KARACHI: Senior Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez has lauded the Indian team for its incredible fight back to win the Test series against Australia and credited the feat to having a proper talent-grooming system in place. Hafeez said talent is not enough in modern day international cricket and what is more important is to have a […]
New Delhi: Protesting farmer unions on Thursday rejected the government’s proposal to suspend the three contentious farm laws for 18 months and set up a joint committee to find an amicable solution to end the deadlock. This was announced by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of protesting unions leading protests at several Delhi […]
Pune:Five persons died and nine were evacuated from a building in the Serum Institute of India’s Manjari premises here after a fire broke out at the facility on Thursday, police said. Covishield vaccine production won’t be hit due to the fire, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said. The Manjari facility is where the Covishield […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered arrest of a private contractor working on Machail road in Kishtwar district for his poor performance in executing development works. District Development Commissioner, Ashok Sharma, passed orders for the arrest of the contractor, an official spokesman said on Thursday. This is probably for the first time that […]
New Delhi: Gold price on Thursday jumped Rs 575 to Rs 49,125 per 10 gm in the national capital amid firm global market trend, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 48,550 per 10 gm in the previous trade. Silver also shot up by Rs 1,227 to Rs 66,699 per kg, […]
Ludhiana:A compensation of Rs 5 lakh each has been given to the families of four farmers from Ludhiana who lost their lives while participating in the ongoing protest against the Centre’s agricultural reforms, a senior officer said on Thursday. Braving cold weather conditions and rain, thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar […]
Ahmedabad:The Indian economy is undergoing a “V-shaped recovery” and the world is watching the same in surprise, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. Shah, one of the senior most members of the cabinet, also said the COVID-19 vaccination drive is progressing well and once everyone is vaccinated, “we will attain victory over the […]
Beijing:Minutes after Joe Biden was sworn in as the new President of the United States, China imposed sanctions against former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 27 others associated with the previous Trump administration for promoting and executing “crazy moves”, which “gravely” undermined its interests. The sanctions were announced late Wednesday night by the […]
Washington: On day one in office, US President Joe Biden has signed 15 executive orders, reversing some of the key foreign policies and national security decisions of his predecessor Donald Trump. The executive orders ranged from rejoining the Paris agreement on climate change, halting America’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, revoking Muslim travel ban […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload crossed 1.06 crore with a total of 15,223 infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,02,65,70, according to the Union health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The total cases have increased to 1,06,10,883. The death toll mounted to 1,52,869 with 151 daily new fatalities, the data […]