Bengaluru, Sep 26 (IANS) In a bid to tap more Indian consumers, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Wednesday launched its fourth flagship “Mi Home” experience store in the country, in Bengaluru, along with a new office. “Now we have four offices in India, with this Bengaluru office being the biggest.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, a member of the five-judge Supreme Court bench on Aadhaar issue, on Wednesday held that the Aadhaar Act cannot be treated as a money bill and passing it as one will be a fraud on the Constitution. Holding that Rajya Sabha has[Read More…]
Puducherry, Sep 26 (IANS) Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday inaugurated the first edition of the Pondicherry International Film Festival (PIFF). It was followed by the screening of the National Award-winning Tamil film “To Let” by director Chezhiyan. PIFF’s Festival Director Saibal Chatterjee and Abhishek Sinha, Founder and CEO,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 5,538-crore package as part of a comprehensive policy for the sugar industry to deal with the surplus domestic stock and help mills clear dues of cane growers. The policy seeks to offset the cost of cane crushed[Read More…]
Ranchi, Sep 26 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas involved in the killing of Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjeet Balihar and five other policemen in Jharkhand in 2013 were awarded death sentence by a Dumka district court on Wednesday. Additional District Judge Taufiqool Hasan pronounced the judgment against Praveer alias Sukhlal Murmu[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government to file a status report giving details of the steps taken to improve health facilities in city hospitals here. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao asked the government to[Read More…]
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) West Bengal on Wednesday witnessed sporadic violence and vandalism in some districts and disruption in train services during the BJP-sponsored 12-hour shutdown in the state. Normal life though remained largely unaffected in the capital city and suburbs. The shutdown’s impact was mostly felt in parts of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved assistance of Rs 825 crore for re-lining of Sirhind and Rajasthan feeder canal over five years till 2022-23. The approved cost of re-lining of Sirhind feeder canal is Rs 671.47 crore and that of re-lining of Rajasthan feeder canal[Read More…]
New York, Sep 26 (IANS) Global enterprise software company Infor on Wednesday announced the general availability of its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Coleman digital assistant that can help make work more enjoyable and productive. The product is designed to help maximise human work potential by enabling natural language extensibility and accessibility[Read More…]
Jammu, Sep 26 (IANS) Two women drowned in Chenab river while one went missing on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. The bodies of the two women were recovered while efforts were on to locate the third woman who was missing, a police officer said. –IANS sq/mr
Paris, Sep 26 (IANS) First-edition rare texts and drawings from a number of 19th century French literary and artistic geniuses, including a melancholic letter from poet Arthur Rimbaud essaying his last weeks, will be on sale at a Sotheby’s auction here on October 9. The auction, themed around “The Library[Read More…]
Shimla, Sep 26 (IANS) More than 650 people, including five foreigners, have been evacuated in the past two days and over 1,000 are still stranded in snow-marooned Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday. Three stranded persons, including a pregnant woman from Nepal, have died in the past[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Leading hospital network for women and children Apollo Cradle on Wednesday unveiled its ‘e-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’ (eNICU) with advanced technology to improve neonatal care capabilities in India. Through the eNICU, Apollo Cradle specialists will now be able to monitor minute details including medication levels,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The government on Wednesday termed the Supreme Court judgement in the Aadhaar case as historic but asserted that some of the prohibitions by the court cannot be assumed to be “perpetual”. “Government has every intention to go by this judgement. It has set a law[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Bollywood actors Jacqueline Fernandez and Kartik Aaryan have been signed on to endorse spirits company Radico Khaitan Limited’s Magic Moments. The actors will endorse Magic Moments, Magic Moments Remix, Magic Moments VERVE and Electra range as the brand looks to reinforce its position as the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Terming the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar a breath of fresh air for Indian citizens, cyber law experts on Wednesday said a completely new regime has to be put in place to protect the Aadhaar data that is lying with private companies. Stating that private[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) As many as 50 per cent Indians may be hoarding at least two unused electrical or electronic devices constituting hazardous e-waste for up to five years, a survey has revealed. The survey, conducted by Cerebra Green and MAIT, said that another 30 per cent kept 3-4[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Lending major State Bank of India (SBI) will divest four per cent stake in SBI General Insurance company for Rs 481.73 crore post regulatory approvals. According to a BSE filing, the bank’s Executive Committee of Central Board (ECCB) on Wednesday approved the divestment of “86,20,000 equity[Read More…]
Toronto, Sep 26 (IANS) Sudden drop in glucose when you are hungry can have a negative impact on your mood, suggests new research. The researchers wanted to investigate whether chronic, long-term hypoglycemia — low blood sugar — is a risk factor for developing depression-like behaviours. “We found evidence that a[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Sep 26 (IANS) Leading food delivery start-up Swiggy on Wednesday said it will open kitchens in four metros and partner with 300 restaurants-turned-delivery-only-kitchens to serve customers faster and expand the food delivery market across the country. “We will soon open our ‘access’ kitchens in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai[Read More…]
An elderly woman suffering from diarrhea died in Jamshedpur earlier this week as the doctors at MGM Hospital insisted the son to bring the recently launched Ayushman Bharat card first. Reportedly, it took nearly six hours to get the card made, and when the son returned to be with his[Read More…]
Milan, Sep 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday questioned the BJP about the lynchings and encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh, and the suicides of hundreds of farmers in Maharashtra and Rajasthan. “I ask them why so many farmers have committed suicide in Rajasthan and Maharashtra,” which[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) A 65-year-old security guard was on Wednesday stabbed to death here when he was on his routine duty, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Vijay Kumar said Ram Bahadur of Humayunpur in south Delhi used to work as a guard in that very area. “He[Read More…]
Wayanad (Kerala) Sep 26 (IANS) Eight cows have been handed over to as many farmers in the hilly district of Wayanad in north Kerala under the ‘donate a cow’ campaign in the wake of torrential rains and consequent devastation in the state in the monsoon season. District authorities had launched[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Reliance Communications (RCOM) on Wednesday said it plans to expand its data centers in India, including those in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. RCOM recently set up its data center in Mumbai, which has opened an ecosystem to accommodate the speed of “Cloud acceleration” and the increase[Read More…]
