Daily Archives: February 3, 2022

India’s unemployment rate falls sharply to 6.57 pc, lowest since March 2021: CMIE

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): India’s unemployment rate witnessed a sharp decline to 6.57 per cent in January, the lowest since March 2021, as...

Shipment of Indian aid of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan to begin next...

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): India’s humanitarian aid of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghan people is likely to be transported to Afghanistan through...

Yashwant Sinha labels Union Budget as ‘incomplete’

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday described that the budget presented in Parliament the previous day as...

Higher public investment to stimulate demand, generate jobs: DEA Secretary

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): The Budget proposals seek to stimulate the economy by stepping up public investments, which will create demand for industrial...

India on track to achieve $400 bn exports, negotiating FTAs with countries: Goyal

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): India is on track to achieve the USD 400-billion export target in the current fiscal and is negotiating trade...

Rosemary compound may block COVID-19 infection, early study suggests

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI): A compound found in the medicinal and culinary herb rosemary may potentially block the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and prevent inflammation...

Assam earmarked Rs 250cr for tea sector, urge industry to avail fiscal benefits: CM

Kolkata, Feb 2 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the state has earmarked Rs 250 crore for the tea...

Meghalaya CM inaugurates Shillong Technology Park

Shillong, Feb 2 (PTI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday inaugurated the 'Shillong Technology Park' in presence of state Information Technology and...

Veteran CPI(M) leader & former Tripura Assembly Speaker R C Debnath dies at 66

Agartala, Feb 2 (PTI) Veteran CPI(M) leader and former Speaker of Tripura Legislative Assembly Ramendra Chandra Debnath died of kidney failure in Kolkata, a...

Sikkim Police arrests man for killing girlfriend in Gangtok hotel

Gangtok, Feb 2 (PTI) Sikkim Police arrested a 32-year-old man from Bihar's Chapra district for allegedly killing his girlfriend in a Gangtok hotel in...

Tripura CM to lay foundation stone for Kamalpur border haat on Thursday

Agartala, Feb 2 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb would lay the foundation stone for Kamalpur border haat in Dhalai district in presence...

Japan seek to continue domination of recent years against China in women’s Asian Cup...

Pune, 2 Feb: Seeking their third title on the trot, holders Japan will start as firm favourites in their semifinal match against former champions...

ISL: SC East Bengal hold Chennaiyin FC to 2-2 draw

Vasco, 2 Feb: SC East Bengal denied Chennaiyin FC a chance to rise to third spot with a 2-2 draw in their Indian Super...

WC medal is my next target, says hockey goalkeeper Sreejesh after Tokyo high

New Delhi, 2 Feb: At 33, P R Sreejesh is in the twilight of his career, but the veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper is in...

Prajnesh keen to regain title at Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger

BENGALURU, 2 Feb: Prajnesh Gunneswaran is keen to regain the Bengaluru Open title which he won in the 2018 as the Karnataka State Lawn...

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra nominated for Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award

London, 2 Feb: Olympic gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Wednesday nominated for the prestigious Laureus 'World Breakthrough of the Year' award,...

Few aspects of goalkeeping remain unchanged: Brahmanand Sankhwalkar

NEW DELHI, 2 Feb: Former India captain and goalkeeper Brahmanand Sankhwalkar, the eighth footballer to be honoured with the Padma Shri, feels the art...

UK scrambles jets to intercept 4 Russian military planes

London, Feb 2 (AP) Britain's Royal Air Force said Wednesday that it scrambled fighter jets in response to four Russian military aircraft approaching the...

Taliban reopen universities for Afghan women in 6 provinces

Islamabad, Feb 2 (AP) The Taliban on Wednesday said they have reopened public universities for women students in six of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, a...

9 border pillars along Nepal-India border swept away by rivers

  Kathmandu, Feb 2 (PTI) Nine border pillars along the Nepal-India border in Kailali district have been swept away by Karnali and Mohana rivers, officials...