Cancel culture grips Africa against Chinese investment

New Delhi (IANS) African countries are becoming increasingly wary of Chinese investments with several of them cancelling their contracts on the grounds of being exploitative and unfair deals. Whereas some of the countries have cancelled contracts…

Germany's strategic ties with India get positive spin as ties with China worsen

London (IANS) The German administration spearheaded by the left-of-centre Social Democrats (SPD), an anticipated scenario after Sunday's general election, is unlikely to indicate a major shift in Berlin's policy towards India.

The present…

Students from other communities to also get opportunity for higher education in abroad: Hemant Soren

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that in the future students from other communities will also be provided an opportunity by the government to study in higher educational institutions in abroad. Speaking during a felicitation…

Death of Judge: CBI tells HC accused deliberately hit with autorickshaw

Ranchi: The CBI on Thursday informed the Jharkhand High Court that Additional Sessions and district judge of Dhanbad Uttam Anand was deliberately hit by the culprits with an autorickshaw. The joint director of the CBI who appeared before the court…

Ranchi police catches Maoists from Muzaffarpur who fled from RIMS

Ranchi: Police has once again arrested convicted Maoist Krishna Mohan Jha from Muzaffarpur who had fled from RIMS. The arrested has admitted before the police that good treatment was not being done in RIMS and for better treatment, he along with his…

'We are very happy': SC on Rs 50K ex gratia to Covid victims' kin

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is "very happy" with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) guidelines for providing Rs 50,000 ex-gratia assistance to the kin of those who succumbed to Covid.

Apprising the…

Google moves Delhi HC against CCI after confidential report 'leak'

New Delhi (IANS) Google on Thursday said that it has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court against the leak of the Competition Commission of India's confidential report pertaining to the investigation against the global search engine giant.

3 dead, 4 injured in powerful blast in Bengaluru

Bengaluru (IANS) Close on the heels of a fire tragedy in an apartment in which two elderly women were burnt alive on Wednesday, in another incident three people died and four others were severely injured in a suspected blast on Thursday in Bengaluru,…

Pegasus row: SC likely to set up panel to probe snooping allegations

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may set up a technical committee to probe the allegations of snooping by using the Pegasus spyware on journalists, activists etc.

A bench headed by chief justice N.V. Ramana orally…

Record-Highs: Global cues trigger rally; Sensex, Nifty make healthy gains

Mumbai (IANS) Positive global cues emanating from the US lifted India's key stock indices to their record high levels during Thursday's trade session.

Accordingly, both key indices - S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 - touched their new…