New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The air in the national capital turned hazardous as Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) sharply deteriorated on Wednesday afternoon, three days after Diwali due to lack of wind speed that trapped pollutants turning the skyline hue into an apocalytic gas chamber. According to Safar India,[Read More…]
London, Oct 30 (IANS) After being suspended by the ICC for failing to report corrupt approaches, Bangladesh former captain and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has stepped down from the World Cricket Committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Shakib was suspended from all cricket for two years, with one year[Read More…]
Santiago, Oct 30 (IANS) The death toll in Chile’s protests climbed to 20 and the number of injured stood at 400 during the state of emergency, the country’s interior ministry has said. The ministry on Tuesday said that hundreds of police officers and members of the armed forces were also[Read More…]
Dhaka, Oct 30 (IANS) With Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan suspended from all cricket for two years — with one year of that suspended — for breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, senior Bangladesh cricketers Mashrafe Mortaza and Mushfiqur Rahim took to social media and posted emotional messages to show support[Read More…]
Washington/Baghdad, Oct 30 (IANS) An Islamic State (IS) insider played a major role in the US operation that resulted in the death of terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The informer, a man of unknown nationality, provided detailed information about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s final hideout, the Daily Mail reported, citing a[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 30 (IANS) On a visit to Kashmir, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) on Wednesday acknowledged that the problems in the region were linked to terrorism and said it should not “become Syria or another Afghanistan” which are afflicted by anarchy and widespread violence. Interacting with mediapersons here at[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that it will hear a plea seeking a common minimum age of marriage for men and women on February 19, 2020. A Division Bench of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice C. Harishankar deferred the matter after[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 30 (IANS) In less than ten years from its founding, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Udaipur has joined the prestigious Financial Times (FT) Master in Management (MIM) Ranking 2019, recognised globally as one of the key indicators of excellence for a B-school. Until 2018, only three IIMs[Read More…]
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 30 (IANS) A video of a businessman and his family indulging in celebratory firing on Diwali has gone viral on the social media. The video clip shows the businessman’s wife firing in the air with a pistol while her children are standing nearby. The businessman is[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) National Award-winning Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who went through a look transformation in his upcoming film “Bala”, says he looked just like his grandfather after the prosthetic makeup was done. Talking about how drastically different he looked after the makeup, Ayushmann said: “It was a different[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Actress Yami Gautam has been roped in as the brand ambassador of the Rising Himachal Global Investors Meet 2019 by the Himachal Pradesh government. Excited about the event, Yami, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, said: “I am thrilled that the State Government thought of me for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The government may soon announce an amnesty scheme for gold to bring hordes of black money used in buying the yellow metal considered a safe investment option in India. According to sources, the new amnesty scheme would allow gold hoarders to come clean on investment[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) One of only two Indian players to have played with the pink ball under lights at the Eden Gardens, India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha can’t wait to take the field against Bangladesh in the second Test of the series from November 22 to 26.[Read More…]
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Ed Sheeran has been named the richest UK celebrity aged 30 or under, with an estimated fortune of £170 million. The 28-year-old singer has nearly doubled his wealth over the past 12 months to take the number one spot from Adele, according to Heat magazine, reports[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 30 (IANS) Hours ahead of the official announcement of the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories of Ladakh and J&K, members of the European Union (EU), who concluded their two-day long visit to Kashmir on Wednesday, said they support India in its[Read More…]
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was honoured with the Golden Dragon Award at the Cardiff International Film Festival for his contribution to cinema. The award was presented to him by the Counsel General of Wales, UK, Mick Antoniw, on Sunday. Sharing the news among his followers, Nawazuddin took[Read More…]
London, Oct 30 (IANS) Marketing activities in Europe have declined by 10 per cent since the European Unions 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced and the new ePrivacy Regulation that the EU is set to bring will deepen the impact of the GDPR on most companies, according to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) E-commerce, social networking and digital payment platforms top the list of most disruptive business models, revealed a new KPMG survey on Wednesday. In a survey of over 740 technology industry business leaders globally, Amazon, Apple and Alibaba emerged as the most disruptive companies while DJI,[Read More…]
Amethi, Oct 30 (IANS) Rahul, son of Satya Praksh Shukla who allegedly died in police custody on Tuesday, has claimed that the cops demanded Rs 13 lakh from him and vandalised his home. The Amethi cops had raided Shukla’s home in Pratapgarh in the wee hours of Tuesday, accusing him[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 30 (IANS) A French Army contingent comprising 38 personnel has arrived in Bikaner to participate in the Indo-French military exercise ‘Shakti-2019 being conducted from October 31 to November 13 at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges. On its arrival at the exercise area at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges on October[Read More…]
Johannesburg, Oct 30 (IANS) Cricket South Africa on Wednesday suspended some of its employees pending an inquiry into alleged dereliction of duty over the non-payment of commercial rights fees during last year’s Mzansi Super League. The CSA did not reveal the name of the officials suspended. However, a report in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Around 20 agreements are likely to be inked between India and Germany during the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday. Merkel, who will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday as part of the fifth biennial Inter Governmental Consultations (IGC), will[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Be it his debut film “Vicky Donor” or latest releases “Article 15” and “Dream Girl”, actor Ayushmann Khurrana has been passing on the socially relevant messages to the audience while keeping them entertained through his movies over the years. And now with his upcoming film “Bala”,[Read More…]
New York, Oct 30 (IANS) Facial recognition software can categorise the gender of many men and women with remarkable accuracy but if that face belongs to a transgender person, such systems get it wrong more than one third of the time, says a new study. “We found that facial analysis[Read More…]
By Anindya Banerjee Kolkata, Oct 30 (IANS) Within hours after the Kulgam attack on Tuesday that killed five labourers from West Bengal working in Kashmir, politics of a different nature raised its head in the eastern state focussing on Bengal, Bengali and Bengaliness. Trinamool Congress: In the middle of night,[Read More…]
