September 29, 2021

PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Tuesday called upon academicians, agricultural scientists and institutions to start a campaign to impart information to farmers on climate change, which is a huge challenge for agriculture. Launching 35…

RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat is on a two-day tour to Surat from Tuesday. Sources in the Surat unit of RSS, however, said it was a non-political tour. Bhagwat met different people including industrialists, social workers, businessmen…

Greta Thunberg and fellow youth campaigners struck a sceptical tone for this week’s climate talks in Italy, saying much has been promised but little done to tackle global warming in almost three decades since the landmark Earth Summit.…

Conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet won some time in a fight for his political future on Tuesday as lawmakers in his CDU/CSU alliance met to decide what to do after suffering their first national election defeat since 2002.…

Former US President Barack Obama presided on Tuesday over a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, saying he hopes the facility will be a hub of global civic activism. Construction of the $700…

For the umpteenth time in their history, Mumbai Indians grabbed a match from the jaws of defeat, just as Punjab Kings snatched defeat from the brink of victory. In the end, Mumbai was more desperate for the win — one that kept them in the…

Every time sprinter Taranjeet Kaur steps out of the gates of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, dread fills her heart. It was in 2018 that she was hit by a car about 50 metres from the main gate, leaving her motionless by a…

Indian women’s boxing’s high-performance director Raffaele Bergamasco has decided to return to Italy, a day after receiving a two-month extension. Bergamasco believes the short contract extension — which comes after 45 days of no…

India women began their campaign for Asian Table Tennis Championships with identical 3-0 wins over Jordan and Nepal and topped the Group 1 at Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Doha in Qatar on Tuesday. Indian men’s team will directly play…

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said there should be no compromise on data privacy and safeguard of client data with an increasing number of Indians now using digital mode of payment. Addressing the fintech…

NEW DELHI: Gold prices declined by Rs 54 to Rs 45,080 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday in line with weak global cues, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,134 per 10…

NEW DELHI: Solar open access installations in India increased nearly seven-fold to 209 MW in the second quarter of 2021 from 27 MW a year ago. Solar open access installations in India totalled 209 MW in the second quarter of 2021,…

NEW DELHI: Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of its global computer science (CS) education programme - Amazon Future Engineer (AFE) - in India, which will enable access to quality CS education and career opportunities for students from…

NEW DELHI: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has found errors in the financial statements of KIOCL Ltd for the 2019-20 fiscal and has flagged that the company's accounting policy for foreign exchange forward contracts was…

Bengaluru, Sep 28 (UNI) Former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna will inaugurate Nadahabba Mysuru Dasara 2021, said state Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Krishna's name was finalised in the high-level committee meeting chaired by Mr…

Chennai, Sep 28 (UNI) Taking into account the recommendations made by medical and educational experts, the Tamil Nadu government tonight announced that classes for Classes one to eight will resume from November one after a gap of nearly…

Chandigarh/New Delhi, Sep 28 (UNI) Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is visiting Delhi on Tuesday, amid speculations of him meeting top BJP leaders in the national capital, even as his media advisor said it was a…

New Delhi, Sep 28 (UNI) Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said here that forced religious conversion cannot be a testament of expansion of any religion in a country where both, believers and atheists…

New Delhi, Sep 28 (UNI) Sikkim Minister for Information and Public Relations Department, Lok Nath Sharma on Tuesday invited film makers, producers, directors and actors to participate in the upcoming second edition of the Sikkim Global…