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Economic Times | 03 Feb, 2022 | 11.32AM IST
News Live Updates: Supreme Court refuses to postpone GATE, originally scheduled for February 5
Supreme Court says postponing GATE exam would result in chaos and uncertainty, and it cannot play with career of students, who have prepared for it.
Top stories from the day:
Top stories from the day:
- Active cases: 15,33,921
- Death toll: 4,98,983
- Daily positivity rate: 10.99%
- Total vaccination: 167.87 crore
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to file nomination in Gorakhpur, on Friday
- Delhi's air quality remains in very poor category despite light rain
- Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 23% on lower profits
- Sensex drops 116.47 points on opening
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Polls to 108 municipalities in West Bengal on February 27
The West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) on Thursday issued a notification to announce that elections to 108 municipalities in the state will be held on February 27.
SC refuses to postpone GATE, scheduled to be held on February 5
Supreme Court says postponing GATE exam would result in chaos and uncertainty, and it cannot play with career of students, who have prepared for it
Erdogan visits Ukraine hoping to play mediator with Russia
President Tayyip Erdogan is set to visit his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine on Thursday after pitching Turkey as a mediator to ease tensions with Russia, and an official said he was not picking any sides in the crisis. The Turkish official told Reuters that Ankara expects tensions to ease after the meeting in Kyiv. On Wednesday, Ankara and Kyiv said they would sign a free trade agreement and other deals.
IMF approves $1 billion loan tranche for Pakistan
The completion of this review allows for an immediate disbursement of 750 million in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) (about USD 1 billion) to Pakistan, bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to SDR 2,144 million (about USD 3 billion) or 106 per cent of the country's quota, the Dawn newspaper reported on Thursday.
South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit record high of over 22,000
South Korea's daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a new record high, surpassing 22,000 for the first time amid the spread of the Omicron variant, the health authorities said Thursday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the country reported 22,907 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 907,214.
Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
There's an unusually high number of green cards available this year for foreign professionals, including nurses, who want to move to the United States _ twice as many as just a few years ago. That's because U.S. consulates shut down during the coronavirus pandemic weren't issuing visas to relatives of American citizens, and, by law, these unused slots now get transferred to eligible workers. Amy L. Erlbacher-Anderson, an immigration attorney in Omaha, Nebraska, said she has seen more demand for foreign nurses in two years than the rest of her 18-year career. And this year, she said, it's more likely they'll get approved to come, so long as U.S. consular offices can process all the applications.
After a long time, Rajya Sabha witnessed disruption-free proceedings yesterday. I was delighted to watch quality debates on the Motion of Thanks to the President. I hope this spirit will continue to prevail for the remaining part of this session
- Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu
Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rises to 4,29,773 with 601 fresh cases
The COVID-19 death toll rose to 5,306 as three more persons - one from capital Ranchi and two from Saraikela district succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, it said.
Rupee slips 8 paise to 74.91 against US dollar in early trade
US to deploy 3,000 troops to East Europe amid tensions with Russia
As per Pentagon, the troops will be deployed in a couple of days. Some 1,700 of the troops in the US will be dispatched to Poland, which borders Ukraine. Another 300 troops in the US will go to Germany, while 1,000 troops in Germany will be sent to Romania, also neighbouring Ukraine, reported NHK World.
Mané caps 3-1 win to send Senegal into African Cup final
Mané scored on a breakaway in the 87th minute to seal the win at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde after Senegal went 2-0 up and then saw Burkina Faso pull a goal back with eight minutes to go. Senegal will play for the African title against either Egypt or tournament host Cameroon, who meet in the second semifinal on Thursday.
U.S.-led raid in Syria targets jihadist, many civilian casualties
A U.S.-led coalition raid on Thursday targeted a suspected al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist in the northern Syrian town of Atmeh, resulting in several civilian casualties, said residents and sources with the rebels fighting against the Syrian government. One resident said at least 12 people were killed in the raid that took place around midnight in a densely populated area near the border with Turkey, where tens of thousands of displaced Syrians live in makeshift camps or overcrowded housing.
Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 15,33,921
Single day rise of 1,72,433 new COVID-19 infections, 1008 fatalities push India's tally of cases to 4,18,03,318, death toll to 4,98,983
Arunachal Pradesh reports 237 fresh COVID-19 cases, two deaths
A 61-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man, both from the Capital Complex Region, died at the Dedicated Covid Hospital at Chimpu on Tuesday
Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath to file nomination on Friday
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party president J.P. Nadda, Uttar Pradesh election in charge Dharmendra Pradhan and the state's BJP president Swatantra dev Singh are scheduled to accompany the Chief Minister when he files nomination papers in Gorakhpur.
COVID-19: Beijing Games see 55 cases on Feb 2, highest daily rise
Twenty-nine cases were found among new airport arrivals, Brian McCloskey told the International Olympic Committee session the day before the Games' official opening, while 26 were among those in the "closed loop" bubble that separates all event personnel from the public. Since January 23, there have been 287 positive tests among Games-related personnel from a total of 610,000 tests.
Sensex drops 116.47 pts to 59,441.86 in opening session
