Day: December 24, 2020

PM Modi to flag off first driverless train on Dec 28, launch NCMC for Delhi Metro’s Airport Line

10:23 pm December 24, 2020

New Delhi: In an advance New Year’s gift to people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to flag off the country’s first ever fully-automated driverless train service on the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro on December 28, the DMRC said on Thursday. The commercial operation of these new-generation trains, set to be a major technological feat, will begin after the event, […]

Mexico starts giving first shots of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine

10:21 pm December 24, 2020

Mexico City: An intensive care nurse in Mexico City Thursday became the first person in Latin America to receive an approved coronavirus vaccine. Mexico began administering the first 3,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in a broadcast ceremony in which Maria Irene Ramirez, 59, got the first shot, under the watchful eyes of military personnel who […]

Britain ends long Brexit journey with economic break from EU

UK, EU clinch post-Brexit free trade agreement, hail biggest bilateral deal

10:12 pm December 24, 2020

London: The deal is done, Downing Street in London and European Union (EU) officials in Brussels confirmed on Thursday as both sides managed to thrash out a post-Brexit free trade agreement (FTA) just days before the December 31 deadline. Thousands of pages of legal text accompanies the deal, with details of the agreement set to emerge in […]

COVID-19: Va Tech WABAG expects current fiscal to be a ‘consolidation’ period

10:08 pm December 24, 2020

Chennai: Water treatment player VA Tech WABAG Ltd was expecting the current financial year to be more of a ‘consolidation period’ and there may be a marginal or slight growth in terms of revenues due to various reasons which include the impact of COVID-19 enforced lockdown, a top official said on Thursday. ”With a washout […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

INS Kiltan reaches Ho Chi Minh City with 15 tonnes of disaster relief for flood-affected people

10:03 pm December 24, 2020

New Delhi: Indian naval ship (INS) Kiltan reached Nha Rhang port of Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday with 15 tonnes of disaster relief items for the flood-affected people of central Vietnam, stated the Defence ministry. More than 230 people have died in central Vietnam due to floods that have ravaged the region during October […]