October 2021

Karnataka’s Sambhavv R bettered ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj’s record in 200m freestyle as three more national marks were obliterated on the opening day of the sub junior and junior national aquatic championships here on Tuesday.…

Bangladesh kept their hopes of advancing to Super 12s stage alive with a nervy 26-run win over co-hosts Oman in their Group B match of the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday. Opener Mohammad Naim struck a fine half-century to help Bangladesh…

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has shaken off a finger injury that he sustained in a warm-up match against India ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup, captain Eoin Morgan said on Tuesday. Livingstone left the field with the little…

New Delhi, Oct 19 (UNI) Adani group companies will invest over $50-70 billion in the renewable energy value chain and have committed 70 per cent of planned capex until 2030 to energy transition. Hydrogen is a game changer and Adani’s…

New Delhi, Oct 19 (UNI) Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance group seems to be on acquisition spree. Days after one of its group firms signed pact to buy 40 per cent stake in designer Manish Malhotra's MM Styles, Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL)…

Kushinagar, Oct 19 (UNI) The much-awaited Kushinagar International Airport, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, will help revive and boost tourism from South Asian countries, according to tourism and…

Shimla, Oct 19 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday said that 55.6 per cent of its total population have received at least two doses of COVID vaccine while cent per cent state population have got first dose of the vaccine. The…

Chandigarh, Oct 19 (UNI) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Tuesday said that there appeared to be a deep-rooted conspiracy to defame the farmers’ stir. Referring to the recent incident of lynching of a Dalit…

Shimla, Oct 19 (UNI) 205 tourists who were stranded on the way from Pooh to Kaza in Lahaul Spiti district of Himachal were rescued from their camp by Indian Army Jawans stationed at Sumdo on Tuesday. Deputy commissioner Lahaul Spiti…

Expeerts: Time to treat western ghats 'as fast losing treasure', otherwise huge floods await Central Kerala

Lucknow, Oct 17 (UNI) To give prompt relief to the farmers, the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh will provide compensation to about two lakh farmers for their crop loss due to rains and floods. In pursuance of the directives of Chief…

New Delhi, Oct 19 (UNI) Singer turned politician Babul Supriyo on Tuesday formally tendered his resignation as Lok Sabha MP. Shortly after, he shared a picture painting contrast between the time when he became an MP in 2014, and after his…

New Delhi, Oct 19 (UNI) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's announcement of giving 40 per cent tickets in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to women has posed a new challenge for all the political parties,…

New Delhi, Oct 19 (UNI) Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing on Tuesday arrested three persons in connection with siphoning off more than Rs 300 crore taken as loan from YES Bank and summoned Nira Radia for questioning in the case. The…

Dhaka, Oct 19 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to take immediate action against the people involved in vandalising of Puja mandap and attacking the houses of the Hindu community.…

Kabul, Oct 19 (UNI) Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Interior Minister who figures on the UN Sanctions list, met families of the slain suicide bombers at Kabul’s glitzy InterContinental Hotel, and termed suicide…

Rome, Oct 20 (UNI/Sputnik) The Senate leadership of the Italian parliament has banned senators from working without a green pass - the COVID-19 vaccination certificate - after a lawmaker refused to present her COVID-19 certificate, the…

Pyŏngyang, Oct 20 (UNI/Sputnik) North Korea said it successfully test launched a ballistic missile from a submarine, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. It said the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the launch…

Washington, Oct 20 (UNI/Sputnik) US Republicans are warming to a possible run by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, with 78 percent saying they want the former president to seek another term in the White House, a Quinnipiac…

Washington, Oct 20 (UNI/Sputnik) President Joe Biden has nominated career diplomat Donald Blome to be the US Ambassador to Pakistan, the White House said in a press release. "Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the…