WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden will take the oath of office on Wednesday at a perilous moment in American history. The country is still being ravaged by a deadly pandemic, economic turmoil and racial divisions. President Donald Trump tried to overturn the democratic election and egged on a mob that then stormed the Capitol to keep […]
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!1 New UpdateClick here for latest updates India vs Australia 4th Test, Day 5: India makes 83/1 in 2nd innings till lunch, need 245 runs in 62 overs to win 13 people died after they were run over by a truck in Kosamba, Surat. Police says, “All the deceased are labourers and they hail from […]
MCC to auction nearly 1,200 outlets to garner resources by raising rent
Nearly 1,200 tenants occupying commercial complexes and outlets belonging to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been issued eviction notice as a precursor to the conduct of a fresh auction. This is the fallout of the imperatives of raising additional resources for the cash-strapped MCC, which receives a pittance by way of rent from these commercial […]
Assam to come up with Science City at Tepesia with an expenditure of Rs 184 crore
Guwahati: Assam to come up with of Science City at Tepesia in the outskirts of the Guwahati with an expenditure of Rs 184 Crore. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid foundation stone of Science City for popularising science and technology at the grassroots. The Science City would be built for a total expenditure of Rs. […]
Joe Biden’s economic council pick Sameera Fazili was part of protests against Article 370 abrogation
New Delhi: Kashmiri origin Indian-American Sameera Fazili, who is the newly appointed Deputy Director of the National Economic Council of the Biden administration, has a track record of playing a role in anti-India protests in USA over the Kashmir issue. Fazili played a key role in one of the protests within four days of abrogation […]
India’s now among top 10 buyers of US treasuries
For the first time, India has featured in the list of top 10 sovereign investors in US Treasuries. At the end of October, the count was at a new record high of $222.4 billion, showed latest data. That should give sufficient cushion to Asia’s third-biggest economy when interest rates turn globally – and currency volatility […]
Old BMTC buses to be re-purposed into mobile schools
Door-to-door survey to be taken up across the city to identify out-of-school children The COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in a drop in the number of admissions in schools while young children, who should be in school, are found selling miscellaneous items or begging on the streets. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will soon be […]
‘Tandav’ controversy: Creator Ali Abbas Zafar says sorry
NEW DELHI: The cast and crew of Amazon Prime Video’s Tandav issued an “unconditional” apology on Monday evening after the I&B ministry asked them for an explanation regarding some scenes that had allegedly “insulted Hindu gods.” The makers of the web series Ali Abbas Zafar and Himanshu Mehra issued the apologies on twitter. They referred […]