San Francisco, Feb 3 (IANS) Micro blogging site Twitter has finally added a Bitcoin emoji, which appears when users write a hashtag alongside the word “Bitcoin” or the letters “BTC” and a Bitcoin emoji appears next to it. Jack Dorsey, the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Twitter, showed off[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party is likely to release its manifesto for the February 8 Assembly election on Tuesday, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said on Monday. Speaking to the media, he said his party is keeping the focus on work for the election. He[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) ‘Extension.India, the most extensive exhibition of Indian contemporary art to ever be presented, will open at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on June 17 and will be on view until September 6, 2020. The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), The State Tretyakov Gallery[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) B.R. Ambedkar had backed the idea of a ‘Dalitstan’ for Dalits but India has remained united, Goa Deputy Chief Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar told the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Ajgaonkar was speaking during a motion moved by a ruling MLA during the first day of the Assembly[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Former India pacer Zaheer lauded India for their 5-0 sweep over New Zealand in the just concluded T20I series, but guarded against complacency saying it won’t be easy in the one dayers. “They should take a lot of pride from what they have done from the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Bollywood Khiladi Akshay Kumar was recently spotted giving last-minute tips to his ‘Karate Girl’ Nitara before her martial arts exam. Akshay’s wife and author Twinkle Khanna took to Instagram on Sunday, where the actor is seen giving tips to his seven-year-old daughter Nitara on a few[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Kicking off a potential storm, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday accused the Modi government at the Centre of ‘siding’ with neighbouring Karnataka on the ongoing boundary dispute between the two states. “The Centre is the guardian of all states in the country… The matter[Read More…]
Dubai, Feb 3 (IANS) India have been fined 20 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the fifth and final Twenty20 International on Sunday. Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Rohit Sharma’s side[Read More…]
Wardha (Maharashtra), Feb 3 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a jilted lover attempted to murder a young college lecturer by dousing her with petrol in full public view in Maharashtra’s Wardha, police said here on Monday. The incident happened this morning in Hinganghat town around 7 a.m. when the victim[Read More…]
Seoul, Feb 3 (IANS) Samsung Electronics Co. will temporarily shut down its flagship store in China amid growing fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, company officials here said on Monday. Samsung will close its flagship store in downtown Shanghai until Sunday, the company said. The 800-square-metre store, the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) The second season of Mumbai Games, a multi-sports extravaganza, has come to an end. An initiative by SportzVillage Xp, Indias sports management company, Mumbai Gamess second edition concluded with over 13000 participants across eight contingents facing off for both Elite and Amateur category cups, thus surpassing[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 3 (IANS) FC Kolhapur City registered their first Indian Womens League (IWL) victory of the season after overcoming Baroda Football Academy by a 2-0 scoreline at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Monday. Lhingneilam Kipgen opened Kolhapur’s account on the 24th minute before Subhadra Sahu put them in cruise[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Fitch Ratings on Monday said that the current year’s fiscal slippage announced in the governments new 2020-21 budget was modest relative to its previous targets. Presenting the budget for the next financial year on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fiscal deficit for the[Read More…]
Warsaw, Feb 3 (IANS) Bayern Munich attacker Robert Lewandowski received the award for the best Polish footballer of the year on Sunday. The event has been organized by the paper “Pilka Nozna” since 1973 and it’s believed to be the most prestigious plebiscite in Polish football. As the captain of[Read More…]
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) “We are very excited to do an abridged version of the Serendipity Arts Festival here in Delhi around the end of March. A showcase consisting of select excerpts will be presented and we hope to bring a slice of the experience to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) India’s limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the ODIs and Test series against New Zealand after suffering a calf injury while batting in the fifth T20I at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. Speaking to IANS, sources in the team[Read More…]
Wardha (Maharashtra), Feb 3 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a jilted lover attempted to murder a young college lecturer by dousing her with petrol in full public view in Maharashtra’s Wardha, police said here on Monday. The incident happened this morning in Hinganghat town around 7 a.m. when the victim[Read More…]
London, Feb 3 (IANS) Reliance Entertainment and Amblin Partners war drama “1917”, World War I masterpiece, emerged as the big winner at the 2020 British Academy of Film and Televisions Film Awards (BAFTAs), taking home seven awards out of the nine categories it was nominated in, including Best Film. “1917”[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 3 (IANS) Fears over the deadly coronavirus otbreak triggered a sharp fall in Chinese shares when the market reopened on Monday after the Lunar New Year holiday, with the Shanghai Composite index closed nearly 8 per cent lower, its biggest daily drop in more than four years. The[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on Monday said the Centre should intervene in the Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests as he blamed the BJP for creating a law and order problem in Delhi. Speaking to IANS, he said the BJP is trying to create a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi goes to poll on Saturday and with just three days of campaigning remaining, BJP unleashed its top brass, including firebrand Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, who has raked up the delectable issue of Biryani. Adityanath has alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) The Goa government is working out a revised schedule for the completion of the state’s second international airport at Mopa plateau in North Goa, after construction work at the site was halted following a Supreme Court stay, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the state legislative assembly[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) The Opposition on Monday staged a walkout of the state Assembly after Speaker Rajesh Patnekar allowed a motion moved by ruling MLAs to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for passing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Parliament. “Since you[Read More…]
Colombo, Feb 3 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has granted a general amnesty to 512 prisoners serving minor sentences to mark the 72nd Independence Day which is celebrated annually on February 4, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said on Monday. The amnesty has been granted on the recommendation of[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan’s wife and interior designer Gauri Khan recently hosted a grand affair at her design studio for Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainments show, and it was a star-studded affair. Gauri’s hubby SRK was there, of course, as was close friend Johar. Gen-Now stars Ananya Panday[Read More…]
