Month: January 2021

Sensex rallies over 400 pts to fresh intra-day record; Nifty tops 14,450

Mumbai:  Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 400 points in early trade on Monday to top the 49,000 mark for the first time, tracking gains in IT stocks amid largely positive trend in global equities and massive FPI inflow. After touching a record intra-day high of 49,260.21, the 30-share […]

Bird flu confirmed in Delhi, all 8 samples sent to Bhopal lab test positive: Officials

New Delhi:  Delhi on Monday confirmed bird flu cases after eight samples sent to a Bhopal-based laboratory tested positive for avian influenza. All eight samples — four from a park in Mayur Vihar Phase 3, three from Sanjay Lake and one from Dwarka — have been found positive […]

India’s top court chides government over impasse with protesting farmers

NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court on Monday criticised the government for failing to break a deadlock with farmers protesting against reforms of the agricultural sector. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, for more than a month, and […]

Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 23 meters (75 feet) in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. “We received reports from the […]

Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19

LONDON — The crisis facing Britain this winter is depressingly familiar: Stay-at-home orders and empty streets. Hospitals overflowing. A daily toll of many hundreds of coronavirus deaths. The U.K. is the epicenter of Europe’s COVID-19 outbreak once more, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government is facing questions, […]

The Latest: China sees growing outbreak south of Beijing

BEIJING — More than 360 people have tested positive in a growing coronavirus outbreak south of Beijing in neighboring Hebei province. China’s National Health Commission reported Sunday that 69 new cases had been confirmed in the latest 24-hour period, including 46 in Hebei. The outbreak has raised particular […]

India retail king Biyani sees quick OK of Future’s $3.4 billion deal despite Amazon dispute

NEW DELHI – India’s Future Group expects swift regulatory approval of its $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets, its chief executive said, even as its warring business partner Amazon.com Inc intensifies efforts to block the deal. Future and Amazon are at loggerheads over the Indian group’s […]

Australia board apologises after India players allege racist abuse

SYDNEY – Cricket Australia apologised to the India team on Sunday and launched a probe into allegations visiting players were subjected to racial abuse by part of the crowd during the third test at Sydney Cricket Ground. The Indian team lodged an official complaint after play on Saturday […]

Status of Avian Influenza in the country

NEW DELHI JANUARY 10: After confirmation of Avian Influenza positive samples from ICAR-NIHSAD in poultry (two poultry farms) of Panchkula district, Haryana, positive cases of Avian Influenza in migratory birds were reported in Shivpuri, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Agar, Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh,Zoological Park, Kanpur, Uttar Pradeshand Pratapgarh and […]

PM condoles loss of lives in plane crash in Indonesia

NEW DELHI JANUARY 10: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in plane crash in Indonesia. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate plane crash in […]

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