New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India Inc on Thursday expressed disappointment over slowing down of India’s GDP growth to 5.7 per cent in the June-ended first quarter of the current fiscal, as the industry was…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Widespread rain on Thursday brought much-needed respite from sultry weather to the capital’s residents as the maximum temperature dropped to 32.6 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. Delhi…
New York, Aug 31 (IANS) Canadian budding tennis superstar Denis Shapovalov put on a show under the lights in the US Open second round, showing loads of power, athleticism and all-court skill in a 6-4,…
Ghaziabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Police on Thursday detained two men on charges of printing fake VVIP passes for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s visit to Ghaziabad. They were identified as Rahul Goel and Dheeraj…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Two-time champions ATK on Thursday announced three more recruits for the upcoming fourth season of the Indian Super League (ISL). Former Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen put pen to paper for…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 24 weeks pregnant woman to abort as the foetus suffers from severe abnormality of not having a skull for which there was no…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Aug 31 (IANS) It was a black Thursday for Indian space programme as it suffered a serious setback after its workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) failed to…
Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) India on Thursday called for a peaceful, stable and secure Indian Ocean with its waters free of any traditional and non-traditional threats. Speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day Second…
Rabat, Aug 31 (IANS/MAP) Moroccan King Mohammed VI has sent a message of congratulations to Malaysia’s King Sultan Muhammad V on his countrys Independence Day on Thursday. The Moroccan King wished the Malaysian people progress…
Bengaluru, Aug 31 (IANS) Retail technology platform Snapbizz Cloudtech Private Limited on Thursday launched ‘Turbo’, a digital solution for ‘kirana’ stores in the country that will enable them to comply with the Goods and Services…
Shimla/New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Amid a running feud with state party President, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and sought a “free hand” in order to fight…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Concerned over rising cyber attacks and breach of financial and personal data at the hands of mobile phone companies, the government on Thursday said it was finalising cyber security standards…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The fall in India’s GDP growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal is the result of the de-stocking of inventories by industry in anticipation of the GST, which…
Abu Dhabi, Aug 31 (IANS/WAM) The police here on Thursday launched an awareness campaign to warn residents against risks of using fireworks. The campaign is part of Abu Dhabi Police’s “Your Security is Our Happiness”…
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (UPSLSA) to inspect the services at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur where a large…
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Firefighters in the US state of Texas on Thursday began a block-by-block search for survivors in some of Houston’s most devastated areas while fires at a Crosby chemical plant and a…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) The Communist Party of China (CPC) will hold the 19th National Congress – the most important political event in the country — on October 18, the state-media said…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A study commissioned by the central government has recommended “gradual outsourcing” of “maintenance functions” of the CPWD to reputed private agencies for “improving user services, establishing benchmarks and image improvement”….
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Militants on Thursday shot and injured a police officer in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. Police said the militants fired at Sub-Inspector Gowhar Ahmad at Imam Sahib area of Shopian town….