News from India

London: ‘Mission impossible’ remained unaccomplished for Pakistan, who expectedly missed the semifinal bus but wrapped up their World Cup campaign with a consolatory 94-run win over Bangladesh, here Friday. Aware that the situation demanded them to beat Bangladesh by 300-plus runs to make it to the knockout stage, Pakistan needed to put on board a […]

New Delhi: With an aim to reduce imports along with spurring domestic production, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to raise custom duty on over 70 items in the full Budget 2019-20. Traditionally, the governments adjust custom duties to protect domestic industry and sometimes to allow cheaper raw material imports to spur manufacturing sector. In […]

Bhubaneswar: As admission season begins, the students are to set to put their foot in several colleges across Odisha. Amidst the excitement, students as well their guardians are also apprehensive regarding the safety in campuses. Keeping this in view, the University Grants Commission (UGC)  has asked higher education institutions to take necessary measures to create […]

Jammu: Heavy firing exchanges started on the Line of control on Friday between the Indian and Pakistan troops in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Defence Ministry spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand told IANS in winter capital Jammu that about 9 p.m. today, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation followed by shelling with mortars along the LoC […]

United Nations: The ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. Iraq has been lobbying since 1983 for the 4,000-year-old site to be added to the UN’s prestigious list. Announcing its decision, Unesco said: “Seat of successive empires, under rulers such as Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon represents the expression of […]

New York: The US dollar rose against most major currencies as the economic data came out better than expected. In late New York trading on Friday, the euro fell to $1.1221 from $1.1285 in the previous session, and the British pound fell to $1.2526 from $1.2575 in the previous session, Xinhua news agency reported. The […]

Moscow: Russia successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket on Friday with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said. The rocket blasted off at 8.41 a.m. (local time) from the Vostochny spaceport in the Far Eastern Amur Region, it said in a statement. Russia’s Meteor-M No.2-2 hydrometeorological satellite was […]

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) will be conducting a Computer Based Skill Test for the posts of Assistant Director (Hindi Typewriting and Hindi Stenography) in the Central Hindi Training Institute, Department of Official Languages, Ministry of Home Affairs, on July 15, 2019 (Monday) from 10.30 AM to 3.25 PM at IDZ, Sarita […]

London: A tweet by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with regard to Pakistan’s chances of making the semifinals of the World Cup on Friday has caused a bit of a stir on social media. Pakistan scored 315/9 in their allocated 50 overs against Bangladesh in their final World Cup group stage match on Friday. They […]

San Francisco: A massive earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted southern California, just a day after a 6.4-magnitude temblor hit the US state, the strongest in 20 years. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the quake that hit the state at 8.19 p.m. on Friday was near Ridgercrest, […]

Bhubaneswar: Gully boy actor Ranveer Singh who turned 34 today, revealed his look as Kapil Dev from the upcoming sports drama ‘83’, one of the most anticipated films for next year. The actor took to his social media account to share his photo as Kapil Dev, better known as the ‘Haryana Hurricane’. As soon as […]

In her maiden Budget on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen stressing more on tackling the loopholes in the economy through incremental steps rather than just opting for the announcement route, but the announcement didn’t bring any cheer for the lakhs of Central government employees who were expecting hike in minimum pay beyond the […]

Leeds: For all talks of his gritty knocks as an opener and his brilliant man-management skills, what many forget is how useful a left-arm spinner current India coach Ravi Shastri was in his playing days. With 151 wickets in Test cricket and 129 wickets in ODIs, Shastri definitely knew a thing or two about spinning […]

Western Railway (WR-RRC) has released a notification for departmental examination to fill in several vacancies. Applications can be submitted for the posts of Station Master, Goods Guard, Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk, Trains Clerk and more. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions before the deadline. The last date of application submission is July […]

Guwahati: With reports of 49 deaths and 190 positive cases of Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the Assam government has kept on hold leaves for all doctors and paramedical staff across the state, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. Sarma said that any kind of emergency leave will however, be granted only with the prior […]