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Indian men’s team to resume international hockey with Europe tour

2:55 pm February 20, 2021

New Delhi: The Indian men’s hockey team will ramp up its Olympic preparations with tours of Germany and Belgium this month, its first international sojourn since the COVID-19 pandemic halted sporting activities across the world last March. A core group of 22 players and six support staff will leave from Bengaluru for Krefeld, Germany on Sunday, where they will play the home team on […]

US and South Korea agree on new cost-sharing deal for troops

World shares mostly lower after mixed day on Wall Street

6:18 pm February 18, 2021

Bangkok: World shares were mostly lower Thursday after a mixed session on Wall Street, where losses by technology and industrial companies offset other gains. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo and Hong Kong but were flat in Paris and London. Shanghai advanced after reopening following the Lunar New Year holiday. Optimism that rollouts of coronavirus vaccines will set the stage for stronger economic growth in the second […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

UN nuclear chief to visit Tehran to discuss inspections

11:37 pm February 17, 2021

Berlin: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran this weekend in an effort to find a “mutually agreeable solution” that allows it to continue its inspections in the country, the organisation said Wednesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Tehran on Saturday for discussions with senior Iranian officials, whom it did not identify. […]

Variants-wary Germany turns back 5,000 at border

11:03 pm February 15, 2021

Berlin : German authorities say police have turned back some 5,000 people at the country’s borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol region since tight controls were introduced on Sunday. Germany imposed checks to slow the spread of the British coronavirus variant from the Czech Republic and the South African variant from Tyrol. It is restricting entry to German citizens and residents, truck drivers, transport and […]

Lufthansa terminates services of 103 India-based flight attendants

4:34 pm February 12, 2021

Mumbai: Lufthansa has terminated the services of 103 India-based flight attendants after they allegedly sought ”job assurance” from the management while the German airlines group had offered them leave without pay option for two years,sources close to the developments said. These employees had been working on a fixed-term contract with the airline and some of them were […]