December 8, 2021

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other personnel died after the Indian Air Force chopper they were travelling in crashed near Coonor near Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri hill district. While an investigation…

The grandeur of Karnataka can be witnessed in its full glory during the Mysore Dasara festivities. This 10-day festival is celebrated with great pomp and show, attracting tourists from far and wide. With magnificent processions, cultural…

LONDON: Instagram on Tuesday launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service. The…

KOCHI: Mini Santhosh, the widow of late Santhosh Kumar from Kalamassery, had no idea how to arrange resources for the wedding of her daughter single-handedly. Santhosh passed away while posted on the Line of Control in 1988 and since then,…

New Delhi, Dec 7 (UNI) To bring the cost of electric vehicles at par with petrol vehicles and support EVs by way of demand incentives under the ‘faster adoption and manufacturing of hybrid and electric vehicles in India’ (FAME India)…

NEW DELHI: Despite frequent requests from the insurance sector to reduce 18% Goods and Services Tax levied on the insurance premium, the Centre has said currently there is no recommendation to reduce the GST rate on health insurance…

Global crypto market capitalisation witnessed a fall of 2.28% on Monday evening and stood at $2.23 trillion. While Bitcoin was trading at $48,482.76, a decrease of 0.81%, Ethereum was trading at $4,066.31, a decrease of 2.33% from the…

BENGALURU: Online higher education company upGrad will acquire Talentedge for over Rs 350 crore. This acquisition marks the first step in the massive consolidation that is currently occurring through big-ticket acquisitions led by upGrad,…

Having been overlooked by the Punjab selectors for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, medium-pacer Sandeep Sharma has decided to switch to Chandigarh. The 28-year-old fast bowler secured a no-objection certificate from his parent state,…

Johannesburg, Dec 7 (UNI) Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday announced a 21-member squad for the three-match Test series against India, which is set to take place from December 26 to January 15, 2022. The series will form part of the…

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will be seen in a different avatar during next year’s Indian Premier League as a key member of the support staff in one of the high-profile franchises. The 41-year-old Harbhajan, who featured in a…

Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on November 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to…

As the omicron coronavirus variant spreads in southern Africa and pops up in countries all around the world, scientists are anxiously watching a battle play out that could determine the future of the pandemic. Can the latest competitor to…

The United States will have to “pay a price” for its diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China said on Tuesday, just weeks after talks aimed at easing tense relations between the two sides. The White House said on…

THE SUPREME Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of Aircel founder C Sivasankaran facing money laundering charges for diplomatic immunity. Dismissing his plea challenging the criminal proceedings, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar…

Data provided by the MHA in Parliament last week, and that available with the J&K Police, shows that, on an average, the UT has seen 3.2 casualties a month since August 5, 2019, in terror attacks compared to 2.8 casualties a month in…

India stands out as a “poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite”, where the top 10 per cent holds 57 per cent of the total national income while the bottom 50 per cent’s share is just 13 per cent in 2021, according to the…