September 2021

NEW DELHI: Full-service carrier Vistara has partnered with IndusInd Bank to launch co-branded credit card Club Vistara IndusInd Bank Explorer. The credit card will offer various benefits such as a complimentary business class ticket,…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday announced the launch of the "second attempt" of the auction process for 11 coal mines for commercial mining. These were the mines that were offered in the first attempt launched on March 25 this year and…

NEW DELHI: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said the existing foreign trade policy (FTP) will be extended for six months till March 31 next year. The government had earlier extended the FTP 2015-20 until September 30…

Ramanagara (Karnataka), Sep 27 (UNI) JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Monday said the party's target is to form a government of Kannadigas, by Kannadigas and for Karnataka in 2023, like regional parties did in their respective states,…

Palakkad, Sep 27 (UNI) Three Polytechnic college students from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu were feared to have been washed away while bathing in Walayar Dam in this district on Monday. According to police, a group of five students of…

Srinagar, Sep 27 (UNI) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday visited “The Paradise Fest” organized as part of the World Tourism Week celebrations at Zabarwan Park in the summer capital, Srinagar and asserted that such events will…

Srinagar, Sep 27 (UNI) Asserting that Mega Highway and tunnel projects will reduce the travel time from Delhi to Kashmir to 8 hours in coming years, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said this will open up new…

Lucknow, Sep 27 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday night allotted the portfolios to the new seven ministers, who were inducted in his ministry on Sunday. The announcement of the portfolios were made by the CM…

New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) As COVID-19 started to battered, the country is grappled with viral and vector-born illnesses like influenza, viral fever and dengue. The doctors have observed that the infection period and recovery from the viral…

New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala on Monday said Government schemes are benefitting the fishers by doubling the exports and production of fish, thereby doubling the income…

New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) The Delhi government has disbursed an ex-gratia sum to the kin of 6,019 individuals who died due to COVID-19 while 6,995 applications have been approved for the relief, the Department of Revenue said on Monday. "The…

Berlin, Sep 27 (UNI/Sputnik) The chancellor candidate from the Social Democrats (SPD), Franziska Giffey, will become the first woman to govern the capital city of Berlin, according to preliminary election results suggesting that the SPD…

Paris, Sep 27 (UNI/Sputnik) An unknown man threw an egg-like object at French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, during his visit to the Eurexpo exhibition in the city of Lyon, the LyonMag.com news outlet reported. The offender…

Washington, Sep 27 (UNI/Sputnik) White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates alongside regional US envoys, National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson Emily Horne announced…

Phnom Penh/New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) India on Monday completed the supply and installation of 1,500 hand pumps to Cambodia to provide safe drinking water to over 400 villages in two provinces of the Southeast Asian neighbour. The hand…

United Nations, Sep 27 (UNI) Afghanistan's ambassador to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai, who was set to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Monday, has withdrawn his name from the list of speakers. UN spokesperson…

The Hague (Netherlands), Sep 27 (UNI) The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday that he wants to focus his investigations in Afghanistan on the crimes allegedly committed by the Taliban and the…

New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday emphasised on use of Information Technology tools in promoting tourism both at the domestic and international levels. Delivering a keynote address at the programme 'Tourism…

New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) India crossed the milestone of over 1 crore vaccination on Monday for the fifth time since the nationwide vaccination drive began on January 16 against COVID, data from the CoWIN portal showed. On September 17,…

New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) In an endeavour to create mass awareness for adoption of climate resilient technologies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate 35 crop varieties with special traits to the nation on Tuesday. The Prime will…