MARCH 12, 2021
Brief Scorecard: England 130 for 2 (Roy 49, Buttler 28, Sundar 1-18) beat India 124 for 7 (Iyer 67, Pant 21, Archer 3-23, Rashid 1-14) by eight wickets
Jofra Archer (right) celebrates with Chris Jordan and Eoin Morgan after taking the wicket of Hardik Pandya, on of his three victims. - Photograph: Surjeet Yadav/Getty Images
AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT: A change...
MARCH 11, 2021
Mahashivratri will be celebrated on March 11 this year.
Mahashivratri 2021: Mahashivratri is being celebrated with great enthusiasm today. Devotees are fasting and praising Lord Shiva to seek his blessings. Temples are decorated with flowers. Mahashivratri has both spiritual and scientific significance. Shiv Ratri means the 14th day of every month that is 1 day before Amavasya.
There are...
MARCH 11, 2021
Covid-19 Economic Stimulus Check. - Getty Images/iStockphoto
President Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law, paving the way for his administration to deliver expanded unemployment, direct cash and other coronavirus relief to millions of Americans.
Mr. Biden's move to enact the bill, which came one day earlier than expected, followed the House's passage...
MARCH 11, 2021
Left to right, former first lady Michelle Obama, former President Barack Obama, former first lady Laura Bush, former President George Bush, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and former President Bill Clinton. - Tom Brenner/Reuters, FILE
Every living former president, except former President Donald Trump, appeared in public service announcements urging Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19 released...
MARCH 11, 2021
The pious occasion of Maha Shivaratri will be celebrated on Thursday, March 11. As the name suggests, the day is marked to celebrate Lord Shiva. According to Hindu mythology, on this day Lord Shiva married Goddess Parvati. In order to celebrate this auspicious day, many devotees of Lord Shiva observe fast.
Followers eat only one meal a day...
MARCH 11, 2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
India has been classified as an “electoral autocracy” alongside Hungary and Turkey in the annual report from Sweden-based V-Dem Institute because of “restrictions on multiple facets of democracy” such as civil society groups and free speech.
V-Dem Institute said India registered a 23-percentage point drop on its 0-to-1 Liberal Democracy Index...
MARCH 10, 2021
Indian motorcycles have announced the base price for their new 2022 range of Indian Chief motorcycles that were unveiled recently in the US. While the company had confirmed earlier that it would launch the new range of motorcycles in India in the second quarter of 2021. Now the company has announced that the range will begin at...
MARCH 10, 2021
Michael Regan, President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his confirmation hearing on Feb. 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. - Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images
The Senate confirmed Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, putting the North Carolina regulator in charge of restoring the climate and water pollution regulations that...
MARCH 10, 2021
A mall in Southaven, Miss., where the mask mandate ended last week. The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are betting that providing additional stimulus checks can kick-start a faster recovery. - Rory Doyle/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The economic relief plan that is headed to President Biden’s desk has been billed as the United States’ most...
MARCH 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House gave final passage Wednesday to a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package that will deliver $1,400 stimulus checks to millions of Americans, extend enhanced unemployment benefits and boost funding to ramp up vaccine distribution and reopen schools.
The vote of 220 to 211 sends the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature,...
