The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for exhorting bureaucrats to take bold decisions, saying the comments come as a "surprise" as there is "policy paralysis" in the government and "indecisiveness has become its hallmark".
Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid overcame German opposition to reach the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday while fellow Spaniards Valencia joined them by demolishing AZ Alkmaar.
Cheteshwar Pujara received a huge compliment from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who said the youngster is a complete Test batsman whose temperament is the hallmark of his batting.
A non-metallic explosive device that could have passed through airport security unnoticed like the one used in the failed attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound jet in 2009 by underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was recovered, the official said.
The industry body has issued two advisories in an attempt to restore jewellers credibility in the wake of the Rs 12,000-crore PNB-Nirav Modi scam, and recent defaults by two domestic jewellers - Goodwin and Rasiklal.
He has played only two IPL games so far. In each, he has been the Man of the Match.
'A whole universe of feelings and moods went into them.'
AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford are facing questions about their Covid-19 vaccine and whether regulators would quickly authorise its emergency use after the pharma company acknowledged an error in the vaccine dosage received by some participants and other irregularities and omissions, according to the New York Times.
The problem lies in Saif Ali Khan characterisation as he fails to convincingly play a secret agent.
The combined Left parties drew a blank in the polls to the assembly which they had run with an overwhelming majority for 34 long years, with their vote share dwindling to a mere 5.47 per cent in 2021.
Gold loans are a quick, easy and low-cost way to meet your immediate and emergency financing needs, but do ensure that you entrust your gold in safe hands after thorough due diligence, suggests Gaurav Gupta, founder and CEO, MyLoanCare.in.
Here's looking at films that make the new year exciting, cinematically.
Just as the superstars of Indian cricket only play IPL and international fixtures and ignore the Ranji and Mushtaq Ali trophies in domestic cricket, Narendra Modi should play a very limited role in state assembly elections, argues Sudhir Bisht.
Members of the mosque renovating committee told rediff.com said that Menon donated more than a crore rupees for renovating the Nuchiyad mosque.
'We don't need to hinge India-UK relations on shared hostility toward China,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
As Boomers leave the work force, there are not enough Gen-Xers to take their place, a report has revealed.
China and the United States were headed for a major diplomatic confrontation as Washington on Wednesday ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, a move it said was aimed 'to protect American intellectual property and private information', hinting at cyber espionage.
As the shift from hand-crafted to machine-made ornaments did not serve the purpose, with neither the cost of machine-made jewellery declining nor jewellers finding innovative designs, the industry goes back to 'hand-crafted' ornaments for both domestic and overseas buyers, reports Dilip Kumar Jha.
'I think he has lifetime exemptions at every major event but I suspect we are probably not going to see Tiger in a competitive golf event going forward.'
Chevrolet Beat Activ Concept debuts a new design language for GM India
Jury selected the Jaguar XJ for this year's luxury car.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said that the nation wants good relations with all countries, particularly its neighbours, a day after a military court's order to execute Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav spiked Indo-Pak tensions.
In the backdrop of the developments surrounding cricket in India, sixteen-time world champion in cuesports Pankaj Advani feels that any sports code would only yield results if athletes and measures to support them are given primacy. "The world's sports policy needs to be centred on the athletes and their requirements. Only then will it be successful," he said on the sidelines of the 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship 2017 organised by the West Bengal Billiards Association which kicked off today at the Bengal Rowing Club.
The study noted that humans are not protected from the G4 virus by the immunity offered by other human influenza vaccine strains, indicating that there is no preexisting population immunity to the virus.
All costs relating to room, boarding, nursing expenses, medical consultation including telemedicine, consumables such as PPE kits and intensive care unit will be covered under the policy. It will also include the cost of treatment for any other co-morbidities, including pre-existing comorbid conditions along with the treatment for Covid-19.
Assailants slit his throat sometime on Friday night, they said.
Shah, who held a closed door meeting to take stock of the party organisation, said he could 'sense massive public anger' against the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government in the state and gave a call to 'uproot' it in the state polls.
He may have been in the news for all the wrong reasons but the greater irony is that Muslim stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui's best jokes ridicule Muslims, and are wolfed down by Muslims, who form the majority of his 177,000 Instagram followers, notes Jyoti Punwani.
In the test, a space rocket boosted a hypersonic glide vehicle, one capable of carrying a nuclear device, which circled the globe before impacting.
Parrikar had moved to the South Block at the insistence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2014.
Pakistani terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri, the chairman of Al Qaeda's military committee, could be behind the twin low-intensity bomb blasts which occurred outside Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday. "The two low-intensity bomb blasts outside a cricket stadium in Bangalore on Saturday bear the hallmarks of a broader plan by Pakistani Ilyas Kashmiri, the chairman of Al Qaeda's military committee and commander of his own 313 Brigade," said a news report.
'As we gird ourselves for rising infections, India's harsh lockdown remains an epic tragedy,' observes Rahul Jacob.
Global gold demand hit an 11-year low in 2020 at 3,759.6 tonnes, mainly due to a weak October-December quarter and the COVID-19 related disruptions across the world driving a muted consumer sentiment throughout the year, the World Gold Council (WGC) said in a report. The overall consumer demand during 2019 was at 4,386.4 tonnes, while in 2009 the overall demand was at 3,385.8 tonnes, according the WGC's 2020 Gold Demand Trends report. Global gold demand dropped by 28 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to 783.4 tonnes in the fourth quarter compared to 1,082.9 tonnes during the October-December period of 2019, the report stated.
The growth rate has been 8.6 per cent in 2010-11 and is expected to be around 9 per cent in the next fiscal year.
'COVID-19 will not stop the expansion of China's 'infrastructure power'.'
'If you want to win the tournament everyone needs to do well.'
Excerpts from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech to the top commanders of the armed forces at a conference in New Delhi.
23 Yards will include body wash, beard oil, shaving gel, deodorant and sanitizer.
The 2020 assembly polls marked the coming of age of a politician who valiantly went down fighting an army of battle-hardened veterans.
Before the presence of the Clintons and the Bush couple was announced, Democrat Jimmy Carter was the only former US president to say he would attend Trump's inauguration.
