New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) After cementing its leadership position in the smartphone and affordable TV segments in India, Chinese conglomerate Xiaomi is geared up to enter the laptop market, with bringing its Mi Notebook to the country next month, a top company executive said on Thursday. Xiaomi sells several[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Accusing the Narendra Modi government of not listening to the plight of the migrant workers, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday demanded from the government to provide Rs 7,500 to every needy of the country for next six months. Speaking in the Congress’ ‘SpeakUp’ campaign[Read More…]
Seoul, May 28 (IANS) The Bank of Korea (BoK) estimated on Thursday that this year South Korea’s GDP will contract by 0.2 per cent due to the coronavirus pandemic, and decided to cut interest rates by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 0.5 per cent. The recent forecast[Read More…]
By Anand Singh Patna, May 28 (IANS) A woman travelling back to her native place by Shramik Special train, on Thursday, gave birth to a baby girl, railway officials said. According to East Central Railway officials, Asha Kumari who was travelling in Shramik Special train complained of labour pain at[Read More…]
Dhaka, May 28 (IANS) The Bangladesh Fire Service has formed a four-member panel to investigate a fire that burned down the isolation unit and killed five patients, including three COVID-19 positive, at the United Hospital in Dhaka, it was reported on Thursday. The committee has been asked to submit the[Read More…]
London, May 28 (IANS) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are reportedly trying to salvage their domestic season by giving a go ahead to a shortened County Championship for the upcoming season. All cricket has been suspended since mid-March in the wake of coronavirus pandemic and according to a[Read More…]
San Francisco, May 28 (IANS) In a lawsuit filed against Google, the US state of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has alleged that the search engine giant violated privacy of Android users by tracking their location without their proper consent, The Washington Post reported. For certain features, like weather and[Read More…]
Colombo, May 28 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Health Ministry has issued a comprehensive set of guidelines focused on the “new normal” with timelines on when most activities can resume in the island nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, the Health Ministry said that the ‘Advocacy Brief on resumption of[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Heavy vehicular traffic was witnessed at Delhi-Ghaziabad border on Thursday. Ghaziabad administration sealed the border with Delhi on Monday, due to rise in coronavirus cases in the district. This led to massive traffic congestion at the border. Traffic congestion was witnessed near Ghazipur on Thursday[Read More…]
Bhopal, May 28 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Health Department has decided to impose a fine of Rs 2,000 on first-time violaters of home quarantine norms in order to check further spread of the Coronavirus in the state. A large number of people, including migrant labourers from outside the state, have[Read More…]
New York, May 28 (IANS) Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the researchers have found an increase in the incidence of domestic violence reports in two US cities, Los Angeles and Indianapolis since stay-at-home orders were put into effect. So far, many countries have reported an increase in domestic violence. The study,[Read More…]
Kabul, May 28 (IANS) At least seven policemen were killed and three others injured in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan’s Farah province, the first major incident after a three-day ceasefire ended, authorities confirmed on Thursday. “The clashes erupted on Wednesday night after militants stormed a security checkpoint in the village[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Top Indian athletes, including the likes of Rohit Sharma, Hima Das, Nikhat Zareen, Manpreet Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Dipika Pallikal, Simranjit Kaur and Mirabai Chanu, have come together to participate in worlds largest virtual sports event. The #Hometeamhero challenge is a sporting event for the world’s[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) After receiving feedback that all is not well in Lucknow hospitals, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has now set out to verify facts himself. After surprise inspection of the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital on Wednesday, the chief minister, on Thursday, reached the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Former India cricketers Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman are hopeful that the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place in 2020, even if it has to happen infront on empty stands. The league, which was due to start on March 29,[Read More…]
Karachi, May 28 (IANS) Airbus experts continued to examine and collect evidence about the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash on May 22 at a residential area in the port city that killed 97 people, it was reported on Thursday. However, the investigators were still looking for the cockpit voice[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has set up a Disaster Relief Team, headed by the Deputy Director, Agriculture Directorate, to deal with locust attacks in various parts of the state. The team will survey various districts where locust presence has been found and will[Read More…]
Brussels, May 28 (IANS) European agencies investigating the death of 39 Vietnamese migrants, who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in the UK’s Essex county last year, have arrested 26 people in France and Belgium allegedly linked to human trafficking organizations. French police arrested 13 people suspected of belonging[Read More…]
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), May 28 (IANS) Rebel Congress MLA Aditi Singh finally broke her silence on Thursday on dissociating herself from the Congress on her Twitter handle. “The world is battling the Corona pandemic. People should help the migrant workers as much as they can. It is not important[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister for Panchayati Raj Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary has refuted speculations that the panchayat elections may be delayed due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and expressed confidence that the polls would be held on time in December. The deadline for completing the panchayat elections is December[Read More…]
San Francisco, May 28 (IANS) After Donald Trump threatened Twitter with big action that can come in the form of an executive order soon, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Thursday defended the fact checking action against Trump tweets. Dorsey said the micro-blogging platform would continue to point out incorrect or[Read More…]
Ottawa, May 28 (IANS) A Canadian judge has declined to invalidate a request from the USStates for the extradition of the Chief Financial Officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, is being sought by Washington on charges that she committed bank fraud[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a review meeting with the Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has said that the ministries should put in place state-specific solutions instead of looking for a ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution, to incentivise each state to improve its[Read More…]
London, May 28 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed calls to launch an inquiry against his chief aide, Dominic Cummings who has been accused of breaking lockdown rules, news of which prompted widespread anger in country. Cummings is accused of breaching the lockdown rules after he who drove[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on his 137th birth anniversary. Taking to twitter, the PM said “On his Jayanti, I bow to the courageous Veer Savarkar. We remember him for his bravery, motivating several[Read More…]
