By Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Member of Parliament and former star cricketer Gautam Gambhir has strongly opposed the idea of resumption of cricket between India and Pakistan until Islamabad stops cross-border terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir. In an exclusive interview to IANS at his home in[Read More…]
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Antibodies that guard against Covid-19 can transfer from mothers to babies while in the womb, say researchers indicating that vaccinating mother-to-be may also have benefits for their newborns. The study showed that, among the participants, the vast majority of the babies born to women —[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) Gandharv Kothapalli didn’t like anything about his game and squarely blamed on his opponent’s performance that he felt was not up to the potential. In the process, the 13-year-old student of the Whitefield Global School ousted fourth seed Abhishek Subramaniam in straight sets 6-1, 6-0 to[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) Upskilling has become a priority for small businesses this year and majority of the demand for skilling programmes is being received from merchants in Tier II and III cities, a new report said on Tuesday. Upskilling programmes on digital marketing, finance and fund-raising saw surge in[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The autopsy report of seven-time MP Mohan S. Delkar, who was found dead in a south Mumbai hotel room, has confimed death by suicide, official sources said here on Tuesday. The post-mortem was conducted at the Sir J. J. Hospital on Monday and his body was[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) United Spirits Ltd (USL) is initiating a strategic review of selected popular brands, continuing the strategy towards long-term profitable growth through premiumising the companys portfolio. USL’s popular portfolio comprises around 30 brands and the strategic review will focus on approximately half of this portfolio by[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The romantic comedy Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety was released three years ago on this day. Actress Nushrratt Bharucha reecalls the film changed a lot of things for her professionally and helped her grow. “This film got a tremendous response from the audience, which is super[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) The Odisha Assembly on Tuesday expressed concern over the rising fuel price, while the state government said the funds collected through tax is utilised for welfare activities. Raising the issue of hike in fuel prices through an adjournment motion, the opposition asked the state government to[Read More…]
Bambolim (Goa), Feb 23 (IANS) Mumbai City face Odisha FC in a crucial fixture in the race for the Indian Super League (ISL) league stage title race on Wednesday at the GMC Stadium. With two matches left to play, Mumbai trail top-placed ATK Mohun Bagan by six points which means[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) BSES discoms have installed over 3,000 rooftop solar net metering connections with a connected solar load of 106 Mwp (Megawatt peak). A company statement said that in the next financial year (FY21-22), BSES discoms are aiming to install over 1,000 rooftop solar connections. BSES Rajdhani[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Bharatiya Kissan Union leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni has clarified his statement about farmers taking police personnel hostage. “The police are not the enemy of farmers but farmers need to resist the manner in which the central government is adopting policies of oppression. So, if, say,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday took objection to submissions of a law student while addressing the judges as “Your Honour”. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian told the law student, who was appearing as party-in-person,[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Minnows Chandigarh pulled off a second straight upset win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Tuesday when they shocked former champions Bengal by five wickets here. Earlier, Chandigarh had beaten Haryana in their first match of the 50-over tournament. Opener Arslan Khan scored 88 while Shivam[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Creation of a WhatsApp group or being editor of an “innocuous Toolkit” is not an offence, a Delhi court said on Tuesday as it granted bail to 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi in the ‘Toolkit’ conspiracy case. Ravi faces charges of conspiracy and sedition in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Twitter appears to be serious about expanding its reach in the Indian market and the microblogging platform reportedly even considered buying homegrown social networking platform ShareChat. One of the key reasons for eyeing ShareChat is Twitter’s ambition to build a global rival to TikTok through[Read More…]
Kathmandu, Feb 23 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s secretariat has refuted the rumours of Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel’s resignation as reported by some media early on Tuesday. Oli’s Press Advisor Surya Thapa shared on Twitter that the news is false and urged people to not get influenced[Read More…]
Shimla, Feb 23 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday decided to carry out amendments for conducting elections to the municipal corporations on party symbols, to provide reservation and making provision for disqualification on grounds of defection. For this, it decided to amend the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Google has confirmed that it is aware of crashing as well as freezing issues on the ‘Journey To The Savage Planet’ game on its gaming platform Stadia and it is working with its partner publisher on a fix. “Thanks for the details. We are aware[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 23 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given necessary clearance to Kushinagar airport, to make it Uttar Pradesh’s third licensed international airport. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, on Tuesday, tweeted that Uttar Pradesh got its third international airport in the form of Kushinagar, and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Three Indian boxers, led by Asian Championship silver medallist Deepak Kumar, started their campaign on winning note on the opening day at the 72nd Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Deepak (52kg) looked in complete control throughout the contest against Kazakhstan’s Olzhas Bainiyazov during an[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) In a daring incident, Chinese cybercriminals managed to steal, clone and use nation-grade cyber tools from none other than the US’ National Security Agency (NSA) to attack US targets. The tool called “Jian” was actually a clone of software developed by the US National Security[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s flagship programme for women, ‘Mission Shakti’, is all set to enter its second phase. All the district magistrates have been asked to prepare a roadmap for the next one year to continue the mission even after April 2021 and hand[Read More…]
Dhangadi, Feb 23 (IANS) Kanchanpur Police in Nepal detained six persons, including women rights activist Sharada Chand, while they were staging a protest demanding justice for a rape victim when Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was there to lay the foundation stone of an industrial estate on Tuesday. The[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Mason Robertson scored a brace as Real Kashmir came from a goal down to beat Aizawl 3-1 in the I-League at the VYBK Stadium on Tuesday. After a defensive error had given Aizawl FC the lead through Lalremsanga in the 26th minute, Lukman Adefemi’s strike in[Read More…]
Mathura (UP), Feb 23 (IANS) A rape victim from Rajasthan sought justice from Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during her kisan rally here on Tuesday. Priyanka stopped her speech midway and came down from the dais to meet the woman. She took the papers from the victim and assured[Read More…]