Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), Aug 8 (IANS) Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi (IIT-Mandi) have developed an algorithm to process 100 years of data of the Indian monsoon rainfall and have predicted a weakening strength of the phenomenon by 2100. The algorithm will also factor in information about global climate[Read More…]
Jerusalem, Aug 8 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday laid the cornerstone for hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in the West Bank and pledged to build more. Netanyahu attended a ceremony to inaugurate the construction of 650 new housing units in a new neighbourhood of Beit[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) World Archery, the global governing body of the Olympic sport, on Thursday suspended the Archery Association of India (AAI) for breaching its guidelines by electing two parallel bodies, but allowed Indian archers to compete in the 2019 World Archery Youth Championships, slated to be held[Read More…]
Bhopal, Aug 8 (IANS) The Reliance Group headed by Mukesh Ambani is planning to set up a global logistics hub in Madhya Pradesh to help the state governments efforts to exploit the state’s industrial development potential. Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani met in[Read More…]
San Francisco, Aug 8 (IANS) Three US senators have written to the Google CEO Sundar Pichai demanding answers about the companys relationship with Chinas Huawei. The letter, sent on Wednesday, follows reports that Google and Huawei were collaborating on a smart speaker and are “even closer than previously understood.” “These[Read More…]
Shimla, Aug 8 (IANS) Now, this Raksha Bandhan you can gift chocolates made by inmates of Himachal Pradesh prisons. Somesh Goyal, Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, here on Thursday launched Kaara Chocolates, made by inmates at the Model Central Correctional Homes in Nahan and Kaithu. A master chef[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Deputy Conservator Forests seeking a response regarding the compliance of its earlier order directing 2G scam case accused Shahid Usman Balwa and others to plant 500 trees each. A bench presided by Justice A.K. Chawla[Read More…]
Zhuhai (China), Aug 8 (IANS) IDEMITSU Honda Racing India has now reached Zhuhai in its next bid to make India proud in Round 5 of FIM Asia Road Racing Championship 2019 (ARRC) — considered as Asias toughest road racing championship. Fresh from his resounding victory in the national championship last[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Thursday disqualified two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs – Anil Kumar Bajpai and Col. Devinder Sehrawat – from the House on grounds of defection. The Speaker took the decision on a petition received from AAP spokesperson and MLA[Read More…]
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By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) Rajasthan tops the list when it comes to deaths due to air pollution, according to Virendra Singh, Director, Asthma Bhawan. Qoting the 2018 Lancet Planet Health report, Singh said at the launch of ‘Doctors for Clean Air-Rajasthan Chapter’ in Jaipur, the death rate[Read More…]
Brussels, Aug 8 (IANS) The European Union on Thursday expressed support to a bilateral political solution between India and Pakistan over Kashmir saying this “remains the only way to solve a long-lasting dispute that causes instability and insecurity in the region.” A High Representative of the European Union for Foreign[Read More…]
By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand feels that the qualification mark of 11.15 seconds for 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 100m event is very difficult and it will require a monumental effort from her in order to breach that and participate in the[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday announced that it would take the matter of India revoking special status for Jammu and Kashmir to the United Nations Security Council. Addressing a press conference here, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the decision had been taken in light of several[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) A tribute film to the late acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh has evinced interest of the United Nations. Under their campaign “Free & Equal”, the UN has announced its decision to collaborate with the Indian feature film, “A Tribute To Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greeting”, in order[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) The cross-border Kartarpur Corridor project will continue as scheduled, Pakistan said on Thursday, a day after it expelled the Indian envoy and announced other retaliatory measures after India revoked Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) In view of the tense situation in Kashmir and upcoming Eid festival, Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Choudhary on Thursday announced helpline numbers for residents of Jammu and Kashmir living outside for assistance in travelling back home and contacting relatives in Kashmir. “DC Office #Srinagar has[Read More…]
Sonebhadra, Aug 8 (IANS) Students in a village in Uttar Pradesh have stopped going to school after the Sonebhadra carnage in which 10 people were killed and at least 24 injured in a firing over a land dispute last month. As there is not even a single upper primary schools[Read More…]
Lahore, Aug 8 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz was detained by Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday. Maryam Nawaz was arrested while she was on her way back after visiting her father in Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. Her cousin Yousaf Abbas was[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistan has banned Indian films from being screened in cinemas across the nation, its government announced on Thursday. Firdous Ashiq Awan, special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Information and Broadcasting, claimed this action was in retaliation to India’s abrogation of the Constitution’s Article 370,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Delhi cabinet on Thursday approved free WiFi hotspots across the national capital. Addressing the media, Kejriwal said there will be 11,000 hotspots all over the city. “A total of 4,000 hotspots will be installed at bus shelters and 7,000 in various colonies. Each of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) After Pakistan announced it was “permanently discontinuing” the Samjhauta Express, the Indian Railways on Thursday said that Islamabad has not given any formal information about scrapping of the cross-border train and that it has been stopped at the Wagah border in Pakistan. Northern Railway spokesperson[Read More…]
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) Starting Saturday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art here will display a selection of 30 paintings depicting Ramayana, painted during 17-19th century for the Rajput and Pahari courts of north India. The year-long show titled “Sita and Rama: The Ramayana in Indian Painting” will narrate the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Actress Karishma Sharma, known for shows like “Pavitra Rishta” and “Yeh Hai Mohabbatein”, will feature in the edgy drama series titled “Sumer Singh Diaries”. She says it’s a genre that she really enjoys shooting for. The show promises to be an appealing and relatable one that[Read More…]
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) are working towards developing better turbines that can harness the power of ocean waves to generate electricity, said IIT-M on Thursday. In a statement issued, IIT-M said recent studies on turbine-chamber[Read More…]
