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Covid-19 cases spike in Germany after nation eases most restrictions

The seven-day Covid-19 incidence rate in Germany has increased to 1,714 cases per 100,000 people after the country eased most of the pandemic-related restrictions

US Senate committee begins hearings for Biden's Supreme Court nominee

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has started a series of hearings for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Global Covid caseload tops 472 mn, fatalities surge past 6.09 mn

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,775,780 and 972,603, according to the CSSE

Swearing in date will be finalised after PM, Shah's confirmation: Sawant

On Monday evening, Sawant was appointed Chief Minister after the BJP formally staked claim to form a government in Goa

Lebanon facing wheat crisis amid Russia-Ukraine conflict: President Aoun

'Wheat warehouses were destroyed in the Beirut port blasts in 2020, and the war in Ukraine further impacted our access to this commodity,' Aoun was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency

Too early to discuss Putin-Zelensky meeting: Kremlin spokesperson

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that it was too early to discuss about a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky

Apple restores services after outage brings down apps, internal systems

A number of Apple services were hit by a short-lived outage for some users and now according to the company's system status page, all of the issues have been resolved after about two hours of downtime

UN chief Guterres warns against 'sleepwalking' to climate disaster

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world is "sleepingwalking to catastrophe" and the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal is in danger.

Ukraine's compromises with Russia to be put to referendum: ZelenskyY

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv's compromises at peace talks with Russia would be put to a nationwide referendum in Ukraine

Chemveda Life Sciences to invest Rs 150 cr for expansion in Hyderabad

Chemveda Life Sciences is a Hyderabad and San Diego headquartered mid-sized contract research organisation which provides solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agrochemical industries

Land diversion proposals involving 12 mn trees approved in last 5 yrs: Govt

'At the same time, as many as 20.81 crore seedlings were planted under the compensatory afforestation scheme,' Ashwini Kumar Choubey told the Lok Sabha in a written reply

Indian, Israeli companies sign MoU for fertiliser supply for five years

The MoU would prove beneficial in view of the affected supply chain of potash due to the Ukraine-Russia war and escalating cost of potash and other fertilisers supplied from that region

Amantullah Khan questioned by CBI in Delhi Waqf Board 'irregularities'

The CBI had in 2016, lodged a case of criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act against Khan and others

Biren Singh sworn-in as Manipur chief minister for 2nd term

The BJP, in the February-March elections, had secured a thin majority of 32 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly and returned to the power for second consecutive term

Abhishek Banerjee leaves ED office, says 'won't bow before people in power'

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for eight hours in connection with a coal scam case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch OneWeb satellites

OneWeb is a joint venture between India Bharti Global and the UK government

G-23 leaders likely to be adjusted in Congress, Azad may get RS berth

Azad is likely to be sent to the upper house while Anand Sharma, whose term expires on April 2, will be given important role in the Assembly polls

Global Facebook interest declines about 90% in last 10 years: Report

There has been an 87 per cent decline in the search volume for the term Facebook in the last decade, media reports said.

Musk reportedly headed to Berlin for Gigafactory inauguration

Tech billionaire Elon Musk appears to be headed to Berlin from Texas, Twitter user @ElonJet, who tracks the movements of Musk's private jet said in a tweet on Monday

'Qualcomm chips dominate in Android devices priced above $300'

Qualcomma's share in smartphones priced above $500 increased from 41 per cent in 2020 to 55 per cent in 2021 owing to the launch of flagships Snapdragon 888 and 8Gen 1