November 2021

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…

SRINAGAR:  It will be a ‘hot winter’ in Jammu and Kashmir this year, with militancy related violence only set to escalate after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan as ‘battle-hardened’ terrorists vie to sneak into the Valley. According…

GUWAHATI:  An India Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawan from Mizoram, arrested by the Assam police in connection with a low-intensity blast on the interstate border, was granted bail by a local court in Assam’s Hailakandi. The Hailakandi…

CHANDIGARH:  Ahead of Punjab elections, caste politics has revived in the state, especially with Charanjit Singh Channi, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, being elevated as chief minister replacing Amarinder Singh, a Jat Sikh. All…

DEHRADUN:  A total of 13 people from the same village died in an accident on the Bulhad-Baila road at Chakrata in Dehradun on Sunday. The vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a 400-meter deep gorge around 8.30am on the day. The…

DEHRADUN:  A day after he was lambasted by Amit Shah for his ‘appeasement’ policy during his stint as Uttarakhand chief minister, senior Congress leader Harish Rawat accepted the ‘debate challenge’ of the Union home minister. “I am ready…