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Four French ministers resign in 48 hours amid graft inquiry | Four French ministers have resigned from President Emmanuel Macron's administration in 48 hours amid a preliminary investigation into allegations that their party, Democratic Movement, misused European Parliament funds. However, the ministers, including the party's President François Bayrou and country's Defence Minis... |
Benazir Bhutto was the 1st female leader of a Muslim country | Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto, who was born on June 21, 1953, was the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim country and served as the PM twice, in 1988 and then in 1993. After being replaced in 1996, Bhutto was convicted of corruption and went into exile. She returned to the country in 2007 but wa... |
Man sent home for wearing shorts to work, returns in a dress | A 20-year-old call center worker from Britain wore a dress to work after he was sent back for wearing shorts. He tweeted, "If women can wear skirts/ dresses at work can I wear smart shorts like so?" Following this, his employers relaxed their rules, allowing shorts for gentlemen "due to the extremely warm temperatures ... |
Man steals mummified human toe served in iconic cocktail | A guest at a Canadian bar allegedly stole a mummified human toe from its 40-year-old signature sourtoe cocktail, following which the police were informed and the bar offered a reward for information. The "whiskey and blackened toe" tradition traces its roots to the 1920s when a rum runner preserved his amputated toe in... |
SRK meets women named Sejal for Jab Harry Met Sejal song | Actor Shah Rukh Khan has shared a picture on Twitter where he is seen posing with women named 'Sejal', who were invited for the launch of the first song titled Radha from the film Jab Harry Met Sejal. The event took place in Ahmedabad as the city had maximum entries for girls named 'Sejal' in a contest led by SRK. |
K'taka govt announces loan waiver for 22 lakh small farmers | The Karnataka government today announced loan waiver worth â¹8,165 crores for over 22 lakh small farmers across the state. Following the announcement, cooperative bank loans up to â¹50,000 taken till this June 20 will be waived. "I now challenge the BJP state unit to convince the central government to waive the remai... |
CBI books IIT-Goa director in corruption case | The CBI has booked BK Mishra, Director of Goa's Indian Institute of Technology, on Wednesday for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets amounting to â¹1.14 crore. The FIR alleges that when Mishra served as the Director of Odisha's Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, his assets shot up from â¹3.79 la... |
Roger Federer posts career's 1,100th ATP Tour win | Roger Federer posted his 1,100th ATP Tour win at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle on Wednesday. The Swiss top seed, who has the second most number of ATP Tour wins in tennis history behind Jimmy Connors, beat 66th-ranked Japan's Yuichi Sugita 6-3, 6-1 in 51 minutes to reach the round of sixteen. |
Six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker declared bankrupt | Six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker has been declared bankrupt by a British court after failing to clear a long-standing debt. The 49-year-old, who lives in London, is known for having coached Novak Djokovic for three years. Notably, Becker's lawyers had claimed that he was looking to remortgage a property in Spa... |
B'desh bowler undergoes surgery after colliding with a door | Bangladeshi bowler Rubel Hossain underwent surgery and has been ruled out of action for over four weeks after colliding with a door and breaking his jaw while on tour in England. The mishap occurred in the Bangladesh team hotel in Birmingham on June 15 after the semi-final loss to India in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017... |
Qatar Airways voted world's best airline, IndiGo ranked 57th | Qatar Airways, the national airline of Gulf nation Qatar, has been rated the Best Airline of 2017 by aviation website Skytrax. The airline, which topped the list for the fourth time in 10 years, was followed by Singapore Airlines. Two Indian airlines on the Top 100 list were IndiGo, which was ranked 57th, and Jet Airwa... |
Airport in US evacuated after cop stabbed in neck | The Bishop International Airport in the US state of Michigan has been evacuated after a police officer was stabbed in the neck by a man, according to reports. The suspect along with a knife has been reportedly detained by the police and the injured officer is in critical condition, reports added. The airport has been c... |
