Equity benchmark Sensex ticked higher for the fifth straight session on Thursday, helped by fag-end buying in select blue-chip stocks amid a largely negative trend in global markets. A depreciating rupee and rising crude prices in the international market capped the gains in domestic equities, traders said. In a…
The World Health Organization classified the escalating outbreak of the once-rare disease as an international emergency in July; the U.S. declared it a national emergency last week. Outside of Africa, 98% of cases are in men who have sex with men. With only a limited global supply of vaccines, authorities are racing to…
Nearly 20 million lives were saved by Covid-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in what would become a global…
France is set to sign a US-led multilateral agreement aiming to govern how countries behave in space and on the moon, according to two people familiar with the plans. France’s signing of the pact, called the Artemis Accords, will mark one of the most significant endorsements yet of Washington’s effort to…
Karnataka’s Minister of Health and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar on Wednesday said that in view of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, passengers arriving from foreign nations in the state will have to undergo a mandatory RT-PCR test at the airport from today, December 1. Passengers may face some delay because…
Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade revealed that he wants to defend the T20 World Cup title on his home ground in 2022 and then he may announce his international retirement. Wade played a sizzling 41-run knock to help Australia seal a 5-wicket win over Pakistan in the second semifinal of the recently concluded T20…
Uncapped all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer is excited at the prospect of learning from the newly-appointed coach and former India captain Rahul Dravid as he gears up for his debut international series against New Zealand. Former captain Dravid, who played 164 Tests and 344 ODIs between 1996 and 2012 and accumulated more than…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) bust an international racket in which people from over 100 countries were allegedly involved in online child sexual abuse, an official said. The CBI also found that over 50 groups with 5,000 offenders from over 100 countries, including Pakistan, Canada, Bangladesh, Nigeria,…
The West Bengal Assembly has passed a resolution against the central government’s move to expand BSF’s jurisdiction to 50km from the International Border in the state. In October of this year, the central government amended the Border Security Force (BSF) Act to authorize the force to undertake seizure and…
Amidst the fluctuating oil prices in the international market, there has been no change in the prices of vehicle fuel ie petrol and diesel in the country on Monday. As per the list released by the Indian oil marketing companies, the prices of petrol and diesel are stable on October 25. Witnessing a hike of 35 paise per…