Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Satellite Pics Show 500 Oil Tankers Destroyed On Afghanistan-Iran Border

High resolution satellite imagery shows the impact of a massive fire that engulfed hundreds of trucks on February 13 at Afghanistan's Islam Qala, a key border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran's...

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Encourage Students To Take Online Exam On "Cow Science": UGC

The University Grants Commission has asked vice chancellors of varsities across the country to "encourage" students to take an online voluntary national-level exam to test their knowledge on ''gau...

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IPL Auction 2021 Live: आज 8 टीमें खरीदेंगी 61 खिलाड़ी

Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction 2021:आईपीएल के 14वें सीजन के लिए नीलामी का आयोजन 18 फरवरी को चेन्नई में हो रहा है. इस नीलामी में आठ फ्रेंचाइजी 61 स्थानों को भरने के लिए बोली लगाएंगी.

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No Electricity, No Water As Texas Shivers With More Dark Days Ahead

Texas officials warned of "disasters within the disaster" of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to not return...

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"Stop Vaccine Nationalism, Encourage Internationalism": S Jaishankar

India, which has shipped 'Made In India'' COVID-19 vaccines to 25 countries, on Wednesday appealed the international community to stop "vaccine nationalism" and actively encourage "internationalism",...

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Not True: South Africa Denies Serum Institute Asked To Take Back Doses

South Africa plans to share 1 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses with other African countries, a senior official said, as the government confirmed the first shots from rival Johnson & Johnson...

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Australia Slams Facebook News Blackout As "Heavy Handed, Wrong"

Australia's government said Facebook was "heavy handed" and "wrong" Thursday for introducing a landmark local ban on sharing news in response to pending legislation.

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IPL 2021 Auction लाइव स्ट्रीमिंग: जानें कब, कहां और कैसे देखें

IPL 2021 Auction: आईपीएल के 14वें सीजन के लिए नीलामी का आयोजन 18 फरवरी को चेन्नई में हो रहा है. इस नीलामी में आठ फ्रेंचाइजी 61 स्थानों को भरने के लिए बोली लगाएंगी.

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South Africa Launches Covid Vaccination Programme With Johnson & Johnson

South Africa launched its COVID-19 vaccination drive on Wednesday, battling to tame a more infectious variant of the coronavirus with a roll-out of the Johnson & Johnson shot for the first time...

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4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Assam

An earthquake measuring 4.7 shook Sonitpur district of Assam and Guwahati at 5.54 pm on Wednesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

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Bengal Assembly Polls: Prosenjit Chatterjee Denies Rumours Of Joining BJP

Bengali film icon Prosenjit Chatterjee on Wednesday scorched rumours of his joining BJP, while his colleague in the industry Yash Dasgupta and several other actors joined the saffron camp before the...

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Russia Rejects Calls From Europe Court To Release Alexei Navalny

Europe's rights court told Russia on Wednesday to release jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny out of concern for his life, but Moscow swiftly rejected the call.

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IPL नीलामी 2021: जानें, हर टीम का पर्स और कितने खिलाड़ियों के लिए है जगह

IPL Auction 2021: आईपीएल 2021 के लिए बीसीसीआई ने भले ही अभी तारीखों का ऐलान नहीं किया है, लेकिन आईपीएल के 14वें सीजन की नीलामी आज चेन्नई में दोपहर 3 बजे शुरू होगी.

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ये हैं IPL में बिकने वाले अब तक के सबसे महंगे खिलाड़ी, युवराज-कमिंस-स्टोक्स टॉप 3 में शामिल

आईपीएल 2021 (IPL 2021) के लिए खिलाड़ियों की नीलामी आज चेन्नई में होगी. नीलामी के लिये कुल 292 खिलाड़ियों को सूचीबद्ध किया गया है जिनमें से 164 भारतीय और 125 विदेशी हैं. नीलामी में तीन एसोसिएट खिलाड़ी भी होंगे.

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Rupees 5 Lakh For 3 People Who Saved Lives In Madhya Pradesh Bus Tragedy

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday announced rewards of Rs 5 lakh each for three persons including a young woman who saved lives after a bus fell into a canal in Sidhi...

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Shivraj Chouhan Suspends 4 Officials After Bus Tragedy In Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday night suspended the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) of Sidhi district and three officials of the MP Road Development Corporation...

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Does Modi Government Still Believe Farm Laws Are Popular: P Chidambaram

After the Congress's victory in Punjab municipal elections, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked whether the Modi government still believed that farm laws are popular and only a small...

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Updates: India To Gift 2 Lakh Doses Of Covid Vaccine To UN Peacekeepers

India on Wednesday announced that it will gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to United Nations peacekeepers.

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Emergency Services Affected In Australia Due To Facebook Ban Internet

Several Australian emergency services reported being hit by Facebook's ban on sharing news content in the country Thursday, with pages that carry warnings about Covid outbreaks, bushfires and cyclones...

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2 Assam Journalists Arrested For "Maligning" Himanta Sarma: Police

Two journalists were arrested and three others detained on Wednesday for their alleged attempt to malign Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after they shared a photo of him along with his daughter...

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5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Southwest Iran, At Least 10 Injured: Report

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck southwest Iran near the town of Sisakht on Wednesday evening and at least 10 people were injured, state television said.

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Facebook To Block News Content Sharing In Australia, Defying Regulators

Facebook said Wednesday it would block news content sharing in Australia, refusing to bend to a regulatory push that would force the social giant to share revenue with media outlets.

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US To Pay $200 Million In WHO Obligations: Antony Blinken

The United States will pay more than $200 million to the World Health Organization by the end of the month after reversing Donald Trump's plan to withdraw, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...

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"Release Them": Relatives Of Gaza Hostages Break Into Israeli Parliament Panel

A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza rushed into a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Mo...