China to link Pak economic corridor to Indian project | China on Tuesday announced plans to link its economic corridor in Pakistan to its Belt and Road Initiative involving India. The BRI is a part of China's initiative to link Europe with Asia. Notably, India has raised concerns about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through PoK, as a threat to its s... |
Russian Defence Minister's plane buzzed by NATO jet: Reports | A plane carrying Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was approached by a NATO F-16 fighter jet over the Baltic Sea, even though it was flying over neutral waters, according to reports. However, the NATO plane was chased away by a Russian Su-27 jet which was escorting the Minister's aircraft, reports added. |
What were India's achievements during Anil Kumble's tenure? | Under former coach Anil Kumble, India became the top-ranked Test team in October, after defeating New Zealand in the second Test of the three-match series. India also went on to record their longest unbeaten streak in Test cricket, which lasted 19 matches. Kumble managed the team in 10 series across all formats, winnin... |
First song Radha from Jab Harry Met Sejal released | The first song titled Radha from Jab Harry Met Sejal, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma, was released on Wednesday. It has been sung by Shahid Mallya and Sunidhi Chauhan, composed by Pritam with lyrics by Irshad Kamil. The film, which is the first time that SRK is working with Imtiaz Ali, is scheduled to relea... |
Foxconn Chairman's fortune hits all-time high of $7 billion | Terry Gou, Founder and Chairman of iPhone assembler Foxconn, saw his wealth swell to an all-time high of $7 billion (â¹45,000 crore). His wealth rose after Foxconn subsidiary Hon Hai experienced a 36% rally this year, and was also boosted by positive expectations for a 10th-anniversary edition of iPhone. Moreover, Jap... |
We made iPhone as Jobs hated guy at Microsoft: Ex-Apple exec | Apple's former head of iOS Scott Forstall has revealed that the project that led to iPhone's creation began because Steve Jobs "hated this guy at Microsoft...Anytime Steve had any interaction with the guy, he'd come back pissed off." The Microsoft employee talked about the company's tablet with stylus, which prompted J... |
Mumbai named the most expensive city in India for expats | Mumbai is the most expensive Indian city for expatriates and is ranked above major cities like Paris, Canberra, Seattle and Vienna, a report by consulting firm Mercer revealed. Globally, Mumbai was ranked 57 on the list while New Delhi was ranked 99. Further, the capital of Angola, Luanda was named the costliest city g... |
Tata Group interested in buying Air India: Reports | Tata Group in partnership with Singapore Airlines is looking to buy Air India from the government, according to reports. Tata Chairman N Chandrasekaran has held informal talks with the government, expressing preliminary interest in buying a controlling stake in the airline with 51% equity, reports added. Notably, Air I... |
Shilpa Shetty performs Bakasana on International Yoga Day | Actress Shilpa Shetty has shared a video of herself performing the Bakasana on the occasion of the third edition of International Yoga Day on Wednesday. Alongside the Instagram video, Shilpa wrote, "It's taken a lot of practice and so happy it's finally happened... Happy World Yoga day all. The harder the struggle the ... |
Daddy isn't a propaganda film: Rampal on Arun Gawli biopic | Arjun Rampal, talking about his upcoming biopic on the life of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, said that they are not making a propaganda film and are just presenting his life story the way it is. "He has so many layers in life... they are so intriguing," added Rampal. He further said the audience could form the... |
Ex-Apple iOS Head recalls argument with Jobs on Mac's price | Former Apple Senior Vice President of iOS Scott Forstall recently recollected an incident where he was discussing how to price an upcoming Mac computer with Steve Jobs. Jobs complained that Forstall's suggested price was too low, to which Forstall responded with "You're a billionaire, you don't understand." After a pau... |
Kohli abused Kumble in team meeting before CT final: Reports | Indian captain Virat Kohli reportedly abused coach Anil Kumble in a team meeting following an argument between the two, ahead of the team's encounter against Pakistan in the final of the Champions Trophy 2017. Kohli is said to have allegedly informed Kumble that the members of the Indian team were not in favour of him ... |
Quilt to set different temperature for each side of bed made | A Canada-based startup has made a quilt called the 'Smartduvet Breeze' that lets users set different temperatures for both sides of the bed through a connected smartphone application. The quilt is an upgrade to the startup's original Smartduvet that automatically makes the bed. The Smartduvet Breeze has been priced at ... |
