Monthly Archives: February 2022

Over 17,000 farmers committed suicide in three years, Centre tells Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI): Over 17,000 farmers in different parts of the country committed suicide between 2018 and 2020, the Lok Sabha was...

72% study-abroad aspirants willing to choose hybrid programmes to save money post-pandemic: Survey

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI): Over 70 per cent of Indian students who aspire to study abroad are willing to choose hybrid programmes to...

Monitoring impact of challenges of drop in auto industry performance: TII

Chennai, Feb 8 (PTI) Tube Investments of India was closely watching the impact of challenges of drop in auto industry performance which has impacted...

655 police encounter killings in India in five years

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) A total of 655 police encounter killings have taken place in the country in the last five years with...

Centre giving priority to farming sector to double farmers’ income, reduce cultivation cost: Modi

Chandigarh, Feb 8 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the Centre is giving priority to the farming sector to ensure that...

Sonowal launches dedicated storefront for ayurvedic products on Amazon

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday launched a dedicated storefront for ayurvedic products on e-commerce website Amazon.in. This storefront will...

NIA arrests al-Qaeda operative for conspiracy to conduct blast in Lucknow

Lucknow, Feb 8 (PTI) The NIA has arrested an al-Qaeda operative for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to carry out an IED blast...

MBBS course in Hindi to start in Bhopal college from next session, says MP...

Bhopal, Feb 8 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh government is all set to start the MBBS course in Hindi in Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College from...

Two held with heroin in Assam; 1,500 kg of drugs destroyed

Diphu/Kokrajhar (Assam), Feb 8 (PTI) A huge consignment of heroin, concealed in 15 soap boxes, was seized in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Tuesday...

Man accused of raping girl in Mumbai held in Assam

Hailakandi (Assam), Feb 8 (PTI) A person, who has been accused of raping a girl in Mumbai and absconding since last year, was found...

Was asked to quit cricket and drive auto after 2019 IPL: Mohammed Siraj

New Delhi, 8 Feb: India pacer Mohammed Siraj says he was asked to "quit cricket and drive auto" with his father after a poor...

AFI condoles Asian Games medallist Sobti’s death

New Delhi, 8 Feb: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the demise of former double Asian Games gold...

WTA still ‘concerned’ over Peng Shuai after new denial

  LOS ANGELES, 8 Feb: WTA chief Steve Simon said Monday the organisation maintained concern for the wellbeing of Peng Shuai after the Chinese tennis...

Injured Ibrahimovic like a caged lion: Milan coach Pioli

ROME, 8 Feb: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is like a caged lion as he fights to regain fitness, but the Swede will be unavailable for AC...

Windies all-roudner Akeal wants to impress in ODI series ahead of IPL auction

Ahmedabad, 8 Feb: Rising Windies all-rounder Akeal Hosein is aware that a significant performance in the ongoing ODI series against India could open the...

With focus firmly on ODI World Cup, India begin NZ series with one off...

Queenstown, 8 Feb: The Indian women's cricket team will get to fine tune its ODI World Cup preparations in a six-game limited overs series...

PKL: Ashish shines as Haryana Steelers beat Tamil Thalaivas

BENGALURU, 8 Feb: Ashish was the star for Haryana Steelers as they beat Tamil Thalaivas 37-29 in the Pro Kabaddi League on Tuesday. All-rounder Ashish...

Prajnesh advances, Ramkumar exits Bengaluru Open

BENGALURU, 8 Feb: Prajnesh Gunneswaran emerged as the only Indian to manage a win in the singles main draw of the Bengaluru Open as...

ISL: ATK Mohun Bagan storm into top-four with 2-1 win over Hyderabad

BAMBOLIM, 8 Feb: ATK Mohun Bagan broke into the top-four with a 2-1 win over league leaders Hyderabad FC and extended their unbeaten run...

Way we batted in first ODI, it was perfect: Suryakumar Yadav

Ahmedabad, 8 Feb: India showed a lot of intent while chasing 176 in the first ODI against West Indies and going forward the team...