New Years Day

Bank holidays 2021: RBI releases holiday list; financial institutions to remain closed on these dates in January next year

In Aizwal, banks will remain closed on 2 January for New Year celebrations as well, while banks in Kolkata will remain non-functional on 12 January owing to Swami Vivekananda's birthday.

India recorded highest births on New Year's Day with 67,385 babies born, China holds second spot with 46,299 newborns

China, with 1.43 billion people in 2019, and India, with 1.37 billion, have long been the two most populous countries of the world

Pakistan giving safe haven to terrorists not acceptable to United States, says CIA chief Mike Pompeo

CIA chief Mike Pompeo has said that Pakistan continues to provide safe havens to terrorists which is not acceptable to America.

Unicef estimates show 3,86,000 babies born on New Year's Day; India led with 69,000 births

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has estimated that nearly 3,86,000 babies were born on New Year's Day, with India heading the list with 69,070.

New Year's Day: Old Taylor Swift strikes back with this sweet, intimate song from her album Reputation

Taylor Swift's latest single New Year's Day from her upcoming album Reputation takes us back to the old Taylor we knew and loved.

Queen Elizabeth continues to suffer from 'heavy cold', misses New Year's Day church service

Queen Elizabeth II missed a New Year's Day church service on Sunday because of a lingering "heavy cold" that also forced her to stay at home on Christmas Day, Buckingham Palace said.

Bye 2016, welcome 2017: There are many good reasons not to have a new year blast

You’ll have to suffer stupid comments, several versions of stupid ‘see you next year’ jokes accompanied by false laughter and the music will drown out any chance of conversation.

Google Doodle for New Year's Day finally cracks open; reveals 3 little surprises

And they have finally hatched! Google's New Year's Eve doodle has finally hatched and we have a long list of new comers indeed. Upon refreshing the Google Search page users will now be greeted with different hatchlings, of which there are three in all.

China February trade deficit at $31.5 billion as imports leap

Exports grew at 18.4 percent, undershooting expectations of 32 percent growth, while imports came in well ahead of forecasts of 27 percent growth to their strongest in 13 months as factories returned to full time work after January's week-long Lunar New Year shut down that delayed shipments.

The flaw that makes us fail

Everyone knows that New Year resolutions are made to be broken and still we make them. The million-dollar question, however, is after all the repeated resolutions, why do we fail?