October 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “every Indian feels the pain of Afghan people” and called on the international community to forge a unified response to bring about desired changes to the situation in Afghanistan. He also…

Naples/New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called for actively resolving new trade barriers like vaccine differentiations or COVID passports as they impose mobility restrictions and impede the movement…

Days after MS Dhoni retired from international white-ball cricket last year, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin caught up on Facebook to sing paeans of the former India captain. Amidst laughter and banter, anecdotes and nostalgia, Raina…

Star athlete Hima Das, who is in Patiala to resume her training, has tested positive for COVID. After failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, the 2018 U-20 World Champion in 400 metres took a short break to nurse her hamstring injury.…

UEFA invited bidders on Tuesday to host a 24-team European Championship in 2028, though did not rule out changing the dates and format of the tournament. The European soccer body has been looking at whether to expand the tournament again…

Teenager Dalip Gavit has taken part in only one para-athletics tournament in his nascent career. The 18-year-old, whose right arm is amputated from below the elbow, feels the level of competition in para championships isn’t up to his…

New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) rose 11.9 per cent year-on-year in August, 2021 as compared to 11.5 per cent in July showing economic recovery on firm footing post second wave of pandemic. As per data…

In a sign of the pandemic receding in Kerala, the active caseload for Covid-19 fell below the 1-lakh mark on Tuesday, the first time since June 29. As of Tuesday, there were 96,646 active Covid-19 cases in the state. The caseload had hit…

The Union Home Ministry Tuesday began tripartite talks with the Gorkha representatives from the Darjeeling Hills, Terrai and Dooars region and the Government of West Bengal in order to resolve the longstanding demand of statehood in the…

Around 350 people from tribal communities of 30 villages in Chhattisgarh’s Sarguja and Korba districts have been walking for the last nine days to reach state capital Raipur. The march — of more than 300 km — is to register their protest…

India’s total installed solar power capacity will need to increase to 5630 gigawatt (GW) by 2070 in order to achieve net zero emissions, according to a new report released Tuesday by independent think tank Council on Energy, Environment and…

While Air India has gone back to its original owner, the Tatas, its art collection built by JRD Tata is still staying with the government. Officials said the deal entails only the airline and Air India’s non-core assets, such as land,…

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday raked up the Kashmir issue at a multilateral meeting in Kazakhstan, saying that sustainable peace in South Asia was not possible without the resolution of the “core dispute” with…

New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) The government has granted ‘Maharatna’ status to Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) giving the state-owned company greater operational and financial autonomy. Incorporated in 1986, PFC is the largest infrastructure…

Chandigarh, Oct 12 (UNI) Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit has expressed grief over the demise of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) Chairman Balwinder Singh Nakai. In his condolence message, the Governor said Mr…

Panchkula, Oct 12 (UNI) The special CBI court has deferred the sentencing of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others till October 18 in connection with the murder of Dera follower Ranjit Singh. Dera chief…

Chandigarh, Oct 12 (UNI) Punjab Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday announced that the newly launched Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) will be further extended to all private buses operating in the state. While…

Washington, Oct 13 (UNI/Sputnik) The US government approved three new tobacco products, the first set of electronic nicotine delivery systems authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the regulatory agency said. “Today’s…

Kabul, Oct 12 (UNI) In the wake of a deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Kunduz on Friday which killed over 100 people and left 150 others injured, Islamic scholars have sought protection from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan for Shia…

United Nations, Oct 12 (UNI) India on Tuesday said that while the world condemns anti-semitism, Islamophobia and Christianophobia, it fails to recognize that there are more virulent forms of religious phobias emerging and taking roots,…