September 2021

Since its launch six months ago, the Central Government has been going all out to promote the showpiece initiative, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, to mark 75 years of Independence next year. But this has now led to questions being raised over…

INDIA ON Friday rejected Beijing’s claim that the Galwan valley incident took place because India violated all agreements and encroached upon China’s territory. Ministry of External Affairs’ official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “We…

RAJ KAMAL Jha, Chief Editor of The Indian Express, was conferred the Editor of the Year award by the International Advertising Association (IAA) at a ceremony in Mumbai Friday. The IAA leadership awards, which honour individuals in the…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met US President Joe Biden for their first bilateral meeting at the Oval Office in the White House. Both leaders discussed a wide range of priority issues, including combating Covid-19, climate change,…

The first scoop of delight Even as Faf du Plessis shuffled across to lap-scoop a pacy delivery from Navdeep Saini to the fine-leg boundary, Simon Doull and Murali Kartik on air started to discuss who was the inventor of that shot. Doull…

It was a captaincy contest between the mentor and his protégé, and M S Dhoni won it hands down. Sharjah is known as a graveyard for bowlers, but not only did the Chennai Super Kings skipper keep Royal Challengers Bangalore to a modest score…

The conditions were the same for the final rivals – India and Columbia – in the Hyundai 2021 World Archery Championships at the 100-acre complex NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center in Yankton, South Dakota, the US. In the search for the…

A sporting icon lets his inner Kamal Haasan spill out, a young pacer who made Bollywood endings believable and the soap opera where a mentor played the perfect captain and a captain attempted mentoring. It was that kind of a week. Sports…

NEW DELHI: Ford Motor’s India head Anurag Mehrotra is leaving the company to pursue other career opportunities. According to Reuters, September 30 will be Mehrotra’s last day. His exit from Ford comes days after the US carmaker had…

MUMBAI: Rural demand is expected to get around Rs 11,000-crore boost from the record kharif harvest along with the marginal hike in minimum support price, according to a report by Care Ratings. The agriculture ministry projects a good…

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank on Friday, September 24, 2021, issued Master Direction on loan transfer, requiring banks and other lending institutions to have a comprehensive board-approved policy for such transactions. Loan transfers are…

NEW DELHI: Net direct tax collection grew 74.4 per cent to Rs 5.70 lakh crore between April 1 to September 22 this fiscal, the Finance Ministry said on Friday, September 24, 2021. The net direct tax collection of Rs 5,70,568 crore after…

NEW DELHI: As many as five firms, including Ernst & Young LLP and SBI Capital Markets, are in the race to act as a transaction advisor for the government's 100 per cent stake sale in RINL. As per a notice on the DIPAM website,…

Chandigarh, Sep 24 (UNI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday paid obeisance at Mata Mansa Devi Temple and took blessings of the Goddess. She also visited the 'Mega Vaccination Drive' at the Community Centre in Sector 17,…

Bengaluru, Sep 24 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Friday said cinema theatres will be allowed to open to 100 per cent capacity from October 1 in districts where the positivity rate of Covid is less than one per cent.…

Tirupati, Sep 24 (UNI) Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Executive Dr KS Jawahar Reddy on Friday directed the TTD Pundit Mandali to complete the translation works of all Astadasha Puranas taken up under Purana Itihas project ahead of next…

New Delhi, Sep 24 (UNI) Jitender Mann alias Gogi, who was killed by members of rival 'Tillu gang' at a Delhi Court premises on Friday, was one of the most dreaded criminals of Delhi with several cases of murder and extortion against him and…

Berlin, Sep 24 (UNI/Sputnik) Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said those voting for her conservative CDU/CSU bloc would be voting for a "stable" Germany in this Sunday’s federal election. She told a televised conference in Munich…

United Nations, Sep 24 (UNI/Sputnik) Afghanistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai, appointed by toppled President Ashraf Ghani, is set to address the UN General Assembly on Monday, UN spokesperson Stephane…

Ankara, Sep 25 (UNI/Sputnik) The Turkish military camp in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh has come under missile fire, media reported. "The camp of Zelkan of the Turkish army, located north of Mosul, has come under missile fire.…