Kashmir, 11/12: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is planning to create an authentic database of all families in the Union territory with each of them having a unique alpha-numeric code — the objective being easy selection of eligible beneficiaries of various social welfare schemes. The proposed move to allot “Family ID” has been…
New Delhi, 11/12: Air India close to placing historic orders for as many as 500 jetliners worth tens of billions of dollars from both Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious revival under the Tata Group conglomerate, industry sources said on Sunday. The orders include as many as 400 narrow-body jets…
New Delhi, 11/12: After the introduction of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill in the Rajya Sabha as a private member’s bill, the BJP’s stance in the House indicated that the member concerned, Kirori Lal Meena, has the silent support of the party. The BJP government in Uttarakhand has constituted a committee to…
Shimla, 11/12: Congress leader Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, a four-time MLA, was on Sunday sworn in as the 15th chief minister of Himachal Pradesh in a ceremony attended by senior party figures including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Sukhu, 58, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar…
Kyiv, 11/12: Russia has for the second month in a row remained India’s top oil supplier in November, surpassing traditional sellers Iraq and Saudi Arabia, according to data from energy cargo tracker Vortexa. Russia, which made up for just 0.2 per cent of all oil imported by India in the year to March…
New Delhi, 11/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation projects to the tune of a whopping Rs 75,000 crore in Maharashtra on December 11. This includes the inauguration of the Samruddhi Mahamarg, the biggest expressway of India which connects Mumbai to Nagpur. The 701-km expressway…
Washington DC, 11/12: Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed. The social media company said on Saturday it would let users buy subscriptions to Twitter Blue to get a blue checkmark and access special features starting Monday. The blue checkmark was originally…
New Delhi, 12/10: Google’s email service Gmail was down for some users on Saturday, according to data on Downdetector. As of 8:30 pm, over 300 users reported outage of Gmail services. Most users said that they were having troubles receiving mails, with a small number reporting server connection issues.
New Delhi, 10/12: Ushering in a new era in the country’s sports administration, the legendary P T Usha was on Saturday elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The 58-year-old Usha, a multiple Asian Games gold medallist and fourth place finisher in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 400m hurdles…
New Delhi, 10/12: The blame game between the AAP and the BJP has begun just three days after the announcement of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) poll results, with both sides alleging poaching of councillors by the other party. BJP leaders including national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala and Delhi unit media cell head…
