October 2021

NEW DELHI: India has now reached a significant milestone of having fully vaccinated one in every four adult against COVID-19 but the role of Sputnik V in the drive, has been spectacularly underwhelming. Of nearly 89 crore vaccines doses…

NEW DELHI: Expressing reservations regarding the behavior of the bureaucracy particularly the police officers in the country, the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday said he had plans earlier to constitute a standing committee for…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary at Raj Ghat. Paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, PM Modi on Saturday said Bapu's…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invoked BR Ambedkar while launching the ambitious second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission. Also launching the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0, the PM…

KOCHI: The first-ever statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Lakshadweep will be unveiled by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Kavaratti at an event organised by the island administration to commemorate the 152nd birth anniversary of the Father…

Dhaka, Oct 1 (UNI) ONGC Videsh Limited has started its first exploratory drilling campaign in Bangladesh for finding oil and gas. The first well, Kanchan 1 was spudded in block SS04 of the Maheshkhali island of the country on Wednesday.…

Washington, Oct 1 (UNI/Sputnik) The US State Department confirmed on Friday that US State Secretary Antony Blinken will travel to Paris from October 4-6 to meet with his French colleagues to discuss the US-French cooperation in the…

New Delhi/Dubai, Oct 1 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India today is a land of opportunities and one of the most open countries in the world, as he invited businesspersons to invest in India, in his address at the…

Tokyo, Sep 28 (UNI/Sputnik) The projectile, fired by North Korea, fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday. Earlier, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea said North Korea had fired an…

Tokyo, Oct 1 (UNI/Xinhua) Fumio Kishida, the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and presumed next prime minister, unveiled a lineup of party executives on Friday. Kishida was elected LDP president on Wednesday…

Vienna, Oct 1 (UNI/Sputnik) The United Nations is seeing increasing numbers of space objects and is emphasizing the necessity to be more vigilant than before, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Director, Simonetta Di Pippo, told…

Tokyo, Oct 1 (UNI/Sputnik) Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito, will marry her boyfriend, Kei Komuro, on October 26, the Kyodo news agency reported on Friday, citing the Imperial Household Agency. After…

DIPAM Secretary :Media reports indicating approval of financial bids by Government of India in the Air India disinvestment case are incorrect. Media will be informed of the Government decision as and when it is taken

New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders have extended their greetings to the President, Ram Nath Kovind on his 76th Birthday on Friday. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Birthday greetings to Rashtrapati…

It was threatening to be a little tight for Chennai Super Kings, courtesy a failed Hollywood heave from Moeen Ali and a two-wicket over from Jason Holder that took out Suresh Raina and Faf du Plessis. When Jason Roy flew like Hugo…

Star player Chris Gayle has decided to leave the IPL’s bio-secure environment due to “bubble fatigue”, his team Punjab Kings said on Thursday. Gayle had played two games for the team since IPL’s resumption and now wants to refresh before…

COLOMBO: India's Adani Group on Thursday sealed a deal with the state-owned Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) to develop and run the strategic Colombo Port's Western Container Terminal. As the first-ever Indian port operator in Sri Lanka,…

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has attached over two dozen land parcels in Noida, worth a little over Rs 30 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe against the Unitech group. The 29 land…

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday hiked by 62 per cent the price of natural gas that is used to produce electricity, make fertilisers and turned into CNG to use as fuel in automobiles and cooking gas for household kitchens. This is…

NEW DELHI: The output of eight core sectors grew by 11.6 per cent in August, mainly due to an uptick in the production of cement, coal, and natural gas, official data showed on Thursday. The eight infrastructure sectors of coal, crude…