October 2021

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.”…

New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI) Delhi Police on Friday started removing barricades from Ghazipur border (National Highway 24) where farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab have been protesting against three new farm laws for the last 11…

New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI) IIT Madras and St Andrews University in the United Kingdom (UK) have collaborated to aid India in achieving 100 per cent of the country’s power requirements through Renewable Energy, a joint statement by the…

New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath, Uttarakhand on November 5, an official statement said. The Prime Minister will offer prayers at the Kedarnath Temple. He will thereafter inaugurate Shri Adi…

New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI) India-Israel Joint Working Group (JWG) on Bilateral Defence Cooperation has agreed to form a Task Force to formulate a comprehensive ten-year roadmap to identify new areas of cooperation. The decision was taken in…

New Delhi, Oct 29 (UNI) India takes the opportunities and challenges of the Indo-Pacific very seriously, which can be seen in its Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative, the Quad vaccine collaboration, and even in New Delhi’s global endeavours…

New Delhi, 28th, October 2021:Power Finance Corporation Ltd, a Maharatna CPSE company and India’s leading power sector focussed non-banking financial firm, today announced the appointment of Shri Rajiv Ranjan Jha as Director (Projects).…

Coal stocks at the country’s thermal plants are improving after a difficult month, in which a number of states had to resort to load shedding as plants ran out of the fuel. While the coal stock position is improving, the shortage at…

Market regulator Sebi on Thursday tightened the norms for investments in securities by employees, board members and trustees of asset management companies (AMCs). The new framework will help avoid any actual or potential conflict of…

THE GOVERNMENT-BACKED SWAMIH Fund has announced its successful exit from the CCI Rivali Park Wintergreen project in Mumbai, which was the first beneficiary of the initiative to provide last-mile funding to affordable housing projects that…

Domestic stock markets came under intense selling pressure Thursday amid global concerns that recovery from the Covid pandemic will slow down as elevated inflation is likely to force central banks to tighten monetary policy. While the…

Industrialist Azim Premji donated Rs 9,713 crore, or Rs 27 crore a day, to retain his top rank among Indian philanthropists in FY21 showed a report on Thursday. According to the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021, the founder…

India’s Lakshya Sen advanced to the men’s singles quarterfinals with a straight game win over Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew but Sameer Verma retired midway due to an injury at the French Open Super 750 tournament here on Thursday. Lakshya won…

Vintage David Warner answered his critics with a sizzling 42-ball-65 as Australia cruised to seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a Super 12 game of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Thursday. Warner, who has gone through a lean patch, was…

While Real Sociedad keeps impressing, defending champion Atletico Madrid continues to disappoint in the Spanish league. Sociedad broke the four-way tie at the top of the league with a 2-0 win at Celta Vigo on Thursday, while Atletico…

Lorenzo Insigne converted two penalties to help Napoli beat Bologna 3-0 Thursday and move back level with AC Milan at the top of the Serie A table. Fabian Ruiz scored the opener in the 18th minute. Napoli, which dropped its first…