New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the victims of the Mumbai building collapse that left 17 persons dead. “The Prime Minister has approved…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) State-run telecom service provider BSNL on Monday said it has taken swift action for reconfiguring the affected modems and restoring the broadband services of a few thousand subscribers across the…
San Fransisco, July 31 (IANS) Months after its global launch in March, Facebook ‘Stories’ that you could only share with friends have now been unlocked for the public. Social media researcher Carlos Gil was the…
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Indian equity markets traded with appreciable gains during the mid-afternoon session on Monday as hopes of a rate cut in the upcoming monetary policy review of the Reserve Bank of India…
New York, July 31 (IANS) People with a reduced ability to taste food choose sweeter — and likely higher-calorie — fare, thereby paving the way for gaining unhealthy weight, says a study. “We found that…
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Some of the largest investors, intermediaries and issuers in Asia Pacific are confident of India’s stable economic growth in the region of 6.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent over the…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of those who lost their lives in the Assam and Rajasthan floods. “PM Narendra Modi…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Voto Mobiles, manufactured by Chinese player Xunrui Communications, on Monday announced its foray into the Indian smartphone market. India would be the first operating market for Voto Mobiles. “Our vision…
Bengaluru, July 31 (IANS) Global Cloud infrastructure and business mobility leader VMware on Monday announced the opening of its first VMware ‘AirWatch’ data centre in India. The new data centre would deliver industry-leading VMware ‘AirWatch…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) With Indian scientific institutions facing flak for failing to translate and commercialise technology from labs to the market, the government has been urged to set up a separate…
Patna, July 31 (IANS) The Patna High Court on Monday dismissed two petitions challenging the formation of a new government by Nitish Kumar’s JD-U along with the BJP, a government lawyer said. After hearing the…
New York, July 31 (IANS) If you are hitting the gym less frequently than you did at the start, take heart. Some people, a new study suggests, cannot make their commitment stick even when they…
Patna, July 31 (IANS) The Patna High Court on Monday dismissed two petitions challenging the formation of a new government by Nitish Kumar’s JD-U along with the BJP, a government lawyer said. After hearing the…
San Francisco, July 31 (IANS) Microsoft’s HoloLens head-mounted display will be better at navigating reality by incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), media reports said. According to a report in Financial Tribune on Sunday, the second version…
Hyderabad, July 31 (IANS) Telugu film actor Tanish Alladi on Monday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana’s Excise Department, probing a Hyderabad drug racket, on Monday. The actor reached Abkari Bhavan, the…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) The launch of flights abroad from the Chandigarh International Airport was much awaited and began with a lot of fanfare. But the airport is also making news for…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Social networking platforms have dramatically changed the way we communicate. The next wave is here in enterprise social networks to help employees, partners, buyers/sellers and other stakeholders…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: The Modern Monk: What Vivekananda Means to Us Today; Author: Hindol Sengupta; Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 207; Price: Rs 399 It is not easy to write appealingly on someone who…
By Sidhartha Dutta New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) There are no records of computers worth Rs 17.56 lakh purchased in 2012-13 at the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, or Vyapam as it is popularly known,…
Yangon, July 31 (IANS) Myanmar police have arrested a prominent journalist after he criticised and allegedly defamed a Buddhist monk and leader of an influential extremist organisation, the media reported Monday. The editor of news…