Jawans perform yoga at Ladakh in -25°C weather | The Indo-Tibetan Border Police jawans on Wednesday performed yoga at nearly 18,000 feet above the sea level in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, at a temperature of -25 °C to mark the third International Yoga Day. The ITBP personnel also celebrated yoga at various locations across India, including Himachal Pradesh's Kullu, C... |
New York raises age of consent for marriage from 14 to 18 | New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an anti-child marriage law to increase the marriageable age from 14 to 18. Under the previous law, the minimum age for marriage was 18 but children of the age 14 were allowed to marry with parental and court approval. Nearly 4,000 children under 18 had married in New York bet... |
Alarm clock stuck in wall has been ringing daily for 13 yrs | An alarm clock stuck in a wall at a US home has been ringing daily for 13 years. The clock, which rings for a minute, was tied to a string and dropped down an air vent in 2004 when the string broke, leaving it stuck. Homeowner Jerry Lynn said, "We don't even notice it because we're so used to it." |
US city's flights cancelled because it is too hot for planes | Nearly 50 flights have been cancelled in US' Phoenix because it is too hot for planes to fly.nThe weather forecast suggests temperature could reach 49°C on Wednesday, exceeding the operating temperatures of some planes. Air has lower density at high temperatures, reducing the lift generated on an aircraft's wings but ... |
Airtel, Vodafone, Idea accuse TRAI of late action in Jio row | Telecom majors Airtel, Vodafone and Idea have slammed TRAI accusing it of delay in taking action even as norms of network testing were being flouted by Reliance Jio. TRAI had issued a consultation paper on May 1, which telcos claimed was no longer relevant since the âdamage has already been done" by Jio. However, Jio... |
23 China billionaires together lost $20 billion in 12 months | The latest IPOs in China made billionaires out of at least 23 tycoons in the past 12 months, whose collective wealth has now dropped by $20 billion. Their combined fortune dipped from $55 billion to $35 billion. This included Ding Lieming, Chairman of Betta Pharmaceuticals, whose wealth rose five-fold in three weeks be... |
Bipasha performs yoga asanas with her husband Karan | Actress Bipasha Basu has shared pictures of her performing various yoga asanas with her husband Karan Singh Grover on the occasion of International Yoga Day on Wednesday. Bipasha captioned one of the pictures, "Yoga is like Life - It's a beautiful balance of holding on & letting go." She also used the hashtag '#yogimon... |
TV actress slams those who criticised her for being skinny | Television actress Aneri Vajani, known for serials like Beyhadh, has slammed those who criticised her for being skinny. In a post titled '#MyLifeMyRules' on Twitter, Aneri wrote about how people had a "problem" with her being skinny. The negative comments were for a picture in her lingerie, which she had captioned, "Wh... |
Maha ATS releases video to check online radicalisation | Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has created a video to spread awareness among parents about the dangers of online radicalisation. Warning parents that terror recruiters can target their children online, the video asks parents to be cautious when their children spend too much time on the internet and to keep a ta... |
Times Now slammed for calling players 'Ornamental Patriots' | News channel Times Now was slammed on Twitter for calling Indian cricketers "Ornamental Patriots" for allegedly failing to condemn attacks on the Indian Army. The channel quoted the example of the hockey team, who wore black armbands in support of the Army during their match against Pakistan on Sunday. The channel ques... |
Stop promoting GST or face protests: Congress to Amitabh | Days after the central government roped in actor Amitabh Bachchan to promote GST, the opposition Congress on Wednesday asked Big B to refrain from doing so or face protests. "He should not promote GST in its current form. There is already anger among traders against it," Mumbai Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam said. |
Man stabs wife 35 times, injures son who tried to save her | A man stabbed his wife 35 times with a knife at their home in Delhi on Wednesday morning over an alleged extra-marital affair and injured their 15-year-old son who tried to save her. The man's wife died and his son, now stable, is receiving treatment at a hospital. The police are searching for the accused who is abscon... |
83% sports paying men and women equal prize money | A study conducted by BBC into 68 different sports has revealed that 83% of the sports are currently paying men and women equal prize money. Despite the reduced pay disparity between the genders, men still get higher prize money in sports like football, cricket and golf. Notably, not one sport rewarded men and women equ... |
