New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court against restrictions imposed in Jammu and Kashmir since August 4 in connection with the Centre’s decision to end special status and bifurcate the state. The plea, filed by social activist Tehseen Poonawalla, alleged that Jammu and[Read More…]
London, Aug 8 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize winner and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai on Thursday said “for seven decades, the children of Kashmir have grown up amid violence” and appealed for an end to the conflict in the region after relation between India and Pakistan once again nosedived following the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who had shot down a Pakistani F-16 near the Line of Control (LoC) in February resulting in his capture and subsequent release by Islamabad, is likely to be decorated with the Vir Chakra, India’s top military honour, defence sources said on[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) In a mega-campaign of Rs 200-250 crore, India’s leading digital payment platform Paytm will now allow scanning of any QR code, be it BHIM UPI, Google Pay, from its app to make an insta-payment at offline retail stores. The move is expected to benefit the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The national capital is expected to remain partly cloudy, with light drizzle in isolated places, even as the Met Department has forecast very heavy rainf for Odisha and Chhattisgarh on Thursday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy rain can be expected in Delhi[Read More…]
Kiev, Aug 8 (IANS) An “artisan vodka”, made with grain and water from the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, is the first consumer product to come from the abandoned area around the damaged nuclear power plant. A team, made up of researchers who have worked in the exclusion zone for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Amid rising tension between India and Pakistan over the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution ending special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad has closed down three out of nine air routes for Indian carriers. The move, second this year, would affect national carrier[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Orlando, Aug 8 (IANS) In their bid to showcase the world what they got, budding Indian cagers squandered crucial advantages against their international opponents to end the second day of the Junior NBA Global Championships without registering a single win after playing four matches, as pool play[Read More…]
Washington/Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration has announced to remove travel restrictions placed on Pakistani diplomats based in America over a year ago, a media report said on Thursday. The US State Department confirmed the development to The News International on Wednesday the travel controls were being[Read More…]
Brampton (Canada), Aug 8 (IANS) A second round match between Toronto Nationals and Montreal Tigers in the ongoing GT20 Canada was delayed by almost two hours after players protest. According to a ESPNcricinfo report, both sides — Toronto Nationals, led by former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh and George Bailey’s Montreal[Read More…]
Wellington, Aug 8 (IANS) Police in New Zealand on Thursday reported having found 19 bundles of cocaine worth $2 million that had apparently washed ashore in the coastal community of Bethells Beach, West Auckland. The police said on Facebook that the stash was discovered late Wednesday, reports Efe news. “Police[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistan has ruled out possibility of linking access to Afghanistan via Wagah border for transportation of Indian goods, arguing the transit trade was not a trilateral issue in anyway, a media report said on Thursday. “We have asked Afghanistan for not linking trade access through Wagah[Read More…]
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) US immigration authorities in raids on food processing companies in the state of Mississippi detained 680 undocumented immigrants, the biggest such operation in at least a decade, a senior official said. “As a result of today’s operation, approximately 680 aliens were detained by HSI (Homeland Security[Read More…]
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) Ivanka Trump, the daughter of US President Donald Trump, has condoled the death of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, describing her as a champion for women in India and across the globe. In a tweet on Wednesday, Ivanka, who is also a senior advisor to[Read More…]
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) Heavily armed police officers evacuated the headquarters of the USA Today newspaper in the Washington suburbs after authorities said they received a report of a person with a weapon that ultimately proved to be unsubstantiated. Fairfax County, Virginia, police reported that they had cleared the entire[Read More…]
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) In a bid to address some of the biggest challenges related to inequality, climate, environmental degradation and education, Samsung Electronics and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have announced a new partnership in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through this new initiative, Samsung and[Read More…]
Athens, Aug 8 (IANS) The body of a missing British astrophysicist has been found on a Greek island, police said. Greek police had expanded their search operations to locate Natalie Christopher, 35, who was holidaying in the Ikaria island, with her Cypriot partner, reports Xinhua news agency. The body was[Read More…]
Sydney, Aug 8 (IANS) Young tennis star Ash Barty lost her world number one ranking on Thursday, handing back the top spot to Japan’s Naomi Osaka. While the 23-year-old Aussie has been a consistent performer over the past year, culminating in her maiden Grand Slam title at the French Open[Read More…]
Caracas, Aug 8 (IANS) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that his government has suspended the latest round of talks with the opposition after the latter showed support for the total economic embargo imposed by the US on the South American country. According to a government statement on Wednesday, Maduro ordered[Read More…]
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) Heralding a new 5G era of mobile computing, Samsung has launched Galaxy Book S for $999 that harnesses the mobility and connectivity of a smartphone and the powerful productivity of a PC, thanks to Microsoft. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft and Qualcomm, the 13.3-inch device[Read More…]
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump visited Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, two cities that suffered mass shootings last week claiming the lives of 31 people, amid protests against gun laws and calls to halt anti-immigrant and racist discourse. Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, on Wednesday[Read More…]
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has visited emergency workers in El Paso, Texas — one of two cities shaken by mass shootings that took 31 lives. Hispanic people were targeted in an apparent hate crime when a gunman in El Paso shot dead 22 people last Saturday.[Read More…]
Bhopal, Aug 8 (IANS) The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has recovered Rs 278.66 crore as penalty in the financial year 2018-19 from the poor account holders for not maintaining a minimum balance. This was revealed after an RTI activist in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district, Chandrashekhar Gaur sought information from the[Read More…]
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) The US dollar index has edged down along with the falling British pound and Canadian dollar. In late New York trading on Wednesday, the euro was up to $1.1214 from $1.1200 in the previous session, and the British pound decreased to $1.2143 from $1.2152 in[Read More…]
BY NISHANT ARORA New York, Aug 8 (IANS) Taking productivity and creativity to the next level, Samsung has unveiled its most powerful line-up of Galaxy Note10 smartphones with an enhanced S (Stylus) Pen experience. The 6.3-inch FHD+ Galaxy Note10 houses 8GB RAM with 256GB internal storage (4G model) while 12GB[Read More…]
