The demise of former External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is not only being mourned by political leaders in India but also by the diplomats of other countries. Several envoys visited her residence today to pay her their tributes. Russian envoy Nikolay Kudashev, who visited Swaraj’s residence to pay his last respect, said: “Sushma Swaraj was […]
Weak domestic and demand conditions led the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday to cut its economic forecast to 6.9 per cent for 2019-20. The RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) in its third policy review of the current fiscal reduced the growth rate to 6.9 per cent from 7 per cent in FY2019-20. In the […]
In a shocking incident, four minors have been booked by the police in Meerut for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl with impaired hearing. Among the accused in the incident here on Sunday is the 12-year-old brother of the victim. Inspector A.P. Misra of the Kanker Khera police station told reporters on Tuesday that the brother’s […]
Tech giant Google has announced a string of sustainability pledges for its hardware and has said that it aims to neutralise carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware like Pixel phones and Google Home Minis by 2020. “By 2020, 100 per cent of all shipments going to or from customers will be carbon neutral. Starting in […]
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has taken a jibe at superstar Salman Khan for his comment not long ago that he could not “afford the luxury to be depressed”. Deepika had openly spoken about her ordeal with clinical depression in 2015, and has actively been campaigning against the malaise since then. In a recent interview, she […]
It is a strange anomaly of history, both true and unjust. I was born in Srinagar, as were both my parents. My sister though was born in Delhi and went on to marry a Bengali settled in the capital, so struck down by a double whammy. Yes she is not a state subject and could […]
In September 2012, Dr Pranab Mukherjee, peoples President of India, invited me to join him on a trip to Srinagar. He was to address the Kashmir University convocation. With great trepidation I said ‘yes’. There was a part of me which was unsure and another part hugely excited because it meant revisiting my “madre vatan” […]
Under the newly enacted law that prohibits instant pronouncement of “triple talaq”, a case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh here, where a man allegedly divorced his wife in the middle of a road for refusing to arrange a dowry amount of Rs 1 lakh, police said. A case has been registered under section 4 […]
A lot of debate is going on over the possibility of censoring digital content in India, and filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane doesnt sound too eager about it. In fact, he doesnt subscribe to the idea of censorship at all. “Censorship is a stupid thing. There should be certification, and not censorship. People are smart enough to […]
A large number of users have started giving Zomato one-star reviews on Google Play Store to voice their disagreement against the food delivery app on how the company is fine if some customers want specifically “Halal” meat. The users claimed that by having the ‘Halal’ option, Zomato is associating religion to food. Reacting to this, […]