The BJP was on Wednesday set to sweep the Delhi civic polls, leading in over 140 wards and has won six wards so far, according to the Delhi State Election Commission. The Aam Aadmi Party, was at second spot, leading in 40 wards and has won one ward so far. The Congress was at third […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel say that market forces will ultimately temper the protectionist tendencies emerging in the the US that may affect India. Speaking on Monday at two different venues here, they were both asked about the likely impact that protectionism in the US under President Donald Trump may […]
Normal life was affected in Tamil Nadu due to the shutdown strike called by opposition parties in the state on Tuesday. While shops, hotels downed their shutters across the state, government buses were seen plying on the roads. Offices — central/state government, public and private sector undertakings remained open. Police were deployed in large numbers […]
The White House has announced that it would host an unusual private briefing on North Korea for the entire Senate amid escalating tensions, a media report said. Press secretary Sean Spicer told the media on Monday that the lawmakers would be briefed on Wednesday by several senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson […]
Infosys Ltd has opened a delivery centre in Croatia to offer research and development (R&D) and engineering services to its global clients in Eastern Europe, said the software major on Tuesday. “The delivery centre marks our expansion into Eastern Europe’s heavy engineering sector, meet near-shoring requirements, support engineering clients worldwide and offer R&D services,” said […]
After several unsuccessful attempts, NASA finally launched its football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wanaka, New Zealand, on Tuesday. The super-pressure balloon test flight is now on a mission designed to run 100 or more days, NASA said in a statement. “Following our 2015 and 2016 New Zealand missions, we’ve learned key lessons on […]
With tensions escalating between the US and North Korea, the Pentagon has called for Pyongyang to avoid destabilising the situation further, officials said. “We call on (North Korea) to refrain from provocative, destabilising actions and rhetoric, and to make the strategic choice to fulfil its international obligations and commitments and return to serious talks,” CNN […]
Three months after leaving the White House, former US President Barack Obama will deliver his first public remarks of his post-presidency on Monday, a media report has said. Obama is slated to speak with young leaders in his adopted hometown of Chicago, CNN reported. The event at the University of Chicago was billed by his […]
In a huge setback to the Pinarayi Vijayan government, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Kerala to reinstate T.P. Senkumar as the state police chief. Senkumar was removed as Director General of Police on the day that Vijayan assumed office on May 25, 2016. The DGP has won a moral victory as he is set […]
As colleges and universities opened on Monday after a week in the Kashmir Valley, students again clashed with security forces and resorted to stone pelting, officials said. Students of the S. P. College assembled on the Maulana Azad Road and started pelting stones on security forces causing blockade of one of the busiest roads in […]