News from India

Shanghai: Chinese technology giant Lenovo has launched its first 5G-enabled smartphone ‘Lenovo Z6 Pro 5G Edition’ at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2019 in Shanghai, China. The smartphone has the same hardware as its non-5G variant, except that it also comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 modem to enable 5G connectivity, news portal GSM Arena reported […]

New Delhi: The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), nodal agency for the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has started relocating the Western Railway’s structures in Vadodara that are falling in the project area. A senior NHSRCL official told IANS, structures of the Western Railway, like cabins and offices, falling in area sanctioned for […]

Ludhiana: One person died and five prisoners and six police personnel received injuries after a bloody clash erupted between two groups of inmates in Ludhiana Central Jail on Thursday as they pelted stones at each other. The inmates even made video clips of the incident on their cellphones and posted them live on Facebook. Punjab […]

Bhubaneswar: With the arrest of four persons, Commissionerate Police busted a criminal gang involved in looting cars by terrorizing drivers with the help of a toy gun. The gang was busted by Khandagiri Police while investigating a theft of a car which belonged to a sub inspector. Two stolen cars were recovered from the robbers […]

Cuttack: For the first time, the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) has introduced Quick Response (QR) codes on textbooks for class IX and X students in Odisha. The QR codes will help the students to read the content on their mobile phones. The digital technology will help them to understand chapters much easily as it […]

New Delhi: The Commerce Ministry on Thursday formed an 18-member working group under the chairmanship of Ramesh Chand, member, Niti Aayog, for revision of the current series of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). The base year for the current series is 2011-12 and since then significant structural changes have taken place in the economy, which […]

New Delhi: With the fast adoption of robot-assisted surgeries, orthopaedic surgeries have come of age globally and India is at the threshold of witnessing a dramatic change when it comes to knee and hip surgeries, a US-based expert has said. According to Dr Thomas Coon, Founder and Medical Director of Coon Joint Replacement Institute in […]

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Thursday lodged a rape case against Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi on a complaint filed by a well-known actress. Mumbai Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner of Police Manjunath Shinge confirmed the developments but declined to elaborate. However, official sources said that the complaint has been filed against Aditya in the matter that […]

Manchester: Bowlers powered India to big win over West Indies in the 34th match of ICC World Cup 2019 at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Team India defeated Windies by a huge margin of 125 runs. Shami scalped 4 wickets while Bumrah & Chahal picked 2 each. Virat Kohli was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match. Skipper Virat Kohli […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks with US President Donald Trump and discussed various bilateral and global issues including Iran, 5G communications networks, trade and defence ahead of the G-20 Summit. Modi thanked Trump for expressing his “love towards India” in a letter recently delivered by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Union environment ministry’s decision to grant a two-year extension for the construction of Polavaram multi-purpose project in Andhra Pradesh comes as an embarrassment for the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government which has been opposing the dam that threatens to submerge several tribal villages in Malkangiri district. The discomfiture of […]

New York: Twitter says it will hide tweets by world leaders and politicians that break its rules but have been left online “in the public interest”. Tweets from prominent government officials that break the platform’s rules but have been left online will be hidden behind a notice, the BBC reported. The company accepted it had […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a “productive” trilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe, and extensively discussed issues of the Indo-Pacific region, connectivity and infrastructure development ahead of the formal opening of the G-20 Summit here. It was the second Japan-America-India (JAI) meeting. The discussion focused on […]

Mumbai: The RBI on Thursday said PSU banks’ gross non-performing asset (GNPA) ratio may decline from 9.3 per cent in March, 2019 to 9.0 per cent in March, 2020, hinting at the reversal of the NPA cycle gripping the state lenders. Underlining the strength of the banking sector while covering for the bad loans, it […]

Manchester: Indian skipper Virat Kohli once again has come to defence of underfire MS Dhoni, saying the wicketkeeper-batsman is a “legend of the game” whose keen understanding and experience has held the team in good stead and won them many matches over the course of the years. “Dhoni knows exactly what he wants to do […]