England hammered South Africa by nine wickets in the third and deciding Test at the Oval on Monday, completing a remarkable 2-1 series win in just over two days of action. The home side, who resumed on 97-0, needed just 5.3 more overs to reach a victory target of 130,…
Retail inflation cut short its three-month declining trend and inched up to 7 per cent in August mainly due to higher food prices, according to official data released on Monday. The consumer price index (CPI) based inflation was 6.71 per cent in July and 5.3 per cent in August 2021.…
Amazon.com Inc's Indian arm said on Monday (12) it will halve the fee for new sellers on its platform as the e-commerce giant gears up for the festive season in one of its key markets. All new sellers registering on Amazon.in between August 28 and October 26, and launching within…
The goal was to promote road safety but it ended up creating a controversy. Indian road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari, who has always been vocal about road safety in the country, recently shared a video on social media amid his government's attempt to promote six airbags in vehicles…
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday (12) promised auto-rickshaw drivers in Gujarat to bring Regional Transport Office (RTO) services to their doorsteps to check corruption and also to save them from harassment. The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national convener was addressing a gathering of auto-rickshaw drivers in Ahmedabad city…
Spanish teen Carlos Alcaraz won a series of prolonged games in the just concluded US Open 2022 and now, he has announced that he would not withdraw from the group stage games of the Davis Cup which will be played between September 13 and 18. The fans were not impressed…
Indian space research agency ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is developing "intelligent" geostationary communication satellites that can be re-configured by changing frequencies and bandwidth as per the demand profile from customers, a top official said on Monday (12). Geosynchronous Satellites are the mainstay of India's communications requirements in diverse sectors…
The UK's recession-threatened economy rebounded in July, data showed Monday, but is set to receive a further hit from a public holiday marking next week's funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. British gross domestic product expanded 0.2 percent after a drop of 0.6 percent in June, the Office for National Statistics…
India road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has called for investors from the US to come forward and invest in roads and highway projects in India, according to an official statement released on Monday (12). Inaugurating virtually the 19th Indo-US Economic Summit of The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Gadkari said…
Thousands of UAE residents are making a beeline to get the first glimpse of the new Hindu temple in Dubai after its soft opening earlier this month. The temple, which will be officially open to the public from October 5 -- the day of the Dussehra festival, welcomes people of…