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Vijay Mallya contempt case to be dealt with finally on 18 January: SC

December 1, 2021

The Supreme Court Tuesday said the contempt matter involving fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, accused in bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involving his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, will be dealt with finally on 18 January next year. Observing that the apex court has waited “sufficiently long”, a bench...

India’s Q2 GDP grows at 8.4%, surpasses pre-Covid level

December 1, 2021

India’s GDP growth slowed to 8.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021-22, mainly due to waning low base effect, but the economy has surpassed the pre-Covid level, official data showed on Tuesday. The GDP growth in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 20.1 per cent. The Indian economy...

UTTARAKHAND SCRAPS CHARDHAM DEVASTHANAM BOARD

December 1, 2021

The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday decided to scrap the Chardham Devasthanam Board. “After studying all aspects of the issue, we have decided to withdraw the Chardham Devasthanam Board Act,” Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said. Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Tuesday said that there was a...

Omicron scare: Centre extends Covid curbs till 31 December

December 1, 2021

Taking cognizance of the emergence of highly mutant Covid-19 variant B.1.1529 or Omicron cases in a few countries of Africa, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday extended validity of Covid containment measures till 31 December to curb further spread of the deadly disease, directing state governments to take...

NAIDU REFUSES TO REVOKE ‘UNRULY’ MPs’ SUSPENSION

December 1, 2021

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday refused to revoke the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs, even as Union minister Piyush Goyal asked the suspended members to apologise to the country, the House, and the chair over their conduct. Naidu on Tuesday said that the MPs concerned have...

HOPING COVID OMICRON VARIANT DOES NOT AFFECT SERIES: GILES

November 30, 2021

Ashley Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket team has said that the side is hoping that the discovery of the Covid-19 Omicron variant does not affect anything in the upcoming Ashes. “We’re obviously hoping it won’t affect anything. There are going to be changes to those border controls...

HAPPY WITH PERFORMANCE, BUT WIN WOULD HAVE BEEN ICING ON CAKE, SAYS IYER

November 30, 2021

India batter Shreyas Iyer said that he is satisfied with the overall performance of the team, but the victory would have been like the ‘icing on the cake’. The first Test between India and New Zealand ended as a draw on Monday after the visitors somehow managed to survive and...

Ajinkya Rahane defends timing of declaration after draw

November 30, 2021

Indian skipper Ajinkya Rahane said it was a good game of cricket after New Zealand escaped with a draw on Day 5 of the Kanpur Test on Monday and defended the decision to declare late on Day 4. New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel came up with a determined...

LEGENDARY SPRINTER USAIN BOLT BRINGS EXCITEMENT TO JAMAICA PAVILION AT WORLD EXPO 2020

November 30, 2021

Eleven-time world champion and 8-time Olympic gold medalist, Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt attended the ‘Run the World’ event at Expo 2020 Dubai. The 1.45km Family Run was for charity and sent out a message that sports, health and wellbeing should be accessible and inclusive, representative of society at large. Usain...

WE SHOWED A LOT OF HEART TO BAT THROUGH DAY 5, SAYS WILLIAMSON

November 30, 2021

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Monday said that his side managed to show a lot of heart to somehow survive on Day 5 of the first Test against India. The first Test between India and New Zealand ended as a draw on Monday after the visitors somehow managed to...

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