India wants to host 2032 Olympics, 2030 Asiad: IOA head | The Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) chief N Ramachandran has revealed that IOA has asked the government for permission to bid for the 2032 Olympics and 2030 Asian Games. Ramachandran said the IOA also wanted India to host the Asian Beach Games in 2020 alongside hosting 2020's Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly... |
Puzzle game 'Threes' completed 3.33 years after release | Twitter user 'ThreesPorn' has reportedly completed the mobile puzzle game 'Threes' exactly three and one-third years after it was released on the app store. The game, previously considered unbeatable, involves sliding tiles with similar numbers to form the biggest number. However, ThreesPorn found that on reaching 12,2... |
Chinese dog meat festival opens despite ban rumours | The Lychee and Dog Meat festival opened in China on Wednesday, despite rumours that authorities would impose a ban this year. Thousands of dogs are killed during the annual festival, with some reportedly being beaten and boiled alive. Notably, dog meat is not illegal in China, which has a 500-year-old tradition of dog ... |
Banks asked to deposit demonetised notes with RBI in 30 days | The government has asked banks and post offices to deposit demonetised â¹500 and â¹1,000 notes collected by December 30, 2016, with the RBI within 30 days. Further, cooperative banks have also been allowed to exchange old notes collected by them by November 14, 2016. Entities that don't submit the notes will have to ... |
Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis retires from acting | Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Daniel Day-Lewis, known for films like Lincoln, My Left Foot and Gangs of New York, has announced his retirement from acting. The 60-year-old actor's spokesperson said it was a "private decision" and he was "immensely grateful to all... his collaborators and audiences". Phantom Thread, sch... |
47-year-old CEO of Vice Media becomes a billionaire | Shane Smith, the Co-founder and CEO of Vice Media, has now become a billionaire. The surge in Smith's fortune came after Vice's $450 million investment round, which pegs the company's valuation at $5.7 billion. With this, 47-year-old Smith has joined 86-year-old Founder of 21st Century Fox Rupert Murdoch as one of the ... |
India's oldest Yoga guru performs yoga with world's oldest | On the occasion of the third International Yoga Day, India's oldest Yoga guru Amma Nannamal (98 years old) along with world's oldest Yoga teacher Tao Porchon-Lynch (98.5 years old) on Wednesday demonstrated various 'asanas' in Bengaluru at Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium. Besides the two nonagenarians, social activist Anna ... |
Imtiaz is like Yashji, wish to work with him every year: SRK | Shah Rukh Khan has compared filmmaker Imtiaz Ali to late director Yash Chopra and said, "Imtiaz is like a modern-day Yash Chopra". He added that he wishes to work with Imtiaz every year. SRK, who is working with Imtiaz for the first time in Jab Harry Met Sejal (JHMS), said that the film is not edgy but funny and happy. |
Uber just fired its Steve Jobs, tweets user on CEO's exit | Reacting to Travis Kalanick's resignation as Uber's CEO, a Twitter user said, "It looks to me like Uber's shareholders just fired their Steve Jobs." Another user said, "I don't think Travis Kalanick is going to get a lot of stars for this ride." Users also supported Kalanick with tweets like, "Travis is a rare breed, a... |
China tried but failed to help on North Korea: Donald Trump | US President Donald Trump has said that China tried but its efforts to persuade North Korea to rein in its nuclear program have failed. This comes after the death of US student Otto Warmbier, who was detained by North Korea for 17 months before being recently released. Trump had also described Warmbier's treatment by N... |
Hated my coach but stuck for 20 years #justsaying: Bindra | India's lone individual Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra tweeted on Tuesday that he "hated" his coach but stuck with him for 20 years since he was his biggest teacher. Bindra's tweet came after Anil Kumble stepped down as head coach of the Indian cricket team. In a statement, Kumble had blamed his exit on differenc... |
Apple factory workers flush parts down toilet to leak them | According to audio from Apple's presentation on leaks of upcoming products, Apple factory workers in China flush parts down a toilet to collect later in a sewer. The workers sell these parts to 'professional' leakers to make money. Apple's Director of Global Security said the workers earn more by selling these parts th... |
