New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The global premium smartphone market has collapsed 8 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 as Apple shipments plummeted 20 per cent, a report by Counterpoint Research said on Wednesday. According to Counterpoint Research’s ‘Market Monitor Service’ report, during the quarter, Samsung ended[Read More…]
London, June 19 (IANS) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has joined her husband and Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli ahead of India’s clash against Afghanistan on Saturday in the ongoing World Cup in England and Wales. The couple was spotted in London earlier this week with a Kohli fan page[Read More…]
New York, June 19 (IANS) Using a gene editing method called CRISPR/Cas9, researchers have identified the cause and potential treatment for a rare, fatal disease that turns babies’ lips and skin blue. Mostly untreatable, Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia with Misalignment of Pulmonary Veins (ACDMPV) usually strikes infants within a month of[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) Clashes erupted between stone pelting youths and the security forces on Wednesday during an anti-militancy operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Police sources said security forces started a cordon and search operation in Arwani village of Bijbehara area after receiving information about the presence of[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Two people on Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking a court-monitored investigation in Sunday’s Mukherjee Nagar brawl between two tempo drivers and several police men. Two different petitions were moved before a Division Bench of Justices Jayant Nath and Najmi Waziri seeking investigation and[Read More…]
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) The “heaviest” man of Pakistan, who weighs over 330 kg, was shifted to a hospital in the city of Lahore for his treatment, authorities said. According to reports, a group of civilian and army rescue teams transferred Noor Hassan, who hails from Sadiqabad district in Punjab[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The ANC will participate in the International Yoga Day functions to be held in Andaman and Nicobar Island on Thursday and Friday. Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) Commander-in-Chief and Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, along with senior officers, personnel and families of the Indian Army, Navy,[Read More…]
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New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) BJP MP from Rajasthan Om Birla was elected the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha unopposed on Wednesday. He succeeds Sumitra Mahajan. –IANS rak/pgs/mr/pg
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) BJP MP from Rajasthan Om Birla was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi moved the motion in support of Birla, 56, and it was passed unopposed in the House by voice vote. Birla was the[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 19 (IANS) With a new “Augmented Reality (AR) Beauty Try-On feature”, Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube would now let users try on virtual make-up while watching tutorials in real time. “Thanks to machine learning and AR technology, it offers realistic, virtual product samples that work on a[Read More…]
New York, June 19 (IANS) Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone was all smiles as she posed with supermodel and reality TV star Kendall Jenner at a charity dinner here. Deepika, an advocate of mental health awareness, was attending the Anxiety Youth Centre Dinner held by the New York Presbyterian Hospital. A[Read More…]
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Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) The national and state highways in Uttar Pradesh will soon have clean and bacteria-free air as the Yogi Adityanath government is planning to plant herbal Ayurvedic plants along the highways in the state to improve air quality and also promote Ayurveda. According to Deputy Chief Minister[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Election Commission (EC) on a plea by the Gujarat Congress seeking simultaneous bypolls for the two Rajya Sabha seats from in the State. The poll body has been asked to file its reply by June[Read More…]
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh), June 19 (IANS) Eight persons, including two children, were killed and ten others injured in a road accident here. The accident took place near Lahrawan village of Bahjoi area when a speeding container truck collided with a pickup vehicle on Tuesday night. Seven people died on spot[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking direction to the Centre to send a team of medical professionals to review and assist in preventing the outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. AES has already claimed lives of[Read More…]
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) Information technology (IT) company Bahwan CyberTek (BCT) is planning to restructure its financial technology (fintech) vertical, including carving it out as a separate company to seek private equity investment, said a official on Wednesday. She also said the company is mulling multiple options including selling the[Read More…]
Kigali (Rwanda), June 19 (IANS) Cricket fans on Tuesday were busy talking about star Afghanistan player Rashid Khan, who broke an ugly record against England by becoming the most expensive bowler in the World Cup history. Rashid conceded 104 runs in his nine overs during the World Cup match at[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Superstar Salman Khan is working out for making his strong body more flexible. Salman on Tuesday tweeted a video of him working out. In the clip, he is seen stretching his legs and is heard saying: “Being strong… trying to be flexible as well.” The 53-year-old[Read More…]
L0ucknow, June 19 (IANS) All private universities in Uttar Pradesh will now have to give an undertaking to the government, saying that their campuses will not be allowed to be used for “any anti-national activity”, a new ordinance says. The draft of a new ordinance, which will pave the way[Read More…]
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Pyongyang, June 19 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an op-ed published in an official North Korean newspaper on Wednesday, said his upcoming visit to Pyongyang will help achieve progress in the negotiations on the Korean Peninsula’s denuclearization issue. Xi’s opinion piece was published in Rodong Sinmun ahead of his[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Two drug dealers were arrested with 275 grams of brown sugar here, a Kolkata Police officer said on Wednesday. “Two drug dealers, Sk.A. Latifuddin (37), and Sk. Raja (47), were arrested from 8A Royd Street at around 11.55 p.m. on Tuesday,” Joint Commissioner of Kolkata Police[Read More…]
