Bengaluru/New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Two digital applications (apps) developed by Indian under-graduate students for women’s safety and to check air pollution in Delhi on smartphones won Marconi Society annual awards for the good of humanity, an official said on Monday. “The Android application named ‘Rakshak’ detects speech patterns through[Read More…]
By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Waiting eagerly for her son to come home after winning the Nobel, Economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee’s mother says it is his late father’s rationality and sobriety which has rubbed off on his son making him so balanced and matured in handling criticism as[Read More…]
Gurugram, Oct 21 (IANS) The voting for 90 Assembly constituencies of Haryana concluded with over half a dozen incidents of violence on Monday. The most noticeable incident of attempt to murder took place in former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s stronghold Kiloi Sampla Assembly constituency in Rohtak district where a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A forensic audit of DHFL (Dewan Housing Finance Ltd) by KPMG, commissioned by lenders to the non-banking finance company (NBFC) has found a diversion of Rs 20,000 crore to private entities of the promoters through the use of “box companies”, according to a report by[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The BJP on Monday looked set to maintain its winning streak in Maharashtra and Haryana, with the IANS-CVoter Exit Poll predicting a massive victory for the party in the Assembly elections in the two states where it is already in power. The saffron party appeared[Read More…]
London, Oct 21 (IANS) House of Commons Speaker John Bercow on Monday refused a government request to hold a “yes” or “no” vote on its Brexit deal. Bercow said a motion on the deal had already been brought before MPs on Saturday, and it would be “repetitive and disorderly” to[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Infosys shares might open with heavy losses on Tuesday, after a letter by anonymous employees surfaced, accusing its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salil Parekh and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Nilanjan Roy of unethical practices for several quarters. The Indian markets were closed on Monday owing to[Read More…]
Madrid, Oct 21 (IANS) Spanish racing driver Fernando Alonso, two-time Formula 1 world champion and the FIA World Endurance Championship title-holder, said on Monday that his upcoming participation in the Dakar Rally is ‘a one-off attempt’ and did not consider it to be part of his plans for the future.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) International e-commerce firm Shopmatic on Monday said it has signed a strategic partnership with PayU, which will enable providing customers an additional payment option for selling products. According to a Shopmatic statement here, the integration enables Shopmatic merchants to accept payments from customers on a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) In a U-turn, the Supreme Court on Monday accepted the Centre’s proposal to reconstruct permanent Guru Ravidas Temple – at the same site where it was demolished in August — in the protected land of Tughlaqabad forest area here. The temple was demolished by the[Read More…]
Ranchi, Oct 21 (IANS) Former India captain and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said that Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav kept it tight from both ends in the third and final Test against South Africa here, meaning the batsmen did not get easy runs. Shami returned best figures of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) In a big impetus for its India manufacturing dream, Apple has started production of its highly successful iPhone XR in the country. Multiple sources confirmed to IANS on Monday that the production of iPhone XR, that was launched last year but is still flying off[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) India on Monday launched a scathing attack on Pakistan for suspending postal mails exchange, with Minister for Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad saying it has been done unilaterally and without prior information, in contravention of global postal rules. “Every country works under the world postal union.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Switzerland Vice President Simonetta Sommaruga on Monday called on Union Railway and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to discuss ways to boost cooperation between the two nations and to modernise railways. Sommaruga met Piyush Goyal in the rail bhawan here on Monday. In a statement, the[Read More…]
Aligarh, Oct 21 (IANS) Research scholars in the Department of Wildlife Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, will now share their expertise with Uttar Pradesh’s wildlife department. The experts will lend a helping hand in the conservation of many species on the verge of extinction in the state. This was stated by[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 21 (IANS) A total of 69.62 per cent voting was reported in Mandava on Monday till 6 p.m. while Khinvsar recorded 62.61 per cent polling. Polling on both these seats started from 7 a.m. in the morning. According to chief electoral officer Anand Kumar, “The elections at both[Read More…]
By Sumit Kumar Singh New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Indian Army on Sunday foiled infiltration attempts in Jammu and Kashmir by around 100 terrorists holed up at six launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, just around eight kilometres from the Line of Control, losing three lives – two armymen and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Hinting at an early announcement of the first set of agreements under the proposed India-US trade deal, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that India and the US have resolved the broad contours of the proposed agreement. In his address at a conference[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The government’s plan on reviving telecom company BSNL is expected to be in the public domain within a month and 4G spectrum will be allocated to the firm by the end of this year, BSNL Chairman and MD P.K. Purwar said on Monday. “Telecom sector[Read More…]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) More than two-thirds of the work on construction of 61 roads to connect remote areas on India’s eastern border with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is complete, sources in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said in New Delhi on[Read More…]
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) In a bid to ensure more spectators come to watch the India-Bangladesh second Test match here next month, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Monday slashed the ticket prices with the minimum being as low as Rs 50. India are slated to play Bangladesh in[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 21 (IANS) Infosys Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salil Parkih, who turned the fortunes of the global software vendor, is learnt to have mocked two independent directors of the company as “Madrasis”, said unnamed ethical employees in a letter to the board. “The CEO told us, ‘no one in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Interested in Kashmiri cuisine. Well, Lutyens’ Delhi has finally got its own exclusive stand alone Kashmiri cuisine restaurant this week, at the prestigious Kashmir House at 5, Prithviraj Road. This is an initiative of Jammu Kashmir Industries Ltd which has also set up a handicrafts[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and over-the-top (OTT) content platform YuppTV on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to offer bundled video content to broadband subscribers of the telecom operator to take on rivals Jio and Airtel. The companies have entered a triple play[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Starting on a morning low, at the close of voting hours, Maharashtra recorded an estimated 57 per cent turnout for elections to 288 assembly seats, with a high-octane dosage of glamour and power evident all day through, here on Monday. State EC officials said that the[Read More…]
