Day: December 9, 2020

Man axes wife to death on suspicion of adultery: Police

Maha: Man tries to attack farmers’ outfit leader with axe

11:59 pm December 9, 2020

Buldhana: A man allegedly tried to attack Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana leader Ravikant Tupkar with an axe in Maharashtra’s Buldhana on Wednesday, although the latter’s bodyguard foiled the attempt, police said. The incident took place outside Tupkar’s office on Chikhali Road here around 5.30 pm, they said. Although Tupkar was not injured in the incident, his personal assistant […]

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US expels Russian diplomats, imposes sanctions for hacking

Russia conducts drills of its strategic nuclear forces

11:58 pm December 9, 2020

Moscow: The Russian military on Wednesday conducted sweeping drills of its strategic nuclear forces that featured several practice missile launches. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the maneuvers included the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile from the Karelia nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea. As part of the drills, a ground-based intercontinental ballistic […]

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Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

11:53 pm December 9, 2020

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday stressed upon the need for robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion and avoidance. Addressing the 13th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, she called upon the international community for further strengthening and broadening of the tax […]

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Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Delhi govt committed to make city a global start-up hub: Kejriwal

11:49 pm December 9, 2020

Hyderabad : Asserting that his government is committed to make Delhi a global start-up hub, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said they were at an advanced stage of rolling out a new start-up policy to provide a range of provisions to promote start-ups in the city. Kejriwal,who addressed the ongoing TiE Global Summit 2020 (virtual) on […]

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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US job openings blip up to 6.7 million in October

11:45 pm December 9, 2020

Washington: U.S. employers advertised slightly more job openings in October but hiring slipped as a resurgence of COVID-19 threatens an economy recovery. Job postings rose to 6.65 million in October from 6.49 million in September, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. But employers hired 5.81 million workers, down from 5.89 million in September. The American job […]

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