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6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Russia on Tuesday Morning
An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck Russia on Tuesday morning. The earthquake was reported 89 km south-east of Sovetskaya Gavan’, Russia. As per the German Research...

Sri Lankan prisons release inmates after deadly jail riot over the pandemic
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday granted an amnesty to 637 prison inmates across the country after a jail riot sparked by rage over rising...

500 people flee following volcano eruption in Indonesia
As per the National Disaster Management Agency, around 550 individuals have fled from their homes on Tuesday after the Semeru volcano on Indonesia’s main Java Island...

‘Pandemic’ named the word of 2020
On Monday two of the world-renowned US dictionaries have chosen the same word of the year Pandemic. Both Merriam Webster and Dictionary.com made their choices after Oxford languages...

CAT predicts we can achieve Paris Agreement targets
In the latest analysis by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) group, with new climate promises made by China and other nations along with the President-elect Joe...

COVID-19 Advisor to the Trump Administration Resigns
Scott Atlas has resigned as special advisor to the Donald Trump Administration on Monday says the White House. His resignation comes months after he repeatedly attacked...

Joe Biden speaks with UN Chief on need to strengthen partnership on global issues
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres had a discussion with US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday. The two leaders talked about the requirement to strengthen their alliance...

Hershey’s and Mars accused of not paying fair bonus to cocoa farmers
The Coffee Cocoa Council (CCC) and the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) on Monday accused the multi-conglomerate chocolate sellers, Mars and Hershey's of escaping from paying a...

Unilever New Zealand to Trial 4-day Work Weeks from 1st December
In a bid to enhance the quality of life of employees and provide a boost in both the company’s productivity and the national economy, FMCG giant...

China to build a dam on its part of Brahmaputra river
Adding to the ongoing tensions between India and China, news has it that Beijing is moving ahead with its plans for a hydropower project on Brahmaputra...

Sri Lankan prison riot leaves 6 inmates dead, 35 injured
Six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when the guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of Sri...

President Elect Joe Biden Selects an All-Female Communications Team
The United States President elect Joe Biden is getting ready for his term in office by appointing his communication team. This team is an all-women’s team,...

Pakistan’s last Asian elephant to ‘retire’ in Cambodia after global campaign
A team of wildlife workers and animal experts began the process of airlifting Pakistan’s only Asian elephant, Kaavan on Sunday morning. He will be transported to...

Joe Biden intends to nominate Indian-American Neera Tanden as Budget Chief: Report
US President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Indian- American Neera Tanden as the director of the Office of Management and Budget, a top position in the...

After US, Italy and Europe, China shifts blame on India as the place of origin of COVID-19
After blaming Italy, US and Europe for the COVID- 19 outbreak, Chinese scientists are now claiming that the deadly virus may have originated in India or...

30 policeman killed in suicide attack on army camp in Afghanistan
A devastating suicide car bombing on a military camp has led to the killing of at least 30 policemen in Afghanistan. In an attack that rocked...

Two million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in UK
On Sunday, Britain government reported having secured two million doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. This is to be available at the earliest spring in...

Indian Sikh Pilgrims Arrive in Pakistan for Guru Nanak Dev’s 551st Birth Anniversary
To take part in the celebrations of the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Nankana Sahib, to the birthplace of the founder of the...

NSA Doval discusses bilateral partnership with Maldivian Defence Minister
Colombo: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Defence Minister of Maldives Mariya Didi to discuss deepening bilateral partnership between India and the key island nation in...

Iran accuses Israel and US of foul play in the death of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
Iran has held its long standing rival Israel and US responsible for the assasnation of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was targeted while he...

US appeals court rejects Trump campaign’s lawsuit challenging election in Pennsylvania
A United States government appeals court on Friday dismissed President Donald Trump mission's endeavour to block the declaration of President-elect Joe Biden winning in Pennsylvania, Reuters revealed. The...

Russian Direct Investment Fund, Hetero Labs agree to produce Sputnik V COVID Vaccine In India
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and Indian pharmaceutical company Hetero, according to a statement on Sputnik V’s Twitter account on Friday agreed to produce over 100 million...

Former World Bank President, James Wolfensohn passes away at 86
James Wolfensohn who is fondly known as the champion of the world's poor due to his numerous reforms carried out when he was the President of...

President-elect Biden Announces New Members of Foreign Policy and National Security Teams
The U.S. President-elect Joe Biden formally announced key members of his national security and foreign policy teams on Tuesday. If these nominations are approved by the...

Scotland becomes the first country to make sanitary products free
In a remarkable move, Scotland has become the first country in the world to provide free and universal access to sanitary products including tampons and pads...

WHO Alerts: $4.3 billion urgently needed for vaccine sharing scheme
After the struggle to find a vaccine that is effective against the coronavirus, now concerns over its equitable distribution needs to be addressed. There is a danger...

Elon Musk passes Bill Gates to be the world’s second-richest person
A further ascent in Tesla share value pushes business visionary past Microsoft fellow benefactor. This has happened simply seven days after the Tesla co-founder overtook Facebook's...

G20 Leaders Pledge to Fund Fair Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines
In an attempt to help out the poorer countries amidst the pandemic, leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies pledged to pay for an equal distribution...

Britain: Lord Meghnad Desai Quits Labour Party, Alleges Antisemitic Racism
In a major jolt to the UK’s opposition Labour Party, particularly among the British Indian community, Indian-origin economist, author, and peer Lord Meghnad Desai on Thursday...

Thailand Police to Charge Two High School Students Over Allegedly Seditious Protests
Thailand police are set to charge two Thai school student leaders 15-year old Benjamaporn Nivas and 17-year old Lopanapat Wangpaisit for joining a prohibited protest last...

Chinese Delivery Man Loots 14 iPhones, Uses Heist Money for Personal Purchases & Debts
A Chinese delivery man looted 14 units of iPhone 12 pro max, worth Rs 18 lakh. The delivery executive was supposed to transport these phones but...

UK to Ban Petrol, Diesel Cars from 2030 in Green ‘Revolution’
Britain will ban the sale of new Petrol and Diesel cars by 2030, a decade earlier than its previous commitment, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday....

Democratic Republic of Congo Declares End of Ebola Outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday declared the end of its latest Ebola epidemic, the most recent outbreak in the northwestern province of Equateur had...

AAP Government Shelves Slum Relocation Project in Delhi, Cites Existing Inventory
In the 29th board meeting of Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), chaired by CM Arvind Kejriwal on September 26 it was decided to float fresh...

Arnab Goswami Released From Jail, Interim Bail Granted by SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Republic Tv Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and other accused Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sharda in the 2018 abetment...

Centre Brings OTT Platforms, Online News Portals Under I&B Ministry
The central government on Wednesday issued an order to bring all online news portals, current affairs programmes as well as online film and audio-visual content available...

Tamil Nadu: Two brothers held for stealing goats to fund a movie
The concept of reel vs. real life was blurred recently when in Tamil Nadu, two brothers were arrested for stealing goats to fund a movie produced...

Pollution levels highest in Delhi since November 2019
A layer of haze hung over Delhi and its suburbs on Thursday morning as fuming farm fires, fall in wind speed and temperatures is resulted in...

Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami Arrested in Two Year Old Abetment of Suicide Case
Founder, editor, and the anchor of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami has been put behind the bars this morning in a connection with abetment to suicide case...

Report mentions Apple, Amazon under Antitrust Investigation in Germany
Recently, Germany’s newspaper, Frankfurter Allegment Zeitung mentioned that both Amazon and Apple have been under investigation launched by the antitrust authority of Germany. The reason behind...

Samsung tops the chart, overtakes Xiaomi
Straight under the top smartphone maker in India, Samsung has reclaimed the slot for the third quarter by gathering a share of 24%, marginally higher than...

WhiteHat Jr told to remove misleading Ads after social media furore
n a blow to Byju’s owned kids coding startup, WhiteHat Jr, the Advertising Standard Council of India (ASCI) has asked the company to take down its...

ISRO’s MOM Study Reveals that Mars is Losing its Atmosphere Faster than Earth
According to a study of data and pictures sent by Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and Nasa’s Mars orbiter Mars Atmosphere and...

Philippines Cancels “Black Nazarene” Procession as COVID-19 Remains a Major Threat
The Manila government announced on Friday that the grand procession named Traslacion, for the coming year remains cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the annual...

Pune: Coronavirus patient missing from Covid jumbo hospital found in Pirangut
A 33-year-old woman who had gone missing from Pune’s jumbo Covid-19 facility in Shivajinagar was found 17 days later in Pirangut. The woman’s family had earlier...

Important Farm Bills passed in Rajya Sabha by the Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar
Farmers’ and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and...

Budaun: Man cuts open expecting wife’s stomach to find out baby’s gender
In a gruesome incident, a father to five daughters allegedly slit open the stomach of his pregnant wife to find out the gender of their unborn...

Indian American community holds a free drive-thru giveaway in Washington DC
On September 20th, in Washington DC, the Indian American community came together to host a free drive-thru food giveaway for over 15000 families. For more than...

Letter addressed to White House containing poison detained
An envelope that seems to have been dispatched from Canada addressed to the White House was impeded by U.S Authorities. The envelope contained a substance recognized...

Afghan mothers’ name to be included in children’s ID, Women rejoice
The women of Afghanistan have secured a major victory, after years of struggle for recognition. The mother's name would be printed on the National Identity Card...

9 Al-Qaeda terrorists arrested in multiple raids by NIA in Kerala and West Bengal
Nine Al-Qaeda terrorists were arrested this morning by the National Investigation Agency as they were carrying out multiple raids in Kerala and West Bengal. The raids...

China: Thousands test positive for bacterial disease caused by biopharmaceutical leak
Thousands have tested positive for brucellosis, a bacterial disease, in northwest China. The disease is caused by the bacteria Brucella, which is transmitted when a person...

Army recovers 52kg explosives in J&K, averts Pulwama-like attack
On Thursday, the Indian army found 52kgs of explosives in Kashmir’s Karewa area and averted a Pulwama-style terrorist attack. The officials said that the location from...

J.K Rowling’s latest book slammed for transphobia, Sparks worldwide protests for boycott
J.K Rowling’s latest book, ‘Troubled Blood’ has come under fire from activists on the claim that the book is transphobic. The author has denied the allegations...

Lakme Fashion Week – Winter Festive 2020, goes digital this October
The Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) announced on Thursday that the fashion show is set to go digital and season fluid this October for the Winter Festive...

Tata Projects Ltd. wins bid to construct new Parliament building
Tata Projects Limited won the bid to construct a new parliament building, which costs around 861.90 crores. The new building will be constructed close to the...

CBI Special Court to give Babri Masjid demolition verdict on September 30
The decade long wait for the verdict on the Babri Masjid demolition case will come to an end on September 30, as announced by a special...

Railways to run 40 clone trains from 21 September on some specific routes
Indian Railways declared that it will run 20 pairs (40 trains) of clone trains from 21 September on specific routes since the demand for travel has...

UK hands over stolen sculptures to India
The British police handed over three sculptures, dating back to the 15th century A.D, that is said to have been stolen from a temple in Tamil...

#CancelNetflix trends on Twitter, Politicians call to boycott ‘Cuties’ on alleged sexualisation of minors
Cuties or Mignonnes is a French independent film that has received severe backlash on social media as people claim that the film depicts its central female...

No data recorded on migrant deaths, so no compensation for them: government to parliament
According to the Centre, there is no data available or recorded about the number of migrant workers who lost their lives during the nationwide lockdown restrictions...

Hurricane Sally Intensifies, Expected to hit U.S. Gulf Coast
Hurricane Sally swiftly escalated on Monday over the Gulf of Mexico as reported by the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It also stated that the hurricane is...

India Chosen as an Elected Member to United Nations’ ECOSOC
In a significant step towards development, India has been elected as a member of the Commission on Status of Women (CSW), a body of the Economic...

Experts: Possible sign of microbial life discovered in the Venus atmosphere
In a recent scientific discovery, scientists are saying they have detected Phosphine in the highly acidic atmosphere of the Venus which may be a sign of...

30 MPs tests positive for COVID-19 as Parliament monsoon session begins
According to PTI reports, around 30 members of Parliament along with 50 other staffers have tested positive for coronavirus as they took the mandatory COVID test...

Smallcaps rise after SEBI tweaks multicap MF norms
A recently released circular by the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) calling for changes in assets investments for multi-cap Mutual Funds (MF) made small stocks shoot...

NCB not preparing a “Bollywood list” after Rhea’s statement
Actress Rhea Chakraborty has been questioned for days by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) regarding her alleged links with drug peddlers and has been named in...

Israel announces a second nationwide lockdown as Covid-19 cases surge
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a televised news conference on Sunday night that Israel will go into a three-week nationwide lockdown following a sharp...

India alleges Nepal ‘buying’ citizens in border areas
Nepal triggered a diplomatic row with India after it claimed Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura within its boundaries. Since last week there have been incidences including Nepalese...

Amazon announces 100,000 jobs amid rise in online shopping
Amazon said on Monday that it will be hiring another 100,000 people in the US and Canada markets to keep pace with the online shopping surge....

Apple manufacturer Pegatron begins its operations in India
Apple’s second-largest manufacturer after Foxconn started its India operations. The move is said to be the base for the Taiwanese electronics maker to set up a...

By 2023, India will be self-reliant in fertiliser production: Sadananda Gowda
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, D.V. Sadananda Gowda said that India will become self-reliant in fertiliser production by 2023 under the “Atma Nirbhar Bharat” programme....

Centre responds to same-sex marriage plea in Delhi HC says, ‘not part of Indian values’
The BJP led Centre on Monday opposed a petition in the Delhi High Court in favour of legal recognition same-sex marriages under the provisions of the...

Journalist Beaten Up By Police in Jharkhand, Reason Unknown
Anand Dutta, a journalist from Jharkand was beaten up by the police for unknown reasons, while he was at the market with his wife. Dutta was...

India’s economy to contract to 9% in the fiscal year 2021: S&P
Recently, the S&P (it is basically a stock market index), in its global rating mentioned that it is expecting that India’s economy will shift by 9%...

Yoshihide Suga Appointed Leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party
The Liberal Democratic Party contested an election today in which Yoshihide Suga, a former Chief Cabinet Secretary under Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan,...

Pakistan Using Underground Tunnels to Infiltrate Terrorists in India: J&K DGP
DGP Dilbag Singh of Jammu and Kashmir police said on Sunday that a cross-border tunnel originating from Pakistan was found by a BSF team. The tunnel...

Former JNU Student Leader Umar Khalid Arrested by Delhi Police under UAPA
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader, Umar Khalid was arrested on Sunday by the Delhi Police Special Cell under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). According...

Home Minister Amit Shah Admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS Again
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who got discharged from AIIMS nearly a fortnight ago after post-COVID-19 care, was readmitted to the hospital last night after he...

IIT Kanpur Alumni Create N-95 Masks with Super – Activated Carbon Technology
A group of IIT Kanpur alumni joined forces to create a super- activated carbon N-95 mask aiming to reduce the rapid coronavirus infection transmission in an...

Over 15 lakh students appear for NEET exams amidst rising coronavirus cases
Over 15 lakh students appeared for the National Eligibility cumEntrance Test on 13th Sept 2020, according to the National TestingAgency (NTA). The body has imposed strict...

Serum Institute of India to resume medical trials after DCGI’s nod
Serum Institute of India will resume medical trials within the country once the apex drug regulator allows them to do so. AstraZeneca on Saturday stated that...

Plastic waste management: Environment ministry suggests ‘buy-back’ and two other models
In a petition filed by Avani Mishra in National Green Tribunal (NGT) against rising plastic pollution in the form of plastic pens, the Environment Ministry has...

Trump Brokers Peace Deal between Israel and Bahrain
Trump has managed to restore diplomatic relation between Israel and Bahrain under Peace to Prosperity Plan launched in 2020. Bahrain becomes the fourth nation and second...

Mike Pompeo Expresses Concern Over Growing Tension between Greece & Turkey
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that the US is “deeply concerned” over Turkey’s actions in the eastern Mediterranean urging Turkey, Greece and Cyprus to resolve the maritime dispute through diplomatic...

Liberia declares rape as national emergency amid rising cases of sexual assault
Liberian President George Weah on Friday the 11th of September, 2020 declared the act of rape a national emergency, following a conference in the capital city...

First covid era event – Venice Film Festival 2020 concludes; ‘The Disciple’ wins the best screenplay award
Venice Film Festival 2020 - the first covid era film festival concluded on Saturday, 12th September 2020. The film festival had commenced on 2nd September 2020,...

Fearing Isolation, NSCN (IM) Renews Demand For Greater Nagaland
The renewed demand for Greater Nagaland or Nagalim, by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) of Isak Muivah (IM) led by Mr Thuingaleng Muivah, comes...

Chinese state media condemns raids on its journalists in Australia
China’s State-backed tabloid, Global Times reported that four Chinese journalists working in state media were raided in June by Australian authorities, calling it “cold war mentality...

‘Sputnik V’ Russian Covid vaccine comes under scrutiny over data inconsistencies
Submission of trial findings by Russian researchers last week in the Lancet regarding their announcement of “Sputnik V” vaccine in August, has cast a doubt relating...

Russian, Iranian Hackers Targetting US Presidential Elections: Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation on Thursday said that hackers from Russia, China and Iran attempted to cyber attack more than 200 organisations linked to both US political parties,...

Fires ravage Europe’s largest refugee camp in Greece
A major fire swept through Europe’s largest refugee camp in Greece on Wednesday, which was already under lockdown due to the coronavirus. The fires destroyed many...

US Announces Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq and Afghanistan
The United States military announced a long-expected decision to cut back on their deployed troops in Iraq from 5,200 to 3000 this month. This formal decision...

The GREGOR telescope reveals intricate magnetic detailing of the Sun
GREGOR, the largest solar telescope operating out of the German consortium in Europe and situated in the Teide Observatory in Spain has obtained unprecedented images of...

UK Introduces New Legislation on Trade with EU, Brexit Row Intensifies
In the latest development to the Brexit policy, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has stated in the British Parliament on Wednesday that UK’s new legislation ‘Internal...

Minor sisters gang-raped in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri; both consume poison, one dies
Two tribal sisters aged 14 and 16 respectively were allegedly gang-raped in Rajganj area of Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The girls consumed poison after they...

No Maratha quota in jobs and admissions this year says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled that Maratha quota would not be applicable in jobs and admissions this year in an interim order on Wednesday. The court has...

India records the highest COVID-19 deaths per day in the world
India’s total deaths due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are now the highest in the world. There is a continuous rise in the fatality rate, above...

US President Donald Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2021
US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 by a conservative Norwegian lawmaker, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, for his role in helping...

Social distancing rules violated in Indore during “Kalash Yatra”
“Kalash Yatra”, a rally organized in Indore on Tuesday, in BJP minister Tulsi Silawat's honour for the upcoming State Assembly polls violated social distancing guidelines. A...

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal says India will achieve complete literacy by 2030
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said India is on course to become a fully literate country by 2030 under the government’s new ‘Padhna Likhna Abhiyan’...

Unnao rape case: CBI indicts 1 IAS, 3 IPS officers for negligence of duty
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recommended action to be taken against one officer from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and three officers from the...

Google to develop a feature like true caller for android users
A brand new feature has been rolled out by Google a giant search engine of the internet in five countries including India for Android users. The...

Telugu actor Sravani Kondapalli passed away at 26; reports suggest she was harassed
Famous Telugu TV actor, Sravani Kondapalli died at 26 on Tuesday night. Reportedly, Sravani killed herself at her Hyderabad residence. As soon as her the actor...

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial paused due to unexpected adverse reaction in a U.K. volunteer
A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford going under Phase 3 study has been put on hold due to a suspected...

India-China face-off gets serious in Ladakh
Foreign minister S. Jaishankar will be stopping in Tehran will be going to Moscow on Tuesday for a meeting of SCO Foreign ministers. The foreign minister is...

Taj Mahal and Agra Fort to reopen after 6 months on September 21
World heritage monuments Taj Mahal and Agra fort which were closed since March 17, even before the nation-wide lockdown began, will reopen to the public on...

5 missing Arunachal men found in China: Kiren Rijiju
The five youth from a village in Arunachal Pradesh who went missing a week ago, have been found in the Chinese land. The Union Minister of...

National Achievement Survey 2020 moved to 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic
Due to the daily surge in COVID-19 cases across the country Centre has decided to pull off the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2020, which was scheduled...

Belarus Opposition Leader Kidnapped Amid Protests, EU Calls for Sanctions
Maria Kolesnikova, one of the prominent oppositions face to challenge incumbent Alexander Lukashenko iron hand rule over Belarus was abducted on Monday by some masked men...

21 trafficked minors rescued near Maidan, 3 arrested
A total of 21 minors from Bihar’s Samastipur were rescued from a bus in Maidan, Kolkata on Monday. The minors were alleged victims of trafficking. Kolkata...

Telangana government scraps VRO system, brings halt on all land registrations
The Telangana government took a decision to scrap the Village Revenue Officer (VRO) system in the state. On Monday, the Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar ordered all...

Mumbai Police files charges against Sushant Singh Rajput’s sisters
A case was registered against Sushant Singh Rajput’s sisters after actress Rhea Chakraborty filed an FIR against them at the Bandra Police Station. The complaint states...

Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak remanded to ED custody till September 19
Businessman Deepak Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar has been remanded to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody until September 19. He was arrested on...

India – China stand Face to Face in Light of Recent Trespassing at the LAC Border
In yet another standoff between the two countries, China has accused the Indian soldiers of firing warning shots near the Pangong Tso lake and attempting to...

Congress launches its Bihar Election Campaign with “Bihar Kranti Mahasabha”
The Congress on Monday launched their Bihar election campaign with a virtual rally titled, “Bihar Kranti Mahasabha” following COVID-19 protocols as put forward by the election...

Actor Prabhas adopts 1,650 acres of reserve forest land on Hyderabad’s outskirts
Telugu actor Prabhas of ‘Baahubali’ fame announced that he had adopted and would develop 1,650 acres of reserve forest land on the outskirts of Hyderabad through...

Russia releases first batch of COVID vaccine Sputnik V in civil circulation
Russia’s Health Ministry confirmed that the first batch of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Russia, ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’ or Sputnik V, has been released into civil circulation. The...

CBI to seek legal opinion on Rhea’s FIR in Sushant Singh Rajput case
With another twist to Sushant Singh Rajput's (SSR) case, Rhea Chakraborty filed an FIR against SSR’s sister, the case has been registered under Narcotic Drugs and...

World Must Be Prepared For The Next Pandemic: WHO Chief Tedros
“This will not be the last pandemic” said World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday. He called on countries to invest in their public...

Australia Estimates COVID Vaccine by Jan 2021, Expenses Mount to $1.24 Billion
Prime minister Scott Morrison on Monday said the government has signed a deal with CSL-Ltd to develop two vaccines, one developed by rival AstraZeneca & Oxford...

Typhoon Haishen Drives Thousands Powerless in Japan, Rescue Operations Underway
Typhoon Haishen left 440,000 homes without power and damaged buildings in and around the island of Kyushu. Four people have been reported missing and dozens more...

ISRO’S Chandrayaan-1 Reveals Rusting of Moon
Recent data from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has revealed that the Earth’s natural satellite, Moon, might be rusting. The new research suggests that Moon...

Telugu Actor Jaya Prakash Reddy Passes Away Due to Cardiac Arrest at 74
Telugu film industry stalwart, Jaya Prakash Reddy passed away on Tuesday morning in his residence at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh following a massive cardiac arrest. The veteran...

Australian media firms evacuate two journalists from China amid security concerns
Two foreign correspondents from Australian media organisations, namely the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Australian Financial Review (AFR), were rushed out of China over increasing security...

Udumalpet honour killings case moves to the Supreme Court
On Monday, Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kaul set aside Madras High Court’s June 22 judgment on Udumalpet honour killing case and decided to...

Kochi Metro Phase II to be approved soon says Union Minister Hardeep Puri
Union Minister Hardeep Puri stated that the proposal for Phase II of Kochi Metro from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to Kakanad via Infopark may receive approval soon...

India enters ‘Hypersonic’ club after successful flight test
India entered the iconic hypersonic club by conducting the first successful test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) from the coast of Odisha. With this “historic...

Kerala Finance Minister tests positive for coronavirus
Kerala's Finance minister, Dr.Thomas Isaac, 67, has tested positive for novel coronavirus on Sunday. This is the first time that a minister in Kerala is tested...

UP Police arrest Muslim villager from Odisha for sedition following VHP member’s complaint
A team of Uttar Pradesh police officers have arrested Sayed Hassan, a 42-year-old Muslim man from a Cuttack village, after a VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) member’s...

India Jumps Up A Spot To Become The Second Worst COVID-19 Hit Country In The World
In a series of devastating events coming one after the other in the pandemic ridden globe, India bags the second place in the list of the...

Union government says it will honour entire GST compensation owed to states
Recently, the Union government said that the Goods and Service Tax (GST) compensation which are owed to the states due to the inadequacy in collecting GST,...

Vodafone Idea to rebrand as ‘VI’ as it prepares for telecom battle
Vodafone Idea changed its name on Monday, saying that the Vodafone and Idea brands are now "Vi". Ravinder Takkar, CEO of Vodafone Idea, has focused on...

