Today, India commences its G20 presidency. The previous 17 presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results: Ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden of countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these achievements, and build further upon them. However, as India assumes this important mantle, I ask myself – can the G20 …
NEW DELHI: Researchers have resurrected ‘zombie viruses’ that laid dormant in the Siberian permafrost for up to 50,000 years, and have found that they remained infectious despite spending many millennia trapped in the frozen ground. Scientists from the French National Centre for Scientific Research revived 13 never-before-seen viruses from seven ancient permafrost samples. The oldest …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the trial in the case relating to murder of US Vivekanand Reddy, uncle of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Reddy, to Telangana on the allegations of the deceased person’s widow and daughter that state and influential people are attempting to scuttle trial. A bench of Justices …
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NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to grant Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Muslims for availing reservations in government jobs and admission to educational institutions while admitting to prevalence of casteism in the community despite strict prohibition by Islam. In an application seeking to be …
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HYDERABAD: High drama ensued outside Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s home on Tuesday after YS Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and YSR Telangana Party chief was detained by Hyderabad Police from there. She was later shifted to a local police station. Sharmila had given a call to …
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CHANDIGARH: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out early morning raids across Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and Punjab against gangsters, including Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar, Sandeep Bishnoi, Davinder Bambiha, TV reports said. On Monday too, four associates of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang were arrested in Punjab’s Rupnagar district. Three pistols and 22 live cartridges …
NEW DELHI: Midfielder Bruno Fernandes scored a brace to help Portugal beat Uruguay 2-0 in their second Group H game of the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Tuesday. The victory secured Portugal’s place in the Round of 16 with a game in hand, becoming only the third team after France and Brazil to qualify for …
Think Ruturaj Gaikwad and you will think of an attacking batter, who became a household name while playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. Now, the Maharashtra batter has become the first in white-ball cricketing history to hit seven sixes in an over. The feat also equalled the List A world record of …
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SHANGHAI: China reported a fifth straight daily record of 40,347 new Covid-19 infections on November 27, of which 3,822 were symptomatic and 36,525 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday. That compares with 39,791 new cases a day earlier – 3,709 symptomatic and 36,082 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. Excluding imported infections, …
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NEW DELHI: It’s not all over for Germany at the FIFA World Cup 2022 as they remained in the race for a Round of 16 spot after a 1-1 draw with Spain on Monday. The result gave the four-time champions a much needed one point to stay alive in Qatar, while Spain consolidated their top …
