October 26, 2021

On 18 Aug 2021, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India ruled that girls should also be inducted into Armed Forces through the premier defense training institute- National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune. With one stroke of a pen, the Supreme…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools, joining a wave of similar measures emerging from Republican-controlled statehouses across the…

China continues to bully its neighbours to try to coerce them into behaviour that is more in keeping with its national security or economic interests, the Pentagon said on Monday. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby was speaking to…

Egypt’s state of emergency will be lifted for the first time in years, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday. Egypt imposed a state of emergency in April 2017 after deadly bombings of churches and has since routinely extended it…

With several instances of fund diversion and transfer of profits to “connected parties” surfacing, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday asked auditors to identify and thoroughly scrutinise related or connected…

The government on Monday signed a share purchase agreement with Tata Sons for sale of national carrier Air India for Rs 18,000 crore. Earlier this month, the government had accepted an offer by Talace Pvt Ltd, a unit of the holding…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday pitched for an “accelerated phase of infrastructure development” and front-loading of capital expenditure in a review meeting with key infrastructure ministries. The meeting was held with top…

Power Minister RK Singh said on Monday that the nation’s thermal power plants had sufficient coal stocks to meet power demand and that stocks at the plants were rising. India’s coal-fired thermal power plants have been facing low coal…

Bharti Airtel on Monday became the second of the three private telcos to opt for the option to defer by four years the payment of spectrum as well as adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. In a notification to the exchanges, Airtel said it…

Formula One, football, rugby, and now cricket. Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, a major player in international sport, were announced as the owners of the new Ahmedabad-based Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise on Monday, with…

With less than three months to go before the 2022 Australian Open, confusion remains as to whether unvaccinated players will be able to participate in the marquee event. Novak Djokovic, the reigning champion and a nine-time winner of the…

Kolkata-based billionaire Sanjiv Goenka, who bought the Lucknow franchise for a whopping Rs 7,090 crore during the IPL bidding in Dubai on Monday, said the team’s valuation “would be a multiple of a few times” over the next 10 years. The…

Afghanistan produced a dominating display of power-hitting before Mujeeb Ur Rahman ripped apart the rival batting line-up with his five-wicket haul as the strife-torn Asian nation routed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12 match of the T20…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Family members of Lakhbir Singh, who was murdered near farmers' protest site at the Singhu border on October 15, met National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Vijay Sampla in the national capital on Monday.…

Prayagraj, Oct 25 (UNI) Mahant Ravindra Puri Maharaj was elected as the new president of Akhara Parishad here on Monday, which fell vacant after death of Mahant Narendra Giri. According to the rules, the member of the Akhara from which the…

Raipur, Oct 25 (UNI) Amid a political tug of war underway in Chhattisgarh for the past couple of months, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Monday that there should be no attempt to vitiate the atmosphere by repeatedly raising the…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his victory in the elections and said he was confident that India-Uzbek ties would continue to strengthen in his second term.…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Supreme Court on Monday allowed the accused in the INX Media case and Congress MP, Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad from October 25 to November 21 on condition of depositing Rs 1 crore. Karti is supposed to…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Bangladesh Navy Chief Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, is on an official visit to India, from October 23 – 29, during which he would visit New Delhi, Mumbai and Wellington in Tamil Nadu. Admiral Shaheen Iqbal will…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu met President Ram Nath Kovind in Delhi on Monday over an attack at the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) office and demanded imposing President's rule in the state.…