October 2021

Nation states, which have so far used dedicated teams to carry out cyberattacks on the online and offline infrastructure of other countries can, in 2022, turn “hackers for hire” by opting to work for other countries, global cybersecurity…

The bottom 50 per cent of the global population owns just 2 per cent of wealth and 8 per cent of income, while the top 10 per cent of population owns 76 per cent of total household wealth and captured 52 per cent of total income in 2021,…

Hit by a rise in input cost, following the jump in commodity prices, and decline in sales on account of ongoing semiconductor shortage, Maruti Suzuki India reported a 65.7 per cent dip in consolidated net profit at Rs 486.9 crore for the…

The government has reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for a period of two years after its term came to an end last month. Bibek Debroy continues to be the Chairman of the EAC-PM. Former RBI Deputy Governor…

The Finance Ministry has directed all central ministries and government departments to clear dues to Air India immediately. The Department of Expenditure (DoE) also said that government departments may purchase tickets from Air India in…

Bayern Munich usually deals out the thrashings in Germany, not the other way around. The Bavarian powerhouse got a taste of its own medicine on Wednesday when Borussia Monchengladbach knocked Bayern out of the German Cup with a fully…

After another poor performance and yet another loss, Ronald Koeman couldn’t hang on any longer as Barcelona coach. It took less than three months after Lionel Messi’s departure for Koeman to finally succumb as the pressure kept…

Debutants Namibia got themselves out of a difficult situation in a low-scoring game to record a memorable four-wicket win over Scotland in their opening Super 12 match in the ICC T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Namibia, who had beaten…

Captain Eoin Morgan on Wednesday said England’s impressive run in the T20 World Cup so far has been a “huge compliment” of the progress made by the side in white ball cricket in recent times. England dished out a thoroughly clinical…

Kolkata, Oct 27(UNI): Bharat Chamber of Commerce organised a Special Session on ‘Food Processing in West Bengal: New Opportunities for Growth’ addressed by Subrata Saha, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Food…

Washington, Oct 27 (UNI) There are 439 American still trapped in Afghanistan and the US is in contact with most of them, said the Pentagon during a Senate hearing. Khaama Press quoted US undersecretary of defense Colin Kahul as saying…

Dubai/New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on Wednesday visited the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, and also held talks with the Saudi Minister for Human Resources & Social Development…

APJ Kalam Islands, Oct. 27: Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile, Agni-5, successfully launched from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. Agni-5 is capable of striking targets at ranges up to 5,000 kilometres with a very high degree of accuracy.…

New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Zakia Ahsan Jafri, the wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, who had challenged the SIT's clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case, told the Supreme Court that 'why many dead bodies in…

New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Centre will start a month-long mega campaign "Har Ghar Dastak" to advance the COVID-19 vaccination drive among those who are yet to receive either first dose, or have not taken up their scheduled second shot of…

New Delhi, Oct 27 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed on the importance of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific and emphasized on the importance of resilient global value chain, in his speech at the 16th East Asia…

Shimla, Oct 27 (UNI) The campaign for one Lok Sabha and three assembly seats bypolls ended at 1800 hrs on Wednesday. The voting will be held on Oct 30. Chief Electoral Officer C Palrasu said that election campaign came to end with peaceful…

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 27(UNI) AIMIM National President Asaduddin Owaisi said that BJP won the last two Lok Sabha elections as Jats supported them in a big way. "When Jats can defeat Ajit Singh and leave him, then why are Muslims not leaving…

Lucknow, Oct 27(UNI) The four suspects picked by the sleuths of the Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) from the New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani express train from Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhya (PDDU) Junction late on Monday night turned out to Bangladeshi…

Lucknow Oct 27(UNI)Union minister Ramdas Athawale has termed the allegations levelled by Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik against NCB's zonal director Sameer Wankhede as "baseless" and "mischievous", and defended the officer saying he has…