November 2021

BUOYED BY the Supreme Court ruling Monday that ordered authorities to create a seat for him in IIT-Bombay, where he was denied admission due to a technical glitch that stalled payment of acceptance fees within the deadline, the Dalit…

U.S. President Joe Biden intends to run for re-election in 2024, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday. Biden, 79, has suffered a dip in his job approval ratings in recent months, leading some Democrats to wonder…

Waiting in the holding area of a New York City courthouse in 1966, Talmadge Hayer turned to the two men who were standing trial with him. He told them that he intended to confess to his role in the assassination of Malcolm X and make it…

Sri Lanka’s former police chief Pujith Jayasundera was on Monday indicted with 855 charges of criminal negligence for failing to act despite receiving prior intelligence warnings in the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack that killed nearly…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday said his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbours, amid ongoing friction over the South China Sea. Xi made the remarks during a virtual conference with the…

The Reserve Bank (RBI) on Monday released a draft scheme for the amalgamation of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank and Delhi-based Unity Small Finance Bank (USFB). Unity Small Finance Bank is a joint venture between Centrum…

Shares of Reliance Industries fell 4.2% on Monday as India’s largest firm halted a stake sale in its oil-to-chemicals business to Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and pulled back from a potential spinoff of its most profitable unit. The move to…

The country’s GDP growth is likely to be around 8.1 per cent in the second quarter of the current financial year and in the range of 9.3-9.6 per cent during fiscal 2022, according to an SBI research report. In the first quarter of FY 22,…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday released a draft scheme of amalgamation of fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank and Delhi-based Unity Small Finance Bank. Unity SFB is a joint venture between Centrum Group and…

The Labour and Employment Ministry on Monday launched the fieldwork for the All India Survey on Domestic Workers (DWs), covering 742 districts in 37 states and Union Territories. “This survey will cover all types of domestic services…

In one of the most bizarre dismissals you’ll ever see on a cricket pitch, Sri Lankan allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva knocked the bails off the stump with his bat while trying to save the ball from bouncing back on the wickets in the first…

Chelsea won the Champions League and England reached the European Championship final, but no Englishmen are on the shortlists for FIFA’s annual awards published on Monday. Jorginho, a double European champion with Chelsea and Italy, was…

Canceled games, players in quarantine and arguments over vaccine mandates. Sports in Germany are facing a winter of disruption as the country endures a fourth wave of rising coronavirus infections. Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich…

Spanish striker Igor Angulo struck twice in the space of three minutes as Mumbai City FC began their Indian Super League title defence in style with 3-0 win against FC Goa here on Monday. Angulo continued from where he left last season…

Panaji, Nov 22 (UNI) National award-winning actor Manoj Bajpayee on Monday said that he always tries to live in reality and make the character a representative of the masses. Speaking at an 'In-conversation session’ on the ‘Creating Cult…

Puducherry, Nov 22 (UNI)The Puducherry administration on Monday sought an interim rain relief of Rs 300 crores from the central government. Chief Minister N Rangasamy after holding discussions with the central team which visited Puducherry…

Chennai, Nov 22 (UNI) Officials of the Air Customs Intelligence (AIU) Unit today seized 1.22 kg gold worth Rs 54.87 lakh and other goods to the tune of Rs 3.86 lakh in two separate incidents at the Anna international airport. A release…

Kolar, Nov 22 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the state's economy is on a recovery path after the slump during the COVID pandemic. "Economy of the country and the state suffered huge setbacks over the last 2…