London, Aug 9 (IANS) Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study found that turtles strongly favour narrow lengths of plastic in natural colours like green and black, rather than debris[Read More…]
Islamabad/Jaipur, Aug 9 (IANS) A day after announcing the permanent suspension of Samjhauta Express, Pakistan on Friday said that it will also shut down the Thar Express, its last remaining train link with India, amid rising tensions between the two neighbours after New Delhi’s decision to revoke Article 370 granting[Read More…]
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) Rejecting the demand of bringing back the ballot paper system of voting, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday said that there is no question of going back to the bygone era. “We are not going back to the era of ballot papers. The Honourable[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) With 22 per cent jump in cyberattacks on Internet of Things (IoT) deployments in the country, India was the most attacked nation in the IoT space last quarter, said a new report released here on Friday. This was the second consecutive quarter that the country[Read More…]
Jammu, Aug 9 (IANS) Restrictions announced across Jammu and Kashmir late on last Sunday, ahead of the announcement of the abrogation of Article 370, were withdrawn in Jammu on Friday, an official statement said. Schools and colleges can open from August 10, read an order from District Magistrate Sushma Chauhan.[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) The DMK on Friday won the Vellore Lok Sabha seat with its candidate D.M. Kathir Anand defeating his AIADMK rival. According to the Election Commission, Anand had polled about 4.85 lakh votes as against AIADMK’s candidate A.C. Shanmugam who had polled about 4.77 lakh votes. With[Read More…]
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Originally set in New York with a drama critic and his family which loves to kill, American playwright Joseph Kesselring’s 1939 play “Arsenic and Old Lace” has been adapted worldwide. Closer home, its Indianised version is set in a Mumbai suburb, and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Bollywood films like “Uri: The Surgical Strike”, “Andhadhun”, “Badhaai Ho” and “Padman” won big at the 66th National Film Awards, which were announced on Friday. The announcement was made in a press conference by Rahul Rawail, Chairperson, Feature Film Category; AS Kanal, Chairperson, Non-Feature Film[Read More…]
Islamabad/Jaipur, Aug 9 (IANS) A day after announcing the permanent suspension of Samjhauta Express, Pakistan on Friday said that it will also shut down the Thar Express, its last remaining train link with India, amid rising tensions between the two neighbours after New Delhi’s decision to revoke Article 370 granting[Read More…]
Wayanad (Kerala), Aug 9 (IANS) Often referred to as the poor man’s Ooty, Meppadi in Kerala’s Wayanad district has seen its entire look change after a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains and floods. Over 1,000 people are marooned in the area. Since the past two days, residents of Meppadi’s[Read More…]
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) China on Friday urged India and Pakistan to hold dialogue to resolve their disputes even as it stuck to its earlier position, asking India to stop “unilaterally changing the status quo” of Kashmir. The Chinese response came after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived here[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Leading Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) including JP Morgan, HSBC, Barclays, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank and prominent Indian company representatives met the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday to discuss the controvertial tax on FIIs. The delegation of FIIs included Vipul Mehta of Nomura, Vijay Karnani[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OPPO on Friday announced the completion of the first phase of its manufacturing facility in Greater Noida with which the company expects to double its manufacturing by 2020 from the current four million smartphones a month. According to the firm, the Greater[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Security agencies have identified at least four ‘hot spots’ in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Eid on August 12 when restrictions imposed upon civilians there are likely to be lifted. The Valley is in the midst of unprecedented troop deployment since August 5 following the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday rolled out a pilot project for natural water storage on the Yamuna floodplain. Calling it a landmark day, Kejriwal said the project will help in making Delhi self-sufficient in[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) “At no point and on no score, do we want to make it difficult for industry,” stated Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman at the CII National Council Session here on Friday. Taxation, infrastructure, RBI-government relations, delayed payments and corporate social responsibility (CSR)[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) India on Friday described as “unfortunate” Pakistan’s decision to permanently suspend the cross-border Samjhauta Express and stressed that it had never asked for its stoppage. “We never asked for stoppage. We regret the decision to stop the rail link. It is unfortunate,” Ministry of External[Read More…]
Srinagar, Aug 9 (IANS) Several core groups of terrorists and separatist leaders, mostly pro-Pakistanis, lodged in various jails of Jammu and Kashmir were planning to launch violent protests inside and outside the jails across the Valley, post revocation of Article 370. On specific intelligence inputs, over 100 such prisoners have[Read More…]
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) Questions related to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant and West Bengal government’s move to refund ‘cut-money’ in a school exam paper have triggered protests in the state. Class 10 students appearing for the Bangla language examination at Akna Union High School in Hooghly on Monday were asked[Read More…]
By Anoop Bhaskar The overall sentiment, on the domestic front, remained negative throughout the month on account of lower growth and subdued consumer sentiment, credit crunch due to tight liquidity conditions and rising stress especially in NBFCs and lack of any boost measures in the short to medium term. Indian[Read More…]
Jaipur, Aug 9 (IANS) High alert has been sounded in Jaipur following intelligence reports that some armed terrorists may try to sneak into India on Independence Day to create disturbance in view of the prevailing situation in Kashmir. Leaves of all police station in-charges have been cancelled and security has[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) Four women and a man were killed as the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu recorded the heaviest rains, with the tourist destination of Avalanche receiving 911 mm in a single day. Chief Minister K. Palaniswami announced solatium and said 1,704 people affected by landslides have been[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday issued a Non Bailable Warrant (NBW) against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri in a money laundering case relating to the AgustaWestland deal. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar allowed the application filed by the Enforcement Directorate seeking[Read More…]
Melbourne, Aug 9 (IANS) As television actor Karan Tacker flirted with Malaika Arora at the ongoing the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), her beau Arjun Kapoor came to the actress’ rescue with a funny response. Karan, the awards night’s host tried to flirt with Malaika at the event but[Read More…]
