New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Industry body Assocham has advocated tax measures to benefit senior citizens in the Union Budget, to be presented on July 5 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) in its budget memorandum has suggested increase in minimum[Read More…]
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh greeted Congress President Rahul Gandhi on his 49th birthday on Wednesday, saying he sees his dear friend Rajiv Gandhi in him. “Wish you a very happy birthday, dear @RahulGandhi. Proud of who you have become over the years; I see my[Read More…]
Seoul, June 19 (IANS) LG Electronics Inc. has said it plans to release the company’s V50 ThinQ in the US this week with Verizon, its second American telecom partner for the 5G smartphone. The V50 arrived in the US market last month to become Sprint’s first 5G phone and will[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) The Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut spat refuses to die down. A day after Hrithik’s sister Sunaina tweeted support for the “Queen” actress, Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel alleged in a tweet that Sunaina was being “physically assaulted” by the Roshan family. Sunaina had on Tuesday tweeted: “And living[Read More…]
London, June 19 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s wax statue, clad in a low-cut dazzling golden dress, was launched here “Welcome to London, Priyanka Chopra,” read a post from the official Twitter handle of Madame Tussauds London. The figure was unveiled here on Tuesday. The actress had been working closely[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Wednesday that the security forces have broken the backbone of militancy in Kashmir and whatever is still left of it would be wiped out soon. Speaking to media on the sidelines of an event in here, Malik[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Domestic woes weighed on investor sentiments as the Sensex closed with minor gain on Wednesday, despite signs of easing in trade tension between the US and China. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had a “very good telephone conversation” with President Xi Jinping of[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Shares of Indiabulls group companies fell sharply during the early trade on Wednesday while its subsidairy company Indiabulls Real Estate was locked in the lower circuit. Shares of Indiabulls Housing Finance finsihed 8.48 per cent lower at Rs 558 each after falling nearly 18 per cent,[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Actor Brijendra Kala, who features in the new season of web series “Aam Admi Family”, says he may have acted in several films, but feels he is yet to get his due in Bollywood. Starting from 2003, Brijendra has appeared in films like “Jab We Met”,[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Botanical Gardens, a unit of the Singapore National Parks Board, to work on a shared set of objectives for environment protection and sustainable development, according to officials here on Wednesday.[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have foiled a blast attempt by arresting five accomplices of a terrorist in the Shopian district on Wednesday. Based on a tip-off, the police arrested the terrorist’s accomplices identified as Aqib Nazir Rathar, Amir Majeed Wani, Sameer Ahmed Bhat,[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 (IANS) The Maharashtra Police has asked Binoy Kodiyeri, son of Kerala CPI-M Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, to appear before it in three days, after a rape case was filed against him last week. In her FIR, a 33-year-old Mumbai-based woman, who hails from Bihar, has alleged that Binoy[Read More…]
Geneva, June 19 (IANS) There is credible evidence that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other high-level officials are individually liable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a UN special rapporteur said in a report on Wednesday. A report by UN extrajudicial executions investigator Agnes Callamard said[Read More…]
Birmingham, June 19 (IANS) New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to field against South Africa in their World Cup 2019 group game at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Wednesday. While the unbeaten Black Caps remain unchanged for the clash, South Africa — who have managed just[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The fate of the resignations of department heads of the Rabindra Bharati University over racist slurs targeted against them by Trinamool Congress students wing members is still undecided, an official said on Wednesday. Alarmed over the developments, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee visited the campus and[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India-based O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has said that it’s the youngest university to have found a place in the 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, which were declared on Wednesday in London. The decade-old university has been placed among the top 2.67 per[Read More…]
Hong Kong, June 19 (IANS) Hong Kong’s security chief John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday said that the police should not take the blame for the political row over the controversial extradition bill, as he apologized to the public for the rift caused by the government’s handling of the proposal. The[Read More…]
Agartala, June 19 (IANS) After Bangladesh, Tripura is supplying 40 MW of electricity to Nepal, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma said here on Wednesday. “We have been supplying 40 MW of electricity to Nepal since April. As Tripura has surplus electricity, we are exporting power to Nepal besides Bangladesh,”[Read More…]
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India’s gaming smartphone market is finally getting some competition, especially after the launch of nubia Red Magic 3 earlier this week at a starting price of Rs 35,999. The Shenzhen-headquartered smartphone maker is now planning to release the next iteration, Red Magic[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) In a bid to nurture the spirit of research and innovation among undergraduate students, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur will launch a sponsored research program from the upcoming Autumn semester of 2019-20, an official said on Wednesday. “The ability to carry out research is a[Read More…]
Baghdad, June 19 (IANS) Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for talks with Iraqi leaders over bilateral relations, international and regional developments, the media reported. The Kuwaiti Emir, heading a ministerial delegation for an official visit, met Iraqi President Barham Salih, according to state-run[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The fate of resignations of the departmental heads of Kolkata’ Rabindra Bharati University over racist slurs targeted against them by the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress students wing members is still undecided, an official said on Wednesday. Alarmed over the developments, West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The 31st BMW International Open is all set to kick-off at the new look Golfclub München Eichenried in Munich, Germany. The four-day event, which is a part of the European Tour, will get underway from June 20. Ace India golfers like S.S.P. Chawrasia, Shiv Kapur[Read More…]
Sydney, June 19 (IANS) By tapping into Google Street View images, researchers have developed a new programme using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor the stop and give way (yield) signs needing replacement or repair. The fully-automated system is based on AI-powered object detection to identify street signs in the freely[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) A meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss his ‘one nation, one election’ proposal began here on Wednesday, with eight key opposition parties staying away. Besides the BJP, those attending the meeting included Akali Dal’s Sukhbir Singh Badal, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Janata[Read More…]
