November 1, 2021

The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used in commercial cylinders has been raised by Rs 266 per cylinder by India’s key oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Monday, news agency ANI reported. Following the hike, the price of the 19-kg…

Developed countries will have to reach net zero carbon emissions much faster than the rest of the world and possibly aim for net negative emissions to achieve the goal of global net zero emissions, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on the…

RANCHI: It’s a start-up with a unique objective — to create a tribe of happy people living a content life. Aptly named, The Happy Tribe was set up by Jamshedpur-based motivational speaker and entrepreneur Santosh Sharma last year. It…

It’s not always that Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan calls a song ‘impossible’ to stop listening and grooves to it in a meme video. Quite evidently, Sinhalese viral track ‘Manike mage hithe’, which translates to ‘Baby in my heart’, has…

DUBAI: India's superstar cricketers were pummelled on a second-straight Sunday as a disciplined New Zealand firmly pushed them towards the exit door with an easy eight-wicket victory in the ICC T20 World Cup here. The defeat that puts…

ABU DHABI: Afghanistan defeated minnows Namibia by 62 runs in their Super 12 group 2 match to keep semi-final hopes alive at the ICC T20 World Cup here on Sunday. Opting to bat, Mohammad Shahzad (45) and Hazratullah Zazai (33) added 53…

DUBAI: After their demoralising defeat to England, Australia would need to quickly pick themselves up as they face Bangladesh in almost a must-win match in the T20 World Cup. Australia have won two of their three matches and will now…

MELBOURNE: Newly appointed team Abu Dhabi's assistant coach for the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10 league and former England wicket-keeper batter Sarah Taylor said a woman coach is not frowned upon these days anymore. Taylor became the first…

LONDON: Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has said that the criticism of the club does not bother him as he has been playing for more than 18 years. Ronaldo's comments came after Manchester United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-0…

NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Saturday said it expects an adverse impact on production at its two plants in Haryana and parent Suzuki's Gujarat plant in November on account of supply constraint of electronic components due to…

DUBAI: The world's largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, reported $30.4 billion in third-quarter net income on Sunday, bolstered by a surge in oil prices and recovery in demand as the coronavirus pandemic eases. Saudi Arabia's majority…

NEW DELHI: A high taxation regime is restricting growth of the luxury car segment in India and the government should look at lowering the levies in order to help the sector grow, according to German automaker Audi. Luxury car volumes…

Most of us have done it at least once. That is, hitting the reset button on the smartphone to shut it down and wipe out the virus. For better results, we’ve even tried deep clean or reboot, which restores factory settings, meaning the…

ROME: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, October 31, 2021, described the just-concluded G20 Summit here as "fruitful" and said world leaders had elaborate deliberations on issues of global importance such as fighting the pandemic,…

TEL AVIV: A hacking group calling itself Black Shadow threatened on Sunday, October 31, 2021, to reveal personal details of a million users of Israeli's leading LGBTQ dating site, an attack some cyber experts linked to Iran. "If we have…

ROME: Premier Mario Draghi says Italy will triple its commitment to climate financing for poor countries to $1.4 billion a year over the next five years. Draghi made the announcement at the end of the G-20 summit in Rome. The money is…

ROME: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of the Group of 20 summit on Sunday, October 31, 2021 — an outreach designed to ensure that the intensely competitive relationship between the…

LUCKNOW: Providing immediate relief to farmers in distress due to crop loss during the recent floods, the Uttar Pradesh government has released an amount of over Rs 208 crore in 44 districts. This will benefit around 6.18 lakh farmers of…

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh has so far reported 10 cases of the Zika virus with six fresh cases of the mosquito-borne virus being reported from Kanpur district. While three of these cases are Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel, the remaining…

NEW DELHI:  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh who was undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was discharged on Sunday, hospital sources said. Singh was admitted to the premier hospital on October…