Apple's internal seminar on how to handle leaks gets leaked | An hour-long audio recording of an internal briefing at Apple titled 'Stopping Leakers - Keeping Confidential at Apple' has been leaked. The presentation was held for about 100 people and lead by Apple's Global Security division, which includes members from NSA and FBI. The audio describes Apple's strategy to keep info... |
Lenovo unveils laptop concept that rolls like a yoga mat | Chinese technology company Lenovo has unveiled the concept for a laptop that folds over like a yoga mat. The concept has a flexible display, a built-in keyboard, and the ThinkPad pointing stick. Most of the interaction on a laptop like this will happen over voice commands or with a stylus. |
275 people perform 108 Surya Namaskars to set record | Ahead of the world Yoga Day, over 275 people in Gujarat's Vadodara performed 108 Surya Namaskars together on Tuesday in an attempt to set a world record. The participants were reportedly given a week-long training session before the final event, whose video will be sent to Limca Book of Records. |
Estonia to open world's 1st data embassy in Luxembourg | Estonia will be opening the world's first-ever data embassy next year in Luxembourg, to keep backup files of its vital information on cloud servers and double secure its data digitally. Luxembourg has been chosen as the location for the embassy, since it has capabilities to provide a high level of security for the stor... |
World's costliest jets back in air, oxygen shortage unfixed | The US Air Force is lifting a grounding order on a fleet of F-35 fighter jets, the world's most expensive weapons system, that was enforced following a series of incidents in which pilots reported oxygen deprivation. The cause of the oxygen-supply malfunction remains unknown, but extra precautions have been ordered as ... |
Terror attack in Belgium, suspect shot dead | A railway station in Belgium's capital Brussels was evacuated on Tuesday after security forces foiled a "terror attack" by fatally shooting a suspected suicide bomber following a failed explosion. The suspect had shouted Islamist slogans before detonating explosives, witnesses claimed. The capital has been on high aler... |
US kills Islamic State's chief cleric in air strike in Syria | The US-led coalition fighting Islamic State on Tuesday said that it killed the militant group's self-proclaimed chief cleric Turki al-Bin'ali in an air strike in Syria on May 31. Bin'ali was a close confidant of the group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and was placed under US sanctions for helping the militants recruit ... |
Fendi's former head Carla Fendi passes away at 79 | Italian fashion designer Carla Fendi, the former President of the luxury fashion brand Fendi, passed away on Monday at the age of 79 after a long illness, as per her family's announcement. Carla, along with her four sisters, was instrumental in developing and expanding the company, which her parents founded as a fur an... |
Firms to lose registration on not giving people GST benefits | Businesses that fail to pass on benefits from lower taxes under GST to consumers face cancellation of its registration under Central GST Act. A five-member National Anti-Profiteering Authority will have powers to force a business to return undue profit earned along with 18% interest. It would further be allowed to forc... |
Goldman CEO explains why he criticised Trump in 1st tweet | Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein, who posted his first-ever tweet this month to criticise President Donald Trump, said he learned during the financial crisis to speak out when his bank or employees were threatened. Blankfein said he weighs in publicly on current events when itâs "something in our wheelhouse of expertis... |
Salman to seek Aamir's help on film's China release: Report | As per reports, Salman, who is planning to release his production Tubelight in China, will seek Aamir Khan's advice on how to market it, following the film's India release. Aamir's Dangal recently became one of the highest grossing films in China. Tubelight is set during the 1962 Indo-China war and also stars Chinese a... |
Pak PM announces 1 cr reward for each player of CT squad | Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced a 1 crore Pakistani Rupees reward for every player of the Pakistani cricket team, for winning their maiden Champions Trophy title on Sunday. Pakistan's Minister of State for Information said that the Pakistan team had lifted the spirit of the nation by producing brilli... |
BCCI to invite more applications for India's coach post | BCCI has decided to invite more applications for the position of Indian cricket team's head coach after Anil Kumble stepped down on Tuesday. Kumble refused to extend his contract till the West Indies tour, citing captain Virat Kohli's reservation over his 'style' of functioning. Virender Sehwag, Tom Moody, Lalchand Raj... |
