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Daily Archives: August 5, 2021

Gautam Thapar held in Yes Bank fraud case

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Avantha Group promoter Gautam Thapar under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection...

Delta variant accounts for 93.4 per cent of new cases in US

WASHINGTON: The Delta variant now accounts for an estimated 93.4 per cent of all the new Covid-19 cases in the US that...

Covaxin gets GMP certificate from Hungary

NEW DELHI: Covaxin has received a certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance from the Hungarian authorities.       The approval...

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM on flood situation in West Bengal

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after visiting the flood-affected areas of the states, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...

International community cannot afford to ignore terrorist activities in Syria and region: India at...

UNITED NATIONS: The international community cannot afford to ignore terrorist activities in Syria and the region, India has said as it voiced...

India records 42,982 new Covid cases, 533 more deaths

NEW DELHI: India saw a single-day rise of 42,982 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,18,12,114, while...

Prashant Kishor resigns as Punjab CM’s adviser

NEW DELHI: Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday resigned as principal adviser to Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh saying he had...

Quarantine wary foreigner tries to enter Indian, other diplomatic missions in Beijing

BEIJING: A French national, who wanted to avoid Covid quarantine after visiting medium-risk areas in China, created a commotion in the high-security...

US State Dept probing whereabouts of $5,800 bottle of whisky given to Pompeo

WASHINGTON: The US State Department is looking into the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whisky given to former Secretary of State...

Indian Mens hockey team wins Olympic medal after 41 years

TOKYO: A resolute Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating a plucky Germany...