Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Amid mixed global markets and healthy quaterly results of index heavyweights, key equity indices by over 1 per cent, during the late afternoon session of the trade on Wednesday. In addition, the equity indices also gained as both the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and domestic institutional[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 6 (IANS) Global technology and services provider Bosch Group on Wednesday inaugurated the Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI) at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) with a planned investment of 2.5 million Euros (over Rs 20 crore) over five years. The mission is[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS) The 10-day Budget session of the Karnataka legislature began on a stormy note on Wednesday with BJP legislators disrupting Governor Vajubhai Vala’s address to the joint sitting. As soon as Vala began his address in Hindi, Bharatiya Janata Party members walked towards the Chair and started[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Actress-model Malaika Arora says she never felt objectified while doing special numbers in Bollywood. From “Chaiyya chaiyya”, “Maahi ve”, “Kaal dhamaal”, “Munni badnaam hui” to “Anarkali disco chali”, Malaika has done several special numbers for Bollywood projects. “I have always said that we shouldn’t tag them[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to place some additional documents on record to support his pending anticipatory bail plea in the INX Media case. Justice Sunil Gaur allowed Chidambaram’s application seeking to file additional documents. Chidambaram’s move came[Read More…]
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Targetting 300 million kg of exports by 2020, tea planters have told the government that the key to this lies in incentivising production of orthodox (full leaf) tea and boosting the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS). “We are mainly focusing on exports[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 (IANS) Stepping up his attack on the Modi government at the Centre and the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said they are not working for farmers, tribals and dalits in the state and accused them of muzzling tribal rights. “Naveen Patnaik[Read More…]
By Ajeyo Basu New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Former Olympic champion Jennifer Azzi is confident that the NBA schools in India will change the scenario for bastketball in the not too distant future. The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) legend, who is currently the head coach of the women’s team[Read More…]
Jaipur, Feb 6 (IANS) In two separate cases of suspected honour killing in a week, two men were brutally lynched in Sriganganagar and Churu districts of Rajasthan. Harjit Singh was beaten with rods and sticks allegedly by family members of a girl whom he had an affair with, after being[Read More…]
New York, Feb 6 (IANS) Anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat severe psoriasis have the potential to prevent heart disease, according to researchers including one of Indian-origin. The study showed that during one year of treatment, anti-inflammatory drugs or biologic therapy improved coronary artery plaque similar to the effect of a[Read More…]
Lahore, Feb 6 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was stopped from leaving Pakistan after his name was found to be on a no-fly list, the media reported. According to officials, Gilani reached the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore on Tuesday to catch a flight to South Korea[Read More…]
Wellington, Feb 6 (IANS) New Zealand opener Tim Seifert’s quick-fire 84 got the hosts off to a flying start and saw them posting a huge 219/6 against India in the first of the three-match Twenty20 international series here on Wednesday. At one point, the Kiwis were 134/2 in 12.4 overs[Read More…]
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Feb 6 (IANS) China plans to build four nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by 2035 in order to catch up with the world’s strongest US Navy, says a report. China is rapidly building a blue army as it flexes its muscles in international waters and feuds with over[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said the party will not only win the coming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh but also the Assembly polls in 2022. Scindia, who has been given charge of western Uttar Pradesh, also said the strategy of the[Read More…]
Montevideo, Feb 6 (IANS) Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez is recovering well after undergoing a hernia operation, the South American country’s football association (AUF) said. Tabarez, who will be 71 next month, had surgery to repair a condition in which part of the intestine protrudes through the abdomen near the navel,[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured a delegation of lawmakers and representatives of the Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF) that the Central government will try to find a solution to the mining impasse in the state within the “four corners of the law”. The delegation met[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Team messaging and collaboration platform Flock on Wednesday announced the appointment of Sam Mallikarjunan as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to oversee the market engagement and expansion of the company globally as well as in India. Mallikarjunan will focus on channelising revenue operations for Flock[Read More…]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Nik Dodani is openly gay, and now wants the world of entertainment to open doors for the LGBTQ community as well. “The queer community is full of so many different kinds of people and it’s exciting to see that (being) reflected on[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) US Senator and prospective Democratic candidate for President Elizabeth Warren listed her race as “American Indian” on a State Bar of Texas registration card in 1986, the media reported. The yellow registration card, which is dated April 1986, was filled out in blue ink and signed[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 6 (IANS) Singer Madonna will be honoured at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards for accelerating acceptance of the LGBTQ community. The awards ceremony by GLAAD, a LGBTQ media advocacy organisation, will be held in New York on May 4, reports hollywoodreporter.com. The singer will receive the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker Oppo on Wednesday introduced its K series in India with the launch of the K1 smartphone for Rs 16,990. It comes with a 6.41-inch screen with AMOLED display with a waterdrop notch, 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage, expandable upto 256GB and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Pradeep Singh Kharola, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India, was appointed the new Civil Aviation Secretary on Wednesday. The announcement came a few days after the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) gave senior bureaucrat Ramesh Abhishek additional charge as Secretary of the Civil Aviation[Read More…]
Gangtok, Feb 6 (IANS) The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), which has been in power since 1994, has launched a new digital campaign targeting first-time voters and urging them to vote for Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. The campaign #MyFirstVote4Chamling was launched on Tuesday on the occasion of Losar or the[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS) The 10-day Budget session of the Karnataka legislature began on a stormy note on Wednesday with BJP legislators disrupting Governor Vajubhai Vala’s address to the joint sitting. As soon as Vala began his address in Hindi, Bharatiya Janata Party members walked towards the Chair and started[Read More…]
Seoul, Feb 6 (IANS) The US envoy for North Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday for talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Hyok-chol, paving the way for a second leadership summit. US Special Representative Stephen Biegun arrived in the North Korean capital from Seoul just as US President Donald[Read More…]
