Day: November 5, 2020

Suspense on deputy CM, other ministers in Bihar

Govt will do whatever it takes to make India engine of global growth: PM to investors

10:47 pm November 5, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and labor reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflating of the economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence. Speaking to 20 top global investors, the Prime Minister said the ‘Self-Reliant India’ […]

UK extends wage support scheme until March amid new lockdown

10:34 pm November 5, 2020

LONDON (AP): The British government and the Bank of England joined forces Thursday to provide further support to an economy that is set for a difficult winter following the imposition of new coronavirus lockdown measures. Hours after the central bank increased its monetary stimulus by a bigger than anticipated 150 billion pounds ($195 billion), Treasury […]

Weakened Eta drenches Honduras; could reach Florida

8:41 pm November 5, 2020

TEGUCIGALPA: The rain-heavy remains of Hurricane Eta flooded homes in Honduras on Thursday as the death toll across Central America rose to at least eight. Forecasters said the once-mighty storm was expected to regather form and head toward Cuba and Florida by early next week. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane […]

Biden pushes closer to victory in race for the White House

8:35 pm November 5, 2020

WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path. With just a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press his case in court in some key […]

Delhi’s air quality dips to worst level since December last year

8:25 pm November 5, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality on Thursday dropped to its worst level since December last year, with farm fires accounting for 42 per cent of its pollution, the maximum in this season so far, according to data from central government agencies. Experts said unfavourable meteorological conditions — calm winds and low temperatures — and smoke […]