Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) Major indices Sensex and Nifty advanced for the second day on Thursday, after it broke the nine-session-long losing streak earlier in the week over easing US-China trade tension and government’s recapitalisation of PSU banks. The Finance Ministry on Wednesday announced capital infusion of Rs 48,239 crore[Read More…]
Seoul, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Yonsei University here and said we can find solutions to two biggest challenges facing humanity – terrorism and climate change – from Gandhi’s life. “Terrorism and climate change are the two biggest[Read More…]
Colombo, Feb 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday announced the election of Shammi Silva as its new president. Backed by former president Thilanga Sumathipala, Silva garnered 83 out of a possible 142 votes, and in the process defeated Jayantha Dharmadasa, who ended up with 56 votes. The SLC[Read More…]
Canberra, Feb 21 (IANS) Former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, the highest-ranking woman to serve in a two-term government, announced her decision to quit politics, here on Thursday. She will not contest May general election, Bishop added. Bishop served as Australia’s first female minister for Foreign Affairs under two Prime[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Back to playing competitive cricket after a long injury layoff, India’s Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha says he does not consider stumper Rishabh Pant as a rival and is happy at the younster’s success. “I don’t see him as my competitor. I have never[Read More…]
By Kaushik Kumar New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Ravi Kumar is hopeful of bagging an Olympic quota at the ISSF Shooting World Cup but feels it doesn’t gurantee him a ticket to Tokyo as the quota belongs to a country. Ravi believes the Indian team is[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday that the joint statement by India and Saudi Arabia on holding talks with Pakistan vindicated their stand. The statement issued after a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown[Read More…]
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The electronic voting machines (EVMs) are the “wonder machines” of the Indian democracy and those who question it are peddling conspiracies to sow seeds of doubt and undermining democracy, said former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi. On the challenges facing the[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) In a shocking revelation, the Gujarat government has admitted some 1,018 infant deaths at the Adani Foundation-run GK General Hospital in Bhuj, Kutch district, over the past five years. GK General Hospital is the first of the state government’s public-private partnership initiatives in the health sector.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a preliminary enquiry involving unknown officials of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) for alleged irregularities and misconduct in the 2010 examination for the post of additional private secretary. Agency sources said the PE was registered on[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) board has recommended an interest rate of 8.65 per cent for 2018-19, 10 basis points higher over the previous fiscal. In the financial year 2017-18, the interest rate was 8.55 per cent. This is the first time since 2015-16[Read More…]
Seoul, Feb 21 (IANS) Making a call to intensify the India-Korea economic relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday urged more Korean businesses to turn their attention towards India. “I wish to see more and more Korean businesses turning their attention to India,” Modi said. Addressing the India-Korea Business[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) A five-day exhibition of crafts by 500 artisans from across the country will commemorate Kasturba Gandhis 75th death anniversary (which falls on Friday), along with Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary year. The exhibition named ‘Ba, Bapu evam Shilpkala Utsav’ will run from February 22 to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Since its inception in 1975, the ICC World Cup has witnessed several changes. While defending champions Australia are the most successful nation with five titles, India and West Indies have two each, and Pakistan and Sri Lanka one World Cup each. The first three One-Day[Read More…]
Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 21 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday slammed the Congress “politicizing” the Pulawama terror attack and raising doubts about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to national security. Holding that Modi government gave top priority to national security during last five years, he said the opposition[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) After the news of producer Raj Kumar Barjatya’s demise broke on social media, several Bollywood celebrities like Madhuri Dixit Nene and Sonam K. Ahuja mourned the death of the “kindest, sweetest and most generous soul”. Raj Kumar, was the producer of popular films like “Hum Aapke[Read More…]
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday condemned the withdrawal of security cover to mainstream politicians in the state in the wake of the suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF troopers. “Withdrawal of security to mainstream political workers and office bearers is a[Read More…]
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) A potent neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory chemical in a native California shrub may lead to treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, say researchers. The plant called Yerba santa, dubbed as “holy herb” in Spanish by native California tribes, has long been used to treat respiratory ailments, fever and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday asked President Ram Nath Kovind to sack Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy for “disgracing” his post and violating the “fundamentals of Constitution”. “Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy, in yet another outrageous statement, has endorsed a call for boycott of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) A week after 40 troopers were killed in a deadly terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama district, the government on Thursday allowed paramilitary forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir to take commercial flights to join duty or while going on leave. The Ministry[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the upcoming Twenty20 International and One-Day International series against Australia due to lower back stiffness, BCCI announced on Thursday. Left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been named replacement for Hardik for the ODIs. However, no replacement[Read More…]
Solapur, Feb 21 (IANS) When National Award winning heroine Prerana alias ‘Rinku M. Rajguru stepped out to write her first HSC exam paper, virtually the whole state wished her ‘all the best” here on Thursday. When she arrived with her parents in a car at the Tuljabhavani College of Arts[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) In an attempt to fully eradicate manual scavenging from the Indian capital, the Delhi government is working towards robotic solutions for cleaning sewers and septic tanks. To achieve this goal, Delhi Cabinet Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam convened a meeting with experts from IIT, Delhi Technological[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) Neptune’s recently discovered tiny Moon could be the result of a collision between its larger Moon and a comet billions of years ago, say a team of planetary scientists. The tiny Moon, named Hippocamp – meaning a half-horse half-fish from Greek mythology, was discovered by NASA’s[Read More…]
