New York, Feb 6 (IANS) US stocks extended gains, boosted by a slew of better-than-anticipated data. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 483.22 points, or 1.68 per cent, to 29,290.85. The S&P 500 increased 37.1 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 3,334.69. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 40.71[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 6 (IANS) A total of 21 countries and the United Nations Children’s Fund have donated epidemic prevention and control supplies to China, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. Those countries are the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Hungary, Belarus, Turkey,[Read More…]
Damascus, Feb 6 (IANS) The Syrian army stormed and captured the key city of Saraqeb, the latest in a string of victories the army scored in the northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The Syrian army on Wednesday stormed the city following the withdrawal of the rebel groups,[Read More…]
Istanbul, Feb 6 (IANS) One killed and 157 others wounded when a plane slided off the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport on Wednesday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced. Koca said two of the wounded are currently under intensive medical care but none of them is in critical[Read More…]
Supaul (Bihar), Feb 6 (IANS) Kanhaiya Kumar’s anti-CAA rally in Supaul was stoned in which three people, including a woman, were injured. The incident took place on Wednesday evening at Mallik Chowk of Sadar police station. Kumar left for Saharsa with the convoy after addressing a public meeting in Supaul.[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, Feb 6 (IANS) President Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate on both impeachment charges ending the historic trial that was a desperate move by Democrats to avenge their defeat in the 2016 election. While the Democrats put up a united front to vote[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 6 (IANS) International pop star Dua Lipa is gearing up for her second album “Future Nostalgia”, and she says she is much more “confident” about her talent now. “I guess I didn’t realise how much I was almost holding back in a way because I was just[Read More…]
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Los Angeles, Feb 6 (IANS) Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson says working with children is easy because they are receptive, playful and soulful, Jiohansson was recently child actors in the Oscar-nominated film “Jojo Rabbit”. In the film, she is seen as Rosie Betzler, mother of a German boy named Jojo (essayed[Read More…]
Addis Ababa, Feb 6 (IANS) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend the 33rd African Union (AU) summit, scheduled to take place on February 9-10, at the headquarters of the 55-member pan-African bloc in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. According to a UN statement late Wednesday, Guterres is expected to address[Read More…]
Istanbul, Feb 6 (IANS) At least 120 people were wounded when a plane slided off the runway at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport on Wednesday, Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya told reporters. At the airport, Yerlikaya said the plane could not grasp the runway because of bad weather conditions and fell[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who is gearing up for the release of his forthcoming television show “Dil Jaise Dhadke…Dhadakne Do”, feels that contrarian viewpoint is a relevant part of any society. “There is nothing significant that can be made without controversy. Whenever you will come up with[Read More…]
Harare, Feb 6 (IANS) Zimbabwe will at the end of this month host the high-level Sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD). In that regard, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday met with United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) executive secretary Vera Songwe to discuss[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) WWE champion-turned-Hollywood star John Cena returns to the screens in a few months from now in “Fast & Furious 9”, and while the makers of the Vin Diesel-starrer mega franchise probably won’t fly down the actor to India to promote the film, Cena has struck a[Read More…]
Istanbul, Feb 6 (IANS) A plane slided off the runway shortly after landing at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport on Wednesday, Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya said, noting that 52 people were injured. The plane broke into three pieces. Yerlikaya said at a tweet that the fire brigade teams and rescue[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Yashasvi Jaiswal has taken the ICC U19 World Cup by storm. His unbeaten century in India’s 10-wicket win in the semifinal against Pakistan took his tally in the tournament to 312 runs, making him the top scorer. Jaiswal was unbeaten on 105 off 113 balls[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Election Commission on Wednesday issued notice to BJP leader Sambhit Patra for violating the Model Code of Conduct in place for the February 8 Delhi Assembly elections in view of his recent comments on a TV show which “have the potential of disturbing communal[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Wednesday inaugurated the Defexpo 2020 here, also went around the exhibition and fired an assault rifle at a virtual firing range. Videos showed Modi asking questions about the rifle from the exhibitors, with one of them holding it up to[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The city police have arrested a notorious drug peddler from south Kolkata with 260 grams of brownish powder, said to be heroin, an officer said on Wednesday. M. Ismail (30), a resident of Entally, was nabbed from Darga Road near Don Bosco school in Beniapukur area[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) The Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Services department is observing 83 people across the state under home isolation for coronavirus symptoms, a health official said on Wednesday. “We are observing 83 people across the state, including in Bengaluru, Tumkur and Mysuru, for coronavirus symptoms,” the department’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Election Commission has directed that DCP Rajesh Deo will not be assigned any work in relation to the February 8 Delhi Assembly Elections. The rap by the EC comes after Deo, following an incident of firing at Shaheen Bagh protests, had made comments that[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) Wary of revolt by disgruntled legislators, Karnataka’s ruling BJP has decided to induct only 10 newly-elected MLAs in the second cabinet expansion on Thursday, a party official said on Wednesday. “Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has sent names of only 10 newly elected legislators to Raj Bhavan[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) In a horrible incident that has once again raised questions on women’s safety in the eastern metropolis, criminals in an ambulance tried to drag a housewife into the vehicle and then fatally ran over her father-in-law when he resisted, police and witnesses said on Wednesday. The[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday said the construction of Ram Temple could be completed by 2024-25, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of formation of a 15-member Trust that would oversee the construction of the temple in Ayodhya. Sources in the know[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) While hearing a plea in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that “so long as life lasts, so long shall it be the duty and endeavour of the court to give to the provisions of our Constitution a[Read More…]
