NEW DELHI: The BCCI will not be conducting its premier first-class domestic tournament Ranji Trophy for the first time in 87 years as the parent body opted for the Vijay Hazare Trophy as per the wishes of majority of the State units. The BCCI will also host the U-19 National One Day tournament for the […]
Islamabad:Pakistan will send a special plane to China on Sunday to bring back the first batch of the 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine that Beijing has promised to provide to its close ally. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), during a meeting here on the strategy of vaccine administration, said on Saturday that the […]
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is “worried about the power of social media companies and called for creating a global mechanism to regulate them. Guterres, addressing a press conference on Thursday following his informal briefing to the UN member states on Priorities for 2021′, said he does not think we can […]
Washington:The Biden administration is having a hard look at the extent to which the Taliban are complying with the conditions of the peace agreement and supports the negotiations between the stakeholders to find a durable political settlement to the long-standing conflict in Afghanistan, a top US official has said. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said […]
New Delhi:With 13,083 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has gone up to 1,07,33,131, while 1,04,09,160 patients have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.98 per cent, the health ministry said on Saturday. The viral disease has claimed 137 more lives in the country in a span of 24 hours and the death […]
Wuhan:Members of a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited another Wuhan hospital that had treated early COVID-19 patients on their second full day of work on Saturday. Jinyantan Hospital was one of the city’s first to deal with patients in early 2020 suffering from a then-unknown virus and is […]
Srinagar:Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir on Saturday as the mercury stayed several degrees below freezing point across the valley, officials said. Srinagar city – the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – recorded a low of minus 7.2 degrees Celsius marginally up from minus 7.7 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said. Qazigund the […]
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said the government is “vigilant” and that additional forces have been deployed at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to protect the sovereignty of the country. In his address to the joint sitting of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session, Kovind, who is also […]
Beijing: China on Friday launched the second naval missile frigate equipped with an improved radar system and long-range missiles for its all-weather ally Pakistan to help it bolster maritime defence and deterrence capabilities, according to a media report. The Pakistan Navy has contracted the construction of four Type 054A/P frigates from China since 2017, and […]
Internet suspended in 17 Haryana districts New Delhi: A group of over 200 people threw stones and vandalised tents erected by farmers at the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu on Friday. At least two police personnel were injured, including Delhi Police SHO (Alipur) Pradeep Paliwal, in clashes at the site which prompted the police to use […]