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Home Canada's economy worst on record since 1961
Ottawa: Canada's gross domestic product shrank 5.4 per cent in 2020, the worst year for the country's economy since record keeping began in 1961, according to authorities. In a statement on Tuesday, Statistics Canada said the country's worst economic output was due to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic which shut down businesses and caused millions of people out of work in March...
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Home BOE showcases 360-degree display for foldable phones
Beijing: Chinese display maker BOE has unveiled the world's first flexible display that folds up to 360 degrees. According to GizmoChina, BOE is said to adopt a "multi-neutral layer model design" for its new display and multi-mode foldable phone approach. This effectively reduces the stress of flexible outward and inward foldings, as well as reduces the possibility of causing...
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Home 13 dead in car crash near US-Mexico border
San Francisco: At least 13 people were killed in a traffic collision near the US-Mexico border in Southern California, according to the police. California Highway Patrol Chief Omar Watson said at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon that 12 people were killed at the scene just outside of Holtville, California, which is about 17.7 km north of the US-Mexico border, and another died after arriving at...
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India Ayodhya airport to become functional in early 2022
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government has said that the proposed airport in Ayodhya will become functional early next year. According to the government spokesman, the state government has released over Rs 321 crore for the land acquisition for the project. Earlier, the Centre had released its contribution of Rs 250 crore. In addition to it, the state government has approved Rs 1,001.77 crore...
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India Death-row convict Shabnam sent to Bareilly jail
Bareilly: Shabnam, awaiting death sentence for killing seven members of her family, has been shifted to the Bareilly jail from the Rampur prison, after her photos with some fellow inmates surfaced on social media platforms recently. Two guards of the Rampur jail have also been placed under suspension after jail authorities found that they had clicked the photos with their phones and later...
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Home Army widow to get pension after 12-year legal battle
Lucknow: After a 12-year-long legal battle, a soldier's widow will finally get her dues. The regional bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal has directed the Chief of Army Staff and other respondents to provide family pension to Savita Singh, wife of a lance naik Shailendra Singh, who was invalidated from service in 2003 owing to disability. A bench of Justice U.C. Srivastava (judicial...
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Home Neera Tanden withdraws nomination in first defeat for Biden pick
New York: After weeks of cliffhanger politics, US President Joe Biden's choice to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, pulled her nomination marking the first big defeat for a Biden - Harris Cabinet nominee. "Unfortunately, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination...
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Home Concerned for party, don't want to weaken it, says Sharma
New Delhi: After the Congress asked the leaders to join hands to fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in elections, the dissenting camp leader Anand Sharma said that he is concerned for the party and don't want to weaken it and has utmost respect for party's interim chief Sonia Gandhi. The infight in the party is getting intense as the Rahul Gandhi loyalists and the...
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World US imposes sanctions against 2 Yemen Houthi leaders
Washington: The United States imposed sanctions against two leaders of Yemen's Houthi rebels, accusing them of attacking civilians and bordering nations. The US Department of Treasury in a statement on Tuesday announced sanctions against Mansur Al-Sa'adi, the Houthi Naval Forces Chief of Staff, and Ahmad Ali Ahsan al-Hamzi, the commander of Yemen's Houthi-aligned Yemeni Air...
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Home States, UTs to utilize pvt facilities for vaccination
New Delhi: Centre has directed all the states and union territories to utilize all private hospitals - empanelled under government insurance schemes in full capacity to achieve optimum number of vaccination. The decision was taken in a meeting conducted between Union Health Ministry officials and state family and welfare officials. The ministry said that the meeting was chaired by Rajesh...

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