Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) batter Harleen Deol has made to the Harmanpreet Kaur-led 15-member India squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup beginning in Australia from February 21. After Sushma Verma, Ranji player Harleen became the second cricketer groomed by the HPCA to represent[Read More…]
Lucknow, Jan 13 (IANS) After changing the name of two districts and one railway junction, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now decided to change the name of the Ghaghra river. The Chief Minister has sent a proposal to the Union Home Ministry to change the name of Ghaghra[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) An Indian Army jawan remains untraceable after he slipped in the snow during routine patrolling and Line of Control dominating exercise in Gulmarg sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Army said on Monday. It said rescue operation is still on to trace the missing jawan.[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) “Bigg Boss 11” contestant Hina Khan will return to the house to conduct a fun task in the ongoing season. On “Bigg Boss 13”, Hina will be seen making her third special appearance this season on the show hosted by superstar Salman Khan. She is set[Read More…]
Beijing, Jan 13 (IANS) OnePlus is working on its upcoming flagship smartphones – OnePlus 8 Pro and now a new report suggests the the smartphone may come with 12GB RAM. OnePlus 8 Pro’s Geekbench listing also revealed that it will run Android 10 out-of-the-box and will be powered by a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) After the opposition meet on CAA-NRC, Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that the government has failed on economic issues and is now distracting the nation through other means. Gandhi said “Narendra Modi should have courage[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Australia batsman Ashton Turner feels his good showing in India last time has helped him grow in confidence and as they get ready for another three-match ODI series, he is looking forward to getting help from Steve Smith and David Warner who have experience of playing[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Twitterati on Monday praised the Australian authorities for airdropping carrots and sweet potato for endangered brush-tailed rock wallabies in fire-affected areas.One user wrote: “Thank you to all men and women who have done what they can to feed these desperate animals.” “This shouldn’t be a[Read More…]
San Francisco, Jan 13 (IANS) Joining hands together, Samsung and Microsoft have brought an enterprise-grande rugged, mid-range $499 phone for first-line workers like flight attendants, construction workers or nurses. Named “Galaxy XCover Pro” is the South Korean major’s stab at making an enterprise-edition smartphone, much in the same way last[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker Realme on Monday launched its user interface, the Realme UI with a host of updated features, new design language and more. To start with, the new user interface comes with simplified design language. To achieve real design in visual effects, the UI[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13 (IANS) The congenital problem of factional feud continues to dog the Congress in Kerala. And the entire top brass of the party in Kerala has been summoned to Delhi to find an amicable solution to tne never-ending squabbles. These leaders included state party chief Mullapally Ramachandran, Leader[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Actor Arunoday Singh will soon be seen in the web series “Chargesheet: Innocent Or Guilty?”. He says lately he has been offered more exciting parts in web series than in films. Arunoday started his career in Bollywood with films like “Yeh Saali Zindagi” and “Jism 2”,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) After BJP held a core group meeting on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday which lasted till 3 am, the party reconvened the meeting on Delhi polls at Amit Shah’s residence. However, the party postponed its Central election committee meeting which was scheduled for[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Chef-turned-author-turned-filmmaker Vikas Khanna has submitted his debut directorial feature “The Last Color” for nomination in the Best Film category at Oscars 2020. With the nominations to be announced on Monday, Khanna hopes his film makes the final cut, and says he is grateful to veteran actress[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A massive rise in food prices lifted India’s December retail inflation to 7.35 per cent from 5.54 per cent in November, official data showed on Monday. Similarly, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December was higher than the corresponding period[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A unified pension products regulator is on the anvil consolidating supervisory powers from SEBI, IRDAI where all superannuation products, schemes and corpus of private insurers will be under the single authority in a bid to make long term funds available to the government for infrastructure[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (IANS) Rapper Cardi B, who has been vocal about her disdain for Donald Trump’s presidency and government, hinted on Twitter that she aspires to become a politician. The 27-year-old star posted on Sunday: “I think I want to be a politician. I really love government even[Read More…]
Seoul, Jan 13 (IANS) Samsung is expected to launch its next-gen Galaxy Fold along with Galaxy S11 or S20 on February 11 at an event in San Francisco and now a new report claims that the next foldable is going to be called Galaxy Z Flip, not Galaxy Bloom. Popular[Read More…]
Ludhiana, Jan 13 (IANS) Third-placed Punjab FC and top of the table Mohun Bagan will lock horns in an I-League fixture here on Tuesday. Both sides have been on a hot streak with the visitors on a four-game winning streak and the hosts are also unbeaten in their last six,[Read More…]
San Francisco, Jan 13 (IANS) Five major US prepaid wireless carriers, including AT&T, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Mobile, and Verizon Wireless are vulnerable to SIM swapping attacks, according to a Princeton University academic study. In addition, the research team also looked at 140 online services and websites and analyzed on which[Read More…]
Paris, Jan 13 (IANS) American tennis great Serena Williams moved into the ninth position in the new rankings recently released by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). The 38-year-old won the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday, her first title since winning the Australian Open in 2017 and since[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Using data analytics, the revenue department has identified 931 cases of suspected GST fraud and has started scanning all their pending refund claims for inverted duty structure. As many as 27,000 taxpayers have filed refund claims of over Rs 28,000 crore on account of inverted[Read More…]
New York, Jan 13 (IANS) In good news for couch potatoes, here comes a protein that can help them cut flab without high-intensity gym or even a brisk walk around the park. The catch is: It is not yet available as pills but occurs naturally in the body. Called ‘Sestrin’,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Two days after the arrest of Davinder Singh, a Jammu & Kashmir Police officer decorated with the Presidents’s Police Medal for bravery, the Union Home Ministry has received his initial interrogation report prepared by multiple agencies which swung into action soon after he was caught[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A massive rise in food prices lifted India’s December retail inflation to 7.35 per cent from 5.54 per cent in November, official data showed on Monday. –IANS rv-rrb/kr
