Bengaluru, Jan 8 (IANS) Hundreds of city-based employees of public sector undertakings (PSU) stayed away from the day-long shutdown on Wednesday, as the protest against the central government’s ‘anti-labour’ laws and privatisation plans has coincided with the anti-CAA and anti-NRC protests by other organisations, a trade union leader said. “As[Read More…]
Kabul, Jan 8 (IANS) Two former Taliban members have said that they were optimistic about a soon-to-be-finalized decision of the militant group on the reduction of violence in Afghanistan and the resumption of the peace talks with the US, it was reported. “The military council of the Taliban has agreed[Read More…]
Beirut, Jan 8 (IANS) Tokyo’s Ambassador to Beirut has asked Lebanese President Michel Aoun for more cooperation in the case against Carlos Ghosn, the ousted Nissan chief who fled Japan to the Arab country, the Lebanese presidency has said. “Japan is extremely concerned about the case of Carlos Ghosn especially[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Jan 8 (IANS) The minimum temperatures in Punjab and Haryana rose marginally on Wednesday despite overnight rains that lashed several parts of both the states. Pathankot, which recorded a low of 9.4 degrees Celsius, in Punjab experienced the highest rainfall of 65 mm. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Boston-based weather technology company ClimaCell on Wednesday announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to improve weather forecasting in India by providing high-resolution forecast models free of charge for up to 48 hours ahead. ClimaCell Bespoke Atmospheric Model (CBAM) will be available as ‘ClimaCell-CBAM India Weather[Read More…]
Tehran, Jan 8 (IANS) Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app, has continued to delete accounts and posts on the Iranian Major General General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in the January 3 US drone attack in Iraq, including two posts by Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, a report said. Larijani had posted[Read More…]
Vijayawada, Jan 8 (IANS) Police in Andhra Pradesh arrested leaders of the Left parties and trade unions as they tried to stop state-owned buses and staged road blockade on Wednesday as part of the nation-wide shutdown. Protesters were arrested in Vijayawada, Guntur, Ongole, Visakhapatnam, Kadapa and other towns when they[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for government’s ‘anti-people’, ‘anti-labour’ policies that he said have created “catastrophic unemployment”. Rahul Gandhi said he salutes the 25 crore workers for calling Bharat Bandh.[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) A Congress fact-finding team is scheduled to visit JNU on Wednesday. The team headed by Sushmita Dev has three former student leaders, who will visit the spot and speak to students to try and find out the reason behind the Sunday assault in JNU. The[Read More…]
Las Vegas, Jan 8 (IANS) Reiterating its commitment to safeguard the iPhone user’s data at any cost, Apple has defended its stance on hardware encryption at the ‘CES 2020’ trade show here, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) asked the Cupertino-based giant to unlock two iPhones. Participating in a[Read More…]
Sydney, Jan 8 (IANS) A search operation for a giant four-metre shark that has been terrorizing a popular Aussie beach over the past week, continued on Wednesday, after marine authorities introduced new baited drum lines in the area. Believed to be a Great White Shark, the predator has been spotted[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) At least 16 Delhi-bound trains were delayed by one to eight hours due to severe fog in several parts of northern India on Wednesday, officials said. According to northern railway officials, Raxaul-Anand Vihar Satyagrah Express was delayed by 8 hours, followed by Malda-Delhi Junction Farakka[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Jan 8 (IANS) The nationwide shutdown call of the central trade unions against the Centre’s policies evoked a mixed response in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Wednesday amidst rains. There was no report of any untoward incident from anywhere in the states. The activists of several farmer associations were[Read More…]
Wellington, Jan 8 (IANS) New Zealand batsman Tom Latham will miss the five-match T20I series against India set to begin on January 24 after he suffered from a broken finger. Latham, who was Black Caps’ stand-in captain in the third and final Test against Australia in Sydney, picked up the[Read More…]
Bridgetown (Barbados), Jan 8 (IANS) Alzarri Joseph and Evin Lewis combined to give West Indies a strong start to the New Year as the hosts defeated Ireland by five wickets in the first ODI. Pacer Joseph led the demolition of Ireland’s batting and opener Lewis punished their bowling at the[Read More…]
New York, Jan 8 (IANS) Facebook Vice President Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth has claimed that it was the social networking giant that got Donald Trump elected as the US President in 2016 because “he ran the single best digital ad campaign I’ve ever seen from any advertiser”. In a memo obtained[Read More…]
Muzaffarnagar/Meerut, Jan 8 (IANS) Samajwadi Party workers tonsured their heads in Muzaffarnagar and took out a procession with black cloth tied on their mouths in Meerut on Tuesday to protest against the assault on students in Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. In Muzaffarnagar, the SP workers gathered at Ahilyabai Bai[Read More…]
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Lucknow, Jan 8 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has been put on high alert following the pan India shut down call given by the central trade unions. The strike is in protest against the ‘anti-labour’ policies of the government. In Uttar Pradesh, several trade unions have extended support to the bandh call[Read More…]
Tehran, Jan 8 (IANS) A Kiev-bound Ukrainian plane with 180 people on board, crashed on Wednesday shortly after taking off from the Iranian capital city of Tehran. Ali Khashani, a senior public relations official at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, said the Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 went down in[Read More…]
Dubai, Jan 8 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has urged the global cricket community to come forward and help the people affected by the ravaging bushfires in Australia. The ongoing bushfire crisis in Australia has so far killed 25 people and millions of animals while also destroying nearly 2,000[Read More…]
Prayagraj, Jan 8 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is setting up two makeshift schools at the Magh Mela campus here for children of daily wage labourers who work at the fair. The state education department will be setting up schools at Kali Marg in Sector 2 and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) A day after the modest 5 per cent growth estimates by the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sought to engage with the people directly on their demands, aspirations and wishes from the Union Budget in reaching towards developmental growth. “The Union Budget represents[Read More…]
