By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Sep 26 (IANS) Ministers from India, Brazil, Germany and Japan have expressed concern that although it has been almost 40 years since Security Council reform was put on the General Assembly agenda, it is still languishing. The Ministers from the four countries known as G-4 convened[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and several politicians wished former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his 86th birthday on Wednesday, praying for his long life and good health. Modi tweeted: “Greetings to our former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan[Read More…]
Madrid, Sep 26 (IANS) Atletico Madrid eased supporters’ concerns about their slow start to the season by cruising to a 3-0 win over newly promoted Huesca here to take provisional possession of third place in La Liga. A third straight victory was just what Atleti coach Diego Simeone would have[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. “Aadhaar cannot be treated as[Read More…]
New York, Sep 26 (IANS) Conditions have to be created for the infusion of capital needed to accelerate the transition to renewable sources of energy, according to a panel of experts. Ajay Mathur, the Director General of TERI and Co-Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) who chaired the panel[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) After working on three seasons of “Girl in the City”, actress Mithila Palkar says she got to fall in love with Mumbai city that she had grown up in. The third season of Bindass Originals’ “Girl in the City” will come to an end on Friday.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) As you get older, your diet, lifestyle and hormones become evident on your skin. The wrinkles, loss of elasticity, dark circles and blemishes can be a shock when we loom in the mirror therefore, you need to give your skin a little more care in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Men have always been very confused about the accessories options for them. However experts suggest accessories can just bring the right whiff of freshness to their boring and dull outfits. Sunil Mehra, founder and designer at House of Sunil Mehra and Natasha Tate, In-house stylist[Read More…]
San Francisco, Sep 26 (IANS) Cyber security leader Symantec on Wednesday announced new enhancements to its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology to protect information in Office 365. With Symantec DLP, data is protected whether at rest or in transit — on-premises or in the Cloud — and everywhere it flows[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the validity of the Aadhaar document but with modifications holding that the unique identity number will not be needed for opening bank accounts, admissions in schools or for getting mobile phone connections. A five-member bench of the apex court[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Sep 26 (IANS) The cast of “Modern Family” was given a pre-Halloween fright courtesy TV personality Ellen DeGeneres. The incident happened when Ed O’Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez appeared on “The Ellen[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Sep 26 (IANS) The sequel of the 2017 hit thriller film “Happy Death Day” has been titled “Happy Death 2U”. Being directed and penned by Christopher Landon, the film features original lead Jessica Rothe, reports variety.com. The plot details have not been revealed much, though a synopsis said[Read More…]
Mumbai Sep 26 (IANS) Popular television personality and actor Sunil Grover says working with National Award-winning filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj in “Pataakha” made him learn and unlearn a lot of things about performance. On his experience of working with Bhardwaj, Sunil told IANS: “As an individual, I had my own approach[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar document but with modifications. It ruled it will not be required for opening bank accounts, admission in schools or to get mobile phone connections. The court said this in a majority judgment given[Read More…]
India for the first time has allowed state refiners to buy 35 per cent of their oil imports in tankers arranged by the seller, enabling them to swiftly tap cheaper cargoes. While US President Donald Trump is set to stall Iranian oil sales through a new set of sanctions, India’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) A new hairdryer made of 23.75 karat gold has been launched. Dyson has introduced the Dyson Supersonic™ 23.75 karat gold hair dryer. Designed by James Dyson and priced at Rs 37,900, the product is gold leafed using a traditional hand-gilding method and is the first[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Chinese handset maker Vivo on Wednesday refreshed its popular V series with the V9 Pro smartphone in India for Rs 19,990. The device will be available at a special price of Rs 17,990 during Amazon India’s “Great India Festival” next month. “With the Vivo V9[Read More…]
By Durga ChakravartyMumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor, who will play the title role in the Hindi remake of Telugu blockbuster “Arjun Reddy”, says he was both curious and excited about the movie. “I wanted to try this part and see what I can do with this. I[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which allows any private entity to demand the unique identity document from citizens for the purpose of identification. “We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down[Read More…]
By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Sep 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama have discussed defence cooperation between their countries on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting. After the meeting on Tuesday, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said they were “building upon[Read More…]
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) Sporadic incidents of violence and vandalism were reported from some West Bengal districts on Wednesday during the BJP sponsored 12-hour shutdown in the state. Normal life though remained largely unaffected in the capital city and adjoining suburbs. Most of the impact of the shutdown was felt[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, gearing up for the release of his forthcoming film “Pataakha”, has said that his old-time actor friend Ashish Vidyarthi is an underrated and under-utilized actor in Bollywood. Bhardwaj was interacting with the media at a special screening of “Kahanibaaz” along with Imtiaz Ali,[Read More…]
By Taponeel MukherjeeThe need for infrastructure creation in India is now being widely debated and analysed. It would be prudent to try and better understand how infrastructure creation contributes to the economic well-being of a nation. Some of the fundamental questions that come to mind are: How much does infrastructure[Read More…]
Washington, Sep 26 (IANS) A NASA Mars orbiter has spotted the agency’s Opportunity rover on the Red Planet for the first time since it went into hibernation after a dust storm swept over the region a little more than 100 days ago and blocked sunlight from reaching the rover. A[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar document with modifications. It said it will not be required for opening bank accounts, admissions in schools or for getting mobile connections. –IANSpk-ps/in/vm
