Daily Archives: December 6, 2022

India Strongly Defends Import Of Crude Oil From Russia Amid Ukraine War

New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI): India on Monday stoutly defended its import of crude oil from Russia amid the Ukraine conflict with External Affairs...

Indian-Origin Boy, 6, Becomes Youngest Singaporean To Reach Everest Base

Singapore, Dec 5 (PTI): Six-year-old Indian-origin boy Om Madan Garg has become the youngest Singaporean to finish the Everest Base Camp trek in Nepal,...

Centre Likely To Allow Businesses To Use PAN For Single-Window Clearance

New Delhi: The government is considering to allow businesses to use Permanent Account Number (PAN) instead of other data as a unique identifier for...

PM chairs key all-party meet on G-20, seeks cooperation of everyone

New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting of leaders from all parties on India's presidency of the...

PM should use G20 presidency to India’s benefit; to deter China from incursions: Kharge

New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said it was a matter of pride that India has got the G20...

EAM Jaishankar takes up baby Ariha’s case with German counterpart

New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock concerns over an Indian baby...

Assam Assembly to discuss child protection issues

Guwahati, Dec 5 (PTI) Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary on Monday said child protection issues will be discussed in the House during the budget...

Mother’s womb cannot be viewed as ‘farm land’ : Himanta on Ajmal’s comments

Guwahati, Dec 5 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal on Monday, three days after his controversial...

To make Guwahati flood-free, Himanta says his govt exploring engineering solutions

Guwahati, Dec 5 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government is exploring engineering solutions to make the state's largest city, Guwahati,...

Prime accused in Dibrugarh University ragging case surrenders

Dibrugarh, Dec 5 (PTI) The prime accused in the Dibrugarh University ragging case, in which a student was critically injured after he jumped from...

MoU signed for promoting Tripureswari’ tea brand of Tripura

Agartala, Dec 5 (PTI) Tripura Tea Development Corporation Ltd has roped in an agricultural marketing entity of the north-east region to promote its Tripureswari'...

Patel blames Mizoram for not implementing central schemes up to the mark

Aizawl, Dec 5 (PTI) Union Minister Prahlad Patel Monday blamed the Mizoram government for not implementing the Centre's schemes up to the mark and...

Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation

KHERSON, Ukraine, 6 Dec (AP) — Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health staff at a children’s hospital in the south started secretly...

China eases controls, gives no sign when ‘zero COVID’ ends

BEIJING , 6 Dec (AP) — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker....

Oxford Dictionaries names ‘goblin mode’ its word of the year

LONDON , 6 Dec (AP) — Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase. Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that...

Russian oil price cap, EU ban aim to limit Kremlin war chest

FRANKFURT, Germany , 6 Dec (AP) — Oil prices rose Monday as the first strong measures to limit Russia’s oil profits over the war...

STOCKHOLM , 6 Dec (AP) — Global arms sales increased by nearly 2% in 2021, the seventh consecutive year of increases, an international arms...

Indonesia’s Mt. Semeru eruption buries homes, damages bridge

SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia , 6 Dec (AP) — Improved weather conditions Monday allowed rescuers to resume evacuation efforts and a search for possible victims after...

Trial of 10 accused over Brussels suicide attacks underway

BRUSSELS , 6 Dec (AP) — More than six years after the deadliest peacetime attack on Belgian soil, the trial of 10 men accused...