May 6, 2021

MUMBAI: Businesses and households are 'learning to adapt' to lockdown measures and the dent to demand will be 'moderate' as compared to countrywide shutdown of activities done last year, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on…

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labour & Employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorganised sector workers seeking registration, benefits, availing services…

BENGALURU: 230 million people in India slipped below the national minimum wage threshold (Rs 375 per day as recommended by the Anoop Satpathy committee) in Covid-hit 2020, a report released by the Azim Premji University on Wednesday stated.…

Hanoi , May 5  : Vietnam on Tuesday decided to keep anti-dumping duty on aluminium from China. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to continue imposing anti-dumping duties on certain aluminium products originating from China…

Dhaka , May 5   Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday confirmed that the three-match ODI series between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be played in Dhaka. The three-match series which is a part of the ODI Super League will be held…

New Delhi , May 5  Indian sailors KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar, who will compete as a team in the Men's Skiff 49er Class competition at the Tokyo Olympics, have had each other's back firmly over the years and still continue to do so.…

St John's , May 5 : Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday confirmed the international retainer contracts for the West Indies Men's Team for the 2021-2022 season. A total of 18 players have been offered contracts for the upcoming…

London , May 5   Former England opening batsman Michael Atherton reckons that staging the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season will be a logistical issue for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).…

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is an all-consuming challenge and welcomed goodwill from various countries. “We will get through this. But there is a larger…

LUCKNOW: The three-tier panchayat polls, which is seen as the semi-finals before the next year’s Assembly election in the UP, could well be a wake-up call for the ruling BJP in this very significant state. In many wards, candidates…

New Delhi , May 5  Amid the devastating COVID-19 crisis in the country, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has transported as many as 180 empty cryogenic oxygen containers and other relief material like oxygen cylinders, oxygen plant equipment,…

New Delhi , May 6  India on Tuesday granted permission to several telecom service providers to conduct a six-month trial for the use and application of 5G technology in the country, excepting the Chinese firms. The Indian Telecom…

Geneva , May 6   Lauding the United States for extending support to waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines amid the global health crisis, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus termed…

Washington , May 6   US Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday (local time) hailed the Biden Administration's announcement that they will work to advance a carefully-crafted Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)…

Washington , May 6  As US four military aircraft carrying medical supplies have landed in India amid the COVID-19 so far, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday described it as a heroic effort from all those involved. "So far, we…

New Delhi , May 5   The Delhi High Court on Wednesday warned a patient against raising a false alarm regarding Oxygen shortage during the course of hearing a plea on issues arising due to the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases in the…

Chandigarh (Punjab) , May 5  In view of COVID-19 vaccine shortage in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday directed the Health Department to explore all possible options to boost the supply and kickstart…

Hyderabad (Telangana) , May 6   Condemning the post-polls violence that broke out after Trinamool Congress (TMC) won the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Telangana BJP Chief Bandi Sanjay on Wednesday staged a protest at the party…

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) , May 6  As part of the partial curfew and Section 144 imposed in Andhra Pradesh, the Srikakulam district police on Wednesday held a COVID-19 awareness rally with 10 vehicles in all major junctions of the…

New Delhi , May 6  Amid the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said that 65 foreign nationals, including those from Nepal, training…