Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) Signalling a new smartphone vendor war in 2019, Chinese player Huawei sold over 60 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2018, achieving the strongest growth of 37.6 per cent among the top five global players, Gartner said on Thursday. Global sales of smartphones to end[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) In a sudden turn of events, the Congress on Thursday wooed the A. Vijayakant-led DMDK to its electoral alliance for the Lok Sabha polls. Congress leader S. Thirunavukarasar on Thursday called on Vijayakant at his residence and requested him to take “a good decision” taking into[Read More…]
Agartala, Feb 21 (IANS) To make the electoral lists more accurate, the Election Commission has asked all states and Union Territories to hold two-day special camps to rectify errors, if any, and to include the names of eligible voters, a top official said here on Thursday. “In view of the[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 21 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday cautioned Indian defence shipyards against constantly pleading with the government for equipment manufacturing contracts while urging them to look abroad for selling maritime battle ware. Sitharaman was addressing a function at Goa Shipyard Limited in the port town of Vasco,[Read More…]
Jaipur, Feb 21 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has suspended two jail officials and acted against two others after a Pakistani prisoner was murdered by Indian inmates in the Jaipur Central Jail, officials said on Thursday. The government has put Jail Superintendent Sanjay Yadav and Jailor Jagdish Sharma under Awaiting Posting[Read More…]
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 21 (IANS) Spain’s Jaume Munar, Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien, Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene and Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Rio Open tennis meet. Favourites Dominic Thiem of Austria and Fabio Fognini of Italy were eliminated in the first round of the tournament, reports[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) Works by over 50 artists from 13 nations will be displayed at exhibitions in a variety of public spaces here as part of the second edition of Chennai Photo Biennale, starting Friday. The biennale that will continue till March 24, will be on display at the[Read More…]
Seoul, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in South Korea’s premier Yonsei University and said the occasion assumes greater significance in light of Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. “In the 20th century, Gandhi was perhaps mankind’s biggest gift. In the last century,[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) President Donald Trump has said that an Alabama woman who left the US in November 2014 to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group will not be allowed to return despite her public plea to come back and stand trial in America. Hoda Muthana was 20[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) Reliance Communications (RCom) on Thursday said it has requested for an ‘urgent approval’ from the company’s lenders to directly release around Rs 260 crore from its bank account to Ericsson. The move comes after the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed RCom to pay Rs 453 crore[Read More…]
London, Feb 21 (IANS) The BRITs 2019 has sparked ‘fix’ claims after an advertisement revealed the show’s results hours before the ceremony. The ceremony was held on Wednesday at London’s 02 arena. Pop band The 1975 emerged as the big winner by taking home Best British Group and Album of[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Thursday said his Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party will release the names of Lok Sabha candidates in phases and that youths will get preference. Speaking to reporters here, Kamal Haasan said the candidates will be selected based on criterias like age, education[Read More…]
Montevideo, Feb 21 (IANS) Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro beat Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting 2-0 in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores third stage qualifying tie at the Luis Franzini Stadium here. The visitors on Wednesday scored the first goal of the match in the 11th minute, when Mineiro captain Rever[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Led by growing popularity of video streaming in local languages on various over-the-top (OTT) applications, India witnessed overall mobile data traffic growth by 109 per cent in 2018, with 4G contributing a massive 92 per cent, Nokia’s annual Mobile Broadband India Traffic (MBiT) Index said[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) As India elections inch closer, Google on Thursday announced to train journalists in online verification and fact-checking, digital safety and security, YouTube for elections coverage and data visualization for elections. Google News Initiative, in partnership with independent, third-party organisations DataLeads and Internews would host training[Read More…]
Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) More than 16 lakh students in Bihar took the Class 10 Board examination on Thursday wearing slippers – in line with a government order aimed at checking rampant cheating. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) notified that students wearing shoes and socks will not be allowed[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) State-owned telecom service provider MTNL stocks surged up to 19 per cent on Thursday on expectations that the Digital Communications Commission (DCC), previously Telecom Commission, will approve a revival plan for the cash-strapped company. MTNL stocks surged 19 per cent around 11.30 a.m. to touch an[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to Asees Singh Chadha who allegedly killed a 51-year-old woman from Turkmenistan in a road accident. The 19-year-old, nephew of the late Ponty Chadha of the Wave Group, has been asked by Additional Sessions Judge Sudesh Kumar[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 21 (IANS) Apple users will now be able to stay up to date on their favourite places right from the Google Maps app on iOS, the Internet giant has announced. Users can search for a place – whether it’s a new restaurant that just opened up in[Read More…]
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) Actress Lisa Ray, who plays a lesbian in web series “Four More Shots Please”, says she doesn’t like the idea of labelling or defining people, especially when it comes to one’s choice of partner. Excerpts from the interview: Q. How has life[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Actress Archana Puran Singh is back on the seat, which was once occupied by Navjot Singh Sidhu, of “The Kapil Sharma Show”. She says it’s a possibility that she will replace the cricketer-turned-politician on the show. Sidhu has been reportedly ousted from the show after[Read More…]
Geneva, Feb 21 (IANS) Health spending, which accounts for 10 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), is pushing 100 million people into extreme poverty each year, says a report by the World Health Organization (WHO). Health spending is made up of government expenditure, out-of-pocket payments (people paying for[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 21 (IANS) In a bid to take on Apple, Samsung on Thursday unveiled its flagship smartphones — the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, a cheaper Galaxy S10e and the Galaxy S10 5G at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium here. The company was yet to announce the India pricing[Read More…]
Helsinki, Feb 21 (IANS) Premium smartphone maker OnePlus on Thursday announced its 5G plans with Finnish telecommunications network carrier Elisa. It will launch a 5G-enabled device in the second quarter of 2019. The announcement comes close on the heels of Samsung announcing a 5G variant of its flagship Galaxy S10[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday attacked the Modi government and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval over the suicide bombing in Kashmir that killed 40 CRPF troopers and questioned the intelligence breach that led to the attack. “Is our Intelligence so weak under Ajit Doval that terrorists[Read More…]
