…

United Nations, Aug 13 (UNI/Sputnik) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday the situation in Afghanistan is spinning out of control as the Taliban (banned in Russia) accelerates its offensive toward the capital of Kabul.…

New Delhi: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has not taken any decision so far on the sale of its stake in Petronet LNG and Indraprastha Gas, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) VRK Gupta said during an investor call on Friday. Gupta said…

New Delhi: Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) has been conferred with Governance Now award for strategic performance during the '8th PSU Awards' organised by Governance Now. Governance Now’s Managing Director Kailashnath Adhikari…

New Delhi: GAIL (India) Limited has been awarded by the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) for making the highest procurement of Rs 1,033 crore among Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) through the GeM portal in 2020-21. Accepting the…

NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission has approved online food delivery platform Zomato's proposed purchase of 9.3 per cent stake in online grocery shopping player Grofers India. Zomato, last month, said it has invested USD 100 million…