Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met newly crowned world champion P.V. Sindhu and wished luck to the ace shuttler for her future endeavours. Sindhu on Sunday thrashed Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in the final of the women’s singles event to become the first Indian to win gold in the BWF World Championships. “India’s […]
On the second day of hearing this week on former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s petition for pre-arrest bail in the ED’s INX Media case, his lawyers argued on the retrospective effect of the PMLA law. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Chidambaram, told the court that the offence allegedly dated back to 2007 but the […]
Breaching a psychological barrier, gold prices in Mumbai touched new high of a little over Rs 40,000 per 10 gm, on Monday, industry players said. “This is indeed an unprecedented high, but lower by at least 20 per cent in US Dollar terms. Presently, it is $1,545 on the Comex, lower that $1,920 in September […]
The ongoing stand-off between online food aggregators and the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), a trade body that represents more than 5 lakh restaurants in the country, over deep discounting practices is nothing but part of a larger global debate on tapping the basic psyche of a consumer: “Get more for less”. The mere […]
E-commerce giant Amazon which has doubled its last mile delivery network in Tamil Nadu on Thursday announced the launch of its largest “delivery station” in the state. Located in Chennai, the new station will enable Amazon to strengthen its last-mile delivery network and ensure faster deliveries across the city. Delivery stations enable Amazon Logistics to […]
National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar has made it to the fourth position on the “Forbes” magazine’s Worlds Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019 list, beating Hollywood stars like Bradley Cooper, Adam Sandler and Will Smith. According to the list on “forbes.com”, which covers the timeline from June 2018 to June 2019, Akshay has raked in $65 million […]
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar and superstar Aamir Khan have contributed Rs 11 lakh and Rs 25 lakh, respectively towards the Chief Minister Relief Fund following the Maharashtra floods. Devendra Fadnavis has thanked them for their gesture. “Thank you Aamir Khan for your contribution of Rs 25,00,000 towards CM Relief Fund. Maharashtra Floods,” Fadnavis said. “We […]
The unabated losses at Vodafone-Idea are eroding the value of other Aditya Birla Group firms, whose combined m-cap declined by a whopping Rs 21,431 crore on August 20, days after the quarterly results of the telecom arm were announced on July 29. On August 19, the company posted lacklustre subscriber numbers having lost 41 lakh […]
The second Lunar orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully completed on Wednesday, said India Space Research Organisation (ISRO). According to ISRO, the orbit manoeuvre began at 12.50 p.m. and took 1,228 seconds to complete. The orbit achieved is 118 km X 4,412 km. All spacecraft parameters are normal. The next Lunar bound orbit manoeuvre […]
The Indian space agency on Tuesday completed successfully the crucial orbit manoeuvre and put the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into the lunar orbit. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) was completed successfully at 9.02 a.m. as planned using the onboard propulsion system. All the systems of Chandrayaan-2 are healthy. “The duration […]