Ex-Indian hockey captain questioned by UK police over rape | Former Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh was on Monday called for questioning by the UK police in connection with a year-old sexual assault case. The summon came after India's 7-1 win over Pakistan in the ongoing Hockey World League Semi-Finals in London. The team management slammed the move of calling a player for qu... |
Sad day for Indian cricket: Gavaskar on Kumble's resignation | After Anil Kumble resigned as the Indian team's coach over an "untenable" relationship with captain Virat Kohli, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said, "[I]t's a really sad day for Indian cricket". "Hope he will take it on the chin and comes back stronger. But it is the first time a known fighter like Anil did not ... |
Sisodia gave wrong facts on students' success: Edu dept | The education department has said that Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave them false information lacking factual veracity about the success of students of government schools. The education department claimed that Sisodia had given them the information as a script for a radio advertisement and the departmen... |
"Wall of Kindness" in Hyd lets people leave stuff for poor | Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has started an initiative called "Wall of Kindness" that lets people leave things like clothes, shoes and books by the wall for the poor. Walls at some places in the city are painted with quotes and graffitis and have hangers for clothes. This concept originated in Iran but was s... |
US mulls travel ban on N Korea after Otto Warmbier's death | The US is considering banning its citizens from travelling to North Korea after 22-year-old American student Otto Warmbier died after being imprisoned in the country for 17 months. Banning Americans from travelling to North Korea would mark the latest US step to isolate the nation. An American who violates the possible... |
Saudi removes its Crown Prince, replaces him with King's son | Saudi Arabia has relieved Muhammad bin Nayef as Crown Prince, replacing him with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's son Mohammed bin Salman. Thirty-one-year-old bin Salman, who is now first in line to the throne, was also named Deputy Prime Minister. King Salman has called for a public pledging of allegiance to ... |
Earth's circumference was once measured using stick's shadow | Greek astronomer Eratosthenes made the first recorded measurements of Earth's circumference around 240 BC, using only a stick. Eratosthenes observed during the summer solstice, the year's longest day, Sun wasn't casting a shadow of the stick in one city but was casting a shadow in another city. He used this difference ... |
Madhur denies Cong MP claim that Indu Sarkar is sponsored | Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has denied claims by Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia that his upcoming film Indu Sarkar, set in the backdrop of the Emergency in India, is "fully sponsored" by a certain organisation and individual. Madhur added, "I don't know how he (Scindia) made such a comment without knowing the facts. ... |
Katrina's 'won't work with Ranbir' remark was a joke: Ranbir | Actor Ranbir Kapoor has clarified that Katrina Kaif was joking when she said she wouldn't work with him again. Ranbir said, "The honest truth behind it is that... I cracked a joke on her and she cracked it back on me." He added that Katrina told him the media took her joke and made it into something else. |
All companies have growing pains: Uber Co-founder | Uber Co-founder Garrett Camp, who is not involved in the ride-hailing startup's day-to-day operations, has written a blog post about Uber's future. "All companies have growing pains. And because Uber grew so fast these growing pains are much more serious," he wrote. Following the announcement of Travis Kalanick's resig... |
8,000 students attempt to break Longest Yoga Chain record | As many as 8,387 schoolchildren formed a human chain and performed yoga in front of the Mysuru Palace in Karnataka to break the Guinness record for the Longest Yoga Chain. The students formed a chain and performed four yoga poses, holding each of them for 10 seconds each. The previous record of 3,849 people was held by... |
Supreme Court denies bail to former HC judge CS Karnan | The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied interim bail to former High Court judge CS Karnan, who was sentenced to six-month jail term for contempt of court. The vacation bench of the court said it cannot modify the original order passed by the seven-judge bench and asked Karnan's lawyer to present the case before Chief Jus... |
