Pride – the most respectable thing we have achieved this year is due to our brilliant women. The year 2016 was the year of Indian women who proved that they are not less than anyone in the world. Be it sports, entertainment, business, art or any other field, these women[Read More…]
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Colorado school district to allow staff members to carry guns
The Hanover school district in Colorado decided to allow its teachers and other staff members to carry guns on campus to protect students. The school board voted the decision 3-2 to allow school employees to be armed on the job after undergoing proper training. The school district, about 30 miles[Read More…]
No liquor shops on highways from April 2017: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Thursday banned all liquor shops on National Highways from April, 2017. All the licenses of liquor shops in and around the National Highways in all the states would be stopped, the apex court said in its order.[Read More…]
Transfusion gone wrong! Woman dies after wrong blood transfer
In a tragic incident, a woman died after transfusion of wrong group of blood at a Government run hospital at Keonjhar in Odisha, triggering tension in the area and dismissal of two employees on Wednesday. Angry over the incident that took place on Tuesday night, family members and relatives of[Read More…]
Premier League: Chelsea go 6 points clear at top, Liverpool are 2nd
Chelsea opened a six point gap at the top of the Premier League as Cesc Fabregas’ first-half goal beat a stubborn Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Fabregas steered into the far corner from the edge of the box as the Blues recorded a 10th consecutive league victory. Sunderland keeper[Read More…]
Yahoo Hack: Data stolen from one billion accounts
Yahoo disclosed on Wednesday it had discovered another cyber attack in which data from more than one billion user account was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest cyber security breach in history. “We believe an unauthorized third party, in August 2013, stole data associated with more than one[Read More…]
Will follow two simple rules ‘buy American and hire Americans’: Donald Trump
US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said that his government will follow two simple rules – “buy American and hire Americans,” at a ‘Thank You Tour’ rally in Milwaukee in Wisconsin. Trump claimed that the treaties the US had signed with other countries suggest that it has been putting interests[Read More…]
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda fined ₹11 lakh by court for misleading ads
Baba Ramdev Patanjali Ayurveda’s five production units slapped a fine of ₹11 lakh for “misbranding and putting up misleading advertisements” of their products, a court in Haridwar has ruled. Patanjali have to pay the fine within a month. Patanjali Ayurved was found guilty of misbranding. The products being shown by[Read More…]
Demonetisation: RBI Governor to appear before finance panel on Dec 22
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance asking Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel to appear before it on December 22. Top sources and members of the committee confirmed that Patel had been “invited” to appear before it. “Summoning is too strong a word; we have invited Patel to meet[Read More…]
Aleppo ceasefire violated; situation turns worse
Syrian government forces have renewed the shellings on the last holdouts of rebel-held eastern Aleppo, raising fears that a deal to evacuate civilians and rebels from the city may not be honoured. Journalists, activists, civilians and bloggers have been live-tweeting and updating about the catastrophe in the eastern Aleppo- one[Read More…]
India has a lot to catch up on in terms of devices & tech: Health Secy at Newsd Health Conclave
The primary role of health-tech should focus on better healthcare not hospital care, says Union Health Secretary C K Mishra. The secretary was speaking at Newsd Health Conclave and said that in terms of devices and technology India have a lot to catch up. He added that the idea of[Read More…]
Payment apps in India not fully secure: Qualcomm
Global Telecommunication Company Qualcomm said the online transactions in India are not secure as the digital wallets and mobile banking applications are not using the hardware level security. “You will be surprised because most of the banking or wallet apps around the world don’t use hardware security. They actually run[Read More…]
Karnataka minister HY Meti resigns after his alleged sex tape releases
Excise minister and senior Congress MLA HY Meti resigned on Wednesday after a sex tape allegedly involving him was released on a local TV channel. Although it was claimed the tape was of 30 minutes, the clip that was released on the regional Kannada channels is of 30 seconds only.[Read More…]
Emoji translator an actual high paying job now
A dynamic language firm in London is hiring an emoji translator in what may be the world’s first official job of such kind. Today Translations, claimed to have employed over 3,000 people fluent in more than 200 languages, has advertised for a specialist to help it to decode how emojis[Read More…]
BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi; dares him to make revelations against PM Modi
Senior union minister Ananth Kumar of the BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday and dismiss the Congress vice president’s claims that he has “information on personal corruption” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “sign of desperation.” He further asked where Rahul Gandhi was for the last 20[Read More…]
PM Modi is corrupt, will expose him: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hits at government and PM Modi after accusing the government of not allowing him to speak in the Parliament on demonetisation. He said he wanted to speak on many issues and it was to be seen if the government allows it. Rahul Gandhi[Read More…]
India gears up to final test Agni-V, missile with 5,000 km range
India is all set for the final test of its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Wheeler Island, which can reportedly reach up to northern parts of China. Reports said that it could be launched from its canister in December-end or early January. “There were some minor technical snags in Agni-V,[Read More…]
Mobikwik founder attacks Paytm, says company ‘dumping capital’ to gain customers
Mobikwik founder and chief executive officer Bipin Preet Singh on Tuesday said, Paytm has been “dumping capital” to gain customers even as demonetisation is throwing up opportunities for e-wallets and the competition in the sector is stiffening. Singh launched a scathing attack on the largest player in the sector on[Read More…]
Battle of Aleppo ends as Syrian rebels secure deal to withdraw
The battle of Aleppo, one of the worst blood-shed civil war, ended on Tuesday as the Syrian rebels agreed to withdraw in a ceasefire. The Military action has ended in eastern Aleppo, Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the UN has said. ““According to the latest information that we received in the[Read More…]
Outstation students may need a local guardian to take admission in varsities
Students coming to study at a university from far-off places may soon need to register a local guardian with the institute as part of their admission process. Human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar has supported the need to have a local guardian for outstation students. Javadekar said the move is[Read More…]
“If Congress is terming it as ‘scam’, then it has to apologise to the nation”: Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju is at the centre of a dispute these days for having sought release of payments for contractors named in a vigilance probe. While Congress is seeking his resignation, the minister hits back at the opposition and said all payments were made during[Read More…]
Govt may make direct and indirect tax more reasonable: Arun Jaitley on demonetisation
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday hinted at lower direct and indirect tax rates in the future as demonetisation resulted in higher tax revenues coming into the system from unaccounted wealth. “So much money… operating as loose cash has today come into the banking system,” he said. “It has to[Read More…]
Venezuela follows India’s footsteps by demonetising its largest currency note
Joining the league of war on cash, Venezuelan government has declared it would demonetise the nation’s higher denomination notes shortly to beat mafia hoardings. “There has been a scam and smuggling of the one hundred bills on the border with Colombia. We have tried the diplomatic way to deal with[Read More…]
Demonetisation biggest scam of the year; worse than natural calamity: P Chidambaram
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday termed the demonetisation move as the “biggest scam of the year” and demanded a probe on the move. “This is the biggest scam of the year and must be investigated,” Chidambaram said in his address to reporters in Nagpur. “Every bank says there[Read More…]
Hydro-electric project scam: Those who planted the news will get beaten up with shoes, says Rijiju
Reacting sharply to the reports of his involvement in corruption, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said that those who planted the news will get beaten up with shoes if they come to Arunachal Pradesh “Jhoothe khayenge hamare yahan,” he told ANI reacting to the report that[Read More…]