My conscience is clear: Cyrus Mistry
Ousted Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court order in the fight against the conglomerate over his ouster, but asserted his conscience was clear and he had no doubt about the direction he took regarding the generational change in leadership during his tenure. The apex...
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Sensex tanks over 400 pts in early trade; Nifty slips below 14,800
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Sensex tanks 627 pts; Nifty ends below 14,700
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India records 0.2 pc current account deficit in December qtr
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Death toll in Myanmar's anti-coup protests top 500
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China reduces elected seats in HK legislature
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Ship that blocked Suez freed, investigation starts
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World leaders call for new int'l pandemic treaty
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Video shows Asian American woman assaulted on NYC street
nAn Asian American woman was attacked by a man who repeatedly kicked her in front of witnesses who seemingly stood by, according to surveillance footage released by the New City Police Department. The 65-year-old woman was walking in midtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon when a man came up to her...
Biden: 90% adult in US eligible to be vaccinated in 3 weeks
US President Joe Biden has said 90 per cent of adult Americans will be eligible to get Covid-19 vaccination in three weeks. He told a White House briefing on Monday that while 90 per cent of adult Americans will be eligible to get vaccinated by April 19, the remaining 10 per...
EU chief warns of Covid crisis' domino effect
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned of the "domino effect" of the health crisis brought about by the raging Covid-19 pandemic. "We risk that the Covid crisis sets off a number of other crises, especially in developing countries," she said while addressing a high-level meeting on international...
‘To ensure ‘durable peace' in Afghan, peace in and around country essential’
: Voicing "grave concern" over violence and bloodshed in Afghanistan, India said on Tuesday that there is need for a genuine "double peace" in and around the war-torn country and asked the negotiating parties to engage in good faith, with a serious commitment towards reaching a political solution. Addressing the 9th...
Syrian President, wife recover from Covid
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, have recovered from the coronavirus and returned to their duties, his office said in a statement on Tuesday. "After the end of the quarantine period, the disappearance of Covid-19 symptoms, and the negative result of the PCR swabs, President Bashar al-Assad and Asma...
Pfizer, Moderna Covid vax effective in real world: US CDC
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing infections in real world conditions, says a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results showed that following the second dose of vaccine, risk of infection was reduced by 90 per cent two or more weeks...
3 polio vaccination team members killed in Afghan
Three members of a polio vaccination team were killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistans Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. Provincial police chief Jumagul Hemat told dpa news agency that one member of the team was killed in Police District four of the provincial capital of Jalalabad. The other two deaths...
