In an apparent move to take on major travel services providers like Expedia and Orbitz, Google has announced that it will be cutting off developer access to a feed that automates data for airfare search engines. The move could potentially put third-party travel sites in a spot. “The QPX Express API service will end on […]
Actor Dev Patel says acting in “Hotel Mumbai” was “harrowing experience” and an eye-opener in realising the travails of the victims of the 2008 terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Patel recounted his experience of making the film when asked during a discussion at the Asia Society here on Wednesday if he would […]
Schools in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts were closed for second consecutive day on Wednesday owing to rains, the district administrations said. Schools in these districts were closed on Tuesday owing to rains on Monday. However, on Tuesday there were no rains during the day. Nevertheless the district administrations declared holidays due to water logging […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday emphasised his government’s principle of denuclearisation and peace on the Korean Peninsula. Moon made the remarks during his address in the Nation Assembly, saying his administration made efforts to eventually realise peace on the peninsula while stably managing current situations, Xinhua news agency reported. It was Moon’s second […]
Known for his huge contribution towards the enrichment of Urdu language, Abdul Qavi Desnavi was honoured by search engine Google with a doodle on his 87th birth anniversary on Wednesday. The doodle showed Desnavi sitting in the middle and writing. The letters of the search engine were also given a calligraphic touch. An Indian Urdu […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condemned the terror attack in New York in which eight persons were run over by a truck. “Strongly condemn the terror attack in New York City. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased and prayers with those injured,” the Prime Minister wrote on Twitter. Eight persons were […]
Eight persons were killed and 12 injured after a truck ploughed into pedestrians in Lower Manhattan in New York on Tuesday. Five of these victims were Argentine nationals, a statement here said. The five were celebrating their 30th graduation anniversary at the Argentine Polytechnic School of Rosario, Efe news reported. The statement released by the […]
The restarting of the second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam belonging to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is expected to happen during November second week, said a senior official. He also said some of the equipments for the upcoming third and fourth units at Kudankulam has arrived from Russia. “The second unit […]
It was a foggy morning here on Wednesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. The Met forecast a clear day ahead. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 30 degrees Celsius. “There was shallow fog in the morning. The day ahead […]
Eight persons were killed and 12 injured after a truck ploughed into pedestrians in Lower Manhattan in New York on Tuesday, the Mayor said, calling the attack an “act of terror”. The suspect has been arrested. Based on the information authorities had at the moment, the incident was “a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed […]