Self-reliance to be new mantra to sail through Covid crisis: Niti Aayog member
Niti Aayog member VK Saraswat On Wednesday said that self-reliance will be the new mantra of the Government to sail through the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at a webinar organised by Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Saraswat said that most economists are expecting U-shaped recovery pattern for...
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Current a/c surplus moderates to $15.5 bn in Q2, says RBI
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Sensex, Nifty flat in early trade, energy financials stocks advance
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Jio announces free domestic voice calls from Jan 1 as IUC regime ends
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Sensex, Nifty end flat on last trading day of 2020; close year with nearly 15 pc gains
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FICCI seeks Punjab govt's intervention against attack on Jio's mobile towers
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Total government liabilities rise to Rs 107 lakh cr in Q2: Finmin report
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Won’t allow Daniel Pearl’s killer to evade justice: US
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Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defence bill
President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans a day after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defence policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of GOP leadership, joined with Democrats on Monday to approve the override, which would be...
Kamala receives first dose of Moderna vaccine
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine live on television as part of efforts to build public trust in the inoculation and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus. Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical...
10 killed in Yemen airport blasts after arrival of new Govt
At least 10 people were killed Wednesday as explosions rocked Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what officials charged was a “cowardly” attack by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. “Dozens” more people were wounded, a medical source told AFP, although all government ministers were reported to be...
Argentine Senate approves bill legalising abortion
Argentina’s Senate has passed a law legalising abortion, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades. Under Wednesday’s majority vote, abortion is legalised up to the 14th week of pregnancy, and is also legal after that time in cases of rape or danger to...
China sentences 10 seeking to flee Hong Kong to prison terms
A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced 10 pro-democracy activists who sought to flee Hong Kong by speedboat to between seven months and three years in prison, in a case with major political overtones for the territory. The Yantian District Court in the southern city of Shenzhen gave the harshest sentence to...
Migrants from Bosnia camp kept in buses as relocation halted
Hundreds of migrants from a burned-out tent camp in northwest Bosnia have spent the night in buses after an attempt to relocate them failed, reflecting confusion in the Balkan country’s dealing with the crisis. Bosnian authorities sent buses on Tuesday to transfer the migrants from the much-criticised Lipa camp to an...
US spy Pollard arrives in Israel after 30-yr jail
Jonathan Pollard, who spent 30 years in US prison for spying for Israel, arrived in Israel early Wednesday with his wife, triumphantly kissing the ground as he exited the aircraft in the culmination of a decades-long affair that had long strained relations between the two close allies. Pollard was welcomed at...
