Day: August 29, 2020

Ambani’s Reliance buys Future Group for Rs 24,713 cr

11:40 pm August 29, 2020

New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries on Saturday announced the acquisition of Future Group for Rs 24,713 crore to bolster its fast growing retail business. “Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), subsidiary of Reliance Industries, will acquire the retail and wholesale business and the logistics and warehousing business from the Future Group as going concerns […]

Obama, Biden and Harris recall Chadwick Boseman’s life

10:38 pm August 29, 2020

Washington: Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s top leaders, on Saturday condoled the death actor Bison Chadwick Boseman, saying his life made a difference and inspired generations. Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, died of cancer aged 43 in Los Angeles. “Chadwick came to the White House to work with kids when he […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

COVID-19 in Strait Island: Tribal affairs ministry in regular touch with administration in Andamans

10:35 pm August 29, 2020

New Delhi: Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda on Saturday said his ministry was in regular touch with the administration in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where 10 members of the dwindling Great Andamanese tribe tested positive for the coronavirus recently. “The Andaman & Nicobar administration is alert to the safety of its tribe, especially the Vulnerable Tribal Groups, (PVTGS) through […]

Laura cleanup begins; weeks without power or water ahead

10:28 pm August 29, 2020

Lake Charles: The destructive storm surge has receded, and the clean up has begun from Hurricane Laura, but officials along this shattered stretch of Louisiana coast are warning returning residents they will face weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer. The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Belarus cracks down on journalists, 2 AP staff deported

10:24 pm August 29, 2020

Moscow: Belarus, shaken by three weeks of massive protests against its authoritarian president, on Saturday cracked down hard on the news media, deporting some foreign journalists reporting in the country and revoking the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists. Two Moscow-based Associated Press journalists who were covering the recent protests in Belarus were deported to Russia on Saturday. In addition, the AP’s […]