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Chennai: Actor Kamal Haasan, who gifted a Lexus car to Lokesh Kanakaraj, the director of his just released action entertainer ‘Vikram’, has now gifted bikes to all the assistant directors of the film. The actor, who is overwhelmed by the phenomenal response to the film which has set cash registers ringing all over the world, has […]
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Chennai: Actress Samyuktha Hegde, who recently watched actor Rakshit Shetty’s upcoming film, ‘777 Charlie’, has heaped praises on both the film and its cast and crew. Taking to Instagram to wish the actor a belated birthday, the actress said, “Happy belated birthday to you. Watching ‘777 Charlie’ yesterday made me relive so many of the moments […]
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Toronto: Indians will benefit the most from changes introduced by Canada to its super visa programme for parents and grandparents. Under the changes announced by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on Tuesday, parents and grandparents coming to Canada can now stay here for up to five years per entry. The changes will kick in from July […]
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New Delhi: Taking into account the increase in prices since the housing loan limits were last revised and considering the customer needs, central bank Reserve Bank of India decided to increase the existing limits on individual housing loans by the cooperative banks. Accordingly, the limits for Tier I or Tier II urban cooperative banks shall […]
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San Francisco: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he thinks that Starlink, the satellite Internet division of his rocket company, will take at least three to four years, from now, to go public. Musk stated about Starlink’s initial public offering (IPO) during a recent all-hands meeting with SpaceX employees, reports Teslarati. During the meeting, Musk reportedly highlighted […]
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Hyderabad: A minor girl was raped, allegedly by her friend, in the Monda Market police station limits in Secunderabad. The suspect has been arrested. According to the police, the victim was a Class 10 student and lived with her parents in a rented house in Secunderabad. For the last few months, she was into a […]
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday proposed to allow the linking of credit cards to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform. After the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced that the implementation will start with the indigenous RuPay credit cards. “At present, UPI facilitates transactions by linking savings/current […]
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New Delhi: Over 90 vehicles, including 10 cars, were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in a metro parking lot in the national capital on Wednesday morning, an official said. Fire in Jamia Nagar’s electric motor parking, 11 fire tenders on the spot#JamiaNagar #electricmotorparking #Fire #जामियानगर pic.twitter.com/VGE9FJQbCU — city andolan (@city_andolan) June 8, 2022 […]
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Hyderabad: A local court on Wednesday granted the Jubilee Hills police three days custody of the prime suspect in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case. Saduddin Malik was arrested by the police on Friday last and remanded in judicial custody. Malik along with five other juveniles are allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a minor […]
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New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a man was stabbed to death in Delhi’s Anand Parbat area by a group of boys after a scuffle broke out over Rs 10 for a cigarette. The deceased in the case was identified as Vijay while the accused were identified as Ravi, Jatin, Sonu Kumar and Ajay. A […]
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Los Angeles: C. Robert Cargill, screenwriter for Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer ‘Doctor Strange’, has heaped praises on the Indian film ‘RRR’, helmed by S.S. Rajamouli. Friends came over last night to initiate me into the cult of RRR (RISE ROAR REVOLT) and I’m here to report I am now fully, truly, deeply a member. This is the […]
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Brussels: Chargers will be harmonized for small and medium-sized portable electronic devices by 2024 in the European Union (EU), negotiators of the European Parliament and the Council have agreed. “By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU,” a press release from the Parliament […]
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Moscow: Following a freeze on activities in Russia earlier this year, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has informed employees that the company is ending all operations in the country and has begun laying off employees. In a letter shared with the employees, Krishna stated that the company’s focus for months has been on looking after the […]
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Chateauroux: Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara clinched a gold medal with a world record score of 250.6 in Women’s 10m Air Rifle standing SH1 here at the Chateauroux Para-Shooting World Cup on Tuesday and secured a place at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The 20-year-old shooter broke her own world record of 249.6. Poland’s Emilia […]
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New Delhi: Daily coronavirus infections in India were recorded above 5,000 after 93 days taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,90,282, while the active cases rose to 28,857, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. A total of 5,233 infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours, while the […]
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Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 9 paise to 77.69 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy decision. A weak trend in domestic equities, surging crude oil prices and unabated foreign fund outflows capped the appreciation bias of the rupee, forex dealers said. The RBI’s […]
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Mumbai: Indian stock market’s benchmark Sensex opened 205 points down on Wednesday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased the policy repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.9 per cent. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex fell 205.27 points or 0.37 per cent to close at 54,902.07 points at 10:30 am. The broader […]
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday retained its growth projection at 7.2 per cent for the current fiscal on the back of improvement in urban demand and gradual recovery in rural India. Unveiling the third monetary policy for the current fiscal, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Indian economy remained resilient, and the […]
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New Delhi: Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has issued a chilling warning of carrying out ‘suicide bombings’ in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat in a bid to take avenge of the insult to the Prophet Mohammed. “The saffron terrorists should now await their end in Delhi, Bombay, UP and Gujarat. They should find refuge […]
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Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the interest rate by 50 basis points to a two-year high of 4.9 per cent as it doubled down to tame inflation that has surged in the last couple of months. The rate hike comes on the back of a 40 bps increase effected by RBI […]
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Latur: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the Bharatiya Janata Party took action against Nupur Sharma only when “something happened in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain”. “After 10 days PM Narendra Modi said to suspend (Nupur Sharma). No action was taken when we were saying, raising the issue. They acted when something happened in Qatar, Saudi […]
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New York: An Indian origin patient was among those who had a “miracle” cure using a cancer medication that is being tried out by a research centre here achieving an unprecedented healing rate when all 14 patients in the trial had their cancers disappear. “It’s a miracle”, Nisha Varughese said about the immunotherapy drug’s efficacy in […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is expanding the Sensitive Content Control feature as users will now be able to control the amount of sensitive content and accounts they see on the platform. The platform said that Sensitive Content Control will cover all surfaces where we make recommendations. “In addition to Explore, you will now […]
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New Delhi: In what appears to be a miracle and ‘first time in history’, a small clinical trial has found that every single rectal cancer patient who received an experimental treatment found that their cancer had vanished. According to New York Times, in the small clinical trial conducted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 18 […]
