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New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the state does not have to collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) for giving them reservation in promotion. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra gave this ruling[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Actor-director Pankaj Kapur will be honoured with ‘Icons of Indian Cinema’ Award at the closing ceremony of the ninth edition of Jagran Film Festival here. The closing ceremony of the Mumbai edition will take place on Sunday, read a statement. Pankaj, also a theatre artiste, is[Read More…]

Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) As rains subsided in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, the evacuation of over 1,500 tourists still stranded in snow-marooned Lahaul-Spiti district continued on a war footing, an official said. “There was no heavy rainfall in the state but precipitation at many places since Tuesday,” a Met official[Read More…]

Manila, Sep 26 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Wednesday that it will maintain its growth forecast for this year in Asia at 6 percent but warned of the fallout of the ongoing trade tensions between China and the US for the region. Asia’s GDP remained stable thanks[Read More…]

Srinagar, Sep 26 (IANS) Shouting pro-independence slogans, hundreds of mourners on Wednesday attended the funeral prayers of a militant killed by security forces in Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir. The mourners were from Sopore and adjoining areas and thronged the funeral prayers of Abdul Majeed Mir, who was killed in[Read More…]

San Francisco, Sep 26 (IANS) Responding to a Washington Post report on how Instagram serves as an open market place for advertising illicit drugs, the Facebook-owned service said it was making progress in making the platform a safe place for everyone. The Washington Post story, based on the findings of[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Total foodgrain production during this kharif season will be a record 141.59 million tonnes including 99.24 million tonnes of rice, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Wednesday. “I am happy to share the all time highest record foodgrain production (first advance estimates),” Singh[Read More…]

New York, Sep 26 (IANS) If your toddler gets implusive often while playing with other kids, do not give him or her a rough look as scientists now report a brain marker that is associated with aggression in some children. The results could lead to identifying early children who are[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to strike down the “draconian” Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which allows any private entity to demand the unique identity document from citizens for the purpose of identification. It added that the next step was[Read More…]

San Francisco, Sep 26 (IANS) Google is tweaking its ban on cryptocurrency-related advertisements it put in place earlier this year, planning to allow regulated cryptocurrency exchanges to buy ads in the US and Japan, the media reported. Google in March announced a ban on advertisements for cryptocurrencies and other “speculative[Read More…]

Los Angeles, Sep 26 (IANS) Singer-actress Lady Gaga has revealed that she always dreamt of being an actress. Gaga spoke about her acting dreams at the premiere of her forthcoming film “A Star Is Born”, reports eonline.com. Talking about the film and the team, Gaga said: “The most challenging part[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the plea for live streaming of its proceedings. Upholding a batch of petitions, a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud directed the framing of rules to regulate the live streaming. A[Read More…]

Milan, Italy, Sep 26 (IANS) Mauro Icardi got his first goal of the 2018-2019 Serie A season and assisted in scoring the second as Inter Milan beat Fiorentina 2-1. Fiorentina were the more dynamic side in the early going at Milan’s San Siro and only the post stopped them taking[Read More…]

Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices traded on a negative note during the afternoon session on Wednesday after they opened on a positive note, with the S&P BSE Sensex losing around 160 points so far. Investors were cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meet[Read More…]

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Sep 26 (IANS) Ministers from India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have expressed concern that although it has been almost 40 years since Security Council reform was put on the General Assembly agenda, it is still languishing. The Ministers from the four countries known as G-4 convened[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and several politicians wished former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his 86th birthday on Wednesday, praying for his long life and good health. Modi tweeted: “Greetings to our former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan[Read More…]

Madrid, Sep 26 (IANS) Atletico Madrid eased supporters’ concerns about their slow start to the season by cruising to a 3-0 win over newly promoted Huesca here to take provisional possession of third place in La Liga. A third straight victory was just what Atleti coach Diego Simeone would have[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, a member of the five-judge Supreme Court bench on Aadhaar issue, on Wednesday held that the Aadhaar Act cannot be treated as a money bill and passing it as one will be a fraud on the Constitution. “Aadhaar cannot be treated as[Read More…]

New York, Sep 26 (IANS) Conditions have to be created for the infusion of capital needed to accelerate the transition to renewable sources of energy, according to a panel of experts. Ajay Mathur, the Director General of TERI and Co-Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) who chaired the panel[Read More…]

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) As you get older, your diet, lifestyle and hormones become evident on your skin. The wrinkles, loss of elasticity, dark circles and blemishes can be a shock when we loom in the mirror therefore, you need to give your skin a little more care in[Read More…]