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Shania Twain Reflects on Breakout Album That Changed Country
Shania Twain is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of The Woman in Me with a deluxe reissue set.
Race Track Settles With Feds For Manure, Urine Discharges
The owners of the horse racing track in New Orleans have agreed to pay a $2.8 million penalty for letting horse manure and urine into the citys drainage system for at least six years and to spend twice that on ending the discharges, federal prosecutors sa...
Pelosi, Mnuchin Meet In Bid To Reach U.S. COVID-19 Relief Deal
U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met on Wednesday in a bid to broker a bipartisan deal on stalled COVID19 relief legislation ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Judge Tells Indiana To Count Ballots Mailed By Election Day
A federal judge has ruled that an Indiana law wrongly throws out mailin ballots that dont arrive at county election offices by noon on Election Day.
Goa's COVID-19 Count Goes Up By 641; Tally Reaches 33,418
As many as 641 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Goa on Wednesday, taking the coastal state's caseload to 33,418, an official from the health department said. At least 344 patients were discharged from hospitals, raising the number of recoverie...
Govt Opening Up Economy for Greater Private Sector Participation: Piyush Goyal
He said the government has opened up defence manufacturing for the domestic industry in a much bigger way and coal mining for commercial engagement.
Mumbai Cops Nab Delhi Man For Black Marketing Of Tocilizumab
The Mumbai police has arrested a 40-year-old Delhi resident who is part of an inter-state gang allegedly involved in the black marketing of tocilizumab injections used in the treatment of COVID-19, an official said on Wednesday. The crime branch on Tues...
In Virus Boon, Belgian Students Graduate At UNESCO Site
The coronavirus pandemic has put a massive damper on student life across the globe. But in Brussels it has one boon: graduation at a UNESCO Word Heritage location.
Paint It Black: UK Postboxes Change Colour To Honour Black Britons
Four of Britain's distinctive red postboxes have been painted black and gold and adorned with images by or of illustrious Black Britons, in a novel way of celebrating Black History Month.
Unlock 5.0: Ban on International Flights Extended Till October 31, Air Bubbles to Continue
Government will continue to operate international flights under the Air Bubble pact with various countries including the US, UK, UAE and more.
DGTR Recommends Imposition of Anti-dumping Duty on Certain Steel Items for 5 More Years
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended the continuation of the duty after it concluded in its probe that there is continued dumping of 'Hot Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel – 304 grade' from these three countries, and the...
Poland Government Heads Further To The Right In New Lineup
Poland's ruling nationalists appeared to have taken a turn further to the right on Wednesday with the appointment of an ultraconservative education chief in a new cabinet lineup, raising the prospect of new friction with the European Union.
PGA Tour: Lahiri Confident On Eve Of Sanderson Farms C'ship
Confident after a top-10 finish last week, India ace Anirban Lahiri will be going into the Sanderson Farms from Thursday, with a lot of positive intent aiming to do an encore. Lahiri, who ended tied sixth last week at the Corales Puntacana in th...
WHO Chief Urges More Countries to Join COVAX as Death Toll Exceeds 1 Million
One million people are confirmed to have lost their lives to COVID19, but "the real number is certainly higher", World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a highlevel United Nations event on Wednesday.
Channel Migrant-smuggling Ring Cracked In 4-nation Operation
A multinational police operation this week led to the arrest of a dozen suspected smugglers who take migrants across the English Channel to the U.K. in small boats under dangerous conditions, officials said Wednesday.
I-T Dept Extends FY19 Income Tax Returns Filing Deadline Till Nov 30
This is the fourth extension given by the government for taxpayers to file both original and revised ITRs for 2018-19 fiscal.