Yoga Day celebrated at Machu Picchu, Great Wall of China | A photo-gallery shows people performing Yoga across the world to mark International Yoga Day. The first image in the gallery shows people at the World Heritage Site Machu Picchu, while the third and fourth images are from the celebrations onboard INS Vikramaditya. The eighth image shows yoga in a submarine, and tenth a... |
Sequoia Capital India's Managing Director Gautam Mago quits | Gautam Mago, Managing Director at Sequoia Capital India, has resigned after working with the venture capital firm for 10 years. Mago was involved in at least 16 of Sequoiaâs technology-enabled portfolio firms like MobiKwik, OYO Rooms, Ola, Practo, and Urban Ladder. Before joining Sequoia, Mago worked with management ... |
Farmers do shavasana on highway on Int'l Yoga Day in protest | Farmers across North India performed the 'shavasana' on highways on International Yoga Day as part of their ongoing protest across the country. Farmers in Madhya Pradesh also joined in, protesting the killing of five farmers in police firing in Mandsaur recently during an agitation. Farmers in UP called the government'... |
Who will oversee India on WI tour after Kumble's departure? | Following Anil Kumble's resignation as the Indian cricket team's head coach, BCCI has named its general manager MV Sridhar as the supervisor for the Windies tour. Meanwhile, Sanjay Bangar and R Sridhar are set to continue as the Batting Coach and Fielding Coach respectively. Under Kumble, India won Test series against ... |
Not sure Instagram has a creative bone: Rival app's founder | Co-founder of social media app Phhhoto Champ Bennett has slammed Instagram for cloning its GIF-making feature and said, "I'm not sure Instagram has a creative bone in their entire body." He added, "We watched Systrom [Instagram CEO] quietly using Phhhoto almost a year before Boomerang was released." Phhhoto announced i... |
Einstein's letters on God and physics fetch over â¹1.35 crore | Eight letters written and signed by Albert Einstein about God, Israel and physics fetched nearly $210,000 (over â¹1.35 crore) at a Jerusalem auction. The highest bid of $84,000 was for a letter to American physicist David Bohm. In it, Einstein wrote, "If God has created the world, his primary worry was certainly not t... |
Volcanic eruptions triggered dawn of dinosaurs: Study | Volcanic activities may have led to a mass extinction event about 200 million years ago, which triggered the rise of dinosaurs, an Oxford study stated. The study found elevated mercury levels in sediment deposits during extinction of Triassic-era reptiles. The emissions coincided with known increases in atmospheric CO2... |
MP ministers sleep, use phones during Yoga Day event | Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Gaurishankar Bisen fell asleep during the third International Yoga Day function held in Chhindwara on Wednesday. Bisen shuffled over to a sofa and slept after ten minutes of performing asanas. Meanwhile, School Education Minister Vijay Shah was seen using his phone during a function ... |
Former executive sues Infosys over employee discrimination | Former head of immigration of Infosys in the US, Erin Green, has filed a lawsuit against the IT giant, alleging discrimination against non-Asian employees and sought damages. Green also questioned the manner in which Infosys decided to fire him, and raised serious charges against two senior executives. Notably, Green j... |
India is Afghanistan's most reliable regional partner: US | India is Afghanistan's most reliable regional partner, the Pentagon has said in its first Afghan report under the Trump administration. It added, "India is... the largest contributor of development assistance in the region, including civil development projects such as the Afghanistan-India Friendship Dam." The report f... |
Over 800 new planes to enter Indian aviation market | Over 800 new planes are likely to enter the Indian aviation market in the coming years. SpiceJet has ordered 265 new aircraft, while GoAir has ordered 72 new planes. Meanwhile, IndiGo has placed orders for 430 planes and Jet Airways has ordered 75 new aircraft. Indian airlines presently operate nearly 500 planes. |
Centre looking for house for Kovind 'befitting his stature' | The central government is looking for a house in Lutyensâ Delhi for its presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind. Urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu reportedly asked officials to see if the rule book provides for a house for a presidential candidate. Sources said Kovind âneeds a house befitting his stature, ... |
UP schools to have teachers' photos affixed on notice boards | The primary schools in Uttar Pradesh are set to have photographs of teaching staff affixed on notice boards, aimed at checking the issue of teachers remaining absent from duty and sending proxies for the job. The HRD Ministry had issued a circular last year to several states, including UP, to take steps for curbing the... |
