Author: IANS

Jerusalem, Oct 7 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed regional security issues over phone on Wednesday. The two discussed “Iranian aggression and the situation in Syria,” according to a Prime Minister’s Office readout. In addition, they talked about cooperation in fighting the coronavirus pandemic,[Read More…]

New York, Oct 7 (IANS) Researchers have demonstrated that RNA terminated by hepatitis-C drug Sofosbuvir may be more effective against the Covid-19 virus. The results, published in the journal Scientific Reports, support the use of the USFDA-approved hepatitis-C drug EPCLUSA — Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir — in combination with other antiviral drugs in[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Broadly positive global cues, along with likelihood of a stimulus package and hopes of healthy quarterly Q2 results, pushed the Indian equity markets higher on Wednesday. Both the key indices, the S&P BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50, made healthy gains during the day’s trade[Read More…]

Kabul, Oct 7 (IANS) Afghanistan has reported 62 new Covid-19 cases, while two fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,469, health officials said. So far, 113,020 samples have been tested in government centres and there are 5,034 known active Covid-19 cases in the country, according to data from the[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Taking strong objection to cases being registered against third parties, the Congress has lashed out at the Uttar Pradesh government and demanded a probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge in the Hathras incident to get the truth out, alleging that the state government is[Read More…]

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Oct 7 (IANS) International Master (IM) in chess Atanu Lahiri will be training around 50 junior chess players — both girls and boys — in Guyana for three months initially. Lahiri has been appointed as the Training Consultant by the Guyana Chess Federation for three months[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Dinesh Kumar Khara on Wednesday took charge as the new Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) for a period of three years. He succeeds Rajnish Kumar, whose term ended on October 6. Khara was appointed the Chairman on Tuesday. Prior to his new[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Bollywood actor Siddhant Chaturvedi, who is currently in Goa to shoot for director Shakun Batra’s untitled next film, has shared a picture of him doing a cartwheel. Siddhant took to his Instagram Stories, where he posted the picture. In the image, he could be seen dressed[Read More…]

Seoul, Oct 7 (IANS) South Korea’s daily new infections of the novel coronavirus bounced back to over 100 cases on Wednesday after rising by double digits for six consecutive days as health authorities strive to curb sporadic clusters across the nation after a long holiday. The country added 114 more[Read More…]

Bangkok, Oct 7 (IANS) Thailand’s Deputy Interior Minister Niphon Bunyamanee has been asked to step down both as Deputy Interior Minister and Deputy Leader of the Democrat party after being implicated in a malfeasance case by the national anti-graft body for wrongdoing. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has implicated Niphon[Read More…]

Colombo, Oct 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Health Ministry has issued a revised timeline for the resumption of activities until October 31, which categorises activities as normal operations, restricted operations, higher restrictions, and no operation. According to the guidelines issued on Tuesday, education centres (daycare, preschools, schools, higher education institutions[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Swedish caller identification app Truecaller on Wednesday claimed they now have 185 million monthly active users and over 150 million daily active users in India. In addition, the platform said it has crossed 250 million monthly active users and 200 million daily active users globally.[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities are extremely happy to hear the decision of the Bombay High court granting conditional bail to actress Rhea Chakraborty, who was taken into custody by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in an alleged drug angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. “Finally!!! She gets[Read More…]

New York, Oct 7 (IANS) Elon Musk-run SpaceX has launched its 12th Starlink Mission which brings its internet-beaming satellite constellation to just under the 800 it needs to deliver moderate coverage in North America. “Once these satellites reach their target position, we will be able to roll out a fairly[Read More…]

By Zafar Abbas New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The roar you hear after every boundary hit or wicket taken in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) is virtual, compensating for the crowd that has not been allowed into the stadiums as a precautionary measure due to the pandemic. However, there[Read More…]