New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new telecom policy — National Digital Communications Policy 2018 — designed to provide “broadband to all”, Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha announced. The policy, aimed at providing universal availability of 50 mega bits per second (Mbps) and attracting[Read More…]
Amritsar, Sep 26 (IANS) A woman was admitted to a hospital in Amritsar with injuries on Wednesday after she fell off the roof of a speeding Punjab Police jeep. She was forcibly put there by the Punjab Police Crime Branch personnel, police sources said. The matter came to light after[Read More…]
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) State-run wagons manufacturer Braithwaite & Co. is expecting to clock a revenue of Rs 250-300 crore and a net profit of Rs 10 crore in the current financial year, an official said on Wednesday. “The company’s turnover was on average Rs 120-130 crore annually for the[Read More…]
A Session Court in Maharajganj on Tuesday directed that a notice should be issued to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a 19-year-old murder case. The court has given a week’s time for CM Yogi to respond to the notice. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Adityanath is one of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Terming the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar a breath of fresh air for Indian citizens, 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 entities or[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Canada-based R&B singer and performance artiste Raghav Mathur aka Raghav, whose “Can’t get enough” and “Angel eyes” became chartbusters in the early 2000s, is back with an Indian pop ballad called “Maayera”. The song, out on Saavn Artist Originals (AO) on Wednesday, reflects his history[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Skill India programme by linking it with the Rafale deal, saying that the offset contract was given to a private company with no skills of making aircraft while millions of skilled[Read More…]
Pune, Sep 26 (IANS) Pro Kabaddi League franchise Puneri Paltan on Wednesday announced defender Girish Ernak would be the captain for the upcoming sixth season. Girish has been associated with the franchise since the last season. The CEO of the franchise Kailash Kandpal along with Ernak and head coach Ashan[Read More…]
Wuhan (China), Sep 26 (IANS) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia fought back from a set down to defeat the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the third round of the Wuhan Open on Wednesday. Pavlyuchenkova, the world number 39, ended fifth-seed Kvitova’s hopes of claiming a third title at[Read More…]
Milan, Sep 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court judgement upholding its validity but restricting it to disbursement of social benefits, saying it vindicates her stand. “People should have some rights. If bank and mobile phones are linked to Aadhaar card then everything[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The conceptual jewellery designer Roma Narsinghani is set to debut at the Paris Fashion Week this season in collaboration with fashion designer Rahul Mishra. Roma has designed an exclusive capsule collection for Rahul’s showcase at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday. The USP of the collection[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Jamesh Kottakkal says Malayalam star Prithviraj Sukumaran has been very supportive of the fashion photographer’s film on football and that he is positive about getting it on track. The sports drama titled “The Beautiful Game” was announced a few years ago. Though Kottakkal, who will[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Taiwanese technology company Synology on Wednesday launched “Surveillance Station 8.2” — a new security camera app — that turns a phone into an IP camera. The revamped disk station (DS) offers higher performance, along with the addition of IP speakers to the hardware support list,[Read More…]
Chennai, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court order on Wednesday striking down the compulsory linking of Aadhaar card to bank accounts is welcome, said a top leader of the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA). AIBEA General Secretary C.H. Venkatachalam also said that banks should stop issuing Aadhaar cards as[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Two children and a 40-year-old woman died when a four-storey building collapsed here early on Wednesday, police said. Many people are still feared trapped in the rubble. According to the Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, seven others were seriously injured. The building in Ashok Vihar was[Read More…]
By NiveditaNew Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) She was at the peak of her career when she decided to step into motherhood, but tennis star Sania Mirza, who is due to deliver next month, always believed in moving forward in her life. For her, pregnancy doesn’t mean taking things away from[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee and senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar, calling it “a good judgement” in providing relief to citizens and said Justice D.Y. Chanrachud’s dissent was very important. “I think on the whole it is[Read More…]
Pune, Sep 26 (IANS) PEN International and VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, a non-profit feminist organisation, announced a new collaboration on Wednesday to monitor gender disparities in literature through PEN Centres across the globe. The “PEN/VIDA count”, officials told IANS, will attempt to highlight imbalances in publishing by collecting data[Read More…]
Bangkok, Sep 26 (IANS) North Korea’s state media on Wednesday demanded that Japan pay compensation for its colonization of Korea between 1910 and 1945, Yonhap news agency reported. Japan would not be able to live confidently in the international community without repenting, apologizing and paying compensation for its wrongdoing, said[Read More…]
Wuhan (China), Sep 26 (IANS) Australia’s Ashleigh Barty caused another upset at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday, knocking out Germany’s third seeded Angelique Kerber to advance to the quarterfinals. World number 17 Barty, last year’s runner-up in Wuhan, beat the reigning Wimbledon champion 7-5, 6-1 to break a seven-match losing[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Sep 26 (IANS) Retired Justice K.S. Puttaswamy, one of the first to question the legality of Aadhaar, on Wednesday welcomed the landmark Supreme Court judgement upholding its validity but restricting it to disbursement of social benefits. “After holistic consideration, my opinion is that the majority judgement on the validity[Read More…]
United Nations, Sep 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump triggered laughter at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) while giving an exaggerated speech about his economic achievements to the world stage. Trump, who is highly sensitive to public criticism, made a risky move on Tuesday when he deployed the same discourse[Read More…]
Cornella de Llobregat (Spain), Sep 26 (IANS) Espanyol defeated visiting Eibar 1-0 to climb into 5th place in La Liga with 10 points from six matches. The hosts started the match brightly in front of their supporters at RCDE Stadium, while Eibar – still in search of their first away[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Calling the Aadhaar judgement a big victory of the Modi-government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said the Supreme Court has repeated what the Prime Minister has been saying: “the card gives strength to the poor”. “As far as the judgement of the Supreme[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Wine and food pairing is not that difficult as it sounds. One just needs to keep in mind that the selection of wine must compliment the taste of food ordered, say experts. Sweta Mohanty, Wine and Spirits Trainer at Aspri Spirit and Dipesh Sinha, Mixologist[Read More…]
