Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Bhagat Singh on his 110th birth anniversary. “I bow to the brave Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his jayanti. His greatness and exemplary courage inspires generations of Indians,” Modi tweeted. The revolutionary freedom fighter was born in Banga village of Faisalabad district (previously called Lyallpur) now in […]
About 97 per cent of Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million residents were still without electricity, one week after Hurricane Maria slammed into the US territory, Governor Ricardo Rossello said. About half the residents do not have running water and authorities were working to get food, fuel and water “everywhere on the island”, CNN quoted Rosello as […]
Dismissing US President Donald Trump’s claim that Facebook was hostile against him like The New York Times and The Washington Post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Trump’s allegations were baseless. Trump tweeted late Wednesday: “Facebook was always anti-Trump. The Networks were always anti-Trump hence, Fake News, @nytimes (apologised) and @WaPo were anti-Trump. Collusion?” Zuckerberg responded: […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the nation on the occassion of Durga Ashtami. “Durga Ashtami greetings to everyone. May the blessings of Maa Durga bring joy, peace in our society and remove all forms of injustice,” Modi tweeted. He also said that on the eighth day of Navratri, we pray to Maa Maha […]
Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine has died. He was 91, the media reported. According to the magazine, he died on Wednesday night, reports CNN. Hefner founded Playboy in 1953 with $600 of his own money and built the magazine into a multimillion-dollar entertainment empire that at its 1970s peak included TV shows, a […]
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 31,159.81 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 31,216.36 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 31,148.35 points, down by 11.46 points, or 0.04 per cent. At the […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday described the proposed metro fare hike as “anti-people” and said that he has asked his Transport Minister to find a way to stop it. “Metro fare hike is anti-people. Have asked Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot to find a way in a week to stop this fare hike,” Kejriwal […]
One of London’s top diamond companies announced on Tuesday it bought the world’s largest rough diamonds, a rare gem the size of a tennis ball. The diamond has been sold for $53 million, according to Xinhua. Laurence Graff said following successful negotiation with the Lucara Diamond Corp, his company has acquired the world’s most valuable […]
Researchers from University of Michigan found that one out of five teens in the US reported at least one concussion diagnosis, and 5.5 per cent of them have had more than one concussion, according to a new study released on Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), also indicated […]
Work began on Tuesday on the construction of prototypes for the wall along the US-Mexico border that US President Donald Trump wants to build to stop illegal immigration. Customs and Border Protection said that activities commenced in Otay Mesa, California, where the prototypes will be erected in a zone that is carefully monitored by US […]