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Peace-keeping: Indian, Sri Lankan soldiers win UN award

New Delhi: The United Nations has appreciated the role of 135 Indian and 103 Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). They received medals of appreciation from Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar, the UN Force Commander in South Sudan, this week, demonstrating the camaraderie and close cooperation between the two neighbouring countries’ […]

Sports: ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh passes away at 91

Avya Mathur  New Delhi: “Unable to come to terms with your demise”, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar grieved the death of sports legend Captain Milkha Singh, who breathed his last at the age of 91, due to post Covid-19 complications late on Friday. Track and field sprinter Milkha Singh, who was introduced into the sports by the […]

Covid-19: Now, a new variant, Lambda, found in 29 countries

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: The coronavirus that sparked the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020 is fast mutating into variants and sub-variants. With the World Health Organization (WHO) identifying these mutants with Greek alphabets, the ancient language has suddenly attracted popular attention. The Greek alphabet has 24 letters, from Alpha to Omega. After Alpha, Beta, Gamma, […]

Sherni: Vidya Balan’s strong performance on Amazon Prime video

Mumbai: Actor Vidya Balan, who won accolades for her strong performance in Kahaani, has done it again. Her portrayal as a ‘tigress’ in Amazon Prime’s new release, Sherni, has won her many hearts. The audience was already waiting for the release after watching the trailer of the new film. The title of the film is […]

Covid-19: Delta variant causing 99% infections in the UK

 Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, now makes up 99 percent of all pandemic cases in the United Kingdom, media reported on Friday. The number of Delta variant infections jumped by 33,630 in a week to hit a total of 75,953 in the UK, Public Health […]

Tokyo Olympics: Amid fresh Covid threat, Japan braces for ‘uneventful’ Games

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Never have perhaps the Olympic Games held in ‘peacetime’ been so scary, and listless. Although the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government are going ahead to kick off the Tokyo Olympic Games next month, there is little popular enthusiasm in the host country. On the contrary, the Japanese […]

Music: Haseen Dillruba’ s first song Dil Melt Karda released

Mumbai: Dil Melt Karda, the first song from the upcoming thriller Haseen Dillruba, scheduled to be released next month, is now out. The song, penned by Varun Grover and composed by Amit Trivedi, has an Indian-fusion wedding charm to it. Sung by Navraj Hans and Nikita Gandhi, this groovy number is already topping the charts, […]

Education: Manipur cancels senior school exams this year

New Delhi: Manipur became the latest state to cancel the state board examinations for classes 10th, 11th, and 12th for the academic year 2020-21 because of the second wave of the global pandemic Covid-19. The Secretary of the Council of Higher Secondary Education, CH Biren Singh, announced the cancellation of the examinations for this year.  […]

Foreign exchange: ‘India’s forex reserves of $600 bn not enough’, says RBI paper

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India has a record of over USD 600 billion worth of foreign exchange reserves but it is not enough: it falls short on some measures including import cover and liability outflows, according to new research from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). “While foreign exchange reserves provide cushions against unforeseen […]

Economy: CII urges Centre to provide Rs. 3 lakh crore stimulus

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: India’s top business and industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday requested the Centre to come forward with a fiscal stimulus to the tune of Rs 3 lakh crore along with direct cash transfers to restore domestic demand and the country’s economy. For fiscal 2021-22, the CII pegged India’s […]
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