Hyderabad, May 19 (IANS) Microsoft India, as part of the software giant’s ‘Public cloud for good’ initiative, is making public cloud platform Microsoft Azure broadly available to eligible non-profit organisations, bringing the power of technology…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council deciding on tax rates on most goods and services, the industry and stakeholders on Friday said the new system may increase burden…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman S. Christopher has been given a one-year extension of his term, days before his retirement slated for May 29. Christopher was appointed chief…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Auto manufacturers body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Friday welcomed the new GST (Goods and Services Tax) rates on automobiles. “The rates are as per the expectations of…
Bengaluru, May 19 (IANS) Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League (IPL) Qualifier II at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Arguing in favour of workforce standardisation in the banking and financial sectors, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya on Friday urged the banks to come up with leadership and…
Srinagar, May 19 (IANS) Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday backed an army officer who tied a Kashmiri man to a jeep bonnet as a defence against stone-pelting mobs, saying he had the responsibility to…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced on Friday that it will overhaul its organisational structure by appointing a ‘mandal adhyaksh’ for each polling station in Delhi. Delhi Labour Minister Gopal…
Ranchi, May 19 (IANS) Five persons were killed over a sand mining dispute in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district on Friday. Sanjit Singh, who has been awarded the sand mining contract, allegedly opened fire at the villagers…
Gurugram, May 19 (IANS) The Haryana government on Friday announced upgradation of a government high school to Class 12 in a village of this district, after girl students staged a sit-in at the school’s gate….
Washington, May 19 (IANS) An Indian-American businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud schemes that cost investors over $33 million. Navin Shankar Subramanian Xavier, of Miramar, Florida, operated Miami Gardens-based Essex…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) In the first conviction of a public servant in a coal block case, a court here on Friday convicted former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta and others in a case involving…
New York, May 19 (IANS) The primary mosquito that spreads Zika virus — aedes aegypti — might also simultaneously transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses with a single bite, says a study that sheds new light…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendra Jain has filed two criminal defamation complaints against sacked Water Minister Kapil Mishra and BJP legislator Manjinder Singh Sirsa, court sources said on Friday. The…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Key separatists, including Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, are being probed for allegedly receiving money from Lashkar-e-Taiba and other sources in Pakistan to fund stone-pelting and violent protests in…
Munich, May 19 (IANS) India’s Ravi Kumar shot brilliantly throughout the men’s 10m air rifle event but still missed out on a podium finish to eventually secure the fifth position at the International Shooting Sport…
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) A member of Ulfa’s anti-talks faction was gunned down by a joint army and police team in Assam’s Udalguri district after a brief gunfight, a defence official said on Friday. A…
Srinagar, May 19 (IANS) Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the government wanted peaceful lives for the ordinary people of Jammu and Kashmir, but asserted that the security forces will act “very tough” against…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday was told that the entire architecture of Aadhaar scheme was that of state surveillance of the citizens as the government was in possession of entire…
Madrid, May 19 (IANS) Real Madrid’s impressive attacking midfielder Marco Asensio and AC Milan’s Gerard Deulofeu have been included in the Spain football squad for their upcoming international matches next month. Asensio has played two…