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New Delhi: Bird Group's executive director Ankur Bhatia passed away on Friday at the age of 48. He suffered a massive cardiac arrest, according to reports.Bhatia is survived by his wife Smriti Bhatia, an architect, and his two children...

Washington: The Biden administration has banned 59 Chinese military and surveillance firms from trading in US securities, the White House announced on Thursday.“Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order to further address the ongoing national emergency declared in …...

Bishkek: The situation on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has deteriorated once again after Tajik forces were detected entering the Kyrgyz territory, the Kyrgyz State Border Service told Sputnik on Friday."The Tajik side, violating all the previously reached...

Moscow:  The upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, scheduled for June 16, is highly important, but one should not expect too much from it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday."This is...

Washington: Facebook intends to abandon its controversial policy that gives privileges to politicians, shielding them from the content moderation rules that apply to other users, The Verge news website reported.The decision to end the special treatment policy comes after...

New Delhi: The government has decided to extend the validity period of the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) qualifying certificate from 7 years to lifetime with retrospective effect from 2011, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced Thursday."This will be...

New Delhi: Kerala has retained the top rank in Niti Aayog's SDG India Index 2020-21, while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer, according to a report released on ThursdayThe Index for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) evaluates the...

Guwahati: Eminent Assamese litterateur Lakshminandan Bora died on Thursday due to post-COVID complications at a private hospital in Guwahati, the PTI quoted doctors as saying.He was 89 and survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.Bora, a Padma Shri...

New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday took charge as the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, official sources said.The post of the NHRC chief had been lying vacant since justice H L...

Washington: The United States must pay reparations for the 1921 massacre of 300 Black Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma in order to deliver justice and avoid reducing the tragedy to mere symbolism, civil rights advocates told Sputnik.On May 31 and...