October 2021

Last year’s IPL had left the two finalists with a straightforward task: Chennai Super Kings had to make their seniors relive their youth and Kolkata Knight Riders had to make their youth mature quicker. Luckily, both have astute white-ball…

Geneva/New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) India on Thursday was elected for a record sixth term to the Human Rights Council by an overwhelming endorsement of UN member states. “India elected for the record 6th term of the Human Rights Council by an…

Kabul, Oct 14 (UNI) Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority has said that Pakistan’s PIA and Afghanistan’s Kam Air will be banned from conducting flights from Kabul to Islamabad if they do not charge the same price as they did prior to the…

Washington, Oct 15 (UNI/Sputnik) US President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law to temporarily increase the federal debt ceiling by $480 billion until early December, the White House said. "On Thursday, October 14, 2021, the President…

Tokyo, Oct 15 (UNI/Sputnik) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reaffirmed during a phone conversation their commitment to continue the peace treaty talks, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu…

Bay of Bengal, Oct 14 (UNI) US Navy Chief Admiral Mike Gilday hosted Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh and other senior Indian Navy officers aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on Thursday during the Malabar Exercise which is…

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) As a part of the union government's outreach to Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Amit Shah would visit the Union Territory from October 23-25, sources said. The visit is a part of a major outreach drive being…

Central Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also visits Man Mohan Singh at the hospital and gets updates from Director Randeep Guleria

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose resignation as the Punjab Congress chief is pending with the Congress high command, met party leaders in the national capital on Thursday and said any decision taken by them would be…

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) As center's decision to extend the jurisdiction of BSF in three states - Punjab, West Bengal and Assam created a controversy, former BSF DG Prakash Singh said the decision does not dilute the authority of the state…

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) India has decided to focus on the neighbourhood in resuming Covid-19 vaccine supplies and has sent vaccines to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran, as part of the effort, the MEA said on Thursday. Ministry of…

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) India will participate in the Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan on October 20, the first such meeting after the Taliban takeover of Kabul. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India…

New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) India said on Thursday that it has noted the signing of an MoU between Bhutan and China to expedite their ongoing boundary negotiations. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, answering a…

MUMBAI: LIVA Miss Diva 2021 runner-up Sonal Kukreja says she wants to use the pageant as a platform to enable financial independence in women across the country and not as a springboard to launch her Bollywood career. Kukreja, who hails…

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: 22 women priests are ready in the state to perform the poojas anchored in the Hindu faith. A right that had been the monopoly of a section belonging to the Hindu faith for long will now be challenged by women, who have…

LONDON: England Test captain Joe Root is hoping to make his debut in the Indian Premier League next year and will enter his name in the 2022 mega auction, a report said on Wednesday. Considered one of the modern greats of the game, Root…

NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Wednesday announced 28 probables, including Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem and Aniket Jadhav, for the national team's qualifying campaign for next year's AFC U-23 Asian Cup. India have…

LONDON: For all the improvements made by England under Gareth Southgate — and reaching the World Cup semifinals and European Championship final suggests there are many — one major problem has been holding the team back. Finding the right…

BOSTON: Amid reports of the ongoing coal shortage in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed that there is no shortage and termed these as "absolutely baseless", saying India is a power surplus country. Sitharaman said…