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China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, saying Beijing respects the choice of the American people. . “We have been following the reactions on the American elections both within the …

Rahul Dravid believes that the IPL is poised to expand to nine teams in the near future, in order to provide an additional outlet for the surge of young Indian talent that the competition has helped unleash since its inception in 2008. Dravid, who currently heads the National Cricket Academy, …

The great relief in the form of the result of the presidential elections of the United States (USA) has made 2020 a less unbearable year. The White House now seems the home of reason. Just the opposite happened 75 years ago. In April 1945, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt, respected …

As India prepares to celebrate its Diwali festival this weekend, stock traders see growing signs of an economic recovery from the pandemic as reason to encourage and advise investors to buy cyclical stocks. Companies in sectors that include cement, housing, software, healthcare, telecommunications and finance are among their top picks …

WASHINGTON: The internet exploded with a new photo of the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, ignoring social distancing as she walked arm in arm with a military man and away from the president during the Veterans Day ceremony of 11 November, according to a report in the …

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement in a video message at an event where Prime Minister Modi inaugurated two future-ready Ayurveda institutions in Jaipur and Jamnagar. The World Health Organization announced Friday that it will establish a Global Center for Traditional Medicine in India, and Prime Minister …

The festival of lights, Diwali, brings with it a 5-day celebration of all things joyous and colorful. Hindus around the world rejoice in the victory of good over evil and welcome the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after 14 long years of exile. This year, the Diwali festivities will …

The 2020 IPL is finished and the talk has moved on to the 2021 edition, which is expected to start in less than five months. While hosting the tournament on Indian soil is a topic of interest, another major point of discussion is the possibility of a new franchise joining …

Ayodhya is set for the fourth Deepotsav on Friday, as the administration plans to set a new Guinness World Record of lighting 551,000 earth diyas on 28 ghats in the temple city. Last year, a Guinness World Record was also set when 410,000 earth lamps were lit on the banks …

Faced with a revenue crisis, the government has asked wealthy state-owned companies to start paying dividends on a quarterly basis, even as it has demanded a larger share of the profits of all their companies. Aiming for a “predictable and tiered” dividend regime, the government has also told state-owned companies …