Agency Desk

FACTBOX-What impact will strike at Britain’s busiest container port have?

More than 1,900 workers at Britain's biggest container port, Felixstowe, have begun eight days of strike action that will cause disruption to trade and...

Maha Assembly passes amendment for election of nagar parishad heads

The Maharashtra legislative Assembly on Monday passed an amendment to an act, under which heads of nagar parishads and panchayats can be elected directly...

Sisodia should be given Bharat Ratna but being hounded for political motive: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his deputy Manish Sisodia should be given the Bharat Ratna for improving the standard of education...

‘Rashtriya Puruskar Portal’: Govt develops common platform for all its awards

The government has developed a common portal to bring together all the awards of various central ministries, departments and agencies under one platform to...

Boxing-Fury, Usyk interested in heavyweight unification bout, says Warren

Both Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury are interested in staging a potential heavyweight unification bout, the Briton's promoter Frank Warren said on Monday. Usyk...

Odisha: Flood situation alarming in northern districts, evacuation efforts underway

The flood situation in several northern Odisha districts was alarming on Monday, as the swollen Subarnekha river inundated low-lying areas and left people in...

Luxury homes sales in Jan-Jun across top 7 cities surpass number of units sold in 2021

Sales of luxury flats, priced above Rs 1.5 crore, stood at 25,680 units across seven major cities from January-June 2022 and have surpassed annual...

Birth defects continue to mar Jharkhand’s development

A NITI Aayog report, ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index’ released in November 2021, placed Jharkhand the second worst in the country on multidimensional poverty index. With 42.16 per cent, it was just ahead of Bihar with 51.91 per cent index.