Washington, June 18 (IANS) The US is exploring the possibility of rejoining the UN tourism body to create jobs for Americans and help promote tourist destinations in the country, the State Department said. The US made its intention to be back in the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Monday[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) In a bid to get first-hand information from railway passengers, Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav has asked all General Managers and other senior officials to travel by trains frequently. In a letter written to all the General Managers on June 13, Yadav told them[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an urgent hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which sought safety and security of doctors, observing that the medicos have already called off their strike in West Bengal and other states. A vacation bench, comprising Justices Deepak Gupta[Read More…]
Sao Paulo (Brazil) June 18 (IANS) Chile beat Japan 4-0 in their Group C opening match for the Copa America in Brazil, an excessive punishment for a Japanese team who showed flashes of good soccer and at times managed to dominate the tournament’s reigning champion. A brace by Eduardo Vargas[Read More…]
Washington, June 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that immigration enforcement authorities would begin deporting millions of undocumented migrants from the country in the coming week. Trump however, did not provide further details on the immigrants who would be affected by the mass removal, reports Efe news. “Next[Read More…]
London, June 18 (IANS) Poor oral health is associated with a 75 per cent increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer, a study suggests. Published in the United European Gastroenterology Journal, the study investigated the association between oral health conditions and the risk of[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) The Indian Army on Tuesday killed yet another militant linked to the Pulwama attack that took away the lives of 40 CRPF troopers earlier this year. Despite losing four soldiers in past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army was successful in killing the Jaish[Read More…]
Santa Clara, June 18 (IANS) Only 36 per cent organisations said they could enforce data loss prevention in the Cloud and 33 per cent said they could control the collaboration settings that determine how their data is shared, a report by global cyber security firm McAfee said on Tuesday. The[Read More…]
Taunton (England), June 18 (IANS) Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan, who played a brilliant knock to guide his team to a record win against West Indies, has called on his teammates not to get complacent and bring out their A-game in their next World Cup fixture against Australia. On[Read More…]
London, June 18 (IANS) Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has praised star skipper Virat Kohli, saying he has changed the face of Indian cricket forever. Ranveer, who on Sunday made his commentary debut with Star Sports alongside cricket stars Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019,[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Superstar Salman Khan takes his fitness seriously. He made sure his security team helps him do that too. He shared a quirky video in which Salman is seen taking his security team go through “highs and lows” and how he makes them feel “secure” around him.[Read More…]
Dubai, June 18 (IANS) Thousands of residents will participate in events commemorating the fifth International Day of Yoga led by the Indian missions across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the media reported on Tuesday. The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Indian Consulate in Dubai, which are hosting the[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) An exhibition of archival posters from Poland’s Poster Museum will open here for public on Wednesday. Organised by the Polish Institute, “Between Art Deco and Modernism” at the India International Centre (IIC) here will recount the popular art of Polish posters during 1918-1939. Since late[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Former skipper Waqar Younis is of the view that the current Pakistan team get intimidated whenever they face arch-rivals India. Pakistan suffered a 89-run thrashing against India in their World Cup fixture played at the Old Trafford in Manchester. According to Waqar, Sunday’s defeat exposed[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Actor Arjun Kapoor has opened up about his struggles with obesity and says it has been a tough journey for him. Arjun on Tuesday posted two photograph of himself on Instagram. He is seen working out. Its caption read: “It has been a tough journey for[Read More…]
Nottingham, June 18 (IANS) Australia assistant coach Brad Haddin has conceded that they are still looking for their best combination of playing XI in the ongoing World Cup. Australia are sitting pretty at the top of the points table with four wins from five games. The only game that they[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 18 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has started shooting for his upcoming film “Gulabo Sitabo”, directed by Shoojit Sircar, here. “One done another begun. Travel, location change, look change, crew change, colleagues change, city change and story change. From Lucknow today ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ and the look? Well, what can[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 18 (IANS) To review codes, Microsoft-owned GitHub has acquired a US-based start-up called Pull Panda that makes collaboration tools for software teams at an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, Pull Panda’s products – Pull Reminders, Pull Analytics and Pull Assigner – would now be available for free[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Bharti AXA General Insurance on Tuesday said the company registered an increase of 29 per cent in its Gross Written Premium (GWP) to Rs 2,285 crore in the financial year 2018-19 from Rs 1,772 crore in 2017-18. Driven by growth across all product segments and[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Public Cloud services revenue in India is projected to a total $2.4 billion in 2019 — an increase of 24.3 per cent from 2018, a new report by Gartner said on Tuesday. Although India’s revenue will only represent 1.2 per cent of the global public Cloud[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) The Jaish-e-Muhammad (LeT) militant whose car was used in the February 14 Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF troopers, was killed in a gunfight on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. Sajad Ahmad Bhat was among the two militants who were killed[Read More…]
Ranchi, June 18 (IANS) Preparations are in full swing for International Yoga Day as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be joining the programme to be held here in Jharkhand on Friday. The program will be organised at Prabhat Tara ground. Modi will join the yoga session along with 18,000 people,[Read More…]
Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken notice of the altercation between a journalist and Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, his office has announced. Last week, journalist Sami Ibrahim had reportedly filed a complaint accusing Chaudhry of slapping him at a wedding, Dawn news[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Om Birla of the the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an MP from Rajasthan, will be the NDA nominee for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, informed sources said on Tuesday. If nominated, Birla, 56, will become the Speaker given the clear majority the BJP-led National Democratic[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 18 (IANS) After a month of disappearing from the Microsoft Store, laptops from Chinese technology player Huawei have made a comeback on the software giant’s online store. Huawei laptops including the MateBook 13, MateBook and MateBook X Pro are made available again. However, MateBook X Pro is[Read More…]