Delhi's CP barricaded with buses to stop London-style attack | Delhi's Connaught Place was barricaded with buses during the International Yoga Day celebrations on Wednesday, after the police received an Intelligence input of a "London-style" terror attack. The measure was taken to thwart any attempt to plough a heavy vehicle into the people, similar to what happened in London. Aro... |
Want to live for kids: Mumbai Blasts convict pleads for life | Convicted recently in the 1993 Mumbai Serial Blasts case, Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan made a plea for his life in the court on Tuesday, saying he wants to live for his kids. âI donât belong where I am. I want to look after my kids and be with my fatherâ, he said, adding he would accept life imprisonment. |
1,600 tonnes waste plastic used to lay 1,000 km roads in TN | Over 1,600 tonnes of plastic has been used to lay over 1,000 km length of roads in Tamil Nadu in the last five years, municipal administration minister SP Velumani has revealed. The initiative is part of the government's emphasis on creating a plastic-free environment. Self-help groups are being trained to promote the ... |
Man arrested for molesting woman on Delhi-Mumbai flight | A man was arrested on Monday for allegedly molesting a woman seated next to him on a Delhi-Mumbai flight. He has been accused of repeatedly groping her and abusing an air hostess who asked him to sit properly after she complained. When the woman asked to change her seat, he allegedly asked her, "you do not like to be t... |
Petrol theft racket busted in Maharashtra, 11 pumps sealed | Thane crime branch on Saturday busted a petrol pump racket that was operating across Maharashtra. The racketeers used electronic chips to dispense less fuel than what was displayed on the vending machines. Following arrests of several people involved, including the owners of the petrol pumps, a total of 11 petrol pumps... |
AIIMS to come up with guidelines on yoga 'asanas' | AIIMS in collaboration with AYUSH Ministry is set to come up with guidelines on yoga 'asanas' (position) which are beneficial to prevent and treat certain ailments. "Not all yoga exercises are effective and suitable for all conditions. So we are doing evidence-based research to issue a detailed standard yoga protocol,"... |
CBSE may hold board exams from February, instead of March | CBSE is likely to hold Class 10 and 12 board exams from February 15 to get quality faculty and improve time for evaluating answer scripts, according to reports. "At present, exams start on March 1â¦coincides with summer vacationsâ¦teachers go on leave during that time. Due to this, we get ad-hoc and contractual staff... |
Northern Hemisphere witnesses longest day of the year today | June 21 marks the beginning of summer in Earth's Northern Hemisphere, referred to as the 'summer solstice', the year's longest day and shortest night. A solstice is an astronomical event when the tilt of Earth's axis with respect to the Sun is maximum. After summer solstice, days start getting shorter till winter solst... |
Garbage bins re-introduced in Bengaluru after 17 yrs | The Karnataka government has re-introduced garbage bins in Bengaluru after seventeen years. Bengaluru's municipal corporation will install 2,232 pairs of bins for wet and dry waste across the city at a cost of over â¹4 crore. Earlier, Bengaluru followed a dustbin-free policy and garbage was collected by municipal work... |
Kohli had reservations with my style: Kumble on resignation | After stepping down as Team India head coach, Anil Kumble issued a statement on Facebook stating that he resigned as captain Virat Kohli had reservations with his style. The BCCI tried to resolve the misunderstandings, but it was apparent that the "partnership was untenable", he added. Notably, Kumble led India to five... |
Travis Kalanick resigns as Uber CEO | Uber CEO and Co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned from his post on Tuesday following pressure from the company's major investors. In a letter titled 'Moving Uber Forward', the investors demanded that Kalanick immediately leave the company and a change in leadership was required. This comes after numerous complaints of s... |
New trailer of horror film 'Annabelle: Creation' released | A new trailer of the horror film 'Annabelle: Creation' has been released. Prequel to the 2014 film 'Annabelle', it tells the story of the possessed Annabelle doll. The film stars Talitha Bateman, Stephanie Sigman, Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto. Directed by David F Sandberg, it is scheduled to release on August 11.n... |
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