New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Luxury automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz India will hike prices across the broad model range from January 2020. According to the company, the price increase would be ‘up to the quantum of 3 per cent, varying across the broad model range’. “The upcoming price hike aims at[Read More…]
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Jaipur Metro alerted of a possible cyber attack
Jaipur, Dec 11 (IANS) The Centre has issued an alert of a possible cyber attack on Jaipur Metro by Pakistani hackers and has directed it to update its cyber security arrangements to foil any such attempt. Acting on the alert, the Jaipur Metro administration has started making cyber advisory with[Read More…]
Centre aiding displaced Kashmiri, Bru families
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry is providing assistance to around 5,000 displaced families each in Jammu and Tripura, respectively. In his written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Union Minister of State for Home, G. Kishan Reddy stated that the ministry is providing[Read More…]
Golden Globe nod makes Russell Crowe feel young
Los Angeles, Dec 11 (IANS) Actor Russell Crowe says getting a Golden Globe nomination for “The Loudest Voice” made him feel young, and has thanked his co-stars for making his complex job easy. Crowe has bagged the nomination in the Best Actor in a Limited Series category. “The last time[Read More…]
Pak, Afghan migrants granted citizenship in 3 years: Govt
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that 391 Afghans and 1595 Pakistan migrants have been granted Indian Citizenship during last three years. The data from 2016 to 2018 was given by Rai, in a written reply[Read More…]
Nagpur-Mumbai E-way to be renamed after Bal Thackeray
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) The Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway (NMSCE) will be re-named after Shiv Sena’s founder-patriarch, the late Balasaheb Thackeray, an official said on Wednesday. A decision to the effect was taken at a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, to the proposal by minister Eknath[Read More…]
Malayalam actor Shane Nigam apologises for curt remarks
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 11 (IANS) Young Malayalam actor Shane Nigam (23) has tendered an apology for his controversial statement on a social media platform where he termed film producers as “mad caps”. Nigam took to Facebook to say that he made the statement on Monday and that it was a casual[Read More…]
SC to begin in-chamber review hearing on Ayodhya
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court will begin in-chamber hearing on review petitions challenging the November 9 verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute on Thursday. The apex court had allocated the disputed site for the construction of Ram temple, and granted five-acre land to Muslim parties for the[Read More…]
Telangana sets up special court to try rape-murder case
Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) For delivering speedy justice in a case of gang-rape and murder of a woman in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district last month, the Telangana government on Wednesday set up a special court. With the Telangana High Court giving approval to a proposal sent by the government,[Read More…]
Post festive boost: Nov vehicle registration up 2 per cent
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) As a sign of post festive season demand, vehicle registration in November rose by two per cent on year-on-year basis, the data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) showed on Wednesday. In October, vehicle registration had risen by four per cent on[Read More…]
Twitterati hails new launches by ISRO
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) earned praise of Twitterati over the launch of RISAT-2BR1 and nine customer satellites through PSLV-C48 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday. Twitter users posted congratulatory messages and showcased their patriotic fervour. Union Minister[Read More…]
Swamy digs old records to put heat on Congress over CAB
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Pulling out past records to turn the heat on opposition Congress, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that the grand old party had passed a resolution in 1947 for giving citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan. Countering the arguments that the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,[Read More…]
Two experimental Alzheimer’s drugs show anti-ageing effects
New York, Dec 11 (IANS) Researchers have found that two experimental Alzheimer’s drugs, known as CMS121 and J147, improve memory and slow the degeneration of brain cells. The research, published in the journal eLife, suggests that the drugs may be useful for treating a broader array of conditions and points[Read More…]
Janhvi Kapoor: Films become monotonous after a certain point
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) One-film-old Janhvi Kapoor says working in films can become monotonous after a certain point of time. Janhvi will next will be seen in the Netflix original film, “Ghost Stories”, a horror anthology featuring four stories directed by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar.[Read More…]
Ponting joins social media, shares photos and video with son
Melbourne, Dec 11 (IANS) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Wednesday announced his arrival on social media with pictures of him playing with his son. “A day of firsts; finally on social media and the first net with my son Fletcher,” tweeted Ponting with photos of him teaching his son[Read More…]
What India’s Privacy Bill requires from social media firms
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) While the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019, introduced in Parliament on Wednesday has toned down the data localisation requirements, it has several implications for social media companies including a provision for users for voluntary verification of their accounts, say experts. The Bill draws its[Read More…]
Xiaomi leads India smart TV market with 33% share in Q3
Bengaluru, Dec 11 (IANS) With a 33 per cent market share in India, Chinese handset and TV maker Xiaomi on Wednesday announced its leadership in the smart TV segment in the third quarter of 2019, quoting International Data Corporation’s (IDC) latest report. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device[Read More…]
Janadhar cards to replace Bhamashah cards in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Dec 11 (IANS) Bhamashah cards, aimed at making women in Rajasthan as the head their family and for their financial and non-financial benefits introduced by the previous BJP government, will be scrapped from March 31 next year and will be replaced by Janadhar cards from April 1, according to[Read More…]
Mirchi deals: ED attaches properties worth Rs 600 cr
New Delhi/Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Cracking the whip on the terror funding, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached seven properties worth Rs 600 crore, acquired by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s close aide late Iqbal Mirchi and his family members. The ED action comes two days after the financial probe[Read More…]
Father’s X chromosome holds clues to autoimmune disease in women
New York, Dec 11 (IANS) In a significant find why autoimmune diseases are more prevalent in women than in men, scientists from University of California Los Angeles have discovered that Father’s X chromosome holds the clue. While males inherit their mother’s X chromosome and father’s Y chromosome, females inherit X[Read More…]
Twitter users concerned over Sydney air quality
Sydney, Dec 11 (IANS) Twitter was abuzz with concern over deteriorated air quality in Sydney in the wake of Australian bushfires. The pollution was 11-fold the hazardous levels in some parts of the city. A user posted an aerial view of the city enveloped in smog and wrote: “The smoke[Read More…]
Reduce helplessness for a stable society: Sudha Murthy
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The conversation starts with Jean Paul Sartre and ends with Ayushmann Khurrana. And she seems happy about that. At Infosys’ guesthouse in the national capital, which shuns shouting ‘corporates’, Sudha Murthy is sitting in a small room. The larger conference hall is[Read More…]
Amul’s onion ad campaign amuses Twitterati
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Amul’s advertisement campaigns are known for its relevance and creativity. This time too it has come up with a campaign on onion prices and the Twitter is clearly amused. The ad posted by the company on its official Twitter handle has the iconic mascot girl[Read More…]
Delhi govt’s free pilgrimage scheme suspended temporarily
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday suspended temporarily the Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana, a scheme that offers free travel packages to senior citizens from the national capital, claiming the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) had cancelled the trains for December 10 onward trips. Speaking[Read More…]
Ex-Pakistan prez Zardari gets bail on health grounds
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari in fake accounts case on health grounds, the media reported. Zardari is facing charges of money laundering and a corruption case about illegal grant of land in the capital Islamabad. Bilawal[Read More…]