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Fresh pushback on China: Australia to get n-subs in new pact with US and UK

China calls the deal an 'irresponsible' threat to regional stability

NITI Aayog for building 500 'healthy cities' to fight Covid-like crisis

NITI Aayog said the Central sector scheme for building 500 healthy cities in the next five years will have to be worked out by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in consultation with states and

World Bank discontinues business climate report after ethics review

IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva was cited by the World Bank in the probe of its periodic 'Doing Business' report

Cabinet approves 4-year moratorium on payment of all govt dues by telcos

Cabinet rationalises AGR definition, excludes non-telecom revenue of telcos from payment of statutory levies, allows 100% automatic FDI in telecom sector with safeguards

Telcos likely to get moratorium of 4 years for AGR dues: Report

The move will come six weeks after billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla resigned as chairman of beleaguered Vodafone Idea Ltd on August 4

India's retail inflation eases further to 5.3% in August

Inflation is within RBI's 2%-6% comfort range for a second month. But it has been above the medium-term target of 4% for nearly two years

BMW, Daimler may keep up prices even after chip shortage crisis

Automakers Daimler and BMW are planning to limit the volume of premium models they ship even as chip shortages wane across the industry

UN nuclear agency, Iran reach deal over tools of surveillance

Tehran holds all recordings at its sites as negotiations over the US and Iran returning to the 2015 nuclear deal remain stalled in Vienna

Bhupendra Patel elected as new Chief Minister of Gujarat

Patel won the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections from Ghatlodia constituency, defeating Congress candidate Shashikant Patel

August rainfall at 19-year low; Delhi sees best season in 11 years

This is the first time since 2010 that rainfall in Delhi breached the 1,000-mm mark during the monsoon season

BioNTech to seek approval soon for vaccine for 5-11 year old children

BioNTech has said it expected to file its regulatory dossier on the five to 11 year olds in September.

European Union meets Taliban to discuss limited diplomatic presence

The memo says the protection of facilities and convoys is the most complicated issue to sort out and that the return of any officials would not mean recognition of the Taliban government

Women can't be ministers, they should give birth: Taliban spokesperson

"A woman can't be a minister, it is like you put something on her neck that she can't carry," the Taliban spokesperson said

Afghanistan on brink of universal poverty, urgent efforts needed: UN

Adds Taliban response to Afghan protests becoming very violent

Prez Biden calls China's Xi for 1st time in 7 months over dead-end talks

Leaders spoke to ensure competition does not veer into conflict: White House

Ind vs Eng: ECB, BCCI to try 'finding a window to reschedule' 5th Test

The BCCI along with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had earlier jointly decided to call off the fifth Test scheduled at Old Trafford in Manchester.

Ford Motor to cease production in India, 4,000 jobs to be impacted

'The decision was reinforced by years of accumulated losses, persistent industry overcapacity and lack of expected growth in India's car market,' says Anurag Mehrotra, MD of Ford India

Cow must be declared national animal, says Allahabad High Court

The Court also denied bail to one Javed, who was accused of slaughtering a cow

India's GDP growth accelerates to 20.1% in Q1FY22 on low base

The rebound came despite the drag from the deadly second wave of the coronavirus, which forced states across India to reimpose localised lockdowns

Won't shy away from raising tariffs: Bharti Airtel's Sunil Mittal

'We hope that the spectrum pricing auction will be made attractive,' says Bharti chairman