Washington, Feb 11  US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that it's important for the central bank to maintain a "patiently accommodative monetary policy stance" to boost the labour market recovery amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

"Despite the surprising speed of recovery early on,

Quito, Feb 11  Election officials in Ecuador have had to review more than 1,000 poll records with irregularities, delaying the announcement of a runner-up who will compete in an April 11 presidential run-off, according to officials.

The second place in the general elections which took place on Sunday is being

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend a public rally here on March 7, the concluding day of statewide Yatra of Bharatiya Janata Party, said party leaders.

The Yatra, to be led by state BJP chief K.Surendran, will be flagged off by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditya

New Delhi, Feb 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid rich tribute to Deendayal Upadhyaya and said that present-day leaders should learn from the late BJS leader on how to conduct themselves in public life while upholding democratic values.

"Deendayal Upadhyaya used to say that only a strong na

New Delhi, Feb 11  A Delhi court has taken cognizance of the defamation complaint filed by the parent company of the Republic TV against Times Now anchor Navika Kumar for allegedly making defamatory remarks against TV and its founder in connection with the alleged WhatsApp chats mentioned in the charge sheet filed by the Mu

New Delhi, Feb 11  A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the Centre and Delhi government to vaccinate undertrial prisoners and convicts, who were out on interim bail during the pandemic, asserting that there is a probability of the prison complexes becoming Covid-19 hotspots upon thei

Wellington,  A tsunami warning was issued after a massive undersea earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck a region between Australia and Fiji and north of New Zealand, according to authorities.

"Hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coasts. Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to 1 metre

Beijing,  Beijing will issue a yellow alert for heavy air pollution on the Chinese New Year's Eve, which falls on Thursday, according to authorities in the capital city.

The early days of the Spring Festival holiday will see widespread heavy air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and its s

Jakarta,  An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Bengkulu province, authorities said, adding that no casualties or damages were reported.

The quake also had no potential to cause a tsunami, Alfath Abubakar, an official at the meteorology and geophysics agency, told Xinhua

Madrid,  A spectacular individual goal from Jules Kounde and a second-half strike from Ivan Rakitic gave Sevilla a 2-0 win over FC Barcelona in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final clash.

Sevilla on Wednesday evening played an intelligent game against a rival missing several key players and was