Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said talks are on with “like-minded parties” to jointly oust BJP from power in Goa in next month’s Assembly elections in the coastal state. “NCP leader Praful Patel and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut are talking with local Congress leaders there,” Pawar told reporters. There is a […]
Washington: In 2022, India and the United States are expected to move forward on a wide-ranging set of initiatives, including fight against the pandemic, climate change, QUAD, and new and emerging technologies, the White House said on Monday. “As you know, back in September, the (US) president (Joe Biden) hosted Prime Minister Modi at the […]
LONDON: People with higher levels of T cells from common cold coronaviruses are less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the strain which causes COVID-19, according to a new UK study led by Indian-origin researchers on Monday. The study, published in the journal ‘Nature Communications’ and led by Imperial College London researchers, claims to provide […]
NEW DELHI: Government has extended the deadline for filing income tax returns to March 15, according to a notification issued by the department of revenue of the finance ministry. The last date for filing returns was December 31, 2021. The income tax department also tweeted about the extension of return filing deadline. The deadline has […]
NEW DELHI: The IPL Governing Council on Tuesday decided to issue the Letter of Intent to new IPL franchises Lucknow and Ahmedabad, formalising their entry into the world’s biggest T20 league. RPSG Group and private investment firm CVC had successfully bid for the Lucknow and Ahmedabad franchise, respectively, last October. However, the LOI got delayed […]
Melbourne: Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) chief Todd Greenberg has assured the country’s cricketers that he will travel to Pakistan with them if the tour gets final approval but would respect if “one or two” backs out of the trip. If the team gets security clearance to travel, it will be Australia’s first tour to Pakistan […]
NEW DELHI: Young Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha recorded the first upset of the India Open when she stunned fifth seed Evgeniya Kosetskaya while top seed PV Sindhu sailed into the women’s singles second round of the tournament on Tuesday. Reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew was stretched to three games while home favourite Kidambi Srikanth […]
New Delhi: India logged 1,68,063 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases rose to 8,21,446, the highest in 208 days, while the death toll climbed to 4,84,213 with […]
United Nations: The United States and five allies urged North Korea on Monday to abandon its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile programs and called on the UN Security Council to oppose Pyongyang’s “ongoing, destabilising and unlawful actions,” including missile launches. The six countries issued a statement ahead of the council’s closed consultations on the […]
Leh: Ladakh has reported 89 fresh Covid cases, taking the tally to 22,561, while active cases in the union territory has gone up to 340, officials said on Sunday. The Union Territory has recorded 221 Covid-related deaths — 163 in Leh district and 58 in Kargil district — since the outbreak of the pandemic last […]