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Washington, February 4The Pentagon on Friday night said that another Chinese surveillance is transiting Latin America.”We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon. We have no further information to provide at this time,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat…

Washington, February 4 Criminal transnational organisations called cartels on an average charge US$ 21,000 from Indians to help them illegally cross over the American border, an Arizona Sheriff has told lawmakers here. The minimum being charged by a cartel for a foreign national to illegally come into the United States…

New Delhi, February 3Logjam in Parliament continued for the second straight day on Friday as proceedings in both the Houses were adjourned till next Monday without transacting any substantial business amid Opposition members creating ruckus demanding a discussion and a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the fraud-allegation-triggered fall of…

New Delhi, February 3 Logjam in Parliament continued for the second straight day on Friday as proceedings in both the Houses were adjourned till next Monday without transacting any substantial business amid Opposition members creating ruckus demanding a discussion and a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the fraud-allegation-triggered…

Arjun Sharma Jammu, February 3 Wide cracks have started to appear on roads and walls of houses in Thathri in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing the administration to evacuate over 250 persons. While minor cracks surfaced in Nai Basti in Thathri a month ago, the situation turned…

New Delhi, February 3Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Reserve Bank of India have assured that the country’s stock markets and the banking system were well-regulated and resilient following concerns over the unabated crash in stocks of Adani Group’s companies.Western ratings mixedSamp;P Dow Jones to remove Adani Enterprises from…

Washington, February 3 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his planned trip to China due to tensions over a Chinese spy balloon over U.S. soil, a senior State Department official said on Friday, adding that Blinken would seek to travel to China “when conditions allow.” China earlier expressed…

Chandigarh, February 3 The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday approved an agenda item to allow remittance of sentence of five prisoners, which did not include former PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is lodged in Patiala Jail. Though the Cabinet today formally remitted the…

New Delhi, February 3 Indian firm Global Pharma Healthcare is voluntarily recalling all lots of their artificial tears and lubricant eye drops after 55 adverse events, including one death and cases of permanent blindness, were reported in the US, American drug regulator USFDA said in a statement on Friday. Brand…

New Delhi, February 3The ED on Friday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 6 crore of “beneficiaries” such as Nalini Chidambaram, wife of Congress leader P Chidambaram, former CPM MLA Debendranath Biswas and a company “owned” by former Assam minister, the late Anjan Dutta, in the Saradha…

Mumbai, February 3Amid concerns over banks’ exposure to the embattled Adani Group, the Reserve Bank on Friday said India’s banking sector is resilient and stable, and the central bank maintains constant vigil on the lenders.Responding to media reports expressing concern about the exposure of Indian banks to a “business conglomerate”,…

Doda/Jammu, February 3 Nineteen families were evacuated after their homes developed cracks at a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Friday. The authorities also declared unsafe a mosque and a religious school for girls at Nai Basti village in Thathri, 35 kilometres from Doda town along…

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, February 3 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Reserve Bank of India have assured that the country’s stock markets and the banking system were well regulated and resilient following concerns in the wake of the unabated crash in stocks of Adani Group’s companies. Siharaman said,…

Chandigarh, February 3 The Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited (Milkfed), which sells milk products under the Verka brand, will raise milk prices by Rs 3 per litre with effect from February 4 (Saturday). The Standard Milk which was priced at Rs 57 per litre will now cost Rs…

Mumbai, February 3 SBI’s total exposure to the embattled Adani Group is 0.88 per cent of the book or about Rs 27,000 crore, and the country’s largest lender does not envisage any setback on its bets, a top official said on Friday. At a time when the share prices of…