New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Determined to implement paperless policy in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for the second consecutive day on Thursday sought help from all the members to achieve the goal of being a paperless Parliament by adopting digital technology. Raising the issue in Zero Hour, the[Read More…]
Kohima, Aug 1 (IANS) Former Deputy National Security Advisor R.N. Ravi, who is also the government’s interlocutor for the ongoing talks with various Naga insurgent groups, on Thursday took charge as the Governor of Nagaland. Chief Justice (Acting) of Gauhati High Court, Arup Kumar Goswami, administered the oath of office[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an inquiry to ascertain if negligence by officials in the Registry led to delay in the letter written by the Unnao rape victim’s family from reaching the Chief Justice. The inquiry will be conducted by the court’s Secretary General,[Read More…]
San Francisco, Aug 1 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant recently crawled into the overhead bin of a plane in Nashville, Tennessee, leaving passengers shocked. According to Fox News, the flight attendant came down before the plane took off and the flight from Nashville to Philadelphia[Read More…]
Amaravati, Aug 1 (IANS) Anna Canteens, which provide meals at Rs 5 to the poor and the middle class, were shut down across Andhra Pradesh from Thursday. Daily wage labourers, beggars, other poor folks who thronged the canteens every day found the canteens locked. With the outsourcing agency stopping supplying[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday promised that he will ensure that all members were informed about Bills a day before they were introduced in the House. “Since I have been chosen to be the Speaker, it is my responsibility to see that I[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IANS) An accountability court on Thursday extended the physical remand of former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi till August 15 in an ongoing probe into a multi-billion-rupee corruption case related to the awarding of a contract to a liquified natural gas[Read More…]
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated East Bengal and wished the club would bring more laurels to the country as it marked a century of its existence in the football arena on Thursday. “East Bengal Club turns 100 and touches a new milestone. Journeying through[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Mithun Chakraborty’s youngest son Namashi has wrapped up the shoot of his debut film, Rajkumar Santoshi’s romantic comedy, “Bad boy”. “Bad Boy” also marks the debut of producer Sajid Qureshi’s daughter Amrin opposite Namashi. The film reportedly belongs to the genre of Santoshi’s previous romo-coms “Phata[Read More…]
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 1 (IANS) In a shocking video that is doing the rounds in social media, a young man is seen ‘cutting’ his birthday cake with a gunshot. The video, posted on Twitter, shows the cake placed in the middle of a road and the youth holding a[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Aug 1 (IANS) Hollywood actress Elisabeth Moss feels flawed characters — that could be weak or strong, powerful or vulnerable — are relatable to the audience. Moss will be seen in thriller “The Kitchen” alongside Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish. The actress feels the protagonists have flaws, and[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IANS) The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned people against playing loud music, polio vaccination and women going out without being accompanied by a man, saying people defying the warning will face consequences, the media reported. The one-page message in Urdu seen by people in Miramshah, the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Actor Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, popular as the on-screen buddy of superstars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Dhanush, will now essay the role of Taapsee Pannu’s supportive husband in “Mission Mangal”. The “Article 15” actor has a cameo role in “Mission Mangal”, which see[Read More…]
Birmingham, Aug 1 (IANS) Australia skipper Tim Paine won the toss and elected to bat in the first Ashes Test against England starting at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Thursday. “(The wicket) looks nice, hard and dry. We will try to post a good total for Nathan Lyon in the[Read More…]
Jakarta, Aug 1 (IANS) Eleven people were flogged publicly on Thursday for having extramarital relations in Indonesia’s Aceh, the only sharia-law governed province in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country. The accused – five of them couples – were sentenced to between eight to 33 lashes, which were administered publicly in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday shifted the five cases connected with the Unnao rape case victim to Delhi and assigned a special judge to conduct day-to-day trial. The court has ordered that the trial should be completed within 45 days. A Bench headed by Chief[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Actress Vaani Kapoor has wished her “War” director Siddharth Anand on his birthday on Thursday, and said that it was an absolute pleasure working with him. Vaani on Thursday shared a photograph of herself with the director and captioned it: “A lot of warm wishes and[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Sustained sales growth slightly boosted India’s manufacturing sector output in July, a key economic indicator showed on Thursday. As per the IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), the composite indicator of manufacturing performance showed an index reading of 52.5 in July 2019, up from[Read More…]
By Suyash Choudhary Central banks, via monetary policy, ultimately aim to influence domestic financial conditions which in turn affect economic variables like growth and inflation. Interest rates are only one component of aggregate financial conditions, but probably one that central banks influence the most directly. The other major components of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A new oral healthcare brand, Aquawhite, was launched in India on Thursday with a focus on kids’ oral care. Launched by Managing Director of JHS Svendgaard Ltd. (JHS) Nikhil Nanda, Aquawhite forayed into the market with the launch of a kids toothpaste and toothbrush in[Read More…]
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Actor Kunaal Roy Kapur will be seen romancing Sanjay Dutt’s niece Nazia Hussain in the upcoming film “Mushkil”. Sharing the glimpse of the actors’ on screen chemistry, the makers recently unveiled the romantic song “Yun hi nahin” from the film. “I was worried at first because[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Bill is “a dangerous piece of legislation” and will be used against the BJP’s ideological opponents, the CPI-M has said. The UAPA Amendment Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha and is now being considered in the Rajya[Read More…]
–Indo-Asian News Service ak/in
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday shifted the five cases connected with the Unnao rape case victim to Delhi and assigned a special judge to conduct day-to-day trial. The court has ordered that the trial should be completed within 45 days. It also awarded Rs 25[Read More…]
