Big victory for democracy: Kejriwal
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Delhi government that the Lt Governor is bound to act on the aid and advice…
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How to get private capital for Indian infrastructure
By Taponeel Mukherjee American investor, businessman and philanthropist Charlie Mungers famous quotation, “All I want to know is where Im going to die, so Ill never go there”, is apt for a discussion on attracting…
New book tells you how to be happy like Laughing Buddha
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A new book with the jolly Laughing Buddha, whose large potbelly symbolises happiness, good luck and abundance, on its front cover explores the secret universe of happiness and the various…
Goa netas plough fields, plant paddy… all for a Facebook challenge
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, July 4 (IANS) Known more for their slithery manoeuvres in political muck, Goas netas, all of a sudden, appear to have woken up to the wonders of farming and getting their…
Accident on Jammu-Srinagar highway, 7 Amarnath pilgrims injured
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) Seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Wednesday in an accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in the Ramban district. A vehicle carrying the pilgrims to the Kashmir Valley met with the…
SC rules in favour of Delhi government, clips LG’s role
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Supreme Court Constitution Bench on Wednesday unanimously ruled in favour of the Arvind Kejriwal government saying that the real powers of governance of Delhi rests with the elected representatives….
‘Horrified’ at lynchings, will sanitise our platform: WhatsApp to IT Ministry
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Taking cognisance of the Indian government’s concerns over the misuse of its platform for repeated circulation of provocative content, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday wrote to the IT Ministry saying the…
Moto G6: Dependable performer with good looks in a budget
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Eyeing a bigger pie of the fiercely-competitive budget smartphone market in India, Lenovo-owned Motorola has added a bigger display and visibly improved the design language of the…
Landslides hit rail traffic on Kalka-Shimla track
Shimla, July 4 (IANS) Rail traffic on the Kalka-Shimla track — a world heritage site — was disrupted on Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh owing to landslides following rainfall, an official here said. Nobody was injured….
Rahman, Pritam’s frequent collaborator Suzanne D’Mello to release her debut album
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Singer Suzanne DMello, who has often worked with popular composers like A.R. Rahman, Pritam and Salim-Sulaiman in her almost three-decade-long music career, is excited about her debut…
Mumbai rail bridge cracks up
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) A day after the partial collapse of a bridge in suburban Andheri, another railway overbridge developed visible cracks at downtown Grant Road on Wednesday. The bridge on Grant Road station of…
Soldiers to stay with Thai children trapped in cave
Bangkok, July 4 (IANS) A group of 10 soldiers will remain with the 12 children and their coach trapped in a partially flooded cave in Thailand until they are rescued, the authorities said on Wednesday….
WhatsApp seeks help from Indian experts to fight misinformation
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) With misinformation spread on WhatsApp leading to killing of tens of people across the country and the government taking a note of the situation, the Facebook-owned messaging service says it…
BREAKING NEWS: SC rules in favour of Delhi government
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India’s aviation industry needs a new model
By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) Indias aviation industry traces its roots to December 1940, when industrialist Walchand Hirachand established Hindustan Aircraft Limited (HAL) in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), with American technical assistance and capital and land…
Rains lash Delhi-NCR
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Parts of the city and National Capital Region received moderate showers on Wednesday. The minimum temperature was recorded at 25 degrees Celsius, season’s average. “There was 5.1 ml of rainfall…
Ex-Malaysian PM charged with abuse of power
Kuala Lumpur, July 4 (IANS) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged on Wednesday in a court here for his alleged role in the 1MDB scandal, involving billions of dollars being embezzled from a…
Google Cloud COO Diane Bryant quits
San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) Diane Bryant, a top-level Google Cloud executive who joined the tech giant after serving Intel for 32 years, is moving on. According to a report in Fortune on Tuesday, Bryant…
Vetting third-party apps, not reading your Gmail: Google
San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) After facing a backlash over reports that third-party app developers can read your Gmail, Google on Wednesday said the company is continuously vetting developers and their apps that integrate with…
Markets open on a higher note on Wednesday
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 35,385.52 points and touched…