SpaceX: 52 Starlink satellites successfully launched into orbit
Washington, Dec 18: SpaceX announced on Saturday the successful liftoff of 52 Starlink communication satellites into the Earth orbit.
Earlier in the day, the US space company launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force…
Karachi explosion: A bank building collapses, currency blown over
Karachi, Dec 18 (UNI) A sewage gas explosion that caused a bank building to collapse in Karachi’s Shershah area on Saturday blew away hundreds of currency notes on the street, while an iron safe was also lying in the rubble. People were…
Five Central Asian republics to join OIC meet in Islamabad
Islamabad, Dec 18: Pakistan is hosting the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries in Islamabad on Sunday for a meeting on Afghanistan, even as the five Central Asian republics will be represented by…
Germany classifies UK as high risk area, travel to be restricted from Monday
Berlin, Dec 19: Germany has included the United Kingdom in the high risk category amid the spread of Omicron and will introduce a temporary ban on almost all travellers arriving from the UK to Germany, the Robert Koch Institute said in a…
Owaisi: If girls have right to vote at 18, why not right to marriage
Meerut, Dec 18: National president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that if girls have right to vote at the age of 18 then why not the right of getting married.
Addressing 'Shoshit Vanchit Samaj…
Union Bank organizes Mega MSME Credit Camp in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Dec 18: Union Bank of India organized Mega MSME Credit Camp here on Saturday as part of its ongoing MSME Festive Bonanza Campaign.
Bank Executive Director Nitesh Ranjan, flagged off the Mega Camp.During this Special camp day,…
Election manifesto should be given status of legal document: Sukhbir
Patiala, Dec 18: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said the election manifesto should be given the status of a legal document to ensure political parties were made liable for the promises made by them.…
BWF: Srikanth reaches finals; Sen finishes with Bronze
Huelva, (Spain) Dec 18: Former world no.1 Kidambi Srikanth continued his scintillating run at the BWF World Championships, as he sailed into finals after defeating his compatriot Lakshya Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in a nail-biting encounter…
FIEO seeks SOPs for overseas marketing of exports
New Delhi, Dec 17: Encouragement to overseas marketing for exports, fiscal and tax support to address logistics challenges and developing an Indian shipping line of global repute are the key recommendations from the Federation of Indian…
Hockey Men’s Asian Champions Trophy: India beat arch-rival Pakistan 3-1
Dhaka, Dec 17: India registered 3-1 win over the arch-rivals Pakistan in their third match of the Men's Asian Champion’s Trophy here on Friday. Akashdeep Singh and Harmanpreet Singh were the goal scorer for India, while Junaid Manzoor…
Ice Hockey: 395 children learning skill in freezing temperature of Kaza
Shimla, Dec 17: The sleepy tribal Kaza headquarter town of Lahaul Spiti district is currently bustling with creativity in the freezing temperatures as 395 children mostly early tender age vouching to learn the skill of Ice hockey training.…
Siddharth Chattopadhyaya assumes addl. charge as DGP Punjab
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (UNI) 1986-batch IPS officer Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on Friday assumed the additional charge of Director General of Police (Head of Police Force) Punjab.
According to the orders issued by the State Government, Siddharth…
Akhilesh, Mayawati distributed UP sugar mills to their cronies
Lucknow, 17 Dec: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party governments of indulging in corruption and nepotism and said that governments led by these two parties distributed sugar mills in Uttar…
Cold wave intensified in Himachal, as higher hills get snowfall
Shimla, Dec 17: Fresh spell of Snowfall in the high reaches of Shimla and Chamba, mainly cloudy weather intensified bone chilling coldwave in the state as night temperature in most places was under subzero and in minus affecting the normal…
Taliban nominee requests from UN Afghanistan’s envoy seat
Kabul, Dec 17 (UNI/Sputnik) The United Nations should hand the seat of the Afghan ambassador over to the "new government" of the country, the nominee of the Taliban to the UN, Suhail Shaheen, said on Friday.
No country has yet recognized…
Saudi Prince launches $ 20 bn Jeddah Central Project
Riyadh, Dec 17: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud launched on Friday a development plan of the Jeddah Central Project with a total investment of 75 billion Saudi Riyals (20 billion US dollars).
The…
US Air Force conducting electronic reconnaissance over Belarus
Minsk, Dec 18: The US Air Force is conducting optoelectronic reconnaissance over the western territories of Belarus and electronic reconnaissance over the whole territory of the country, Deputy head of the Belarusian Security Council…
Priyanka condemns Karnataka MLA’s rape remark
New Delhi, Dec 17 (UNI) Amid growing clamour to take strict action against former Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar over his rape remark, the Congress on Friday condemned the statement of its senior leader.
"I whole-heartedly…
Bhutan confers highest civilian honour on PM Modi, ‘deeply touched’, he says
New Delhi/Thimphu, Dec 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Friday conferred Bhutan’s highest civilian honour, The Order of the Druk Gyalpo Class I.
Prime Minister Modi is the first foreign Head of Government to receive Bhutan’s highest…
Two more patients confirmed with Omicron in Delhi, tally reaches 22
New Delhi, Dec 17: Hours after Delhi recorded 10 cases of Omicron variant, two more such cases were confirmed in the national capital on late Friday evening, govt sources told UNI.
One of the patients is receiving treatment at a private…
