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New Delhi: India unveiled a new scheme called “Agnipath” on Tuesday for the recruitment of soldiers in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, largely on a short-term contractual basis, with an aim to cut the ballooning salary and pensions bill. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced the new scheme at a media briefing, shortly […]

New Delhi: To empower users in the country, HP on Tuesday launched new laptops that come with AI-powered intelligent features such as Auto-frame, Noise reduction, dynamic voice leveling and more for Indian consumers. The HP Spectre portfolio is powered by Intel Evo platforms featuring 12th Gen Intel Core Processors for improved multitasking and performance. “The […]

Visakhapatnam: Under-performing spinners, an out-of-form opener and his own poor show – skipper Rishabh Pant will have a lot on his mind when India take on a buoyant South Africa in the third T20 on Tuesday in their bid to keep the five-match series alive. The hosts came into the series on a 12-match winning […]

New Delhi: Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India’s first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico. The 16-year-old claimed the yellow metal with a total effort of 230kg (104kg+126kg) in the boy’s 55kg event late on Sunday night. While Sanapathi, the 2020 Asian Youth Weightlifitng Championships bronze medallist, stood […]

Bengaluru: While Elon Musk has announced not to bring Tesla cars to India unless his demands are met, the rich and the famous are not deterred from importing a Tesla vehicle to the country. A privately imported long-range model of Tesla Model Y on the street of Bengaluru has now surfaced online. In the posts […]

New Delhi: With 8,084 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,32,30,101, while the daily positivity rate was over three per cent after nearly four months, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,771 with 10 fatalities, the data […]

Cuttack: South Africa outclassed India by four wickets in a one-sided second T20 International on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Batting first, India managed only 148 for six in 20 overs with Dinesh Karthik’s unbeaten 30 off 21 balls helping the hosts reach a respectable total and Shreyas Iyer’s sedate […]

New Delhi: India logged 8,582 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,22,017, while the active cases increased to 44,513, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,761 with four fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprises 0.10 […]

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested Kashmir-based Youtuber Faisal Wani, who had digitally enacted the act of beheading former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. “We have registered an FIR against the Youtuber under sections 505 and 506 IPC at Safa Kadal Police Station in the Srinagar, after his gory video went viral,” police said. […]

New Delhi: A single-day rise of over 8,000 fresh COVID-19 cases was recorded in the country after 103 days, pushing India’s infection tally to 4,32,13,435, while the count of active cases jumped to 40,370, according to Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. A total of 8,329 new coronavirus cases were reported in a span of […]

A student talks about his experience at the institute and how she got placed with one of the top corporate houses. Today, many of the brands, businesses, platforms, and even institutes promise a lot about their courses, teaching methods, and job placements, luring students to join them and eventually only learn textbook-based courses. However, the […]

New Delhi: Protests erupted across several parts of the nation on Friday against the Prophet row, with the agitators demanding action and arrest of the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her former party colleague Naveen Jindal. The said leaders had allegedly made controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed. Protests were witnessed in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, […]

There’s a major difference between successful and unsuccessful people. Successful people sacrifice short term happiness for long term goals while the unsuccessful stay busy collecting short term happiness while avoiding the hard work required for success. Sahil Dahiya, an e-commerce entrepreneur had a strong focus on his target and hence he always knew the path […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 7,584 in a day to reach 4,32,05,106 while the number of active cases has increased to 36,267, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 5,24,747 with 24 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. Active case tally […]

New Delhi: David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen hit fiery half-centuries to guide South Africa to a seven-wicket win over India in the first T20 International of the five-match series here on Thursday. Chasing a mammoth 212, Miller (64 not out) and Van der Dussen (75 not out)shared an unbeaten 131-run stand for the […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vernacular short news app, Way2News, has raised $16.75 million (about Rs 130 crore) as part of its Series-A round from investors WestBridge Capital and from venture capitalist Sashi Reddi. This marks WestBridge Capital’s debut investment in the media and entertainment sector in India. The company plans to use the fresh capital to expand […]

Hyderabad: Even as the union government termed India’s ranking last out of 180 countries on Environmental Performance Index as “unscientific” and “refused to accept it”, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao called for a serious introspection. He suggested that all the State governments and the Centre should come up with an action plan on the lines […]

New Delhi: Emphasising the country’s rising stature in the global ecosystem of biotech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India’s bio-economy has grown eight times in the last eight years. Prime Minister inaugurated the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan, here on Thursday. Prime Miniter also launched the Biotech products e portal. […]

Hanoi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday handed over 12 high-speed guard boats for Vietnam Border Guard at Hong Ha Shipyard made under USD 100 million lines of credit by the Indian government. Five out of 12 boats were manufactured at the L&T Shipyard in India while seven were made at the Hong Ha Shipyard. […]

New Delhi: The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in the country was recorded over 7,000 after 99 days, registering around 39 per cent jump in daily cases, while the daily positivity rate crossed 2 per cent after 111 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. A total of 7,240 infections were recorded in […]