October 2021

NEW DELHI: What happens to the special purpose vehicle (SPV) — Air India Asset Holding Ltd (AIAHL) — created by the government to hold some of the assets and liabilities of Air India, after the latter’s privatisation? Tuhin Kanta Pandey,…

NEW DELHI: Engineering and construction major L&T has entered the lucrative education Technology (EdTech) sector with the launch of L&T EduTech, an application-based learning platform, which will provide practical-oriented…

NEW DELHI: The ongoing coal crisis has taken its toll not just on the power sector, but also on non-power sectors especially the aluminium industry. A day after Coal India decided to temporarily halt fuel supply to non-power sectors, the…

NEW DELHI: Few years back India’s top 10 list was entirely dominated by hatchbacks and entry level sedans that were easy on pocket and delivered high mileage. Then came Hyundai’s Creta and Maruti Suzuki’s Brezza. The two SUVs became a…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The Centre on Friday rejected the Global Hunger Index saying it was shocking that the rank of India was lowered, adding that the methodology used by FAO is 'unscientific'. A statement issued by the Ministry of Women…

MS Dhoni’s face hardly betrays emotion. Else, it would have had the mea culpa of a dropped catch writ large on it. Dropping Venkatesh Iyer, the man behind Kolkata Knight Riders’ upsurge in UAE, on nought threatened to be a very costly…

Mahendra Singh Dhoni played his part to perfection in an extraordinary script as he led Chennai Super Kings to their fourth Indian Premier League title, outwitting Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in a one-sided final on Friday. Dhoni, who…

Male, Oct 15 (PTI) Having endured a topsy-turvy beginning to their campaign before a fine turnaround, seven-time champions India will start title favourites when they take on first-time finalists Nepal in the summit clash of the SAFF…

Pakistan emerged as “one of the best teams in the world” playing in UAE and Babar Azam and his men will fare well in the men’s T20 World Cup due to familiarity with the conditions, says the country’s former women’s skipper Sana Mir. The…

Last month, Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Tirop, 25, set a world record of 30 minutes and 1 second in a 10K run to continue her steady rise in track and field. Earlier this week though, her body was discovered at her home in Iten, in West Kenya, with…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is set to meet in the national capital on Saturday amid demand from senior party leaders for electing a new president to the party, and at a time when a generational shift is…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The body of a man with a hand chopped off, and found tied to a barricade in Kundli, close to the main stage at the farmers' protest site along the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border on Friday, is the works of a group Nihang…

Mumbai, Oct 15 (UNI) Providing a safe, secure, and stable maritime system is an imperative to all of mankind and not just for the navies of the US and India, said Chief of US Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday on Friday during his…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday night withdrew his resignation and assured party leader Rahul Gandhi that he would resume his duties as the Punjab Congress chief. Sidhu, who had met party leaders over his…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday hit back at the opposition over questioning Veer  Savarkar's contribution to India's freedom struggle. The minister said that questioning the valour and patriotism of Veer…

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Oct 15 (UNI) To strengthen its position at national level after Haryana, the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) has written to the Election Commission to reserve their election symbol of 'Key' in various other states, party…

Tirumala, Oct 15 (UNI) Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) organised grand Chakrasnanam fete on the concluding day of ongoing Srivari Navaratri Brahmotsavam inside Srivari temple with following Covid- guidelines here on Friday. In the…

Gaza/Tel Aviv, Oct 16 (UNI/Sputnik) More than 40 Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. "44 Palestinians have been injured today in clashes with Israeli…

New York, Oct 16 (UNI/Sputnik) Wall Street scored its biggest week since June as strong retail sales boosted the risk appetite of equity market investors, despite surging inflationary pressures on the US economy. The S&P 500, which…

Washington, Oct 16 (UNI/Sputnik) The Facebook-owned WhatsApp messenger said that it has started encrypting chat backups stored in the cloud. "Starting today, we are making available an extra, optional layer of security to protect backups…