Day: December 4, 2020

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today laid foundation stone for Rs 1,295.76 crore Mullaiperiyar drinking water project here.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today said it expects the economy to record positive growth in the second half of the current financial year.

A proposed no-confidence motion against South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday was postponed to next year, a senior parliamentary official said, after the small opposition party seeking Ramaphosa’s removal asked a court for a secret ballot.

Hundreds of Armenians blocked streets in the capital Yerevan late on Thursday and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over a ceasefire deal that locked in Azeri territorial gains in Nagorno-Karabakh last month.

US President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday he would publicly take a coronavirus vaccine to demonstrate its safety to the public and pledged to retain the nation’s top adviser on the pandemic, Anthony Fauci, when he takes office next month.

China’s senior diplomat in Australia said Prime Minister Scott Morrison overreacted to a social media post about alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, adding that his actions drew more attention to the report.

After nearly four decades, rain water entered Chidambaram Sri Natarajar temple. Priests, who reached the temple this morning to perform daily pujas, had to wade through knee deep water.

Heavy rains lashed Chennai, central and southern districts of Tamilnadu, as Cyclonic storm ‘Burevi’, which weakened into a deep depression, remained practiclaly stationary during the past three hours near Ramanathapuram.

A total of 12 flights from Chennai to and from Tuticorin, Madurai and Kochi were cancelled due to heavy rains.

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane badly needs a win from a tough trip to Sevilla on Saturday to revive the La Liga champions’ fortunes as they sit in an undignified fourth position.