The current situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has arisen due to the disregard of written agreements by China not to mass soldiers at the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Speaking at a joint press conference along with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne, Jaishankar said when a large country […]
The Biden administration warned that President Vladimir V. Putin could mount a major assault on Ukraine at any time, having built up formidable land, sea and air forces on three sides of its smaller neighbor. US intelligence officials had initially thought Putin was prepared to wait until the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing […]
Twitter Inc said, on Friday night, it had fixed a software glitch in its micro-blogging website that had disrupted services for several thousands of its users. “We’ve fixed a technical bug that was preventing timelines from loading and Tweets from posting. Things should be back to normal now,” the company tweeted. Earlier, Twitter had said […]
N Chandrasekaran was on Friday reappointed as chairman of Tata Sons for a second five-year term. Tata Sons in a statement said the reappointment was ratified by the board.“At its meeting on 11 February 2022, the Board of Tata Sons reviewed the last five years and considered the reappointment of its Executive Chairman N Chandrasekaran,” […]
Days after returning to the Congress fold, sitting Sri Hargobindpur MLA Balwinder Laddi rejoined the BJP on Friday evening. Laddi had left the Congress and joined the BJP on December 28. He, however, quit the BJP within six days and returned to the Congress. He now again has rejoined the BJP as the Congress ticket […]
Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant hit defiant half-centuries on Friday before the Indian bowlers fired in unison to restrict the West Indies for just 169, winning the third and final ODI by a comprehensive margin of 96 runs and completing a series sweep against the visitors. India had already clinched the series with two comfortable […]
The Karnataka High Court, which is hearing the petitions against the Hijab ban, has requested the state government to reopen educational institutions and also restrained the students from wearing saffron shawls, scarves, Hijab and any religious flag within the classroom. In its interim order issued by the three-judge full bench led by Chief Justice Ritu […]
Security forces are holding a flag march in Udupi, the epicentre of pro and anti-hijab protests in the state. This comes after violent protests and stone-pelting over a government decision barring Muslim students from attending classes wearing hijab. Karnataka Police and paramilitary forces are holding the march as tense calm prevails throughout the state. Chief […]
The country’s foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 2.198 billion to USD 631.953 billion in the week ended February 4, RBI data showed.In the previous week ended January 28, the reserves had declined by USD 4.531 billion to USD 629.755 billion. It touched a lifetime high of USD 642.453 billion in the week ended September […]