India

Pace spearhead Trent Boult needed a small break to catch up with his family and get ready for the test series against West Indies rather than play the three Twenty20 matches that start next Friday, according to former New Zealand quick Shane Bond.

The Goa Police assisted their Delhi counterparts and the accused were apprehended on Wednesday, they said. The accused were produced in a Goa Court and a three-day transit remand was obtained.

The police had filed revision petitions seeking framing of charges against the 36 foreigners for the offences for which they were discharged.

Thai rice export prices rose to their highest in nearly two months this week on concerns over supply even as demand remained sluggish, while a strong rupee kept rates for the Indian variety near an eightmonth trough.

Addressing the summit, held through videoconferencing, Modi also talked about the common values like democracy, rule of law and freedom which have strengthened the bilateral ties.

He also tagged a chart showing India among the highest at 95 COVID deaths per million population and the lowest at -10.3 per cent in the GDP growth rate as compared to other countries in the world.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is also in charge of the labour ministry, said that construction labourers can register themselves with the government by dialing 1076 and get the certificate delivered at the doorstep.

Manjhi, a multiple-term MLA and founding president of the Hindustani Awam Morcha, was administered oath of office by Governor Fagu Chauhan.

The Prime Minister also noted that today Digital India has become a way of life particularly for the poor, marginalised and for those in government.

Most Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday as anxiety about the economic fallout from rising coronavirus infections in the United States and Europe clashed with optimism about a possible vaccine.

It also said 26 per cent accused are somehow known person to the victim, three per cent were either employer or co-workers and just two per cent unknown or stranger to the victim.

Vedanta's interest in India's second largest fuel retailer is because of synergies with its existing oil and gas business.

The ICMR recently conducted an open label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial in India across 39 public and private hospitals on use of convalescent plasma in the management of cases with moderate COVID-19 disease (PLACID Trial).

The Bangladesh Home Ministry has taken a strong note of the incident in which a man has threatened to kill Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan for ‘inaugurating’ a Kali Puja pandal last week in Kolkata.

BSNL cancelled its 4G tender floated in March following allegations that it was inclined towards foreign vendors and not in line with government's vision to promote indigenous companies.

A decision has been taken to increase house to house surveillance of active cases in containment zones and other vulnerable pockets in the national capital.