Omicron thrice more contagious, activate war rooms: Centre to states

Asserting that the Omicron variant is at least thrice more transmissible than Delta, the Centre on Tuesday asked states and union territories to 'activate' war rooms, keep analysing even small......

India's Omicron count reaches 220, more states report 1st cases

Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha on Tuesday recorded their first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID as the count of the new strain in 14 states and union territories crossed 200 even as the Centre......

Pak has shown meagre progress against terror financing: Watchgroup

Noting that Pakistan's measures against money laundering and terror financing "is not yet sufficient to justify a re-rating", a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force on Monday......

UP heaves a sigh of relief as verdict day passes peacefully

Uttar Pradesh heaved a sigh of relief on Saturday as the day passed off peacefully amid continued vigil on the law and order situation by authorities after the Supreme Court's verdict on the......

India Inc against staff's religious profiling

The United Progressive Alliance government's proposal requiring public and private sector companies to maintain religious profile of their employees has not gone down well with several corporate......

Tatas on a hot acquisition trail

For the think tank at Bombay House, the Tata group headquarters, it must be a feeling of deja vu. Six years ago, in February 2000, Tata Tea bought out the world's second largest tea company, Tetley......

Tatas buy US coffee firm

Tata Coffee on Sunday announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Eight O' Clock Coffee Company (EOC) from Gryphon Investors for $220 million (Rs 1,015 crore). Tata......

Sensex up 101 pts at 10502 @10.30 hrs

The markets have opened on positive note, which continue its gains. At 10:31 am, the Sensex was up 101.37 points at 10502. The Nifty was up 35 points at 3078. TCS, Allcargo, Wipro, Ashok Leyland,......

EOC mulling new European Olympics competition

Senior officials are looking to launch a new European Olympics competition, European Olympic Committee (EOC) president Patrick Hickey said on Friday. "There is great interest in Europe... so let's......

European Games approved after EOC vote

The European Olympic Committee (EOC) voted on Saturday to launch a new European Games multi-sport competition with the first event taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2015. The EOC held a secret......

Europe's top Olympic official arrested in ticketing probe at Rio Games

Brazilian police arrested Europe's top Olympic official in an early morning raid of his beachfront hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in connection with an investigation into ticket touting at......

Ambitious Baku impresses but European Games future remains uncertain

Dancers perform during the Closing Ceremony for the Baku 2015 European Games. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images for BEGOC The curtain fell on the inaugural European Games on Sunday with the......

Check out the surprise guest at European Games opening ceremony...

Recording artist Lady Gaga attends the Opening Ceremony for the Baku 2015 European Games. Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Pop star Lady Gaga sang John Lennon's Imagine sitting at a......