Day: February 4, 2021

Fresh snowfall in Himachal Pradesh

9:30 pm February 4, 2021

Shimla : Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall on Thursday with tourist hotspots Shimla, Kufri, Manali and Dalhousie draping in white even as the cold wave intensified across the state Capital city Shimla received 50 cm snowfall from Thursday morning till 5.30 pm, which is the second highest snowfall in a day in the last 30 […]

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

AgustaWestland: Delhi court extends businessman’s custody by five days

9:28 pm February 4, 2021

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday extended by five days the custodial interrogation of businessman Anoop Gupta, arrested by ED in AgustaWestland scam related money laundering case. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar extended the ED custody of Gupta after he was produced before the court on expiry of his five days remand granted on […]

Budget’s transparency on numbers will enthuse rating agencies: SBI economists

9:25 pm February 4, 2021

New Delhi: Lauding the Budget for ”redefining fiscal rules”, economists at SBI said the greater transparency in numbers will enthuse the market and also rating agencies. In her Budget Speech earlier this week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the fiscal deficit for 2020-21 will come at 9.5 per cent and proposed the same to be narrowed down to 6.8 per cent […]

Pakistan says China’s Sinopharm vaccine not effective for people over 60 years

9:22 pm February 4, 2021

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said that China’s Sinopharm vaccine is not effective for people over 60 years of age, a day after it began its countrywide coronavirus vaccination programme with the Chinese jabs. China donated half a million doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Pakistan which sent a special plane to airlift the jabs on Monday. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, […]

Biden calls out ‘political extremism’ at prayer breakfast

9:17 pm February 4, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden on Thursday called for a confrontation of the “political extremism” that inspired the US Capitol riot and appealed for collective strength during such turbulent times in remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, a Washington tradition that calls on political combatants to set aside their differences for one morning. The breakfast has sparked controversy in the […]