India’s Kritika Pandey was on Tuesday awarded the 5,000 pound Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 for “The Great Indian Tee and Snakes” in a virtual ceremony here. The Asian Regional Winner beat challengers from four other contenders in the final round. “This is an incredible moment; I don’t know what to say. The award is […]
Top Indian smuggling cartels linked with Colombian drug kingpins are being hotly pursued by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following specific inputs of international agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). “Crime syndicates run by Indian expatriates in Canada are the major go-betweens between foreign drug kingpins and Indian smugglers. After the recent seizure […]
Indian-American scientist Rajiv V. Joshi has won the New York Intellectual Property Law Associations Inventor of the Year Award for his pioneering work in advancing the electronic industry and improving Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, it was reported. An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay alumnus, Joshi was presented the 2020 award “in recognition of the […]
A massive negative impact on income due to the lockdown is driving households to a flight to safety towards public sector banks while a large number of Indians now feel their hopes of purchasing a home of their own would remain a dream, as per the latest IANS CVoter Economic Battery Wave survey. As the […]
“This is not an attempt at literary writing; the passages featured in this book are reflections of my observations and sometimes unprocessed thoughts; expressed without filter,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi writes in the foreword to his collection of poems, published as “Letters to Mother” by HarperCollins which will be released in June and is available […]
By Pujashaktti A strong emotional charge, this month! The Sun from the 21st, Mercury, Mars, and Neptune, all in the sign of water, this month, induce sensitive or even intuitive energies. Beginning of the month, until the 20th, the honour of Gemini also receives Venus. Love floats in the air, light, […]
Know what your stars have instore for you in the month of June. Contributed By Astrologer Yuvaraj Sowma Aries (14th April- 13th May) At the beginning of the month Sun + Venus are seen moving into second house of Taurus zodiac, Mercury + Rahu in the third house of Gemini, Moon in the sixth house […]
Air India on Friday announced additional flights between June 4 and 6 to bring back Indians stranded abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic. The flights will evacuate Indians from the US, UK, Germany, South Korea, New Zealand, and Sweden. “Additional flights announced by @airindiain under Mission Vande Bharat. Delhi to Auckland on June 4. Delhi to […]
US President Donald Trump may replace Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Seema Verma, the head of government health insurance programmes, is one of those under consideration to succeed him, according to media reports. Quoting anonymous White House sources, several media outlets reported on Saturday that top White House officials were discussing removing Azar […]
The Union Home Ministry on Friday extended till May 3 the consular service to foreigners stranded in India due to the travel restrictions in place across the country in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The government has granted consular service on a gratis basis to foreign nationals. Consular assistance is the help and […]