News from India

Jaipur: Microsoft on Wednesday said its Windows 7 operating system will not get security and technical updates from January 14, 2020, onwards and users should shift to its latest software. Microsoft also said that it is working with computer manufacturing companies like Dell and HP for making devices available at affordable prices and also working […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an all-party meeting on Wednesday said that a committee will be formed to look into the various issues regarding the “one nation, one election” plan. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told this to the media after the conclusion of the meeting which lasted for over three-and-a-half hours. Singh said […]

The Coronavirus has caused havoc all over the world. India is one of the worse sufferers of this Pandemic. Every day, news on distress, despair, and deaths all around are…

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will represent Pakistan for the first time at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September, a top aide of the premier said Wednesday. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said that Pakistan’s delegation will […]

Kolkata: Sizzling in a designer lehenga, Bengali actress and newly-elected MP Nusrat Jahan is set to tie the knot with her businessman beau Nikhil Jain late on Wednesday in the picturesque Turkish town of Bodrum. The duo is getting married in presence of close relatives and friends who have already reached the port town in […]

San Francisco: After announcing a fresh investment of $600 million in expanding its data centre in Oklahoma, Google has now decided to invest $1 billion for 20,000 homes in the Bay Area in San Francisco. “Today we’re announcing an additional $1 billion investment in housing across the Bay Area. Over the next 10 years, we’ll […]

Amsterdam: Three Russians and one Ukrainian, allegedly involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine in 2014, would be tried for murder in the Netherlands, the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the tragedy said on Wednesday. “We have decided to prosecute four suspects for downing flight MH17,” said Fred Westerbeke, […]

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New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a meeting of various parties to discuss ‘one nation, one election’, or simultaneous parliamentary and assembly polls, Election Commission sources claimed that the idea is not feasible as of now. A former Chief Election Commissioner also said the proposal has both “strong merits and serious […]

Mumbai: Yoga guru and ayurveda tycoon Baba Ramdev on Wednesday called for “zero tolerance” to those found guilty of indulging in adulteration of food and manufacturing spurious medicines and demanded they be sentenced to life imprisonment. “This is one of the most heinous forms of crime against the people. Those indulging in it must be […]

Mumbai: HDFC Ltd will acquire the entire 50.8 per cent shareholding of Apollo Group in Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company for Rs 1,336 crore, according to an announcement here on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, both HDFC and Apollo Hospitals Group approved entering into definitive agreements for HDFC to acquire the entire 50.8 per cent […]

New Delhi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced that it will hold a “robust review” of the Pakistan team and its support staff after the World Cup and submit its recommendations to PCB chairman Ehsan Mani and the Board of Governors (BoG). “The BoG had a discussion on the Pakistan cricket team’s recent […]

London: Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s wax statue, clad in a low-cut dazzling golden dress, was launched in London. “Welcome to London, Priyanka Chopra,” read a post from the official Twitter handle of Madame Tussauds London. The figure was unveiled here on Tuesday. The actress had been working closely with the Madame Tussauds team on the […]

Southampton: The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Wednesay that the Event Technical Committee of the World Cup has approved Rishabh Pant as a replacement player for Shikhar Dhawan in Indias squad for the remainder of the tournament. Opener Dhawan, who suffered a thumb injury during the league match against Australia, has been ruled out […]

Muzaffarpur/Patna: The death toll due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) rose to 115 in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday, as a Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Patna High Court urging it to direct the state government to take adequate action to contain the outbreak. The Muzaffarpur administration updated the toll reported at the […]