Los Angeles, Bollywood actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra on Saturday lauded India's Covid vaccination drive, and also expressed gratitude to the nation's frontline warriors.

"Bravo India! Congratulations to Indian authorities, medical & health teams for starting off the massiv

New Delhi,  Tamil Nadu has become the 11th state in the country to successfully undertake "One Nation One Ration Card system" reform stipulated by the Finance Ministry, and has become eligible to mobilise additional financial resources of Rs 4,813 crore through Open Market Borrowings.

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New Delhi,  Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said that the central bank remains committed to take any further necessary measures to support the economy.

Delivering the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture on Saturday, Das said that RBI's principal objective during the pandemic was to sup

Mumbai, Lending major HDFC Bank on Saturday reported an 18.1 per cent increase in standalone net profit for the quarter ended December 31 of FY21 on a year-on-year basis.

The bank's net profit for the third quarter of FY21 rose to Rs 8,758.3 crore on a YoY basis.

"After providing Rs 3,013.6

Canberra, Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the Australian government to allow international students back into the country.

As of Saturday afternoon, the petition had garnered more than 5,700 signatures - the second-most of current position addressed to the lower house of Australian Parliamen

Dharamsala, There was no progress of formal negotiations between the Dalai Lama's envoys and China and the religious freedom continues to deteriorate in Tibet, the 2020 annual report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has said.

The report, released this week and based on the events be

Washington, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has suggested that any lawmaker found to have assisted in the January 6 storming of the Capitol in Washington D.C. should face criminal charges.

"We must trust each other, respect the people who sent us here. We must also have the truth, an

Seoul, South Korea on Saturday announced its decision to extend the tightened social-distancing rules for two more weeks until the end of January amid an unabated Covid-19 resurgence.

The Seoul metropolitan area, which covers the capital city, its surrounding Gyeonggi province and Incheon, will be placed under the

Lhasa, Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Saturday congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the launch of India's "landmark" Covid-19 vaccination drive.

"I would like to congratulate PM @narendramodi and the people of India for the landmark launch of nationwide COVID-19 vacc

New Delhi, In a surprise move, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sent notices to over a dozen of people, including a journalist, farmer leaders associated with the agitation against three farm laws and others, in connection with its probe into the Sikh For Justice (SFJ) case, officials said on Saturday.