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By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Against a target of 120 plus set by BJP president, Amit Shah the party has managed to win to just 23 assembly seats in Odisha. But party leaders remain upbeat about BJP’s prospects in the state where they see tremendous potential for growth. In fact, a section of them think that […]

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said there should be minimal interface between people and officials dealing with land issues, to eliminate corruption, and urged the Centre and state governments to simplify land transaction procedures and make them transparent. Releasing a book, titled “Land Registration, Global Practices & Lessons for India”, Naidu also […]

London: India captain Virat Kohli retained the top position among batsmen after scoring five half-centuries in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup but opener Rohit Sharma bridged the gap in the latest update to the ODI Player Rankings after a stupendous run in the league stage of the 10-team tournament. Kohli’s 442 runs at an […]

New Delhi: A week after his Mann Ki Baat monthly radio programme in which he stressed on the importance of book reading, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday again urged people to keep reading books and to share their experiences on the NaMo App. “During #MannKiBaat last week, I had talked about a book I […]

Mumbai: On Ranveer Singh’s 34th birthday on Saturday, his wife Deepika Padukone posted a throwback image of the actor in which he is seen sucking on a shaved ice.   View this post on Instagram   Sensitive & emotional,caring & compassionate,generous & gentle,funny & intelligent,delightful & faithful…all this and so much more… To my husband,my […]

Sydney: A feeling of safety and good night’s sleep are the things that matter the most to sick kids in hospital. Published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, the study fills a gap in our understanding of how children are feeling in hospital settings. For the study, researchers developed the ‘Needs of Children Questionnaire’ (NCQ), […]

New York: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), researchers have developed an algorithm to detect cloud formations that lead to storms, hurricanes and cyclones. The study, published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, shows a model that can help forecasters recognise potential severe storms more quickly and accurately. The researchers created a framework […]

New Delhi: Another fraud, this time amounting to Rs 3,805.15 crore has been reported at the state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), this time by the now-insolvent Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BPSL). In February 2018, the Rs 13,500-crore scam involving diamantaires Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi had come to light at the PNB. In a […]

Kolkata: Considering the alarming spike in the number of Covid cases in the country, the Election Commission of India has made it mandatory that no candidate/agent will be allowed inside…

Kabul: At least 12 people were killed and 179 others injured on Sunday in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan’s Ghazni city. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. “The attack took place in the morning at around 8.30 a.m. near a local base of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Ghazni city,” […]

Chandigarh: Twenty years after the Kargil War, martyr Capt Vikram Batra’s twin brother on Sunday paid tribute to him at the 16,000-foot Himalayan peak from where his brother had led the assault to drive out its Pakistani occupiers. Capt Batra’s daring assault enabled the Indian Army to recapture the crucial peak named Point 4875 in […]

New Delhi: The government is targeting the second half of the fiscal year to raise funds through overseas bond sales, Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said. “We will target the second half,” Garg told IANS in an interview on being asked if this will happen this fiscal. The quantum, timing and number as well as […]

Pune: A consumer court here slapped a Rs 55,000 fine on food delivery platform Zomato along with a hotel for delivering non-vegetarian food to a lawyer who had ordered a vegetarian dish. According to media reports, the consumer court directed Zomato to pay the fine within 45 days to city-based lawyer Shanmukh Deshmukh who was […]

New Delhi: Upset over the five per cent customs duty proposed on imported books, an association of Indian publishers and book sellers is planning to meet government officials to highlight their problem areas and also stress that books are part of free flow of knowledge and culture and should be made more accessible. Most of […]

New Delhi: Budget airline GoAir on Sunday said that it will start operations in seven new international routes, including new destinations like Kuwait, Dubai and Bangkok, starting July 19, 2019. The airline said in a statement that it would start flying to Abu Dhabi and Bangkok from both Mumbai and Delhi, to Muscat from Mumbai, […]