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New Delhi: The Cabinet has approved the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which establishes that no individual can be compelled to provide proof of Aadhaar number unless provided by law, and the Aadhaar number on voluntary basis shall be accepted as KYC document. The Bill replaces Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, […]

New Delhi: In the wake of Cyclone Vayu, flight services to some 5 airports in Gujarat will be suspended from midnight on Wednesday. Accordingly, services to airports in Porbandar, Diu, Bhavnagar, Keshod and Kandla will be ceased from midnight Wednesday to midnight on Thursday. “The Regional Executive Director (Western Region), AAI and all airport directors […]

New Delhi: Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature in English at a ceremony here on Wednesday. He was conferred the award by former governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Amitav Ghosh is the first English writer to get this prestigious award. Receiving […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Bill that provides for considering a university/college as one unit, restoring the earlier reservation system based on 200-point roster. A ‘department/subject’ will no longer be treated as a unit. The Bill, which will replace the “Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019”, will be […]

Bengaluru: Embarking on its second voyage to the moon on July 15, an Indian spacecraft and rover would land near the lunar south pole by September 6 or 7, a top official said on Wednesday. “We will launch our second moon mission (Chandrayaan-2) on July 15 at 02:15 a.m., to land by September 6 or7 […]

Mumbai: Unicef will honour Indian actress Priyanka Chopra with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at the Unicef Snowflake Ball in December. Priyanka, a global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights, took to Twitter and wrote: “So humbled. Thank you Unicef for honouring me with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at the Unicef Snowflake Ball in […]

Den Bosch (The Netherlands):  The Indian men’s archery team on Wednesday secured the quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by entering the quarterfinal of the World Championships with a 5-3 win over Canada here. For the first time after the 2012 London Olympics, the Indian men made the cut to secure a team quota. They […]

Opportunities don’t come knocking at the door every time. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has invited applications for the posts of Management Trainee (Technical) in E1 grade in various Engineering disciplines for operation of its Plants/Units and Mines across India. Interested and eligible candidates are advised to apply for the positions on or before […]

Tagged as one of the major recruitment sectors in India, the Indian Railways has come up with yet another notification for job seekers. The Central Railways has invited applications for the positions of Junior Technical Associates. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions on or before the last date of submission of application, […]

St. John’s (Antigua):  India will begin its ICC World Test Championship campaign with the two-Test series to be played in the West Indies in late August. The two Tests will be played at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua (August 22-26) and at Sabina Park in Jamaica (August 30-September 3). Before that, both the […]

Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. IMD scientist Manorama Mohanty told the media here: “Cyclone Vayu will not hit Gujarat. It will pass nearby from Veraval, Porbander […]

Kendrapara: The Nikirai Police seized body of a married woman buried by her -in-laws in the village crematorium at Bandhasahi in the district on Wednesday and detained the husband of the deceased based on the allegations of murder by her family members. According to sources, Parvati Mallick had tied the knot with one Chitrasen Mallick […]

Lucknow: Seventeen persons have died in separate incidents of dust storms, lightning and rain in various parts of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours. According to reports, four persons died in Siddharthanagar, three in Deoria, three in Basti, two in Ballia and one each in Azamgarh, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur and Pilibhit. In Siddharthanagar, a […]

New York: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Indian Prime Minister as a “new kind of leader for the world’s most populous democracy”, and quoted Narendra Modi’s election slogan in Hindi, “Modi hai to mumkin hai” (“Modi makes it possible”), at a summit here. Pompeo made the remarks during his keynote address to the […]

Menlo Park (California):  Grappling with the best and the worst of humanity, a quarterly transparency report from next year and content regulations are some of the steps listed by Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg to deal with major content concerns and privacy issues. Committed to weed out the “bad” content, Sheryl Sandberg said […]