In this issue

October 14, 2021

Coal crisis forces costly buys

States forced to purchase at high prices to tide over shortage of electricity in festive season

2 mins

Corporate funding to protect wildlife

IN a move that could open up the country’s over 700 protected and wildlife areas to the private sector, the Union environment ministry is mulling to seek corporate funding for management of national parks and sanctuaries due to inadequate budgetary funding.

1 min

96% survival seen in childhood cancer: Study

HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

1 min

MANAGING THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN GROWTH & INFLATION

The RBI and the government will need to ensure that attention to growth does not hamper the return of the inflation trajectory to manageable levels

4 mins

TOP JAISH COMMANDER KILLED IN ENCOUNTER

A top Jaish-e-Mohammad militant commander was killed in an encounter with security forces in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Shamus-ud-Din Sofi alias Sham Sofi.

2 mins

Aryan Part Of International Racket: NCB

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is linked to the international drug network and is involved in drug trafficking as well as consumption, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) told a Mumbai court on Wednesday.

1 min

US Congress averts default with stop-gap debt limit hike

THE US House of Representatives has approved a short-term increase to the nation’s debt limit, ensuring the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December and temporarily averting an unprecedented default that would have decimated the economy

1 min

GOOD KNIGHT SHARJAH

Iyer and Gill help Kolkata beat Delhi in a low-scoring thriller to enter third IPL final, to face buoyant Chennai on Friday

5 mins

Win over Austria takes Denmark to Qatar 2022

DENMARK became the second team to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals when they beat Austria by a single goal on Tuesday as England were frustrated by Hungary at Wembley.

1 min

Want to see an Indians play in German League: Bundesliga CEO

OPENING UP

2 mins

Himalayas Loses Glaciers Equal To 30K Soccer Fields

Satellite data shows stark impact of global warming on high-altitude glacier regions

2 mins

Captain Kirk becomes real-life astronaut

STAR POWER

1 min

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