Amazon.com, now closing its acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc., announced on Thursday its plan to make the latter’s natural and organic food “affordable for everyone.” As what the world’s largest internet-based retailer called “a down payment,” the grocery store chain featuring foods without artificial preservatives, colours, flavors, sweeteners and hydrogenated fats will offer lower […]
Filmmaker R. Balki, who has a background in advertising just as writer Prasoon Joshi, says the newly appointed Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson is sensible person who will support cinema in the right way. “I think Prasoon is a very sensible and an artistic person. He understands what is cinema’s purpose… He understands […]
The Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to appear for the verdict in her trial over a rice subsidies scheme. The court scheduled the hearing for September 27 and issued the arrest warrant after her lawyer failed to provide documents proving her […]
With hours left for the CBI court’s verdict on Friday in a rape case against Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and tension mounting in Haryana’s Panchkula, adjoining here, Army was called in to deal with any situation along with other security forces. Central para-military forces and Haryana Police tried to evict the Dera Sacha […]
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Friday left his sect headquarters and headed for the CBI court in Haryana’s Panchkula town accompanied by scores of cars full of his supporters. The sect chief has been directed to appear personally in the court in a case pertaining to alleged rape and sexual exploitation […]
After US President Donald Trump announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised to build three new manufacturing plants in the country, the Cupertino-based tech giant has announced plans to build a $1.3 billion data centre in Waukee, Iowa. “Our new data centre in Iowa will help serve millions of people across North America who […]
Dutch police are investigating a threat in Rotterdam and arrested the driver of a Spanish van late on Wednesday. The van with a Spanish license plate was halted between 9 and 10 p.m. local time on the Mijnsherenlaan street, Xinhua news agency reported. The van was checked by the Dutch explosive ordnance disposal service. Around […]
Software upgrade for more than five million diesel cars in Germany is not enough for better air quality, German Environment Ministry and German Environment Agency said on Wednesday. Representatives from the German Transport Ministry, German Environment Ministry, automobile industry association and giant automakers gathered early August in Berlin to discuss the pollution issue of diesel […]
Iraqi security forces on Wednesday retook control of new areas from Islamic State (IS) terrorists on the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. The Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces completely freed the southern part of Kifah neighbourhood at the western edge of Tal Afar after […]
The job approval rating of US President Donald Trump has reached a new low, a Politico/Morning Consult poll showed on Wednesday. The survey said 39 per cent of respondents approve of Trump’s job performance, down from 44 per cent in the same poll a week ago, Xinhua news agency cited the poll findings as saying. […]