‘Chidambaram evokes fear in witnesses even in custody’

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that P. Chidambaram’s mere presence “evokes fear” in witnesses. The ED has opposed the bail plea of Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case. Mehta told a three-judge bench headed by Justice R. Banumathi that whether in custody […]

Uddhav to be sworn in CM with ‘Shivrajyabhishek’ backdrop

Against the backdrop of a theme depicting the historic ‘Shivrajyabhishek’ — the crowning of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — and a large picture of Maharashtra Legislature building, Maharashtra Governor B.S. Koshyari will swear-in Shiv Sena President and Maha Vikas Aghadi leader Uddhav Thackeray as the new Chief Minister, at the historic Shivaji Park on Thursday evening. […]

To fight dehydration, Goa schools to have 2 water breaks

Fearing rising dehydration among students, the Goa Education Department has instructed all schools in the coastal state to facilitate two water breaks daily to ensure that students drink adequate amount of water. According to a circular issued by the Education Department’s Deputy Director (Academics) Shailesh Zingde and circulated to all schools on Wednesday, the instructions […]

India’s PSLV rocket lifts-off with Cartosat-3 and 13 US satellites

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) rocket carrying advanced earth observation satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 US nano satellites lifted off from the second launch pad of the rocket port here on Wednesday. At about 9.28 a.m. the 44.4 metre tall, weighing 320 ton rocket blasted off from the second launch pad at the country’s rocket […]

Govt to offer lucrative deal for Air India sale

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday that he is hopeful that concrete offers will come for Air India’s sale as terms for the bid are being revised in a big way. “Last time the government was holding 26 per cent stakes in Air India but now things have changed…and it […]

Apple’s 2020 iPhones expected to ship over 100 mn units

Driven by new design language of the phones and support for 5G connectivity, Apple has told its supply chain partners to expect over 100 million orders for the iPhone 12 in 2020, the Digitimes has reported. For 2019, Apple had predicted iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro were expected to sell around 80 million units. […]

Chiranjeevi’s ‘Class Of 80s’ reunion party goes viral

A photograph featuring south’s top actors such as Chiranjeevi, Mohan Lal and Daggubati Venkatesh among many others, who ruled the roost in the 1980s, popularly called the “class of 80s”, has taken the internet by storm. Chiranjeevi is the host of the reunion of the 1980s actors from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi […]

Infants spending too much time on screen

Researchers have found that the amount of time children are spending each day watching television or using a computer or mobile device is increasing at an alarming rate. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, found that children’s daily screen time increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes […]

Revisiting night of terror when India’s commercial capital was attacked

Terror struck Mumbai on the night of November 26, 2008, when 10 Kalashnikov-wielding terrorists from Pakistan attacked India’s commercial capital, striking simultaneously at five major locations, and shooting dead 166 people, including many foreign nationals. The 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had traveled from Karachi to Mumbai on a fishing trawler they had hijacked. They killed the […]