By Anand Singh New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Linda, a 34-year-old tourist from Sweden, has been facing a traumatic time standing in bank queues for the past few days to get cash. Apart from the…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Though internet penetration has increased in India, making it the world’s second largest internet consumer base, online abuse remains a serious issue for the marginalised groups, a new report has…
Tokyo, Nov 15 (IANS) Japan will allow highly qualified foreign professionals to apply for permanent residence after just a year in the country, it was announced on Tuesday. Under the current policy, highly skilled foreign…
Ahmedabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heerabaa Modi on Tuesday exchanged demonetised currency for Rs 4,500 at a bank in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Wearing a white cotton sari, Heerabaa, in her 90s,…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Long queues were seen outside banks and ATMs on Tuesday as many anxious customers waited for the sixth consecutive day to deposit or exchange their spiked currency or take out…
Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav flagged off the India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Motor Car Rally on Tuesday. This rally began on Sunday starting from New Delhi and would conclude on December 3…
Pune (Maharashtra), Nov 15 (IANS) The recent demonetisation has hit some trades below-the-belt. These include the commercial sex workers and transgenders of Pune and other parts of the Maharashtra. Dependent and functional purely on cash…
By Kushagra Dixit Marrakech, Nov 14 (IANS) Pitching for India’s message of a lifestyle with minimum carbon footprint, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Monday said here that wasting food is like being a “carbon…
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) “In the tea gardens, the dreams that our grandparents sowed are stolen away by whom,” questioned a youth group from Darjeeling district in West Bengal, bringing to the fore the plight…
Nairobi, Nov 14 (IANS) A Kenyan couple have decided to name their son after US President-elect Donald Trump, whom they praised for his principles and openness, the media reported on Monday. The three-month-old Donald Trump…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) A large number of people were left cashless on Monday as most of the ATM kiosks in the national capital displayed a no-cash board and the banks observed a national…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Common people across India continued to suffer on Monday with millions scrambling for cash to meet basic needs even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended the ban on high value…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The cash crunch due to demonetisation of higher value notes and the missing Pakistani stall upset many visitors to the ‘Digital India’ theme-based 36th India International Trade Fair thrown open…
Pune (Maharashtra), Nov 14 (IANS) An 11-year-old schoolgirl from Pune has designed Monday’s Google doodle, celebrating Children’s Day that also marks the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The student, Anvita Prashant…
Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Tens of thousands of people hungry for cash raced from one ATM to another here on Monday — only to find almost all of them shut and without money. Six days…
Chhindwara (MP), Nov 14 (IANS) The police on Monday recovered Rs 47 lakh in cash in now demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from a car, which was on way to Amravati…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Fifty days of pain is what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked people to endure for his sudden demonetisation move. But going by the rate at which fresh currency is…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign targeting the cooperative banks in Kerala would hit people hard, the Congress-led United Democratic Front said on Monday. Baseless things were being said about the thousands…
By Charu Bahri Barely three per cent wells registered a rise in water level exceeding four metres in the year ending January 2016, according to a Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) report. Only 35 per…