In a letter addressed to the Governor of Telangana, ESL Narasimhan, the quartet(Peoples Front) of Indian National Congress, Telugu Desam Party, Communist Party of India and Telangana Jana Samithi intimated about their pre-poll alliance. “The alliance, after winning the elections, is going to form the Government collectively and continue to[Read More…]
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Govt recommends 19 new Institutes of Eminence, list grows to 30
On Friday, December 7, the government’s appointed Empowered Expert Committee announced its recommendations of adding 19 Institutions to the list of Institutes of Eminence(IoE). The list suggested includes seven public and 12 private colleges. In the recommendations made by a committee headed by former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami, following institutions[Read More…]
Coal Scam: Delhi Court sentences Ex Coal Minister HC Gupta to 3 years imprisonment
In one of the cases surrounding the coal scam, a Delhi court has sentenced Ex Coal Minister, HC Gupta to an imprisonment of three years. Besides the Ex-Minister, the court has also sentenced KC Samaria who was the ex-director in the ministry of coal and KS Kropha for an imprisonment of[Read More…]
Jet Airways cancels 14 flights as pilots report sick
Jet Airways, a major international airline based in Mumbai, has cancelled 14 of its flights across destinations on Sunday. Reportedly, pilots called in sick as they were not paid their dues. The airline has been defaulting on salaries of its senior management including engineers and pilots for the last 4[Read More…]
BBC appoints Yogita Limaye as the new India correspondent
BBC News on Friday appointed Yogita Limaye as its India correspondent. She will report across BBC World News, BBC World Service and BBC News online and will be covering national politics and social developments from Mumbai. Yogita Limaye joined the BBC in May 2012 as Mumbai Business Correspondent. Earlier, Yogita has reported[Read More…]
Kisan Mukti March: “Narendra Modi is honour-bound to forgive the debts of farmers”, says Rahul Gandhi
Amidst a crowd of thousands and an array of prominent opposition leaders, Congress President Rahul Gandhi talked at the Kisan Mukti March about the unemployment of youth and the future of India’s farmers. He said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi could forgive the debts of 15 industrialists, he is[Read More…]
India increasing production of solid fuel boosters for rockets
Sriharikota: The Indian space agency is increasing the production of its solid boosters to power more number of rockets that it is planning to send up carrying satellites, the agency said. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), its Solid Propellant Space Booster Plant (SPROB) is setting up 29[Read More…]
Spotify plans to enter India in the coming months
According to various reports, the music streaming giant, Spotify, has shaken hands with some major stakeholders in the South Asian country of India. The Swedish based company has over 190 million users worldwide with a revenue that sours in late $4 billion. Spotify looks set to enter India in the[Read More…]
Sunil Arora appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner
President Ram Nath Kovind has reportedly appointed Sunil Arora as the new Chief Election Commissioner. He will take over from OP Rawat on December 2. Arora, a 62-year-old former bureaucrat, was appointed to the election body in September last year. A 1980 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Mr Arora has worked[Read More…]
Kartarpur Sahib corridor: Will shrine diplomacy work well for India and Pakistan?
It was twenty years ago, during then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to Lahore, India had put the demand for a corridor to facilitate hurdle free, visa free movement of Sikh pilgrims to Kartarpur Sahib.
Constitution Day of India: 5 facts you must know
Amidst long cheers, on this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly passed the Constitution of India which came into effect exactly two months later on January 26, 1950. In free India, a committee was tasked with the job of drafting the Indian Constitution, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar was elected as Chairman[Read More…]
Kovind, Modi remember 26/11 Mumbai attack victims
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on its 10th anniversary. “Ten years after the Mumbai terror attacks, thoughts with families and individuals who suffered. We salute those from the police and security forces[Read More…]
Hockey World Cup 2018 embraces international delicacies
If the news of India hosting Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 wasn’t enough, the fans now have another reason to look forward to the quadrennial tournament. A food festival is set to be organized to serve some of the top dishes from across the globe. The International Food Festival will be[Read More…]
Is China’s aggressive design forcing India to ramp up its preparedness in Indian Ocean?
