May 13, 2021

NEW DELHI: Actor Anupam Kher said on Wednesday it was important to hold the government accountable for the mismanagement of the second wave of the pandemic. The veteran actor, who is often viewed as being close to the Narendra Modi-led…

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, the third increase this week, propelling petrol price to cross Rs 100 per litre mark in more cities including Bhopal and Indore. Petrol and diesel…

NEW DELHI:  With progress on India’s vaccination drive remaining largely behind schedule and an abated accumulation of new Covid-19 cases across the country, global ratings agency Moody’s has joined its peers in making a steep downwards…

NEW DELHI:  With the demand for steel continuing to increase during the pandemic, the Union government is considering a further reduction in customs duty levied on steel imports. “Metal prices in general and steel prices in particular have…

NEW DELHI:  Smartphone shipment in India fell 14 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 38 million in Q121 (January-March) as  the onset of the second Covid-19 wave towards the end of the quarter resulted in subdued consumer demand. According to…

New Delhi: Nikhil Gandhi, the India Head of China's ByteDance-owned short video-sharing platform TikTok, has decided to quit and is currently serving his notice period, IWMBuzz reported. After the company folded its India business, Gandhi…

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , May 13: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has promised Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to deliver 1.5 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield to Maharashtra after May 20, said the state health minister…

New Delhi , May 13: In view of the cyclone building up over the Arabian Sea, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) issued an advisory to the Fisheries Department to warn the fishermen not to proceed to sea and also to return to the nearest…

New Delhi , May 12 : With the second COVID-19 wave rampant in India, the frontline workers have been working 24x7 to help people fight the pandemic. And on Wednesday, legend Sachin Tendulkar saluted the real warriors on International…

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) With an aim to uninterrupted power supply to the Oxygen plants across the country, the Ministry of Power has set up a monitoring centre for the power supply to 73 major identified Oxygen Plants across the country out…

New Delhi , May 12 : Over the last few years, India's pace bowling attack has risen through the ranks to be counted among the best in the business. And with the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand coming up in…

Dubai , May 12 : Pakistan bowlers Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, and Shaheen Afridi on Wednesday achieved career-best positions in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings after becoming the first trio from their country to grab five-wicket hauls in…

Melbourne , May 12   Former Australia skipper Greg Chappell believes that Rahul Dravid picked the Aussie brains and implemented the model to build a solid domestic structure in India. Chappell also talked about how the likes of India…

Liverpool , May 12   Netherlands and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk on Wednesday confirmed that he would not be taking part in this year's Euro Cup. Van Dijk has been out of action due to an injury after he was left with cruciate…

Bengaluru, May 12 (UNI) The Indian women's hockey team forward Lalremsiami has expressed that the Indian team will need to focus on creating more goal scoring opportunities, which will be key to their success in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.…

Jammu, May 12 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Government has added nearly 800 more oxygen supported beds, in Jammu province, in a week, to augment the existing bed capacity, as a part of ongoing capacity building of hospitals in wake of rising…

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed that it is high time that the government fix the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) payable for oxygen concentrators and other equipment used to treat COVID-19 to prevent their…

Hyderabad, May 12 (UNI) Indo-Arab League Chairman Syed Vicaruddin has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. In a letter, addressed to PM Modi, Vicaruddin said that the…

Kolkata, May 7 (UNI) A five-member bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday sought a report within 3 days from West Bengal government on the post-election violence in the state that claimed at least 16 lives. The violence erupted after…

Moscow, May 12 (Sputnik) The coordinating role of the United Nations remains crucial in overcoming global challenges, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. "The situation in the world is very unstable. The trends we are…