Economic Survey report tabled by Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on Tuesday projected that the India’s economy grows between 6.75 percent and 7.5 percent in the financial year beginning on April 1. The survey was prepared by the finance ministry’s chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian. The survey also pointed out[Read More…]
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Four teenage boys sodomise a 13-year-old boy, shoot videos for months
Four teens were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy, shooting the sexual act and blackmailing the victim for over two months, from Jamal Colony in Chaderghat. Incidentally, the victim was suspended from the school for two months after the authority learned about the sexual assault. The police have[Read More…]
H-1B visa reform bill introduced in US, doubles the minimum wage
A new code has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000. This legislation was passed along with other laws. The doubling of salary will further make it difficult for firms to use the programme to[Read More…]
Latur factory mishap: Death toll rises to nine; probe on
Four persons were arrested on Tuesday in relation to the mishap at an oil mill in Maharashtra’s Latur district. The death toll in the incident that took place on Monday has climbed to nine with two more bodies being recovered from a tank in the plant. The State Labour Minister[Read More…]
Muslim ban: Noted tech firms to meet to file legal challenge against Trump’s order
A group of noted tech firms is planning to meet on Tuesday to discuss filing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump’s order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations said a spokesperson for a company organizing the gathering. The meeting was called together by GitHub, a[Read More…]
PM Modi urges students to read his personalised e-book
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his Mann Ki Baat address on Sunday, where he spoke on examination, has been converted into an e-book. “Last Sunday’s #MannKiBaat has been converted into an e-book, which can be read by students during this exam season,” Modi tweeted. Last Sunday’s #MannKiBaat has[Read More…]
Economic Survey 2017: Govt to table survey today; 10 things you need to know
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is all set to address Parliament and table the Economic Survey on Tuesday. The Economic Survey features the economic growth forecasts, recommend policy changes and set the tone for the Union Budget to be presented on Wednesday. The Economic Survey is tabled just a day[Read More…]
80 falcons boarding an airplane is not a rare sight in UAE!
An image on Reddit of a Saudi prince who brought 80 hawks on a plane Monday morning is going viral. This may sound strange, as the very image of aeroplanes to us is a cramped little seat with barely any space to swing your leg and 80 hawks as your[Read More…]
Delhi woman smashed to death in a public park
A woman was allegedly crushed to death with a stone in a public park in Mangolpuri area, New Delhi on Monday night. The deceased has been identified 30-year-old Aarti who got married just a month back. According to Indian Express reports, Aarti’s body was found in a public park in[Read More…]
Clean-up starts at North Dakota pipeline protest camp
A number of dump trucks and heavy machinery were seen at the protest camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday. These vehicles cleared a large amount of garbage that has accumulated. Protesters came together for months against plans to route the $3.8 billion pipeline beneath Lake[Read More…]
Iran has tested ballistic missile disregarding UN resolution: US
Iran conducted its first ballistic missile test under Donald Trump’s presidency, in yet another apparent violation of a United Nations resolution, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday. The United States has said that it is studying details of an Iranian ballistic missile test. Press secretary Sean Spicer said he[Read More…]
Pakistan warns US against the travel-ban policy
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman, gave a clear warning to Trump administration against including Pakistan in the list of travel ban nations. Such an act shall invite a “host of hostilities” between the two countries. Bilawal’s remarks came as the USA seeks to ban citizens of seven Muslim-majority[Read More…]
Kerala college principal detained for castiest remarks on student
Police on Monday filed a case against celebrity chef and Kerala Law Academy principal Lakshmi Nair on charges of making casteist remarks on Dalit students of the institution. Nair had been at the centre of a campus agitation for the past 20 days, with students demanding her resignation. Police said[Read More…]
Muslim ban: Iranian film maker Asghar Farhadi to miss Oscar ceremony
Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi, nominated for Oscar, will be unable to attend this year’s ceremony in the wake of US President Donald Trump banning nationals from seven Muslim countries from entering USA. Farhadi is nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film for the movie ‘The Salesman’, which tells the[Read More…]
67 students have been refusing midday meal prepared by Dalit woman since July ’16
67 students, including 16 kids belonging to scheduled caste category, of a government primary school are reportedly not having lunch prepared by a Dalit woman for the mid-day meal since July 2016. The incident came to light after the school headmaster Ramgopal Gupta sent a letter to Jatara Janpad CEO[Read More…]
How Twitter reacted to BCCI appointments
Supreme Court on Monday nominated former CAG Vinod Rai, Ramchandra Guha, Vikram Limaye and former captain of the women’s cricket team Diana Edulji as administrator who will look after the day-to-day functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and ensure the smooth implementation of the Lodha[Read More…]
More than a million sign petition to prevent Trump’s UK visit
The online petition to stop US President Donald Trump’s official UK visit has gathered more than a million signatures. Following Trump’s Muslim ban, the petition has garnered huge support online. British PM Theresa May announced the visit during her recent US trip. The petition alleged that Donald Trump’s UK visit[Read More…]
SC appoints Vinod Rai, Ramchandra Guha and Diana Edulji as BCCI administrators
Supreme Court on Monday nominated former CAG Vinod Rai, Ramchandra Guha, Vikram Limaye and former captain of the women’s cricket team Diana Edulji as administrator who will look after the day-to-day functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and ensure the smooth implementation of the Lodha[Read More…]
Kambala ban stayed; Karnataka HC awaits SC verdict on Jallikattu
Karnataka High Court on Monday decided to await the top court verdict on Jallikattu to decide the fate of Kambala. The interim ban on the annual buffalo race would remain for at least another two weeks. “This honourable court will wait for the Supreme Court order on Jallikattu (bull taming[Read More…]
Stone pelting, arson in Gujarat after severed head of calf found in road
Crowd pelted stones and indulged in arson on Monday at Godadara locality in Surat after the severed head of a calf was found on the road, police told media. “Severed head of a calf was found on the road in Godadara locality on city outskirts today morning following which people[Read More…]
Former PM Manmohan Singh helped Vijay Mallya: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh helped tycoon Vijay Mallya get loans citing letters that have been reported in the media. As per reports, the UPA government facilitated loans to Mr Mallya, who allegedly wrote to Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister[Read More…]
Alarming: One in 20 Indians suffers from depression!
A study by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bengaluru revealed that one in 20 Indians suffers from some sort of depression. But, the increase in prescriptions could also be a sign that people are more open than before to seek help for depression and the rising[Read More…]
‘Bra’ and ‘panty’ are obscene words, according to Delhi govt’s cultural wing
The theatre society of a women’s college has been moral policed by the Sahitya Kala Parishad (Delhi government’s cultural wing) for performing a play with a number of words which apparently affected the cultural integrity of the society. ‘Lakshya’, a theatre group consisting of students of the Kamala Nehru college’s theatre[Read More…]
[Watch]: Badrinath Ki Dulhania’s first teaser will tickle your funny bones
The first teaser of one of the most-awaited film of the year Badrinath Ki Dulhania is out. The romantic comedy introduces the first lead of the film Varun Dhawan aka Badrinath, dressed properly in a suit trying to strike a pose like a movie star. The teaser is rather funny[Read More…]
DU to launch an application for attendance
The process of tracking attendance of students at Delhi University is ready to be digitalized as the university is planning to launch a mobile application for the purpose. The university had last year set up a seven-member committee, which has been working on a mobile application to ensure accountability and[Read More…]