Panaji, Exorbitant taxis and over-enthusiastic policemen, who are trigger-happy penalising outstation vehicles, need to be reined in to salvage Goa’s image as a friendly and feasible tourist destination, a tourism body official said. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of an event in Panaji on Friday, Savio Messias, President of the Travel and Tourism Association […]
New York, The race for UnS presidency in next year’s election is likely to see a Hindu representative and a senator of part-Indian-American descent vying for the Democratic Party’s nomination. Tulsi Gabbard, 37, the first Hindu elected to the US Congress, announced on Friday that she will be running for president. Kamala Harris, 54, who […]
Ahead of the upcoming mega international food and beverage show IndusFood 2019 , Trade Promoters Council of India (TPCI) on Thursday organised an experiential Tea Tasting and Food Pairing session as a precursor to the festival. Renowned Tea Consultant for the Food & Beverage industry Amy B. Dubin and Master Culinary Craftsman Kumar Sambhav presented […]
Indian IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday posted robust net profit and revenue growth for the third quarter of this fiscal (2018-19), beating estimates by analysts and a weaker rupee. The city-based Tata Group’s flagship company reported Rs 8,121 crore consolidated net profit for the quarter (Q3) under review, registering 24 per cent […]
Indian cricket icon Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s entertainment company Dhoni Entertainment private limited has partnered with content creation platform Banijay Asia to create engaging content across various genres. “Deepak Dhar (who spearheads Banijay Asia) has been introducing disruptive content to the audiences since more than two decades. I am really excited to join hands with Banijay […]
New Delhi, State-owned Air India will commence new flight services to Allahabad from Delhi, Ahmedabad and Kolkata during the “Kumbh Mela”. According to the airline, flights will be operated from January 13 to March 30, 2019.
Jalandhar, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Duncan Haldane believes India’s brain drain problem can be reversed if the right policy of funding is introduced. He said brain drain — a phenomenon where bright and talent individuals migrate to another country — can be stopped if the country has a steady policy towards retaining the talents, and it […]
New Delhi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday dismissed all allegations of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal and said it was “far better on every count” on pricing, processes and other factors and hit back at the Congress saying while the Bofors deal was a scam, the Rafale deal would bring Narendra Modi […]
The Sanskrit term ‘sankranti’ translates as ‘transference’ and is used to indicate the movement of sun from one constellation to the next through the year…Our ancients had known the nuances of creation, the motion of sun and the planets, shape, size and location of various heavenly bodies millennia ago. The observance of twelve sankrantis in a year is […]
The year 2018 saw some celebrities’ demise, stars battling with serious health ailments and much more. Hoping to have a rocking year ahead, a string of celebrities including veteran actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Rishi Kapoor wished their fans, friends and well-wishers a year full of joy, happiness and success. Here’s what they wrote […]