With 96.2 percent, Kerala has the highest literacy rate; Andhra Pradesh ranked lowest at 66.4 percent
A recent report on education released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) reveals Kerala continues to be the most literate state in India with 96.20 per...

Maharashtra sees the highest spike of COVID-19 cases in August
As the COVID-19 infections are drastically snowballing within the country, Maharashtra reported a dramatic growth within the number of COVID-19 infections registering over 3.70 lakh cases,...

Kesavananda Bharati: Petitioner in landmark SC judgement protecting democracy passes away
Kesavananda Bharati, the seer of Edneer Mutt, whose case ‘Kesavananda Bharti vs State of Kerala,1973’, delivered on 24th April 1973 laid foundation of Doctrine of Basic...

India to receive millions in aid, Thousands of COVID testing kits from Germany
As the number of coronavirus cases soars rapidly in India, the German Development Minister, Gerd Müller announced that the country is significantly expanding its aiding program...

Odia Actress Varsha Priyadarshini accuses husband, BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty of domestic violence
A prominent film actress in the Odia film industry, Varsha Priyadarshini has accused her husband Anubhav Mohanty- a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Deputy Chief Whip in...

33 fuel stations shut down across AP and Telangana for cheating the customers by dispensing less fuel
In a major police raid, as many as 33 petrol pumps across Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana State were shut down by the authorities as electronic chips...

Former Health Secy Preeti Sudan appointed WHO panellist
The advisory commission for pandemic preparedness and response from World Health Organisation named former health secretary Preeti Sudan joined of its 11 panellists from around the...

Disguised and living as a fruit seller in Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh’s most wanted gangster arrested
The prime suspect in Greater Noida resident Gaurav Chandel’s murder and Mirchi gang kingpin Ashu Jaat was arrested from Mumbai on Saturday. The notorious gangster was...

12 accused put under the radar in connection to the sandalwood drug racket
The Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru has put several influential people under the radar in an attempt to bust the drug menace of the sandalwood industry....

India may develop herd immunity, according to a TIFR report
A survey in Delhi and Mumbai found out that every fourth person was corona positive or exposed to the coronavirus. In Mumbai, it was seen that...

Two FIRs Filed Against AltNews Founder for Allegedly Doxing Minor Girl Under POCSO Act
The Raipur Police and the Delhi Police Cyber Cell have filed two separate FIRs against, Muhammad Zubair, fact-checker and co-founder of online news media portal AltNews....

The Government of Telangana to reconstruct demolished places of worship in the new secretariat complex
The new secretariat complex in the state of Telangana will have two mosques, one temple and a church reads an official release from Chief Minister Chandrashekar...

Delhi’s campaign against dengue started today by CM Arvind Kejriwal
A mass awareness campaign titled “10 hafte 10 baje 10 din” has been launched by the Delhi government aimed at preventing dengue and other vector-borne diseases...

Typhoon Haishen hits south-west Japan, thousands evacuated
Super typhoon Haishen barrelled towards the south of Japan, towards Okinawa on Sunday. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) had issued early evacuation warnings along...

Tiananmen Student Leader Lauds Indian Response to China, Calls Other Nations to Follow
Zhou Fengsuo, co-founder and President of Humanitarian China was all praises for India as he appreciated the colossal courage the country showed while standing up to...

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal attends virtual G20 meet, Speaks on NEP 2020
G20 Education Ministers sat down together for a virtual meeting this Saturday. The objective of this meeting was to confer about and share experiences in three...

Oil Spills Threaten Millions of Aquatic Species, Causes Long Term Damage
On 25 July, MV Wakashio, carrying 4,000 tonnes of oil crashed near a coral reef, Mauritius. The ship split into two parts and oozing out the...

Joe Rogan’s Podcast Launches on Spotify Amid Controversy Regarding Missing Episodes
The much-awaited debut of the ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast on streaming service Spotify has invited much speculation and controversy regarding a number of episodes that featured...

Australia’s COVID-19 Epicentre Extends Lockdown And Implements Gradual Easing Of Restrictions
Melbourne: On Sunday, Australia’s coronavirus hot spot state— Victoria extended a hard lockdown in its capital Melbourne by two weeks due to the slow decline of...

Gas leak explosion in Bangladesh mosque kills 21, injures dozens
At least 21 people were killed and dozens injured as a result of a gas line explosion in the Baitus Salah Jame mosque, in the city...

Microsoft partners with CBSE to provide 10th, 12th results online
In a very fortuitous turn of events, Microsoft partnered with the Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) to provide results of 10th and 12th board examinations,...

Michael Cohen alleges Trump of racist outbursts in his new book, “Disloyal”
In his new book entitled ‘Disloyal: The True Story of The Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J Trump’, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen accuses...

Bharat Biotech to move to phase II trials for Covaxin, a vaccine candidate for coronavirus
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin or BBV152 coronavirus vaccine will now enter phase II of clinical trials. The firm developing India’s indigenous vaccine candidate for COVID-19 received the...

Kerala mill workers protest as textile mills remain shut
23 textile mills that are under the National Textile Corporation have not resumed its operation. However, with the easing of restrictions with regard to lockdown, some...

Two suicides in Tamil Nadu raise concerns over the conduction of NEET and JEE exams amidst pandemic
Tamil Nadu: The death of a 17-year-old student from Tamil Nadu over not having received her NEET exam hall ticket has raised concerns on the virtual...

FAU-G Founder Responds To Allegations, Claims ‘PUB-G Ban Co-incidence’
The founder of the Indian gaming company, nCore has responded to the allegations being levelled against his newly announced action game, FAU-G stating that the ban...

Lithuania says that the inaction by EU over Belarus undermines its foreign policy credibility
Recently, foreign affairs minister of Lithuania, Linas Linkevicius in an interview with the Financial Times Newspaper, mentioned that the lack of action taken by the European...

Astronomy student discovers 17 new planets
University of British Columbia (UBC) Astronomy Student Michelle Kunimoto has found 17 new planets, including a possibly tenable, Earth-sized world, by going through information accumulated by...

Google dedicates doodle to ‘Alice in Wonderland’ illustrator’s Sir John Tenniel on his 200th Birth anniversary
Google celebrated British illustrator and artist Sir John Tenniel's 200th birth anniversary with a doodle on February 28. An acclaimed Victorian painter, Tenniel is celebrated for...

K-Pop group BTS smashes YouTube Premiere records
Bangtan Sonyeondan (popularly known as BTS), a Korean boy group, has made history by having the largest YouTube premiere for their music video, ‘ON’ from their...

