News media in the past one week of the Uri terror attack has been the most vocal in their condemnation, much more than the government of the day. Every night, night after night, various news channels have been coming up with plans on how to best respond to the latest[Read More…]
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How to make Indian Monuments more Accessible to the Blind and Visually Impaired
Close your eyes and imagine yourself in the India Gate lawns, on a bright sunny day. What do you see? Groups of people with family and friends, picnic baskets in hand? Now imagine a blind person trying to find his/her way around the Amar Jawan Jyoti. He/she is likely to[Read More…]
Dieselgate: VW sued for $9.2 billion in German investor lawsuits
Volkswagen faces Germany’s biggest investor lawsuit as attorneys filed complaints totaling 8.2 billion euros ($9.2 billion) related to the diesel emissions scandal that wiped out a third of the company’s market value. About 1,400 lawsuits are currently pending at a court in Braunschweig, about 20 miles from Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg headquarters,[Read More…]
It’s official: India-France ink ₹58,000-cr deal for 36 Rafale jets
India on Friday inked the deal for 36 Rafale fighters with France. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves LeDrian signed the contract in Delhi. India will pay about ₹58,000 crore or 7.8 billion Euros for 36 off-the-shelf Dassault Rafale twin-engine fighters. About 15 per cent of[Read More…]
Ranchi apathy: Woman forced to eat food off the floor in Ranchi hospital
Perhaps India has not learnt a lesson from Dana Majhi, as the poor still continue to suffer on a dual front- one their own penury and other, the sorry state of affairs of our public healthcare system. A woman in one of Ranchi’s biggest government hospital eats her food straight[Read More…]
Forward planning: NITI Aayog targets 50 medals in 2024 Olympics
After a lacklustre performance at the Rio Olympics, government think tank ‘NITI Aayog’ has come up with a strategy to help the country achieve 50 medals at the 2024 Games. India sent more than 120 athletes to Rio de Janeiro with hopes of exceeding the six medals won at London[Read More…]
Eye on Punjab: Dr. Manmohan Singh likely to campaign for Congress
Congress is expected to field former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as their star campaigner in the run up to Punjab Assembly Polls next year. The party manifesto is being prepared and the plan is to use former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch the manifesto of the party. The[Read More…]
Conducting exams for various bodies putting a burden: CBSE to HRD
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has written to the Union Human Resource Development ministry saying that the practice of it being asked to conduct various examinations which are outside its purview is creating an “extraneous burden” on it. Sources said that ahead of the UGC-NET exam which is[Read More…]
Uran intrusion: Suspect’s sketch released after armed men spotted near Naval base
A day after Mumbai’s Naval base at Uran was alerted after school children saw “men carrying weapons,” a sketch was released based on these accounts. Forces have been combing the area and NSG has been roped in to catch the intruders. The students’ report sent the Navy into the highest[Read More…]
Proud moment: ‘Visaranai’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2017
National Award-winning Tamil film Visaranai is India’s official entry in the Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars next year. “Visaranai was selected out of the 29 films that were in the race,” Film Federation of India secretary general Supran Sen said. Visaranai, produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Productions, and based[Read More…]
Indian Navy put on high alert after 4 men carrying weapons spotted near Mumbai naval base
The Uran Naval facility in Mumbai has been put on ‘highest alert’ after four men were spotted moving suspiciously near a Naval facility in Uran close to Mumbai. The men were spotted by school children in Uran. The students said they saw 4 men in black dresses at around 11 am talking[Read More…]
Hesitancy could make you prey to India’s most silent killer
Prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer in India and the sixth leading cause of deaths among men worldwide. One in every six men over 60 years of age tends to suffer from this disease. Every year, as many as 15 lakh prostate cancer cases are detected[Read More…]
Boult, Santner help New Zealand restrict India to 291/9 on Day 1
India let go a solid start as a middle-order collapse saw them reduced to 291 for 9 on the opening day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand despite half-centuries from Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara, in Kanpur on Thursday. After electing to bat in the historic 500th Test,[Read More…]
