New Delhi, 20/8: After arranging for a sustenance budget of Rs one crore that keeps him going on the ATP Tour, India’s number one tennis player Sumit Nagal is left with less than Rs one lakh in his bank account and a morose feeling of not leading a comfortable life. He has been training at…
Bhubaneswar, 20/9: In a historic move, the Lok Sabha passed the Women’s Reservation Bill on Wednesday with 454 votes in favour of it. Only two votes were against the bill. The bill provides 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. The reservation will come into effect only after the…
Bhubaneswar, 20/9: In a major development, BJDnamed senior leader and Revenue Minister Pramila Mallik as its candidate for the Speaker post of the Odisha Assembly. The Speaker’s election will be held on September 22.
New Delhi, 20/9: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday accused the government of attempting to ‘airbrush’ the milestones achieved in the space sector since the 1960s, and said the Indian space programme should be looked as an instrument of development and not an instrument of muscular nationalism’. While lauding the Chandrayaan-3 mission, he said there…
New Delhi, 19/9: France’s TotalEnergies SE will invest $300 million in a new joint venture with Adani Group for renewable energy project, the Indian conglomerate said in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday. Adani Green Energy Ltd, the renewable energy arm of the Adani group, said: ‘Total will make a further investment (either directly or…
Washington DC, 20/9: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday confirmed New York, Dallas and Florida as the three venues for the USA-leg of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2024. Broward County (Florida), Grand Prairie (Dallas) and Eisenhower Park (New York) will be the three stadiums hosting the matches in the US. This is the…
New Delhi, 20/9: A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his colleague at Survey of India and burying his body in a courtyard near his house in southwest Delhi’s RK Puram area. The accused has been identified as Anish, a resident of RK Puram Sector-2. Mahesh worked at the SIA office at Defence Officers…
Mumbai, 20/9: WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it will offer credit card payments and services from rival digital payment providers within its app in India, the latest bet by the Meta-owned service to boost commerce offerings in its biggest market. WhatsApp has more than 500 million users in India, though regulators there have capped its…
Canada, 20/9: Canada worked “very closely” with the United States on intelligence that Indian agents had been potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia earlier this year, a senior Canadian government source said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that domestic intelligence agencies were actively pursuing credible…
New Delhi, 20/9:Seeking a third consecutive term in office, the Modi government has in the last few months sought to create multiple talking points in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Its latest outreach to woo women with the introduction of the women’s reservation bill will face its first major test in the…