#BoycottThappad trends on twitter over Taapsee Pannu’s participation in anti-CAA protest
A campaign to boycott Anubhav Sinha’s directorial ‘Thappad’ has been doing the rounds on social media, even as the movie released today, 28th February. #BoycottThappad has...

Facebook sues OneAudience for harvesting user data
Facebook slammed a federal lawsuit in a California Court against OneAudience. OneAudience, a New Jersey-based data analytics firm is allegedly secretly harvesting users' data. Facebook alleged...

Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters recites Delhi activist Aamir Aziz’s poem in a protest march in London, calls CAA ‘racist and fascist.’
Co-founder and guitarist of legendary British rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters recited an English translation of the poem Sab Yaad Rakha Jaayega (Everything will be remembered), written...

Google to invest $10 billion in US data centres and offices in 2020
Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced on Wednesday its expansion plans which include building its footprint in 11 US states. The company has pledged to invest “more than...

Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Nears USD $1.1 Billion at box offices worldwide
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‘Knives Out’ director says Apple does not let bad guys use iPhones in movies
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‘Last week tonight’ with John Oliver episode criticising Modi blocked by Hotstar
An episode of emmy-award winning late night show, 'Last Week Tonight' that dealt with material criticising the Prime Minister, as well as the BJP and RSS,...

IGI Airport Ranked Highest in Duty Free Revenue per Passenger
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport is ranked highest in duty-free revenue per passenger. India at 10 to 11 dollars per passenger in India 10 to 11...

Sonia Gandhi Demands Amit Shah’s Resignation over Delhi Violence
Categorically blaming the Union and Delhi government’s inaction over the incessant violence in North East Delhi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi Wednesday demanded that Amit Shah take...

Apex Environmental Body Defers Decision on Clearance to the Parliament Revamp Project
The Parliament redevelopment project hits a roadblock as an apex environmental screening committee has deferred the clearance for the project. This was done because the land...

Two Sena leaders’ Appointments with Ministerial Rank Cancelled
The chief minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackery cancelled the appointment of his party Shiv Sena Lok sabha MLA Ravindra Waikar and MP Arvind Sawant for the...

Home Minister Amit Shah holds late night Meeting with Police Chief after Violence in Delhi kills 5
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a late night meeting with the police chief of Delhi to get detailed information of the violence that ransacked Delhi...

Six Supreme Court Judges down with Swine flu, CJI Bobde meets Lawyers and Judges
Six Supreme Court Judges down with Swine flu; CJI Bobde meets Lawyers and Judges A statement released by Union Ministry of Health said that the Supreme...

Delhi on Fire: Death Toll Rises to 13 As Violence Continues
On Tuesday, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital official said ‘ The death toll from protests against Indian Citizenship Bill that broke out in several areas of Northeast...

Three Students Dead in a PG Fire in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: On Saturday, three female students from SD college — Pakshi Grover (19), Muskan Mehta (22) and Riya Arora (19) burnt alive, while two others suffered...

Donald Trump says he was aware of the violence in Delhi but did not discuss it with PM Modi
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that he was informed regarding the communal rage that took place in Delhi but decided not to talk about...

As per Reuters Poll, India’s Economy is Likely to Grow at 4.7% in December Quarter
According to a Reuters poll, India’s economic growth in the period of October to December increased. This was after there was one of the “weakest expansion”...

Standup Comedian Kunal Kamra in High Court Against Flying Ban on him by Airlines
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Bihar’s Economy Registers 10.53% Growth, Higher than the National Average
Bihar’s economy has seen a staggering high growth rate of 10.53 per cent according to the state’s Economic Survey for 2019-20, as compared to the national...

Elections for 55 Rajya Sabha Seats to be Conducted on March 26
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced regarding the polling and counting of 55 Rajya Sabha seats that will be vacant following the retirement of the members...

President Donald Trump’s Pronunciation of ‘Sachin Tendulkar’ has Broken the Internet
President Donald Trump kicked off his two-day tour to India at the Motera Cricket Stadium, Ahmedabad after a grand welcome by a virtually endless crowd on...

After Months, finally the children of Kashmir don their school uniforms
Schools in the Kashmir Valley, which have been closed since August 5, 2019, have opened after nearly six months of lockdown and winter break.Several months later,...

Clashes Erupt in Delhi as pro and anti-CAA Protestors Collide in Jaffrabad
Clashes erupted between pro and anti- CAA protestors in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad on Sunday, soon after BJP leader Kapil Mishra took out a rally near the...

BSNL Employees’ Union to Go on a Hunger Strike
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Youth Vandalize Hostel in Belagavi
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CPCB Analysis Claims Yamuna Water Quality Getting ‘Critically Serious’
The water quality of the Yamuna river in Delhi was found to be declining due to pollution, according to a recent analysis by the Central Pollution...

Donald Trump before Boarding: PM says It’ll be India’s Biggest Event Ever
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to be welcomed at the new Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. One a lakh people are...

Britain to Go Back to its Original Blue Passport Post-Brexit
On Saturday, the British government stated that the U.K. will be forgoing its European style burgundy passports and returning to the more traditional British blue colour....

Pakistan Must Punish Terrorists for Successful Dialogue with India: White House
The White House on Friday reprimanded Pakistan to crack down on extremists and terrorists on its territory to have a successful dialogue with India. U.S President...

Coronavirus: As per Sources, China has been “Deliberately Delaying” Flight to Evacuate Indians
According to official sources, the proposal by India to send the Indian Air Force Flight (IAF) which will have relief materials for those who have been...

Forever 21’s Return Back to the Market
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Harvey Weinstein’s Trial Focused on the Testimony of ‘Sopranos’ Actress Sciorra on Day 3
Deliberations finally began in the sexual Assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, after the seven men, five women jury finished listening to testimonies which lasted for months. The...

Pune: Two minor girls go missing from a home for the destitute
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Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg Calls Donald Trump “an arrogant con man”
Mike Bloomberg, 78, former mayor of New York ripped up President Donald Trump in one of his introductory speech on a Democratic presidential primary debate by...

China’s Steel Export Takes a Toll Due to Coronavirus
The steelmakers of China are facing their biggest crisis in years with a demand to shut down as industries and construction sites fall silent. Howsoever, they...

Google Updates Its Terms of Service for General Users by 2000 Words
Google updates its terms of service on Thursday, 20th February 2020. This has been the largest update to the general use contract since 2012. This change...

