No change in Chinese investment proposals: Home Ministry

No change in Chinese investment proposals: Home Ministry

 Despite the ongoing Doklam crisis, the most serious military face-off between Indian and China in three decades, the Indian government has no plans to single out the investment proposals of Chinese firms, a Home Ministry official said on Thursday. “The clearance of al applications regarding investment proposals received is done on the basis of well-established […]

Assam floods: Ten more die, death toll reach 49

Assam floods: Ten more die, death toll reach 49

 Ten more people died due to flood-related incidents across Assam in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 49, officials said on Thursday. The second wave of floods in Assam since July-end have affected over 30 lakh persons in 24 districts. Assam State Disaster Management Authority statistics said 31,54,882 persons in 2,584 villages […]

Key Indian equity indices trade lower in early session

Key Indian equity indices trade lower in early session

The key Indian equity market indices opened in red on Friday following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 209.12 points or 0.66 per cent lower during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 62.60 points or 0.63 per cent lower at 9,841.55 points. […]

Blue Whale challenge: Goa Police issues advisory for parents

Blue Whale challenge: Goa Police issues advisory for parents

The suicides of two youngsters in Kerala and Maharashtra while playing the Blue Whale challenge, has forced the Goa Police to issue a formal advisory to parents on safeguarding their wards from playing the online game. The advisory released by the Crime Branch late on Thursday, asked parents to install parental control software in computers […]

Wipro to manage Bangladesh telecom firm’s IT services

Wipro to manage Bangladesh telecom firm’s IT services

Software major Wipro on Wednesday announced that it had won a five-year deal to manage the IT infrastructure and services of Bangladesh’s leading telecom operator Grameenphone Ltd. “We will manage the IT landscape for the operator by leveraging our Artificial Intelligence platform Holmes, own application development and management, infrastructure support and maintenance and back offices […]

Flight attendant falls from 4th floor flat, dies in Kolkata

Flight attendant falls from 4th floor flat, dies in Kolkata

A flight attendant of a private airlines died under mysterious circumstances reportedly after falling from her flat on the fourth floor of an apartment in North 24 Parganas district’s Kestopur, police said on Wednesday. “Clara Khongshit (22), hailing from Shillong, allegedly fell down through the sliding window of her flat on the fourth floor of […]

Mechanism for speedy completion of strategic divestment approved

Mechanism for speedy completion of strategic divestment approved

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a new mechanism to expedite strategic divestment in select public sector firms. According to CCEA, the new mechanism envisages setting up of an “Alternative Mechanism” (AM) consisting of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and minister from the concerned administrative […]

People living in fear, will fight to save composite culture: Sharad Yadav

People living in fear, will fight to save composite culture: Sharad Yadav

Days after he was removed as the party’s leader in the Rajya Sabha, former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav on Wednesday said that people are “living in fear” and the Constitution of the country is being “tinkered with”. Yadav also announced that the Opposition will hold ‘Sajha Virasat Bachao’ (Save Composite Culture) conferences across […]

HC questions AAI on allowing Amit Shah’s airport meeting

HC questions AAI on allowing Amit Shah’s airport meeting

 The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the Airports Authority of India over its decision to allow a public meeting of BJP president Amit Shah on the premises of Dabolim International Airport in Goa. A division bench of Justices G.S. Patel and Nutan Sardessai was hearing a petition filed by city […]