New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) With average time taken to reach unicorn status in India coming down of late, the country is likely to have 54 tech unicorns by 2024, according to a report. Of this 54 unicorns, 10 are expected to be in the e-commerce and business-to-business segment each,[Read More…]
Beijing, Aug 1 (IANS) Much-loved Marvel hero and OnePlus ambassador Robert Downey Jr. was spotted posting about OnePlus 7 on his Weibo page using Huawei’s flagship P30 Pro smartphone, the media has reported. On July 30, Robert Downey Jr. forwarded a Weibo using Huawei P30 Pro rather than his endorsed[Read More…]
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is backfiring and impacting the American economy, his former chief economic adviser Gary Cohn has said. Cohn, a free trade advocate, told the BBC that the tariff battle has had a “dramatic impact” on US manufacturing and capital[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) After much dilly-dallying, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday succumbed to immense public pressure and expelled four-time Uttar Pradesh legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar who is under scanner for an alleged attempt to kill the woman he was accused of raping. The party’s decision came[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Aug 1 (IANS) The Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed pandemonium after Bishnu Charan Sethi, deputy leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said triple talaq victims were forced into prostitution. Speaker Surya Narayan Patro adjourned the House till 3 p.m. after the Congress and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Global steel major ArcelorMittal on Thursday reported a $0.45 billion loss in the April-June quarter due to lower steel prices and high raw material cost. During the first quarter of 2019, the company had reported a $0.41 billion profit. “After a strong 2018, market conditions[Read More…]
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Smartphone sales worldwide would decline by 2.5 per cent in 2019, which would be the worst decline ever, a new report by Gartner Inc. said on Thursday. Global shipments of devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — will total 2.2 billion units in 2019, a[Read More…]
Lucknow, Aug 1 (IANS) Devendra Singh, brother of lawyer Mahendra Singh who was critically injured in a car crash in Rae Bareli along with the Unnao rape survivor, has said that he has photographic evidence of accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar’s men stalking his house and intimidating the family. Showing[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Many people had urged Shekhar Kapur to change the script of his 1983 debut directorial feature, “Masoom”, and the filmmaker says he is glad that he had the courage to silence those voices, and follow his vision. “So many people that ‘knew’ wanted me to change[Read More…]
San Francisco, Aug 1 (IANS) In what could be his largest stock sell-off, Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has cashed in $1.8 billion worth of the company’s shares over the last three days of July, according to media reports. After taxes, he would net about $1.4 billion, Forbes.com reported[Read More…]
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Nearly 1 lakh homebuyers find themselves in a legal quagmire as the flats they booked years back in Delhi NCR are nowhere near completion by the three prominent builders – Amrapali, Unitech and Jaypee. Frustrated, they hope either the court or the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme court will conduct hearing on the Ayodhya mediation report on Friday. The Ayodhya mediation panel, which was allowed time till July 31 to continue talks to develop consensus between Hindu and Muslim parties on the temple dispute, has submitted a report in a[Read More…]
Lahore, Aug 1 (IANS) After news of Pakistan cricketer Hasan Alis marriage to an Indian girl surfaced, all-rounder Imad Wasim is all set to tie the knot with a London-based girl later this month. Imad is getting hitched to London-based Sania Ashfaq in a ceremony to be held in Islamabad[Read More…]
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Private parties can no longer explore atomic minerals. The exploration and mining of atomic minerals by private parties in 62 off-shore blocks have been in litigation after a contentious order was issued in April 2011, granting exploration licences. The government wants to[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) In an impetus to the dream journey between Mumbai and Pune in under 35 minutes, the Maharashtra government has approved the Virgin Hyperloop One-DP World consortium as the “Original Project Proponent” (OPP) for the Pune-Mumbai hyperloop project — a move that will generate jobs and over[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Budding Bollywood playback Yaseer Desai has been roped in to lend his voice for a musical web series spanning seven episodes. Each episode will revolve around different songs, which is the USP of the project. “It is something new that I have done,” said Yasser, who[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Automobile major Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) here on Thursday reported a 3.8 per cent decline in sales for July. Sales during the month under review declined to 57,310 units from 59,590 units in July 2018. Similarly, the company’s domestic sales in July edged lower by 10[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Writer-producer Twinkle Khanna has shared a hilarious post note about “a middle-aged model’s stellar tip” to “keep pesky kids at bay.” The 45-year-old shared a picture from one of her photoshoots on Instagram and wrote: “A middle-aged model’s stellar tip – Return from a shoot to[Read More…]
By Kaushik Kumar Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Former India kabaddi captain Anup Kumar surprised everyone when he announced his retirement from the sport mid-way during the sixth season of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) last year. He amazed eveyone further when he decided to take up the job of coach.[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, Aug 1 (IANS) After the rain gods battered Vadodara and struck heavily in most of the parts of Gujarat, the state has registered over 46 per cent of the average monsoon rains so far. After drenching Vadodara for more than twelve hours, the rains relented eventually, providing a major[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Noted Japanese contemporary artist, often touted as the Andy Warhol of Japana and known to blur the lines between fine arts and commercial arts, is all set to enter the Indian art market with an upcoming auction. His 2013 painting ‘Blue Flower’ will go under the[Read More…]
Kabul, Aug 1 (IANS) Presidential polls in Afghanistan should not be held in the midst of an ongoing peace process with the Taliban, former President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday. Karzai told reporters in Kabul that he was suspecting some conspiracy because “elections are not in the interest of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) As lakhs of houses in hundreds of projects remain incomplete across the country, markets players and experts suggest creation of a stress fund and special regulatory relaxations for the major stalled projects as measures to help the completion of these projects. After its boom in[Read More…]
San Francisco, Aug 1 (IANS) Content streaming platform Netflix is testing ways to improve the video playback quality while users are on the go and is asking some users for their physical activity data. The test was spotted when users began noticing a pop-up on the Netflix app on Android[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Actor Mohnish Bahl who will be seen reprising his role of Dr. Shashank Gupta in “Sanjivani 2”, admitted being nervous before the telecast of the upcoming medical drama, but he is also hopeful that the audience will appreciate the show. The show is a follow-up of[Read More…]
