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Mar 04, 2021 09:21 PM IST Imran Khan’s ruling Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and its political allies were bidding to wrest control of Pakistan's Senate from opposition parties in indirect elections to 37 seats in the 104-member upper house of parliament.
Mar 04, 2021 08:34 PM IST The Meteorology department of Iceland has warned that the current spurt of tremors could trigger an eruption from Mount Keilir, which has been inactive for as many as 800 years. Authorities have already shut roads around the mountain as a precautionary measure.
Mar 04, 2021 08:33 PM IST Jay-Z bought Tidal from Europe-based Aspiro in 2015 in a deal valued at slightly more than $56 million, and sought to use the platform to give artists more control over their work.
Mar 04, 2021 08:22 PM IST The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 18.9 points, or 0.06 percent, at the open to 31289.01.
Mar 04, 2021 08:14 PM IST The ninth edition of GFSI, compiled by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Corteva Agriscience, shows the deteriorating condition of global food security across the world due to the changing climate and declining natural resources. Future prosperity is based on 59 unique factors, including food affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources.
Mar 04, 2021 07:20 PM IST Princess Diana's interview with journalist Martin Bashir, watched by more than 20 million viewers in Britain, shocked the nation when she admitted to an affair and gave other intimate details of her failed marriage to heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles.
Mar 04, 2021 07:15 PM IST The labour market has lagged the acceleration in overall economic activity, which has been driven by nearly $900 billion in additional pandemic relief provided by the government in late December.
Mar 04, 2021 06:43 PM IST "The United Kingdom and the United States are undertaking a four-month tariff suspension to ease the burden on industry and take a bold, joint step towards resolving the longest running disputes at the World Trade Organization," a joint statement said.
Mar 04, 2021 05:23 PM IST The Javits Centre in Manhattan has been used in pandemic times as a temporary hospital and vaccination site.
Mar 04, 2021 05:07 PM IST "Last week, new cases of COVID-19 in Europe rose 9 percent to just above one million. This brought a promising six-week decline in new cases to an end, with more than half of our region seeing increasing numbers of new infections," WHO Europe's regional director Hans Kluge told a news conference.
Mar 04, 2021 04:17 PM IST The H-1B visa, most-sought after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Mar 04, 2021 03:00 PM IST The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 116.0 points last month versus a slightly revised 113.2 in January.
Mar 04, 2021 01:09 PM IST Just over 5.8 million Brazilians — roughly 2.6% of the population — had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday, according to the health ministry.
Mar 04, 2021 10:46 AM IST Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, becomes the second senior official to depart in the wake of the one of the worst blackouts in US history.
Mar 04, 2021 09:09 AM IST This interim guidance was issued to convey President Joe Biden’s vision for how the United States will engage with other nations as his administration is yet to formulate a National Security Strategy.
Mar 03, 2021 10:32 PM IST The BrahMos missile is produced by an Indo-Russian joint venture and it can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or from land platforms.
Mar 03, 2021 10:05 PM IST Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc dropped 0.9 percent and 1.3 percent, weighing the most on the S&P 500.
Mar 03, 2021 08:24 PM IST Private payrolls rose by 117,000 jobs last month, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday. Data for January was revised up to show 195,000 jobs added instead of the initially reported 174,000.
Mar 03, 2021 08:18 PM IST The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 38.6 points, or 0.12 percent, at the open to 31352.96.
Mar 03, 2021 07:06 PM IST The decision to quit came immediately after the conservative bloc voted for a rules change that opened the way for it to suspend Fidesz from their ranks over its alleged repeated democratic backsliding.
Mar 03, 2021 06:27 PM IST Unlike other green fuels such as biodiesel, renewable diesel can power conventional auto engines without being blended with diesel derived from crude oil, making it attractive for refiners aiming to produce low-pollution options.
Mar 03, 2021 06:20 PM IST United Stated President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators for her controversial tweets. Nearly all Republicans and at least one Democrat, refused to vote for Tanden because of her previous tweets in which she disparaged lawmakers, take a look at the full picture here
Mar 03, 2021 03:19 PM IST The World Bank said financing projects were being prepared in African countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Tunisia, eSwatini, Rwanda and Senegal, without disclosing the amount of support under discussion.
Mar 03, 2021 02:42 PM IST For 30 years, Huseyin Yildiz has bred powerful shepherd dogs in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Sivas, home of the livestock-guarding Kangal canines that are a source of pride for the country.
Mar 03, 2021 12:45 PM IST Joe Biden also announced that Merck & Co Inc would help make rival Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, a partnership similar to those seen during World War Two.
