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Bharat Bandh on Monday: Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP not to join protest
At the same time, he accused the Modi government of pursuing Congress policies.
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Indian insurance to be $280 billion industry by 2019-20: Assocham
The Indian insurance industry is expected to grow to $280 billion by 2019-20, aided by the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, industry chamber Assocham said on Sunday, citing a joint study conducted with research firm APAS.
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Gauri Lankesh is immortalised in the pages to be read
Lankesh’s writings have been reproduced, translated and compiled in several anthologies by mainstream publishers in English as well as Indian Languages.
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Modi government violated procedures in Rafale deal: Kapil Sibal
The Modi government violated procedures in the Rafale deal with the External Affairs Ministry not in the know before it was announced in 2015, alleges senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal
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Fight for affordable food in Maharashtra multiplexes – more to come?
The price of food items in multiplexes in Maharashtra have been brought down by around 30 per cent, but the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is not happy with this.
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Explained – What Jack Ma’s retirement means for India
As Ma turns 54 on Monday — the day when he will reportedly make his retirement official which also happens to be Teachers’ Day in China — he is leaving behind a legacy which will not be easy for his successor to carry forward.
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डीलर की बजाय आॅनलाइन खरीदें कार इंश्योरेंस, 35 हजार रुपये तक हो सकती है बचत
कई बार ऐसा देखा गया है कि डीलरशिप से इंश्योरेंस करवाने पर बिना जरूरत वाले एड ऑन पैकेज भी ग्राहकों को थमा दिए जाते हैं, जबकि उसकी जरूरत अलग होती है.
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To mark its 70th anniversary; North Korea to stage military parade, mass game
North Korea is preparing to stage a military parade this weekend along with its first mass games in five years to mark its 70th anniversary.
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Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hails relations with US
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday highlighted the importance of strategic relations with the US.
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UN chief Antonio Guterres welcomes Horn of Africa rapprochement
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday welcomed the visit by foreign ministers of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to Djibouti.
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Prashant Bhushan says IAF officials being pressured on Rafale
Prashant Bhushan on Saturday alleged that to justify the changed Rafale deal, the Indian Air Force officials were being forced to speak in praise of the new deal signed by the Modi Government.
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Rajnath Singh promises safe environment for North East students
Rajnath Singh assured a fresh batch of students of North East to Delhi of providing them safe environment with better opportunities.
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Why Google removed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s YouTube videos
Internet giant Google on Saturday yielded to the pressure from the Russian government and decided to remove videos featuring the country’s main opposition leader from its popular video-sharing platform YouTube after the Kremlin accused the corporation of attempting to interfere in its electoral process.
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Two Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders raise banner of revolt
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is facing rebellion from some leaders who are unhappy over being denied ticket to contest the elections to Telangana Assembly.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal urges Yashwant Sinha to contest elections
Injecting a new element, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, a strong Modi critic, to contest the next Lok Sabha elections although he did not name the party or the constituency from which he should take on the BJP.
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Speed up formalities for Mandi airport: Himachal Pradesh CM requests Suresh Prabhu
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday met Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu here and requested him to speed up the completion of formalities for laying the foundation stone of an airport in Mandi town.
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NASA’s Dawn mission to asteroid belt nears end
After 11 years of gathering breathtaking imagery, and performing unprecedented feats of spacecraft engineering, Dawn — NASA’s space probe for the asteroid belt — is drawing to a close due to lack of a key fuel, the US space agency said.
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Google’s new tool can help you make our planet healthy
Google has teamed up with the California Academy of Sciences to launch an interactive new tool that will help reduce environmental footprint by informing the amount of water your shower uses, or the impact of throwing away food or turning down the water heater by a few degrees.
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BJP extends Amit Shah’s tenure as party president until 2019 Lok Sabha polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday decided to defer its organisational elections to pave the way for Amit Shah to continue as President until the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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China earthquake: 5.9-magnitude quake in Yunnan province, 14 injured
An earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted China’s southwest Yunnan province on Saturday, leaving 14 people with minor injuries.
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Pakistan, China agree to strengthen strategic cooperation
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday and both the leaders agreed to strengthen the strategic cooperation partnership between the two countries.
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Tea production down 6.7 percent in July, exports up by 6.5 percent to Rs 2,618 cr in 7 months of 2018
India’s estimated tea production fell by around 6.7 per cent to 151.38 million kg in July from 162.28 million kg produced in the year-ago month, according to data from the Tea Board India.
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Nokia 9 to have ‘penta-camera setup’ at back: All you need to know
Nokia’s next flagship smartphone “Nokia 9” is being speculated to host a penta-camera setup at the back, according to the leaked images surfacing in the media.
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After smoking marijuana, Elon Musk rejigs top Tesla management
Creating a storm by smoking marijuana during a live podcast that led to Tesla stocks crashing 10 per cent to hit the lowest level since 2016, Chairman and CEO Elon Musk on Saturday announced a major shake-up in the top echelons of the electric car-making company.
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Your mobile can now monitor your BP! Researchers claim this iPhone app accurately measures blood pressure
Researchers have developed a novel blood pressure (BP) application that can give accurate readings using an iPhone, without requiring any special equipment.
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Mac Miller dead: Celebrities express grief; John Mayer, Wiz Khalifa ‘terribly sad’
Celebrities like John Mayer and Wiz Khalifa flocked to Twitter to share their grief over the death of rapper-producer Mac Miller.
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AI start-ups blossom in India, need big dollars to grow
A decade ago, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was unknown to many of us mortals. Lately, however, AI and related buzzwords like Machine Learning (ML) or Big Data Analytics are more visible — staring at us from clumsy signage boards hanging at the entrance of private IT training institutes.
