Daily Archives: January 22, 2022

Domestic air travellers should carry only one handbag: CISF

Mumbai, Jan 21 (PTI) Domestic air passengers should be allowed to carry only one baggage in the cabin of the aircraft subject to certain...

India aiming at USD 500 billion exports for FY23: DGFT official

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): India has set up a target of USD 500 billion exports for the 2022-23 fiscal, a top government official...

Over 2,250 startups added in 2021, raised $24.1 billion in 2021: Nasscom-Zinnov report

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): More than 2,250 startups were added in the year 2021, over 600 more than what was added in the...

Alarming rise in air pollution in 6 Bengal cities during December 2021: Study

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): Air pollution in Kolkata and five other cities of West Bengal witnessed an alarming rise during December 2021 as...

Solar module manufacturing capacity to jump 400% with Rs 50,000 cr investments by FY25:...

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): Local manufacturing of solar modules is set to soar by almost 400 per cent by fiscal 2025 compared to...

New airport planned in Silchar, Assam govt to send proposal to Centre in 2-3...

Silchar (Assam), Jan 21 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said a new airport will be constructed in Dolu tea garden...

Myanmarese national among three held in Mizoram for carrying explosives

Aizawl, Jan 21 (PTI) Three persons including a Myanmarese national who is a member of a political organisation of the neighbourig country were arrested...

Youths disqualified in Assam Police job tests protest

Guwahati, Jan 21 (PTI) A group of youths, who were disqualified in physical tests for the post of constables in the Assam Police, on...

Development and tourism will make Meghalaya a developed state : Om Birla

Shillong, Jan 21 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said that with the Centre formulating a comprehensive action plan for development and...

Australian Open 2022: Defending champion Naomi Osaka exits; Rafael Nadal through to fourth round

Melbourne, Jan 21 (AP): Within an hour of her third-round loss at the Australian Open, defending champion Naomi Osaka had consigned it to the...

AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022: Need to tweak attack to win against Chinese Taipei,...

Navi Mumbai, Jan 21 (AP): Disappointed that India missed chances galore in the goal-less draw against Iran in the AFC Women's Asian Cup, head...

AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022: Captain Sam Kerr scores five in Australia’s 18-0 thrashing...

Mumbai, Jan 21 (AFP): Captain Sam Kerr struck five goals for the tournament's first hat-trick in Australia's 18-0 mauling of lowly Indonesia in their...

COVID-19 outbreak at SAI Bengaluru; 33 test positive including 16 hockey players

Bengaluru, Jan 21 (PTI): Sixteen members of the senior men's hockey team were among the 33 COVID-19 cases detected on Friday at the Sports...

Swimming Australia vows change, apologises over misogynistic treatment of women

Melbourne, Australia, Jan 21 (AFP): Swimming Australia looks set to ban skin-fold tests and the term "physique" while unreservedly apologising Friday for the way...

Mirabai Chanu has to compete in selective events for CWG success, says weightlifting High...

New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu can deliver again at the 2024 Paris Games but she will have to...

At least 17 killed in road crash explosion in western Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana, Jan 21 (AP): At least 17 people were killed and dozens more injured when a vehicle carrying mining explosives blew up after...

‘Minor incursion’ by Russia could complicate West’s response

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (AP) — Short of an all-out invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin could take less dramatic action in Ukraine that would vastly...

Yemen loses internet connection after Saudi-led airstrikes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan 22 (AP) — Yemen lost its connection to the internet nationwide early Friday after Saudi-led airstrikes targeted the contested...

IS gunmen kill 11 Iraqi troops in brazen attack on barracks

BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (AP) — Gunmen from the Islamic State extremist group attacked an army barracks in a mountainous area north of Baghdad early...

Tonga Volcanic Eruption Felt Like An “Atomic Bomb”, Say Aid Workers

Sydney, Jan 21 (AFP): Tonga's volcanic eruption felt like an "atomic bomb" that shook "the whole island", an aid worker told AFP on Friday,...