By Vishal Gulati Madrid, Dec 10 (IANS) India on Tuesday asked the developed world to fulfil its commitment to provide $1 trillion in public finance and collaborate on technology, which is crucial for developing nations to fight climate change. Disaster should not be a means to make profit, India emphasised[Read More…]
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) Despite its common occurrence, there is still a lot of stigma surrounding miscarriage and many women find that their emotional and psychological needs are unmet as they go through a devastating grieving process. But for some, Instagram has emerged as a tool to cope with[Read More…]
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 10 (IANS) Normal life was badly affected across the northeast excluding Nagaland on Tuesday due to the shutdown and agitations organised by various tribal parties and youth organisations including the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO), to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB). The Bill was passed in[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Dec 10 (IANS) Bengaluru residents have downloaded Suraksha, the police safety app, over 1.3 lakh times since the rape and immolation of a veterinarian doctor in Hyderabad, according to an official here on Tuesday. “Suraksha, the Bengaluru city police safety app, has been downloaded 1.3 lakh times in one[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Odisha-based Earthmovers has awarded contract to implement an ‘intelligent mine’ solution at the Pakri Barwadih coal mining project in Jharkhand to Finnish-Russian digital solutions provider Zyfra. “Zyfra will supply, install, configure, integrate a complete package of equipment, and then operate, maintain the system and[Read More…]
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Aparna Jain is not only a certified Integral Master Coach but has also authored two female-centric books – one that takes a searching look at women in the workplace and the other showcasing role models for young girls, as also their parents[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Dec 10 (IANS) The Indian School of Business (ISB) figures in the Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of the best global business schools of 2019-20. The ISB’s post-graduate programme in management (PGP) has been ranked at fourth place in the Asia-Pacific region, according to ISB here on Tuesday. Bloomberg Businessweek ranked[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Kerala started Day 2 of the ongoing Ranji Trophy from where they ended and put up a massive 525/9(d) in their first innings against Delhi, who were 502 runs behind when stumps were drawn for the day. Captain Dhruv Shore (6*) and Nitish Rana (0*)[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) A Hindi television series is all set to narrate the story of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, who is regarded as the architect of the Constitution of India. titled “Ek Mahanayak: Dr BR Ambedkar”, the show features popular Marathi actors as Prasad Jawade, Neha Joshi and Jagannath Nivangune.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Kerala started Day 2 of the ongoing Ranji Trophy from where they ended and put up a massive 525/9(d) in their first innings against Delhi, who were 515 runs behind when stumps were drawn for the day. Delhi openers Anuj Rawat was batting on 9[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Airtel has launched Wi-Fi calling after testing it for months, but for now it will work only on Airtel Xstream Fiber and on select smartphones. The Wi-Fi calling is being rolled out for prepaid and postpaid subscribers across the country, according to Airtel here on[Read More…]
London, Dec 10 (IANS) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new pro-Brexit ad, a spoof on the 2003 hit movie ‘Love Actually’, set Twitter abuzz, with users posting memes and funny comments. The 3-minute clip called ‘Brexit Actually’ got 9.7K retweets and 25K likes after it was posted on Johnson’s Twitter[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was cleared from Upper House on Tuesday after deliberation for two hours wherein most of the members supported the proposed legislation while making several suggestions. The Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy said that the bill proposes[Read More…]
By Anindya Banerjee New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) After a smooth passage in the Lok Sabha, the real test for the BJP is to get the sensitive Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, where it is short of numbers. But party insiders say the passage of[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Dec 10 (IANS) Seeking closer ties with Indian life sciences industry, Switzerland will be the country partner for BioAsia 2020 scheduled to be held here in February. Silvana Renggli-Frey, Deputy Consul General of Switzerland announced here on Tuesday that Switzerland will be the country partner for 17th edition of[Read More…]
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) A lawyer representing the Republicans in the ongoing impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump before the House Judiciary Committee has come under social media spotlight after he was seen carrying a reusable grocery bag to the hearing. Stephen Castor was caught on camera while carrying[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel on Tuesday launched the Indian Culture web portal. Indian culture portal is the first government authorized portal where knowledge and cultural resources of various organizations of Ministry of Culture are now available in the public domain.[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Dec 10 (IANS) A woman legislator of Telangana’s ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has triggered a row by describing as ‘sad’ the gunning down of all the four accused in a veterinarian’s gang-rape and murder by the police in an alleged exchange of fire. Speaking at a programme at[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) In a report prepared by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in collaboration with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), AICTE & AIU and Wheebox, MBA students in India has been found to be most employable with 54 per cent of them getting jobs, while students[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Tuesday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) didn’t have any objections to the issuance of electoral bonds through the State Bank of India (SBI). Replying to a supplementary during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Finance[Read More…]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Sonakshi Sinha understands that the fate of a film is not in one’s hands and audience is the final judge, but that doesn’t deter her from getting nervous before the release of a new project. “Every film has its own journey in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The team that finishes top of the table at the end of the 2019/20 Indian Super League season will get direct entry into the AFC Champions League 2021. The winners of the I-League, on the other hand, will get a direct entry into the 2021[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill with voice vote to extend the reservation of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) for the next 10 years up to January 25, 2030, with the government announcing that the reservation will “never” be removed. In[Read More…]
London, Dec 10 (IANS) Researchers have discovered how a genetic alteration that increases the risk of developing Autism and Tourette’s impairs brain communication. People with a genetic deletion known as chromosome 2p16.3 deletion often experience developmental delay and have learning difficulties. They are also around 15 times more likely to[Read More…]
By Archana Sharma Jodhpur, Dec 10 (IANS) The migrants from Pakistan, struggling to to be called Indians, are happy over the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill by the Lok Sabha. There are around 25,000 non-Indian citizens in Rajasthan who migrated from Pakistan after facing severe persecution on the grounds[Read More…]
