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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 […]
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Bengaluru: The number of fresh Covid cases have been steadily increasing in Karnataka. After a gap of three months as many as 348 new cases have been reported min a span of 24 hours. The positivity rate has increased to 2.11 per cent. The state recorded 382 cases on March 3. After a long gap, the […]
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Lucknow: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother in a fit of rage here after she refused to allow him to play PUBG. The boy shot his mother with his father’s licensed revolver and kept the body hidden in one of the rooms of the house. He sprayed room freshener in […]
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Hyderabad: With artisans turning busy making idols for Ganesh Chaturthi festivities that commence on August 31, efforts have been initiated by the city administration to promote eco-friendly idols and dissuade the ones made of Plaster of Paris and with synthetic colours. As part of the exercise to encourage idols that do not add to the […]
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Hyderabad: The six suspects in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape appear to have helped the police identify them with the videos they themselves shot while committing the offence. City Police Commissioner C V Anand said it was the CCTV footage from the pub, visuals from a bakery in Jubilee Hills where the suspects went at least […]
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By Seela Subba Rao Prior to 2003, banks were not allowed to take up ‘insurance’ as a permissible form of business. Subsequently, they were permitted to undertake referral activities such as insurance business. Consequent to the announcement by the then Finance Minister in the Budget speech 2013-14 to permit banks as insurance brokers, the Reserve […]
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By Vijay Mohan Raj Hyderabad: On 26th May 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Hyderabad to present the convocation address on the 20th anniversary of the Indian School of Business which is at present amongst the leading management institutions globally. It was heartening to learn from the statistics that he reeled out to the […]
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India’s outreach in Afghanistan, the first since the Taliban captured power, carries immense significance and serves as a test for the country’s diplomatic skills. The Indian delegation’s visit to Kabul, led by joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs JP Singh, has demonstrated New Delhi’s eagerness to engage with the Taliban regime, which still […]