Harry-Meghan’s Royal Duties to Officially End on March 31
London: The royal duties of the UK's Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle will formally end on March 31, as declared...

Wagholi-Shikarapur road to be widened up to six-lanes by the end of May
The public works department (PWD) has started mobilizing machinery to build a six-lane road on the Pune-Ahmednagar Highway. A 26 km stretch from Wagholi to Shikarapur...

Coronavirus Outbreak: 70 New Confirmed Cases in Japan
An additional 79 cases of COVID-19 have been discovered aboard the cruise ship, the Health Ministry of Japan said on Wednesday, bringing the total to 621. ...

Director of Hospital Dies of COVID-19 in Wuhan
Liu Zhiming, the director of the Wuhan Wuchang hospital in Hubei province of Wuhan, on Tuesday, died of the deadliest Coronavirus, according to a local governmental...

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial to Start on March 27
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will start on March 27. The country's longest-serving Prime Minister was indicted in November last year and was charged...

Pune: PMC to receive the Neo-Metro draft DPR by March
The Pune Municipal Corporation will be receiving the draft of (DPR) detailed project report of the Neo-Metro Project on High Capacity Mass Transit Route (HCMTR) located in...

Pune: Fire breaks out at lighting factory in Hinjewadi
A fire erupted at 4 AM on February 18, on the premises of Varroc Lighting Systems India Pvt. Ltd. in Maan near Hinjewadi. Varroc Lighting is...

Pakistan Court Transfers Two Terror Financing Cases Against Hafiz Saeed to Lahore
Lahore: On Tuesday, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan declared the transfer of two terror financing cases against 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed,...

Death Toll of 10 After Suicide Blast in Pakistan
Around 10 people lost their lives in a suicide blast at Quetta, the southwestern city of Pakistan. Two police personnel were among those killed in the...

Pune: Fergusson College Road all set to turn into art plaza
Fergusson College is ready for a total revamp. Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to turn the busy street into an art plaza. The step is...

Pune: PMPML drafts a campaign to increase ridership
Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) is organising a campaign where they want to attract school and college goers to use it's buses, to improve the...

Boris Johnson’s Advisor Quits After Past Controversial Comments Emerge
A month after Dominic Cummings, the chief special adviser to the PM Boris Johnson, put out an ad asking “weirdos and misfits” to apply to work...

IMF’s Georgieva says lack of reforms is hurting global economy
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva in an interview said the lack of improvements is obstructing the already "anaemic" vision of growth....

MEA Rejects Mediation Offer by UN Secretary General
Addressing a press conference in Pakistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday it was important for India and Pakistan to de-escalate "militarily and verbally" and...

Recurring illegal farmer’s markets in Kharadi force residents to protest
Local traders in Kharadi faced the brunt of residents on Sunday, who were protesting against the allocation of an open plot on Dargah Road for a...

Turkey Extends Support to Pak on Kashmir, India Warns Not to Meddle
At a joint Parliament session in Pakistan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his country’s support to Pakistan on Kashmir saying that India’s decision to revoke...

Ahead of India Visit Donald Trump says ‘I’m no.1 on Facebook , PM Modi at no.2’
Ahead of his visit to India scheduled on February 24 and 25, Donald Trump twitted saying, he was looking forward to the visit and it was...

Coronavirus Death Toll Rises in China, Country Struggling with Spread
According to the National Health Commission of China, the number of cases due to Coronavirus in the country has become more than 2,600. This has been...

Police catch serial burglar, crack 127 cases
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US Senators Express Concern Over Kashmir and CAA Ahead of Trump Visit
Four top US senators have expressed their concern about the internet restrictions in Kashmir which have been happening for more than six months (after scrapping down...

UN Lists Firms Linked to Illegal Israeli Settlements in West Bank
The United Nation's (UN) human rights wing released a report on companies it found to have business ties with illegal Israeli settlements on Wednesday. The move...

Narayana Murthy’s Son-in-law Rishi Sunak Replaces Sajid Javid, Becomes the New Finance Minister of U.K.
In a cabinet reshuffle, Indian origin politician Rishi Sunak has been appointed as the new Finance Minister of U.K. on February 13th by Prime Minister Boris...

Pest Control chokes couple to death at home in Pune’s Bibwewadi
A seemingly normal task of pest control proved to be fatal for a couple in Bibwewadi, Pune. Aparna Majali (54) and Avinash Majali (64) choked to...

Pune: Woman Convicted in Immoral Trafficking Case for Wrongful Confinement and Coercion
Pune: A sessions court on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old woman on charges of forcing a 19-year-old girl into prostitution, wrongful confinement and running a brothel. The...

All MSRTC buses will soon display mobile numbers of officials
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Pakistan Court Convicts Mumbai Terror Attack Mastermind Hafiz Saeed
The founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba armed group, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced five and a half years’ prison in a case to...

Resort in Nepal Shuts Down as Eight Indian Tourists Die of Suffocation
Eight out of fifteen tourists from Kerala die at a resort in Nepal on January 21st 2020. The suspected reason for death is possible asphyxiation. The...

Andrew Yang and Michael Bennet Withdraw from the US Presidential Race
Democratic Party candidates Andrew Yang and Michael Bennet announced their withdrawal from the 2020 US Presidential race on Tuesday Night in the wake up of the...

Indian Cab Hailing Service Ola, Launches in London
Indian cab-hailer Ola cruised into the streets of London on Monday, with 25,000 drivers registered on a platform offering rides in a market estimated to be...

NASA’S Voyager 2 spacecraft resumes its investigation of interstellar space after engineers fix a lethal glitch from 11.5 billion miles away
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Pune: Ex- education officer detained for corruption
Pravin Ahire, former deputy director of education (Pune division) has been arrested by the Pune unit of Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau. The then deputy director has been...

More than 100 US Troops Diagnosed with Brain Injuries from Iran Attack
Over 100 service members were diagnosed with brain injuries stemming from Iran’s missile attack on a base in Iraq last month. The US troops did not...

As Coronavirus Death Toll Crosses 1000, Fear Grows about the Chinese Economy
A prominent Chinese expert recently mentioned that the recent outbreak of China’s coronavirus (the coronavirus in China is believed to have its origin from a market...

US President Donald Trump to Visit India in February
The white house announced on the 10th February that President Donald Trump and his wife, the First Lady Melania Trump will visit India on the 24th...

US President Pays Respect to Two US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, USA: — US President wrapped up his reelection rally at New Hampshire, early on Monday and rushed to Dover Air Force Base...

