Daily Archives: January 18, 2022

Assam CM sets May 10 deadline for settling old files in state secretariat

Guwahati, Jan 17 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asked the secretariat staff to ensure that all pending files are disposed...

Suspected drug peddler injured in police firing in Assam

Diphu (Assam), Jan 17 (PTI) A suspected drug peddler was shot at by the Assam Police when he allegedly tried to flee custody in...

Osaka, Nadal advance in Australia after Djokovic flies home

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan 17 (AP) — The first test of Naomi Osaka’s new approach to tennis might have been when she completely whiffed an...

Djokovic lands in Serbia as questions arise over French Open

BELGRADE, Serbia , Jan 17 (AP) Novak Djokovic returned home Monday after being thwarted from defending his Australian Open title only to face a...

Chiefs open up offense against Pittsburgh, eye Buffalo next

KANSAS CITY, Mo. , Jan 17 (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs had to learn to dink and dunk their way through this entire...

Ancelotti’s Real Madrid showing its dominance in Spain

MADRID , Jan 17 (AP) — Luka Modric had just picked up his MVP trophy after the Spanish Super Cup final when Real Madrid...

Mumbai City FC drawn in Group B of 2022 AFC Champions League

Mumbai, Jan 17 (PTI): Reigning Indian Super League champions Mumbai City FC have been placed in Group B of the 2022 AFC Champions League...

Pro Kabaddi League 2021-22: Surender Gill shines as UP Yoddha outplay Puneri Paltan 50-40

Bengaluru, Jan 17 (PTI): Surender Gill shone with his raids as UP Yoddha thrashed Puneri Paltan 50-40 in a high-scoring match of Pro Kabaddi...

Lanka to hold talks with Indian Oil to tide over energy crisis

Colombo, Jan 17 (PTI) Sri Lanka will hold talks with the Indian Oil Corporation on Tuesday as part of a desperate measure to tide...

Russia denies looking for pretext to invade Ukraine

Moscow, Jan 17 (AP) Russia's top diplomat on Monday angrily rejected the US allegations that it was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine as...

China’s population grows by less than half-a-million in 2021; birth rate falls for 5th...

Beijing, Jan 17 (PTI) China's population grew by less than half a million-last year to 1.41 billion as the birth rates fell for the...

2 Indians, 1 Pakistani killed in Abu Dhabi tankers fire caused by ‘small flying...

Dubai, Jan 17 (PTI) Two Indians and a Pakistani national were killed and six others injured on Monday after a fire caused by "small...

China’s economy grows by 8.1 per cent in 2021 amidst challenges posed by pandemic

Beijing, Jan 17 (PTI) China's economy grew by 8.1 per cent in 2021 to about USD 18 trillion, stated to be the best by...

N. Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in 4th launch this year

Seoul, Jan 17 (AP) North Korea on Monday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its fourth weapons launch this month, South...