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Tarun Bajaj appointed Revenue Secretary, Ajay Seth new DEA Secy

Gyanesh Kumar, additional secretary in the Department of Home, has been appointed as secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

RBI distributes portfolios of B P Kanungo among remaining deputy governors

Kanungo was in charge of currency management, IT, payments, forex, legal, other departments

Jordan prince says he's under house arrest, lashes out at authorities

The half-brother of Jordan's King Abdullah II has said he has been placed under house arrest and accused the country's "ruling system" of incompetence and corruption

Maharashtra sees nearly 50,000 coronavirus cases, biggest one-day rise

State capital Mumbai on Saturday reported over 9,000 cases for the first time since the pandemic began last year. Around 681 buildings in the city have been sealed, said BMC

Coronavirus: 7-hour night curfew in 10 Odisha districts from Monday

Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Kalahandi are among the districts; 452 new cases pushed Odisha's Covid-19 tally to 3,42,224

West Bengal polls 2021 phase two voting: Check schedule, seats, and timings

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly is being conducted in eight phases

WHO team urges patience after 1st look for origin of Covid-19

Team leader Peter Ben Embarek of the World Health Organization presented the team's first-phase look into the possible origins of the pandemic that has killed nearly 2.8 mn people

Liberty Steel nationalisation 'an option' to save jobs, says UK govt

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been in crisis talks with the firm since the collapse of its biggest lender, Greensill Capital, put nearly 5,000 jobs at risk

Tata tussle: 'My conscience is clear,' says Cyrus Mistry on SC verdict

Mistry said that he is disappointed by the Supreme Court verdict on his battle with Tata Sons

Giant container ship blocking Suez Canal finally freed after 6 days

Data estimates say it could take more than 10 days to clear the backlog of ships with more than 367 vessels piled up on either end of the canal

European Union moves toward stricter export controls for Covid-19 vaccines

The European Union is moving toward stricter export controls to ensure more COVID-19 shot supplies for the bloc that should boost its flagging vaccine drive.

Israel vote deadlock: Benjamin Netanyahu appears short of majority

Uncertainty hovered over the outcome of Israel's parliamentary election Wednesday

Supreme Court lifts blanket ban on NPA classification

The Supreme Court has also ordered waiver of compound interest for all borrowers who availed the loan moratorium

Ikea France goes on trial for spying on employees and customers

Ikea France is being prosecuted as a corporate entity along with several of its former executives in Versailles, southwest of Paris

Existing US home sales fell in February, while prices increased

Sales of previously occupied US homes slowed last month

Asian trading mixed after Fed announces end to emergency measures

In Asian trading, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 2.1 per cent in afternoon trading to 29,174.15. South Korea's Kospi lost 0.1 per cent

Australia's most populous state New South Wales hit by severe rains, floods

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that hundreds of people have been rescued from the waters

Japan PM vows no virus rebound as emergency measures end

We must not put our guards down ... to prevent the infections from rebounding, he said

Europe pause of AstraZeneca vaccine sends ripple of doubt elsewhere

The suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries over the past week could fuel skepticism about the shot far beyond their shores

Takes one to know one, says Vladimir Putin on Joe Biden's 'killer' claim

Putin ruled out severing ties with the United States altogether and lobbed a jab at the 78-year-old US leader