- Sports
Sachin Tendulkar, his wife meet Bill Gates
Mumbai: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar met with Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, here on Tuesday. Tendulkar took to twitter to share pictures of his meeting with Gates. In…
- World
About 15.5 mn children in US infected with Covid
Los Angeles: Almost 15.5 million children in the US are reported to have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report by the American Academy…
- World
US President announces pick for new labour secretary
Washington: US President Joe Biden announced that he’s nominating Julie Su to serve as his administration’s labour secretary. Su currently serves as the deputy secretary of labour and would replace Marty Walsh,…
- Politics
AAP is synonymous with ‘cut, commission and corruption’: BJP
New Delhi: Targeting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after the Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea filed by Manish Sisodia challenging his arrest by the CBI in connection with the 2021-22…
- India
No child marriage in Assam in last one month, says CM
Guwahati: Despite heavy criticism on the police crackdown on child marriages in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that not a single instance of a child marriage had occurred…
- India
‘No hung Assembly in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland’, claims Assam CM
Guwahati Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted on Tuesday that there won’t be any hung Assembly in Tripura, Nagaland or Meghalaya, contrary to what several exit polls have indicated. Instead, the…
- Middle East
Turkey records 5.6 pc GDP growth in 2022
Ankara: Turkey’s economy grew by 5.6 per cent in 2022, with domestic consumption propping up the better-than-expected performance, according to official statistics released on Tuesday. The country’s economy expanded by 3.5 per…
- India
India received highest number of UK student visas in 2022: Envoy
New Delhi: The UK issued a total of 2,836,490 visas in 2022, out of which 25 per cent went to India, the highest number issued to any country, British High Commissioner to…
- India
2010 Jnaneswari Express derailment: Calcutta HC grants bail to 11 accused Maoists
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday granted bail to 11 Maoists accused in the 2010 Jnaneswari Express accident, in which as many as 148 persons were killed and 180 were injured.…
- India
Bill Gates visits RBI office in Mumbai, holds discussions with Shaktikanta Das
New Delhi: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday visited the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) office in Mumbai, where he held wide-ranging discussions with Governor Shaktikanta Das. In a tweet, RBI said…
- India
Will caste factor keep Shashi Tharoor out of the CWC?
Thiruvananthapuram: With the now-ended 85th plenary session of the Congress in Raipur authorising party President Malikarjuna Kharge to nominate 35 members to the Congress Working Committee, the chances of former Union Minister…
- Middle East
Top Arab lawmakers’ Syria visit ‘positive step’ toward greater solidarity: Iran
Tehran: Iran said on Tuesday that the visit of senior Arab lawmakers to quake-ravaged Syria is a step toward greater “solidarity” in the region. Making the remarks in a tweet, Iranian Foreign…