Mumbai, 9/9: Tata Group is in talks with a Taiwanese supplier to Apple Inc. to establish an electronics manufacturing joint venture in India, seeking to assemble iPhones in the South Asian country. The discussions with Wistron Corp. are aimed at making Tata a force in technology manufacturing, and the Indian salt-to-software conglomerate wants…
Ranchi, 9/9: The Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha (JJM), a joint platform of organisations, has demanded that drought relief should be immediately provided by the state government and the Centre. Referring to available rain data, the Mahasabha stated that the state received 25 per cent less rainfall than what was considered normal. Garhwa and Palamu were…
Zurich, 9/9: Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday achieved yet another historic feat as he became the first Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League Finals title here. Chopra began with a foul but jumped to the top spot with a throw of 88.44m — his fourth career best — in…
London, 8/9: Fears grew on Thursday for Queen Elizabeth II after Buckingham Palace said her doctors were “concerned” for her health and recommended that she remain under medical supervision. The 96-year-old head of state — Britain’s longest-serving monarch — has been dogged by health problems since last October that have left her with difficulties…
Lausanne, 8/9:On the occasion of the draw ceremony held today at the Convention Centre, in Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar (India), the four Pools of the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar – Rourkela have been determined as follows: Pool A is headed up by current FIH World Rankings (WR) number one Australia,…
Bhubaneswar, 8/9: As many as 147 Common Cadre Auditors today joined the State Government in the Finance Department. They were given appointment letters at an induction and orientation programme organised at Convention Centre in Lok Seva Bhawan. Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, joining the programme on virtual platform, asked the new entrants to work…
New Delhi, 8/9: India ranked 132 out of 191 countries in the 2021 human development index, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). India’s HDI value of 0.633 places the country in the medium human development category, lower than its value of 0.645 in the 2020 report. India…
Bengaluru, 8/9: Like the state capital Bengaluru, torrential rains have caused havoc in different parts of Karnataka, with overflowing rivulets and floods affecting normal life, and causing damage to life and properties. Acres of agricultural land, number of houses, several bridges, kilometres of roads are either washed away or inundated by flood water in…
Mumbai, 8/9: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the Reserve Bank will have to be more synchronised with the fiscal policy and other factors in taming inflation. Inflation management cannot be singularly left to the monetary policy, which has proved totally ineffective in many countries, she said at a seminar organised by…
Ahmedabad, 8/9: Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat’s statement has sparked a controversy after he called Hindus hypocrites. He made this statement on Wednesday in the Poicha village of the Narmada district while addressing a seminar on ‘Organic Farming In Nature’s Lap’. State’s two leading newspapers have quoted Governor Acharya Devvrat: “People chant ‘Jai Gau…