AAP lawmaker Somnath Bharti arrested for allegedly assaulting security guards
Aam Admi Party’s controversial lawmaker, Somnath Bharti was arrested over assault charges today. After Amanatullah Khan he is the second leader to be arrested in two days. He has been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with security guards at Delhi’s AIIMS hospital earlier this month as AIIMS or the All India[Read More…]
Travel from Mumbai to Goa in just 6 hours soon, says Nitin Gadkari
Mumbaikars travelling to Goa by road may soon take only six hours! Union Minister for Roads Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari made the announcement during the launch of a construction of a new four-lane concrete highway. “It will soon take only six-hours to travel between Goa and Mumbai with the[Read More…]
India calls Pakistan a ‘terrorist state,’ attracts support from Balochistan
On Thursday, India called Pakistan a “terrorist state ” and accused it of carrying out “war crimes” against Indians through its “long-standing policy” of sponsoring terrorism. This response came hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif racked up Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session. He referred to the “killing of innocent Kashmiri[Read More…]
ISIS launches suspected chemical rocket shell at US troops in Iraq
A rocket fired by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at US forces in Iraq may have carried a chemical agent, a US defence official said on Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be the first recorded chemical attack on US troops since the militant group overran parts of[Read More…]
Shocking revelation: Would’ve dropped Tendulkar in 2012, says Patil
In a startling admission, former chief selector Sandeep Patil revealed in an interview to ABP Majha that Sachin Tendulkar would have been dropped from the Indian ODI team in 2012 had he not announced his retirement. It was heavily speculated in the media at the time of Tendulkar’s retirement that[Read More…]
Innovation is key to Make in India
Three speakers from different walks of life brainstormed on the topic, “Young India Makes in India,” at Young Makers Conclave organised by SheThePeople.TV in New Delhi on Wednesday. With Newsd as the digital partner, the conclave saw Anant Goenka, head of new media, Indian Express, Puneet Dalmia, managing director, Dalmia[Read More…]
Young generation has the key to future: Piyush Goyal
Minister of State (MoS) for power, coal and energy Piyush Goyal addressed the inaugural edition of Young Makers Conclave organised by SheThePeople.TV on Wednesday. Talking about the young ‘change makers’ he gave out a strong message to the youth of India and urged them to “participate and indulge in the[Read More…]
Current govt can’t blame us for everything bad that happens: Pilot
The Young Makers conclave organised by ShethePeople.TV in association with Newsd as digital partner, was attended by Rajasthan Pradesh Congress chief, Sachin Pilot. Deliberating on the topic, “The Story of Political Life”, he said that Indian politics is desperately in need of young faces who are eager to create a[Read More…]
Rechristened: PM’s residence 7 Race Course Road is now Lok Kalyan Marg
Home to countries top politicians including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday decided to rename the Race Course Road as Lok Kalyan Marg. “There were some suggestions in NDMC meeting, but consensus was that Race course road be now called Lok Kalyan Marg,” Delhi Chief[Read More…]
Politics a viable option for youth today
Three young politicians from across party lines came together on the Young Makers conclave organised by ShethePeople.TV in association with Newsd, on Wednesday. Ankit Lal, (AAP), Nupur Sharma (BJP) and Gaurav Pandhi (Congress) were panellists on a session titled, ‘Politics for Good’ moderated by Mayur Shekhar Jha, founder, Newsd. The[Read More…]
Sikkim is the best place to work for women, Delhi is worst: Report
The northeastern state of Sikkim has been accredited of having the best working conditions for women, while the national capital Delhi ranked lowest, according to a report. The report released jointly by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a top American think-tank, and Nathan Associates, gave Sikkim 40[Read More…]
MSK Prasad named new chairman of selectors for Indian team
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) re-elected Ajay Shirke as Secretary unopposed in its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. With the shadow of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha panel recommendations hanging over its head, the BCCI is conducting its 87th AGM in Mumbai. Shirke became the secretary[Read More…]