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• 19, Feb 2021

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen has said that the relationship between Bangladesh and India has attained a new level with the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking exclusively to Prasar Bharti Spl. Correspondent in Dhaka on Thursday, Dr. Momen said that

• 18, Feb 2021

The centenary celebration of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s visit here in February 1921 was held amidst freezing temperatures at the Tagore Grove memorial in Ray Miller Park on Saturday, followed by a virtual concert the next day with presentations of the poet’s musi

• 18, Feb 2021

In Cricket, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first player in the 143-year history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen. He achieved the feat during the second day of India’s second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chenn

• 18, Feb 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of key projects of power and urban sector in Kerala on Friday through video conferencing. He will inaugurate the 320 KV Pugalur - Thrissur Power Transmission Project. It is a Voltage Source Convertor based

• 18, Feb 2021

The ruling Congress has clinched the Urban body polls in Punjab. Congress won the six Municipal Corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh Municipal Corporation today. The Congress won in Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot Muni

• 18, Feb 2021

Kiran Bedi ‘played by the rules’ and was too ‘unilateral’ to the BJP’s taste. A ‘liability’ before the elections.On the evening of 16 February, Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Puducherry, attended a telephonic briefing from health o

• 17, Feb 2021

The number of states successfully completing the Ease of Doing Business reforms has increased to 15. Finance Ministry has said that three more states - Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have completed Ease of Doing Business reforms. On receipt of recommendation from the Departmen

• 17, Feb 2021

Faf du Plessis has announced his retirement from Test cricket. Announcing his decision to quit the longest format of the game on Wednesday, Du Plessis said he wants to focus on the shortest format for the next two years.“My heart is clear and the time is right to walk into a n

• 17, Feb 2021

MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged India's startup founders to think how to create institutions and not focus on valuations alone.Addressing the Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum here, Modi said that startups should not restrict themselves only to val

• 17, Feb 2021

CANBERRA: Google was quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as the Parliament considers forcing digital giants into such agreements, a minister said on Wednesday.Seven West Media on Monday became the largest Australian news m