New Delhi: India’s economic growth surged to 20.1 per cent in the April-June quarter of this fiscal. This growth was helped by a low base of the year-ago period. The growth took place despite the devastating second wave of Covid-19. The gross domestic product (GDP)...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday announced Covid unlock guidelines that will be applicable across the state beginning September 1. The weekend shutdown which was enforced in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri has been lifted. The shop closing deadline has also been extended from 8 pm to...
Kabul: The Taliban celebrated their total return to power Tuesday with both gunfire and diplomacy. This happened, after the last US troops flew out of Afghanistan to end two decades of war. The United States’ longest military conflict drew to a close Monday night when...
Mahakalpara: Hunger pangs can drive human beings to take great risks and even put their lives in danger. The women belonging to the ‘Sabar’ community in Ramnagar and Petchhela panchayats of Mahakalpara block in Kendrapara district are prime examples of such risk-taking. They catch fish...
Tokyo: Breaking the world record five times on his way to gold in the Paralympics did not suffice for reluctant-wrestler-turned-javelin-thrower Sumit Antil. The Indian vowed to better what was already an incredible performance by every yardstick. The 23-year-old Sumit Antil clinched India’s second gold at...
Tokyo: Javelin thrower Sumit Antil clinched India’s second gold at the ongoing Paralympics here. In the process Sumit Antil shattered the men’s F64 category world record multiple times in a stunning Games debut performance here Monday. The 23-year-old Sunil is from Sonepat in Haryana. He...
New Delhi: Sumit Antil clinched India's second gold medal Monday in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. He won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F64 event with world record effort. He threw the spear to a distance of 68.55 metres creating a new world...
Tokyo: Shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history Monday as she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, firing her way to the top of the podium in the R-2 women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event here. The 19-year-old from...
Kabul/New Delhi: A child was killed in a rocket attack northwest of Kabul airport amid the US evacuation, according to an Afghan police chief, Al Arabiya reported. Early reports suggest at least two people have been killed and three injured in the attack, according to...
Kabul: An Afghan police chief says a rocket has struck a neighbourhood northwest of Kabul's international airport amid the US evacuation there, killing a child. Rashid, the Kabul police chief who goes by one name, says the rocket struck Sunday afternoon. No group immediately claimed...
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