Trinidad, Aug 9 (IANS) Right-handed batsman Shubman Gill, who has not been included in the India squad for the ongoing India Tour of West Indies, has become the youngest to score a first-class double century for an Indian representative team. On Thursday, Gill — aged 19 years 334 days —[Read More…]
Seoul, Aug 9 (IANS) The US is willing to engage diplomatically with North Korea but will continue sanctions on Pyongyang until the regime gives up its nuclear programme, American Defence Secretary Mark Esper said here on Friday. Esper made the remark at the start of talks with South Korean Defence[Read More…]
Miami, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has shared photographs from the Jonas Brothers’ “Happiness Begins” world tour, which kicked off here. After posting a string of Instagram stories and videos from the concert, Priyanka shared the photographs with her “J sisters” — Sophie Turner and Danielle Jonas.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Former Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking help for people affected by flood following incessant rain in Kerala over the past two days. Modi assured him of all necessary assistance. “Wayanad MP Rahul GandhiA spoke[Read More…]
BY VISHAL GULATI Shimla, Aug 9 (IANS) Environment-friendly micro hydropower projects were losing steam across the country with the Centre’s failure to revive financial assistance for two years to both government and private sector for setting up facilities. Investors in Himachal Pradesh said that most of the projects have been[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput has left a funny comment on a photograph of her actor-husband, who is currently enjoying a road trip in Switzerland along with his half brother Ishaan Kapoor. The “Kabir Singh” star shared a photograph of himself, leaning on his bike and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) For Vodafone-Idea, the recovery hinges on network integration, cash position say analysts and the telco is well placed to realize full OpEx synergy of Rs 8,400 crore by June 2020 says its management. Motilal Oswal in a recent note said subscriber churn continues to hurt[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the status of homebuyers as financial creditors as per the amendment in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Builders had moved the top court challenging the financial creditors status given to homebuyers. With this judgement, the court has upheld[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Though the stress on its average revenue per user (ARPU) figure and a marginal drop in subscribers are likely to put pressure on Reliance Jio’s current tariffs, the company may not raise tariffs before one of its key services — Fibre-to-The-Home (FTTH) — is rolled[Read More…]
San Francisco, Aug 9 (IANS) In a bid to establish a strong foothold in the online content-streaming segment against its competitors like Netflix and Spotify, Google has offered a three-month free trial of YouTube Premium to students in the US. The deal essentially works by having students sign up for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) India’s third largest operator by subscriber numbers, Airtel, will shut down its entire 3G network between December to March of the current fiscal, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Badal Bagri has told analysts. “We are in the process of shutting down our 3G networks.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Interconnect Usage Charge (IUC) becoming zero by January 1, 2020, will have have an impact on Bharti Airtel’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda), while the post the company’s recent rights offer and the Africa IPO, its balance sheet has strengthened and[Read More…]
Nagasaki (Japan), Aug 9 (IANS) Nagasaki on Friday marked the 74th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the US at the end of World War II in 1945, with the city’s Mayor urging the Japanese government to immediately sign a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons. A moment of silence was[Read More…]
By Anjana Das New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) With the churning in the mobile subscriber base provoked by the minimum recharge plans finally settling down, people, in the next 2 months, will decide whether they have to go for higher minimum recharge plans or another operator and there should be[Read More…]
Georgetown (Guyana), Aug 9 (IANS) While the first ODI between India and West Indies ended on a dull note as it got abandoned due to persistent rain, cricket fans in Guyana were provided with some moments by skipper Virat Kohli which they must have cherished. Only 13 overs could be[Read More…]
By Sandeep Bamzai New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) While ostensibly Alice Wells, a senior US diplomat, arrived in Islamabad to hold key bilateral talks with Pakistani leaders on issues like the peace process in Afghanistan amid reports that she might also hold discussions over the current situation in Kashmir, indications[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Donning ceremonial convocation robes, 889 students of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) received their degrees at a glittering ceremony at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Delhi last evening. The eighth Convocation and Founder’s Day celebrations also witnessed confident students marching into the world of work[Read More…]
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) China’s consumer price index, the main indicator of inflation, increased 2.8 per cent year-on-year in July, 0.1 per cent more than the two previous months, marking the highest rate so far this year, official figures showed on Friday. As in the case of June, the increase[Read More…]
By Nikhil Nanda Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again proved that he is head and shoulders above the run-of-the-mill politicians. His decision in respect of Jammu and Kashmir required many exceptional qualities. First and foremost was real insight into and understanding of the complexity involved in the Kashmir problem.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day state visit to “trusted friend and neighbour” Bhutan from August 17, in a visit that highlights the high priority New Delhi attaches to its relations with Thimphu. The visit is at the invitation of Bhutanese Prime Minister[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Concerned over the non stop slide in the equity markets and the massive erosion in market capitalisation, the government has called for a crucial meeting at 4 p.m. on Friday with Foreign Portfolio Investor Representatives in North Block. It is believed that Department of Economic[Read More…]
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 9 (IANS) Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who was recently made to apologise for his derogatory behaviour towards a presiding officer in the Lok Sabha, was rusticated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman. Azam Khan was then pursuing Master[Read More…]
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) China ON fRIDAY issued a red alert for typhoon Lekima, as it was expected to make landfall in the coastal areas of Zhejiang province Saturday. At 8 a.m., the centre of Lekima, the ninth typhoon of the year, was about 290 km southeast of the city[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) Counting of votes for Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Lok Sabha seat was underway on Friday. Ruling AIADMK candidate A.C. Shanmugam and his DMK rival D.M.Kathir Anand are in a close race for the seat, the election for which was held on Monday. At the last count, Anand[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) In a throwback to the past, it is important to note that on November 1, 1947, at a meeting of Governors General of India and Pakistan at Lahore, Mountbatten offered to resolve the J&K issue by holding a referendum. Rejecting the Mountbatten formula, Muhammad Ali[Read More…]
