Kyiv, 22/2: Over 1,500 Indian students who returned to war-ravaged Ukraine a few months ago are refusing to leave the country despite the Indian government’s advisory “to leave Ukraine at the earliest”, according to a TOI report. “We are not going to leave after returning here just a few months ago, having faced…
New Delhi, 22/10: Yes Bank on Saturday reported 32 per cent decline in standalone net profit at Rs 152.82 crore for September quarter 2022 on higher provisions. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 225.50 crore for the year-ago same period. In preceding June quarter 2022, the net profit stood at…
MP, 22/10: Fifteen persons were killed and 40 others injured, some of them seriously, after an Uttar Pradesh-bound bus collided with a stationary truck in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. The accident occurred around 11.30 pm on Friday near Teonthar town, he said. Majority of the bus…
New Delhi, 22/10: Ransomware has grown by 466 per cent since 2019 and is increasingly being used as a precursor to physical war as seen in the Russia conflict in Ukraine and the Iran and Albania cyber war, according to the latest report. The report by IT services and security firm Ivanti, which…
London, 22/10: British Conservative politician Rishi Sunak late Friday reached the minimum threshold to run for party leader, as former prime minister Boris Johnson targeted an audacious comeback. Cabinet member Penny Mordaunt became the first to formally declare her candidacy, after the UK’s ruling party was forced into a second leadership contest following…
New Delhi, 21/10: The Supreme Court on Friday said that immediate action should be taken against anyone making hate speeches while noting that certain statements are very shocking and disturbing. “It is tragic, what we have been reduced to in the name of religion,” the top court said, emphasising the importance of scientific…
Cuttack, 21/10: In a major development, BJD’s organizational secretary Pranab Prakash Das has been elected as the new President of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA).Sanjay Behera has been elected as General Secretary while Pankaj Lochan Mohanty as Vice-President and Vikash Pradhan as Treasurer.
Washington DC, ,21/10: Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce if and when he becomes the owner of the social media company, according to a report on Thursday by The Washington Post. Musk has told prospective investors in his Twitter purchase that he plans to cut nearly 75 per cent…
Bhubaneswar, 21/10: Odisha is bracing for heavy rainfall early next week under the impact of a possible cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to skirt the state and move towards West Bengal and Bangladesh, the IMD said on Friday. The West Bengal government has initiated the process of evacuating people…
New Delhi, 21/10: Congress on Friday distanced itself from the remarks of senior leader Shivraj Patil that the concept of ‘jihad’ (holy war) in Bhagavad Gita too, saying it is “unacceptable” and the party believes that the text is a key foundational pillar of Indian civilisation. Party General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh said…
