October 28, 2021

Indian-origin Canadian politician Anita Anand was on Tuesday appointed as the country’s new Defence Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over a month after his Liberal Party returned power in the snap polls and…

In recent weeks, the Chinese government has revealed new plans to consolidate its control over the media landscape in China. On October 8, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, which oversees the country’s social and economic…

The leaders of Russia and China aren’t coming. Turkey nearly set off a diplomatic incident on the eve of the meeting. And the United States, Australia and France will be at the same table for the first time since Washington pulled the rug…

Donald Trump’s social media company will get tens of millions in special bonus shares in a new publicly traded entity if it performs well, handing the former president possibly billions of dollars in paper wealth based on current stock…

Nation states, which have so far used dedicated teams to carry out cyberattacks on the online and offline infrastructure of other countries can, in 2022, turn “hackers for hire” by opting to work for other countries, global cybersecurity…

The bottom 50 per cent of the global population owns just 2 per cent of wealth and 8 per cent of income, while the top 10 per cent of population owns 76 per cent of total household wealth and captured 52 per cent of total income in 2021,…

Hit by a rise in input cost, following the jump in commodity prices, and decline in sales on account of ongoing semiconductor shortage, Maruti Suzuki India reported a 65.7 per cent dip in consolidated net profit at Rs 486.9 crore for the…

The government has reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for a period of two years after its term came to an end last month. Bibek Debroy continues to be the Chairman of the EAC-PM. Former RBI Deputy Governor…

The Finance Ministry has directed all central ministries and government departments to clear dues to Air India immediately. The Department of Expenditure (DoE) also said that government departments may purchase tickets from Air India in…

Bayern Munich usually deals out the thrashings in Germany, not the other way around. The Bavarian powerhouse got a taste of its own medicine on Wednesday when Borussia Monchengladbach knocked Bayern out of the German Cup with a fully…

After another poor performance and yet another loss, Ronald Koeman couldn’t hang on any longer as Barcelona coach. It took less than three months after Lionel Messi’s departure for Koeman to finally succumb as the pressure kept…

Debutants Namibia got themselves out of a difficult situation in a low-scoring game to record a memorable four-wicket win over Scotland in their opening Super 12 match in the ICC T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Namibia, who had beaten…

Captain Eoin Morgan on Wednesday said England’s impressive run in the T20 World Cup so far has been a “huge compliment” of the progress made by the side in white ball cricket in recent times. England dished out a thoroughly clinical…

Kolkata, Oct 27(UNI): Bharat Chamber of Commerce organised a Special Session on ‘Food Processing in West Bengal: New Opportunities for Growth’ addressed by Subrata Saha, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Food…

Washington, Oct 27 (UNI) There are 439 American still trapped in Afghanistan and the US is in contact with most of them, said the Pentagon during a Senate hearing. Khaama Press quoted US undersecretary of defense Colin Kahul as saying…

Dubai/New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on Wednesday visited the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, and also held talks with the Saudi Minister for Human Resources & Social Development…

APJ Kalam Islands, Oct. 27: Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile, Agni-5, successfully launched from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. Agni-5 is capable of striking targets at ranges up to 5,000 kilometres with a very high degree of accuracy.…

New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Zakia Ahsan Jafri, the wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, who had challenged the SIT's clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case, told the Supreme Court that 'why many dead bodies in…

New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Centre will start a month-long mega campaign "Har Ghar Dastak" to advance the COVID-19 vaccination drive among those who are yet to receive either first dose, or have not taken up their scheduled second shot of…

New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed on the importance of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific and emphasized on the importance of resilient global value chain, in his speech at the 16th East Asia…