NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked states and union territories to consider relaxing Covid curbs for social, sports, entertainment, academic and religious events as well as night curfew hours in view of the substantial decline in the number of cases. Issuing COVID-19 guidelines for March, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla also suggested […]
Brussels: After the political outrage against Russia comes the economic reckoning. Finance ministers of the 19 countries that use the euro gathered Friday in Paris to weigh the economic fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting European Union sanctions. The EU, and allies like the US, are trying to starve Russia of international […]
New Delhi: Paring previous gains, gold prices in the national capital on Friday declined by Rs 1,274 to Rs 50,913 per 10 gram reflecting overnight fall in international market along with rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. The yellow metal had closed at Rs 52,187 per 10 gram in the previous trade. Silver also plummeted […]
Mumbai: A day after suffering their worst session in about two years, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded up to 2.5 per cent on Friday, in line with higher global markets as the US and allies put up a united front to punish Russia with harsher sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. A strengthening rupee and […]
NEW DELHI: The 2022 Indian Premier League will see a tweak in format as 10 teams will be divided into groups of five but the number of matches per side will remain 14. As per groupings released by BCCI on Friday, group A comprises Mumbai Indians, KKR, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants. The […]
DHARAMSALA: A reinvigorated India will look to pocket their second series win in as many weeks and build on the gains made from a drastic change in their batting approach in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka here on Saturday. India were forced to look in the mirror after their early exit from the […]
NEW DELHI: The upcoming Davis Cup tie between India and Denmark won’t be held within a bio-bubble but appropriate COVID-19 protocols will be followed during the March 4-5 contest, home team skipper Rohit Rajpal said on Friday. India will host Denmark on the lush green grass court of Delhi Gymkhana Club for the World Group […]
United Nations: The UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution on Friday tabled by the US and Albania that will condemn in the strongest terms possible Russia’s aggression, invasion and violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, a move that seeks to isolate permanent and veto-wielding member Moscow on the global stage after Russian President […]
Leh: Ladakh reported 19 fresh Covid cases, raising the union territory’s tally 27,947, officials said on Friday. The active cases have come down to 248 — 228 in Leh district and 20 in Kargil district — with 55 more patients recovering from the disease in the past 24 hours, they said. […]
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed so far in the Russian invasion of his country. He called them “heroes” in a video address released early Friday in which he also said hundreds more have been wounded. Zelenskyy says that despite Russia’s claim it is attacking only military targets, […]