Day: January 27, 2021

Bytedance, which owns Tiktok and Helo apps, has announced the closure of its India business following continued restrictions on its services in the country.

In a shocking incident, an armed gang of robbers murdered a woman and her son and looted 16 kilograms of gold jewellery from their house before the police shot dead one of the gang members in an encounter at Sirkazhi today.

Moderna Inc said that it believes its Covid-19 vaccine protects against new variants found in Britain and South Africa, although it will test a new booster shot aimed at the South African variant after concluding the antibody response could be diminished.

Uttar Pradesh will soon have its first sports university in Meerut after the state cabinet approved the State Sports University Bill 2021 draft. The university will aim at providing best infrastructure practices and services to athletes.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday confirmed to his Cabinet that he would tender his resignation following widespread criticism of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Cricket Australia has told the ICC that it was unable to identify spectators who racially abused Indian players during the Sydney Test and the six who were ejected from the stands were not the real culprits, a media report stated on Tuesday.

Washington Sundar has said he will love to open for India in Test cricket having started his competitive cricketing career as an opener. Sundar made his Test debut in the recently concluded tour of Australia in the fourth and final Test at Gabba in Brisbane and went on to score a half-century and take four wickets in a memorable performance.

Pakistan has asked the global watchdog on money laundering and terror financing, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove the country from the grey list, after it claimed to have seen the exposure of Indian propaganda by the European Union (EU) DisinfoLab.

Afghanistan beat Ireland by 36 runs in Abu Dhabi to complete a 3-0 one-day international series victory.

US President Joe Biden’s underpromise-overdeliver strategy on Covid-19 vaccine allocation landed its most optimistic message yet, pointing to vaccination for any American who wants a shot by this Spring.