But India is now not a sleeping elephant. This year in May, India and Indonesia agreed for naval access to Sabang, a strategically located island which is close to the Malacca Strait.
India seeks more cooperation with Vietnam in four key sectors
Hanoi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday called for more cooperation between India and Vietnam in the areas of agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles and IT. “Agriculture has been a key sector of our cooperation involving trade, investment and training,” Kovind said while addressing the Vietnam-India Business Forum here. “We feel privileged[Read More…]
Don’t go to Japan, India has its own Cherry Blossom Festival
India‘s version of the Cherry Blossom Festival is nothing short of an exquisite collection of events and scenic views. For the third time in a row now, the capital city of Shillong hosts a fun-filled experience for the lovers of nature. First of these festivals of blossoms happened in the[Read More…]
Government is not eyeing RBI’s surplus reserves: Gurumurthy
New Delhi: Calling the government’s standoff with the RBI a part of India’s thinking ecosystem which depends on American ideas, RBI board member S. Gurumurthy on Thursday said the government was not asking for the central bank’s surplus reserves but only wanted formulation of a policy as to how much[Read More…]
Despite enforcing sanctions on Iran, US may lose its Middle-East gambit
In view of their energy demand, the US which has imposed the second wave of sanctions on Iran, has exempted 8 countries, including India, Japan, South Korea and China from any punitive trade actions for six months. Shut off from dollar-dominated exchange, Iran will sell its oil to these countries[Read More…]
WhatsApp selects 20 teams to curb fake news globally, including India
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it has selected 20 research teams worldwide – including experts from India and those of Indian origin — who will work towards how misinformation spreads and what additional steps the mobile messaging platform could take to curb fake news. Shakuntala Banaji from[Read More…]
India Vs Windies, 3rd T20I: India beat West Indies by 6 wickets, clinches series 3-0
Live Updates Between India vs West Indies 1st T20 ODI: 23 runs of the last over from Khaleel Ahmed and Windies post a total of 181/3 in 20 overs. Hetmyer c Krunal Pandya b Chahal 26(21) OUT! Hetmyer departs for 26. Chahal picks up his second wicket. WI 62/2 (9.0 ovs)[Read More…]
Political crisis in Lanka: President Sirisena comes under pressure over dissolution of parliament while US, Japan block aids
Sri Lankan President Maithiripala Sirisena has dissolved parliament and has called snap election in the country for January 5, forcing his political rival and deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to challenge the President’s decision in the country’s Supreme Court. Is the Sri Lankan President’s move aimed at scoring political points for[Read More…]
India vs West Indies: Andre Russell ruled out of T20I series against India
Andre Russell will not be featuring in the Windies team for the T20I series against India. A day before the game in Kolkata, Cricket Windies released a later saying that Russell was injured. Russell has been a top T20 pick all around the world. He scored the fastest Caribbean Premier[Read More…]
Live Streaming Cricket, India vs West Indies: Where and how to watch IND vs WI 1st T20I on Hotstar and Star Sports TV
After whitewashing the Caribbean team in the Test series and winning the ODI series quite comprehensively in the end, team India is in all readiness to take on West Indies at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata for the first T20I. The T20 format suits the gameplay of Windies. A team which boasts[Read More…]
India expected to get waiver from US sanctions against oil importers
United Nations: US President Donald Trump is expected to grant India an exemption from the sanctions against buying oil from Iran when the waivers will be announced on November 6. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the administration was giving six-month waivers to eight countries that he[Read More…]
India begins preparatory meet for joint SCO exercise in 2019
New Delhi: India on Thursday began a preparatory meet for the first phase of main Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) joint 2019 exercise with all eight member countries here to chalk out plan and modalities, said a Home Ministry statement. The representatives of the SCO member countries — India, Kazakhstan, China,[Read More…]