November 2021

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the state will soon have an anti-religious conversion law. Speaking to reporters here, Bommai said, "The state government is studying related laws enacted by other…

LUCKNOW: The Special MP/ MLA Court of Lucknow on Friday awarded a life sentence to former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati and his two accomplices in a gang rape case and also POCSO Act. The court had convicted the three on Wednesday and had…

NEW DELHI: The central pollution watchdog on Friday advised people to avoid going outdoors and directed government and private offices to reduce vehicle usage by at least 30 per cent due to severe air pollution in the national capital.…

Islamabad, Nov 12 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday told an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that Islamabad would “favourably consider” the request by the Afghan…

New Delhi/Luxembourg, Nov 12 (UNI) India and Luxembourg held their first-ever Foreign Office Consultations on Friday during which they discussed on ways to further expand economic links and deepen cooperation in areas including finance,…

Bengaluru, Nov 12 (UNI) "In that book launch, I was the only guy who got Covid that's what the media thinks but I think I got that in Leeds," Shastri cleared the air when he was blamed for Covid outbreak in the team ahead of the fifth and…

Thiruvananthapuram, November 11: A CAG report on preparedness and response to floods in Kerala’ has said the state is yet to enact flood plain zoning legislation, 45 years after the Union Government circulated to all states a model draft…

Alluding to the Chinese military build-up across the Line of Actual Control, the Centre told the Supreme Court Thursday that wider roads are needed in the Char Dham mountain region of Uttarakhand to transport missiles like the BrahMos and…

Governors must cut down on visits to their home and spend more time visiting Raj Bhavans of other states to ensure best practices are shared among them, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday. “It is often seen that Governors take…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Leh and Ladakh on November 17-18 during which he will pay homage to martyrs at Rezang La War Memorial, according to sources in the Defence Ministry. “Raksha Mantri will visit Rezang La memorial…

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sold about $5 billion in shares, the billionaire reported in filings on Wednesday, just days after he polled Twitter users about selling 10% of his stake. In his first share sale since 2016, Musk’s trust sold…

A McKinsey & Co. partner who advised Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on its impending acquisition of GreenSky Inc. was charged with using inside information about the deal to make more than $450,000 from illegal trades. Puneet Dikshit, 40,…

The benchmark indices declined on Thursday, taking cues from global peers as US inflation data hit a 30-year high on Wednesday, amid volatility due to the weekly expiry of F&O contracts. The Sensex slipped below 60,000, closing at…

Sapphire Foods IPO subscription status: The initial public offering (IPO) of Sapphire Foods India, which operates KFC and Pizza Hut outlets, which was launched earlier this week got subscribed 6.62 times on the final day, according to the…

China’s biggest online shopping day, known as “Singles’ Day” on Nov. 11, is taking on a muted tone this year as regulators crack down on the technology industry and President Xi Jinping pushes for “common prosperity.” The Singles’ Day…

As Steve Smith blasted his bat onto his pads in anger after holing out in the deep, his hangman, Shadab Khan wrapped his palms over his face, before he was deluged by his onrushing teammates. He was so over-joyous that he didn’t know how to…

New Zealand will bring Tim Seifert in to replace Devon Conway in Sunday’s T20 World Cup final against Australia after the wicketkeeper-batsman broke his right hand with a frustrated punch of his bat following his dismissal against England.…

“Yeh dosti hum nahi todenge (We wouldn’t break this friendship)”. This was the theme of Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s team talk after the loss to Australia at the T20 World Cup semifinal. “Everybody is feeling the pain. Where we made…

Back in 2018, Matthew Wade had conceded that his international career was all but over. That was on the back of an indifferent summer in domestic cricket, which saw him lose his Test place to Tim Paine, while he was replaced by Alex Carey…

Kolkata, Nov 11 (UNI) A partial eclipse of the Moon will occur on November 19 next. From India, just after moonrise, ending of partial phase of the eclipse will be visible for a very short span of time from extreme north eastern parts of…