Dehradun, June 20 (IANS) As the wedding functions of the controversial Gupta brothers’ two sons began in the ski resort of Auli, authorities on Thursday said the events are being held in full compliance with the Uttarakhand High Court’s orders. “All the events are being held in full compliance with[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das had, in the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, said that there is clear evidence of economic activity losing traction while giving the rationale for a rate cut. “Overall, there is clear evidence of economic activity losing traction, with[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has declined to share details of complaints of corruption it received against Union Ministers in the first Narendra Modi government, a Right To Information activist said here on Thursday. City-based activist Anil Galgali said that the PMO has denied his request,[Read More…]
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court on Thursday turned down former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s bail plea on medical grounds in a corruption case. A two-member bench pronounced the verdict after hearing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader’s counsel and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor, Dawn newspaper[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 20 (IANS) Joining others in their protest against the nudity censorship policies incorporated by Facebook in its family of apps, several porn artists protested outside Instagram’s Silicon Valley headquarters. The adult film artists have described Instagram’s nudity rules vague, inconsistent and threatening to their livelihood, The London[Read More…]
Kozhikode (Kerala), June 20 (IANS) Award-winning Malayalam actor Vinayakan, who was accused by a woman of abusing her in a phone conversation, was on Thursday granted bail. The Kalpetta police station in Wayanad had registered a case against the actor on June 15 after activist Mridula complained that Vinayak had[Read More…]
Los Angeles, June 20 (IANS) Indian filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s words of praise for Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” grabbed the attention of the Hollywood director, who has thanked him for letting her know how the mini series is connecting with the story in places far and near. “When They[Read More…]
By Jagannath Chatterjee New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) He is considered as the rising star of Indian football, but Anirudh Thapa feels his journey has only begun. Having scored in India’s 4-1 win over Thailand in the AFC Asian Cup and then again in the win against the same opposition[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Caught in the crossfire of global geopolitics, Huawei on Thursday said things have started looking up for the company with the signing of key 5G deals in the UK and Russia and added that it is “positive” about the future. The world’s second-biggest smartphone seller,[Read More…]
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) Top officials from the US and China will resume negotiations to resolve the ongoing trade war between the two world powers, Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday. Ministry’s spokesman Gao Feng told reporters that the heads of the two economic and trade teams would hold trade[Read More…]
Jammu, June 20 (IANS) Students at a far-flung school in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district have been exhibiting inexplicably strange behaviour such as rolling on the floor that has baffled both teachers and parents. Kewal Krishan, headmaster of a government high school in Sitti village of Bani tehsil told IANS:[Read More…]
Los Angeles, June 20 (IANS) “Avengers: Endgame”, which has made its way to the No. 2 spot among the global box office hits, will be re-released on June 28 with additional post-credit surprises, according to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. The Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster was premiered in April and[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar believes injured India opener Shikhar Dhawan will come back strongly after he was forced out of the ongoing 2019 World Cup in England and Wales with a fractured thumb. Tendulkar also backed Rishabh Pant, Dhawan’s replacement, to do well. Dhawan had[Read More…]
Tehran, June 20 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Thursday said in a statement that it shot down an “intruding” US spy drone flying over the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran in the region over the past months. In the statement, the IRGC[Read More…]
Los Angeles, June 20 (IANS) Actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have addressed rumours of their split with a dose of humour. The couple, who got married in 2015 and share two kids — 4-year-old daughter Wyatt and 2-year-old son Dimitri — took to Instagram on Wednesday to mock a[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday described President Ram Nath Kovind’s speech in Parliament as “hollow” and “uninspiring”. Addressing the media, party leader Anand Sharma and Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said Kovind’s address to the joint session of Parliament was just[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Appealing for simultaneous parliamentary and Assembly elections, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday outlined the new Modi government’s roadmap, saying it was determined to crush terrorism and Maoism. Addressing a joint session of Parliament, Kovind also said that India was on its way to becoming[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that he will not participate in the process of electing a new chief for the country’s oldest political party. Speaking to media persons in Parliament, Gandhi said: “I will not participate in the process of electing the new[Read More…]
By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) If one goes by the track record of South Africa in ICC tournaments, especially the World Cup, they will find that the Proteas have never been able to achieve the success they would have liked, considering the talented cricketers the country has[Read More…]
Amaravati, June 20 (IANS) Four Rajya Sabha members of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), TDP sources said on Thursday. The meeting of the MPs with BJP President Amit Shah in New Delhi on Thursday triggered speculations that they may soon switch loyalties.[Read More…]
Seoul, June 20 (IANS) South Korea on Thursday said it will set up the world’s first 5G-based autonomous car driving test bed in the capital city as it strives to take the lead in future mobility technology. The Sangam test bed in western Seoul, to officially open Saturday, will have[Read More…]
London, June 20 (IANS) After some clinical performances on the field, especially the massive 89-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan in the World Cup, the Indian cricketers were handed a two-day break before they regrouped in Southampton on Wednesday. And no sooner did they hit the training ground did they catch[Read More…]
Patna, June 20 (IANS) After 118 children died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur districts of Bihar, more than two dozen cases of AES deaths have been reported from other districts of Bihar in the last twenty four hours. According to health officials here, the deaths have been[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Technology-enabled logistics company Rivigo on Thursday launched a ‘national freight index’ (NFI) to bring transparency to the Indian logistics industry. The barometer for the road freight market in India is based on Rivigo’s rate exchange, which gives live spot rate on over 70 lakh lane[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Continuing the momentum from the first week of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, the viewership of the tournament on Star Network is on a rise with every passing week. The first couple of weeks of the tournament has seen 315 million viewers tuning into[Read More…]
