By Venkatachari JagannathanChennai, Sep 25 (IANS) The fifth seeded Indian women’s team defeated 55th seeded Venezuela 4-0 in the second round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad underway at Batumi in Georgia. The team captain and coach Jacob Aagaard on Tuesday rested top player Koneru Humpy and brought in Harika[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday accorded approval for procurement of 1,000 engines for T-72 tanks that would improve the tanks agility and acceleration. The engines of 1,000 bhp each would be procured under “Buy and Make” category[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) OYO Hotels on Tuesday said it has raised $800 million in its latest funding round led by SoftBank Investment Advisers. It has also confirmed a commitment of an additional $200 mn, bringing the total funding to $1 billion in this round, OYO said in a[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Actress Shraddha Kapoor, who is gearing up for her forthcoming film based on the life of Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, has said she feels lucky to be part of the film of an athlete who won the bronze for the country in 2012 London Olympics. Shradhha[Read More…]
Two lions including a lioness and a lion cub were found dead in Dalkhaniya range of Gir (East) forest on Monday September 25, taking the total death count of Asiatic lions in the area to 13 in past 10 days. The unusual occurrence that has forced the state’s forest department[Read More…]
In a hilarious yet shocking development, the names of some retired as well as a deceased policeman had made it to the list of the 2,500 police personnel transferred through the newly introduced Automatic Personnel Placement Software (APPS), on Monday September 22. Later on, the names of around 45 names, including[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who chairs the manual scavenging panel meet, directed the Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam to investigate why no meeting was held since December 2017 whereas the panel was supposed to meet every six months. The Delhi government Panel meeting held for the first time[Read More…]
In a shameful incident, Uttar Pradesh police abused a girl who they themselves rescued and shot a video to boast what they were doing. The video of the girl being orally and physically assaulted by the police is going viral on social media. The girl belonged to a Hindu community[Read More…]
Seems like the district football association is more interested in elections that’s why the players themselves had to fund for organising football tournaments in Sopore. For the first time, people are witnessing a football matches being played under floodlights. Football, world’s most popular game, kick-started with its inaugural match on[Read More…]
The Kerala High Court allowed a lesbian couple to live together as life partners in Kochi on Tuesday. The decision came in a view of the recent judgment passed by the Supreme Court that allows consensual same-sex relationships. The division bench comprised of Justice CK Abdul Rehim and R Narayana[Read More…]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met nine leaders from across the globe in a whirlwind of bilateral interactions and spoke at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summity. She began her day on Monday by attending the high-level event on counter-narcotics convened by US President Donald Trump, where she was seated at[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed political parties to post on their websites and publicise in the media full details of the criminal charges the candidates they are fielding in elections are facing. Pronouncing the judgment, a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also urged Parliament to[Read More…]
In a world beset by terror and hateful ideologies, “the wisdom of pioneering leaders like (Nelson) Mandela should remain as our moral compass”, according to Extenal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Speaking on Monday at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit here, she declared, “We Indians consider Mandiba one of our own.[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a ban on members of Parliament and legislative assemblies from practising as advocates. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar dismissed the plea saying there is no bar on lawyers, who are members of[Read More…]
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) on September 23 to provide health benefits to the poor, not all the states find it worth implying to their states. So far five states in the country have declined from opting the Centre’s healthcare insurance scheme[Read More…]
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday September 25, dismissed the plea seeking ban on lawyers elected as lawmakers to practice in courts. It stated that “The Bar Council of India rules does not prohibit legislators from practicing as lawyers.” A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A[Read More…]
Assam has witnessed 4,130 cases of rape and over 15,000 dowry-related cases ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government came to power in the state two years ago, according to an official data. The figures could prove to be an embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government since[Read More…]
While the rain had made Yamuna look comparatively cleaner in past few days, but one again the river wore a foamy look this week after thousands of Ganesha idols were immersed on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The use of PoP idols was banned by NGT in 2015 as they[Read More…]
Flying for the first time, a flyer identified as Abhijit Kumar created a row of panic among passengers on GoAir’s Delhi-Patna flight G8149, last Saturday (September 22) when he accidentally tried to open the aircraft’s exit door mid-air mistaking it with lavatory door. The crew was alerted about the incident by[Read More…]
In a bid to save people from landslides in mountainous regions, Kerala based Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University has set up a wireless sensor network system in Sikkim-Darjeeling belt to predict and signal early warning of landslides to locals. Speaking on the sidelines of “Amrita’s real-time landslide warning system to save[Read More…]
Defending the continuance of the ailing Manohar Parrikar as the Chief Minister of Goa, Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar on Monday said J. Jayalalitha continued to be the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu despite being unwell for a year and a half. “We have elected a chief minister and[Read More…]
India has the potential to more than triple its trade with its South Asian neighbours to $62 billion against its actual trade of $19 billion, said a World Bank report released here on Monday. “A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia” pointed out that intra-regional[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Gujarat government’s response on a plea by the wife of dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, alleging that she is compelled to move the court as her husband is being prevented from doing so. Describing the allegation by Shweta Bhatt that her husband was[Read More…]
Fake news is used as a political tool to manipulate populations in countries where elections are due. This is happening in India as well, says Jamie Angus, Director of BBC World Service Group. Several people have lost their lives in the past one year by lynch mobs after rumours of[Read More…]
64-year-old Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who assumes office as the 46th Chief Justice of India on October 3 after incumbent Dipak Misra retires, has a slew of keenly watched cases. Some of the most anticipated among them is Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid fate; Rajiv Gandhi assassination case; answers to who killed Aarushi Talwar;[Read More…]