Sri Lanka has called for an in-person BIMSTEC summit, however, the date is yet to be decided. It will be the fifth summit of the grouping whenever it takes place. BIMSTEC or Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation has seven members – India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The grouping…Continue Reading
Australia became the fifth team to win a T20 World Cup when they defeated Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand by eight wickets in a high-octane final on Sunday in Dubai. It was Australia’s sixth World Cup title. AUS vs NZ HIGHLIGHTS | SCORECARD | NEWS Australia are five-time ODI World Cup champions having won the title in 1987, 1999, 2003,…Continue Reading
Shares advanced in Asia on Monday as plans for stimulus in Japan overshadowed news that its economy contracted in the last quarter. Investors are awaiting the outcome of a virtual meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong and Seoul but fell in Shanghai. Japan reported…Continue Reading
The wholesale price-based inflation spiked to 12.54 per cent in October, mainly due to rise in prices of manufactured products and crude petroleum. WPI inflation has remained in double digit for the seventh consecutive month beginning April. Inflation in September this year was at 10.66 per cent, while in October 2020 it was at 1.31…Continue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a museum in Ranchi in memory of revered tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda, popularly known as Dharti Aaba. Addressing a gathering virtually, the prime minister said Dharti Aaba did not live very long but he wrote a complete history for the country and gave direction to the future…Continue Reading
Coimbatore: The entire inflow of 40,000 cusecs into the Stanley Reservoir in Mettur in neighbouring Salem district is being released considering the safety of the dam, as the water level touched 120.10 feet on Monday. With heavy rains being reported in the catchment areas of the Cauvery river in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, inflow increased…Continue Reading
Palakkad: A worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was hacked to death in Mambaram in the district on Monday morning, police said. Police said 27-year old Sanjith was hacked to death in front of his wife at around 9 AM when he was taking her to her place of work. The role of the…Continue Reading
Washington: Mothers who contract COVID-19 infection and those who get vaccinated against the disease produce breast milk with active SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, according to a study. However, the study published recently in the journal JAMA Pediatrics does not imply that breast milk antibodies can provide protection against COVID-19 for nursing children. The researchers collected samples from…Continue Reading
LONDON: China and India will need to explain to developing nations why they pushed to water down language on efforts to phase out coal at the COP26 conference, the event’s president Alok Sharma said on Sunday. U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, ended on Saturday with a deal that targeted fossil fuels for the first…Continue Reading
Biden has accused China of ramping up military activity to intimidate self-ruled Taiwan, which Washington is required by law to provide with means to defend itself. (Reuters File) Officials on both sides have played down expectations for specific outcomes, amid an increasingly fractious relationship. Reuters Last Updated:November 15, 2021, 11:57 ISTFOLLOW US ON:U.S. President Joe…Continue Reading