WHO Warns Overseas Spread of Coronavirus may be “Tip of the Iceberg”
The head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on 10th February issued a warning that it will be the “tip of the iceberg”,...

Pune: Protests Against CAA-NRC Continue at ‘Shaheen Bagh Kondhwa’
The “Shaheen Bagh Kondhwa” protest organised by Kul Jamat-e-Tanzeem is an all-women sit-in has been ongoing for one month against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and...

China Returns to Work ‘in batches’ Amid the Coronavirus Chaos
Cities in China are slowly returning to the bustle after two weeks of being ghosted as the Community Party rulers ordered virtual lockdowns, cancelled flights, closed...

Indo-US Bilateral Trade Increased Due to Rise in Energy Import
The Indo-US trade has notably gone up to $162 billion in 2019 from $142 billion in 2018. This is due to the sudden increase in energy...

Pune: 26-year-old man isolated to rule out coronavirus infection
A person who recently came back from China to Pune was quarantined in Naidu Hospital after he said he experienced minor illness. He was isolated to...

The first Obama-backed film “American Factory” wins the best documentary feature at Oscars 2020
A movie by former President and the first lady’s production company, Higher Ground, took home the Academy award for the best documentary feature. American Factory, a...

34 year old Woman Commits Suicide in Chinchwad, Husband Arrested on Alleged Dowry Charges
A 34-year-old woman committed suicide in Chinchwad after jumping from the fifth floor of a building. The police after preliminary investigation arrested the husband and in-laws...

Action on J&K to CAA increasingly isolating India’: Former foreign secretary S.Menon
Shivshankar Menon, former foreign secretary in an event at Press Club of India said that cumulative effect of series of actions over the past year from...

Kerala’s Tableau Rejected for Republic Day after Maharashtra and West Bengal
The Centre rejects Kerala's tableau for the Republic Day Parade on 26th January for the 2nd consecutive year. The tableau was accepted until the 3rd stage...

Devi Prasad Tripathi, Senior NCP Leader Passes Away
Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Leader, Devi Prasad Tripathi passed away in New Delhi on Thursday morning due to prolonged illness. The NCP Leader was 67...

Cuba gets a Prime Minister after 43 years
Manuel Marrero was named as the Prime Minister of Cuba by the President of the country, Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday. The post of prime minister has...

Trump impeached by the House of Representatives, Senate trial to be held in January
The Democrat-dominated US House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on charges of abusing his power as the President and obstructing Congress when the investigation on...

Victims of Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Sue Pope Francis in a New York Federal Court
Victims of sex abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church clergy are now suing Pope Francis and other senior Vatican officials stating they knew about...

Russia, China Press U.S to Ease Sanctions on North Korea
Russia and China on Monday proposed to ease some sanctions on North Korea, increasing the pressure on the United States and signals what is the likely...

Former Pak President, Pervez Musharraf Sentenced to Death in High Treason Case
Pakistan’s former military leader, General Pervez Musharraf has been sentenced to death by a three-member special court in Islamabad. The sentence comes as a punishment to...

China Pushes for Talks on Kashmir at the UN Security Council
Amidst the turmoil surrounding the anti-citizenship Act that has gripped the country, China is pushing for yet another discussion on the Kashmir issue in the United...

Samsung Electronics Board Chairman Sentenced to Jail for Violating Labour Laws
South Korean court said on Tuesday Samsung Electronics Co Ltd board chairman Lee Sang-hoon to be sentenced to 18 months jail time for obstructing legitimate union...

Boeing to Temporarily Suspend the Production of Max 737
The Boeing Company on Monday said, that it has decided to halt the production of 737 Max aeroplanes from January as the company are facing issues...

Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister asks India for a List of Illegal Residents from Bangladesh
A K Abdul Momen, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh on Sunday said, that the country has requested India to provide them with a list of Bangladeshi...

At least 304 killed in Iran Protest: Amnesty International
At least 304 people have been killed in the recent Iran protests, reported Amnesty International on Monday. It accused the security forces of “massacring” unarmed protestors...

Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha with 4D surround display, 108MP rear camera and Mi 9 Pro 5G
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Imran Khan To Become The Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Modi: Not Scared of Standing Next to Businessmen
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Powerful 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia
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Samsung Galaxy 9 to Support 960fps Slow-Motion Recording
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CITY
Rahul Balasaheb Aware, a freestyle wrestler who brought a gold medal for India during the 2018 Commonwealth Games recently joined ...
On Sunday, December 6, Pune reported 785 new corona cases taking the district’s tally to 3,47,130 positive patients so far. ...
On Sunday, December 6, Pune Municipality Corporation (PMC) has declared six new containment zones in Pune following a sharp spike ...
In an effort to manage waste disposal in Pune, the Pune Municipal Corporation(PMC) issued an order to the solid waste ...
NATIONAL
India's economy has shrunk by 23.9% in the first quarter of the 2021 financial year, which is the most recent ...
A major fire broke out in an underground hydroelectric power plant in Srisailam in the state of Telangana killing 9 people
A fire broke out in the underground hydroelectric power plant at the Srisailam project in Telangana on Thursday night. The ...
3 people are killed and many arrested following the riots in Bangalore over a Facebook post on Islam's prophet Muhammad by a nephew of Congress politician.
Three people were killed and three others seriously injured after Bengaluru police opened fire in order to control the riot ...
In a shocking incident, at least 11 people were killed in a fire that broke out at the COVID-19 Care ...
Kerala registered 5,722 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and when 67,017 samples were tested, the positive test rate dropped a ...
INTERNATIONAL
The Pakistan Cricket Board has launched an investigation into how 10 players have been tested positive with COVID-19 after arriving ...
China and Pakistan have signed a military cooperation agreement to strengthen their close security ties, as Chinese Defense Minister and ...
Iran has prepared to raise oil exports to America as they believe that the Biden Presidency will allow for some ...
Disposers Dieter Schwaetzler, left, and Rene Bennert sit next to 1.8 ton WWII bomb right after they defused it, in ...
Queen Elizabeth, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are expected to be among the first to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, whose ...
SPORTS
The Pakistan Cricket Board has launched an investigation into how 10 players have been tested positive with COVID-19 after arriving ...
India defeated Australia by six wickets to clinch the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series with a game to spare at ...
Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie smashed the half marathon world record by 29 seconds on Sunday, hence becoming the first person to ...
In the qualifying round for Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas bagged his fifth pole position of this season. In ...
New Zealand have been cruising to victory internally three days, and have been close to the rare feat of disregarding ...