Goa, 18/2: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday claimed that the number of cancer cases in the country has increased after the Covid-19 pandemic. He made this observation while addressing a gathering early morning at Miramar beach in Goa, where his Patanjali Yog Samiti has organised a three-day-long yoga camp starting Saturday. Goa Chief Minister Pramod…
New Delhi, 18/2: The CBI has called Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for questioning in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case nearly three months after filing the charge sheet in the case, officials said Saturday. Sisodia, called on Sunday for questioning, has not been named as accused in the charge sheet, they…
Washington DC, 18/2: Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to make…
Mumbai, 17/2: BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma on Friday resigned from his post, according to ANI. He sent his resignation to BCCI Secretary Jay Shah and the latter accepted it. This comes days after Sharma was caught in a controversy after he allegedly revealed classified selection matters during a sting operation conducted…
Moscow, 17/2: After a report this week renewed scrutiny on Moscow for deporting Ukrainian children and detaining others, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, ignoring widespread condemnations of human rights abuses, said more Russian families want to adopt Ukrainian children. In a meeting with Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, on Thursday, Putin…
Beijing, 16/2: China’s ceremonial parliament has accused American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the US passed a measure condemning a suspected Chinese spy balloon’s intrusion into US airspace. The statement issued on Thursday by the National People’s Congress’s Foreign Affairs Committee repeated Beijing’s insistence that the balloon was…
New Delhi, 16/2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a global business summit on Friday, his office said. The summit, Economic Times Global Business Summit 2023, is hosted annually by The Times Group, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement on Thursday. It will bring together thought leaders, policymakers, academicians and corporate heads…
New Delhi, 16/2: Air India has placed orders for 840 planes from Airbus and Boeing, including options to purchase additional 370 aircraft, a senior airline official said on Thursday. In a LinkedIn post, Air India’s Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer Nipun Aggarwal said the airline is humbled by the excitement generated across the…
Tripura 16/2: Tripura recorded a voter turnout of 14 per cent till 9 am on Thursday, with the polling process largely being peaceful in the first two hours, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarrao. The exercise began at 7 am and will continue till 4 pm. The CEO also noted…
New Delhi, 15/2: Rahul Dravid tried to remain vague about Shreyas Iyer’s return to Test cricket, saying the management will assess his fitness over the course of the next 30-odd hours to take a call on his participation in the second Test against Australia. But, the Indian coach spent far too much time waxing lyrical…
