October 30, 2021

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that Pope Francis told him he was a “good Catholic” who can receive communion, widening a gulf between Francis and conservative U.S. bishops who want to deny it because of Biden’s support for abortion…

Narendra Modi in Rome Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome and the two leaders discussed issues of bilateral and mutual interests. Modi, who…

As the US Congress met in January 2017 to certify Donald Trump’s presidential victory, a new lawmaker rose to object and was quickly gaveled to silence by Vice President Joe Biden, a fellow Democrat, who said, “It’s over.” These days…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said here that the situation in Afghanistan could not be seen in isolation and that the international community would have to watch out very carefully against any form of intimidation or threat…

India and Israel have agreed to form a task force that will work to identify new areas of defence cooperation, New Delhi said on Friday, after officials of both the countries held the 15th round of Joint Working Group meeting on military…

Asif Ali has a backstory. This World Cup is proving to be his redemption. After his match-winning seven-ball 25, including four sixes in an over to seal the deal, Asif posted a cryptic message on Twitter. “Aur koi hukam Pakistan?…

What is so uniquely Kiwi? They expose your weakness, they make you look underprepared, they deny you glory on the biggest stage but still don’t get treated as enemies. Let’s start from 2019. That was when Kane Williamson didn’t allow the…

Rashid Khan vs Babar Azam proved the best match-up of the tournament so far. The wizard Khan held the upper hand throughout, even saw his man being dropped and reprieved by the DRS but got him off the final ball of his spell. His second…

In the end, it was so very West Indies; frantic and chaotic. A dozen runs to defend in the last over, a skilled death-overs operator barraging yorkers, yet the defending champions nearly contrived to lose the game that would have…

Adani Group on Friday said it would acquire a “significant minority stake” in online travel aggregator and ticket booking portal Cleartrip, which is a part of the Flipkart group. The acquisition, as a part of its diversification plan, is…

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh Friday said the housing and real estate sector is “heading into the best of times” with a lot of “optimism in the air”. “In over 50 years of my work life, I have not seen housing affordability better than…

Stock market correction continued on Friday, even as dull global cues and mixed corporate earnings hit the sentiment. The Sensex, which had lost 1,159 points on Thursday, crashed by another 678 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 59,306.93 while…

India is pushing G20 nations to ensure that large multi-national corporations (MNCs) pay a minimum corporate tax in the countries in which they operate. A number of countries have raised the issue of large MNCs shifting profits and taxes to…

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday relaxed current account rules for bank exposures less than Rs 5 crore, allowing banks to open current account, cash credit (CC) and overdraft (OD) facilities without any restriction. However, in…

Mumbai, Oct 29 (UNI) Bombay High Court on Friday issued the release order for superstar Shah Rukh Khan son, Aryan, accused in the Mumbai cruise drugs bust case, while directing him to furnish surety of Rs 1 lakh. The court is yet to…

Kolkata, Oct 30 (UNI) By-elections to the four Assembly seats of Khardah in North 24 Parganas district, Santipur in Nadia, Gosaba in South 24 Parganas and Dinhata in Cooch Behar in West Bengal began at 0700 hours this on Saturday morning.…

Washington, Oct 29 (UNI/Sputnik) US Senators Ted Cruz, Todd Young and Roger Marshall introduced legislation this week that would exempt India and other allies from being hit with sanctions over their business with the Russian military due…

Bengaluru, Oct 29 (UNI) Kannada filmstar "Appu" Puneeth Rajkumar passed away on Friday after suffering a massive heart attack, a hospital here said. The 46-year-old actor was rushed to the Vikram hospital in Bengaluru at 11.30 am and…

Kaliningrad (Russia)/New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI) The seventh Talwar-class frigate of Indian Navy was launched at Yantar Shipyard in Russia's Kaliningrad and was formally named Tushil, which means 'protector shield'. The ship was launched on…

New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a dig at the government’s decision to remove the barricades at Tikri, Delhi -Haryana border and said “soon all the three anti-agriculture laws will also be removed.”…