Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India on Thursday celebrated the completion of 20 years of Activa scooter in India, a product that has firmly kept the company among the top list of two-wheeler makers here. Activa has been a best-seller for the company for several years and shows no signs of letting go […]
Chingari users now have access to hoichoi’s content
Chingari on Thursday announced a partnership with hoichoi, an OTT platform. Through this partnership, Chingari users will have access to hoichoi’s content such as short video clips, dialogues and snippets from their most popular and upcoming shows. “Combining efforts with another distribution platform will build a wider audience base and […]
Delhi schools won’t reopen till govt convinced about student safety: Health minister
Schools in the national capital will not reopen till the government is convinced about students’ safety, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Thursday. Universities and schools across the country were closed on March 16, when the Centre announced a countrywide classroom shutdown as part of measures to contain the […]
YouTube to make it easier for commenters to add a timestamp
YouTube is working on a new feature that will make it easier for commenters to pinpoint a certain moment in a video. The functionality is also going to make it easier for creators to find out which precise moment commenters are talking about. According to Google, users will get an […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to welcome first flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday will attend a welcoming ceremony for the first commercial flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv in the Ben-Gurion International Airport, his spokesman Ofir Gendelman said. “PM Netanyahu will attend this morning the welcoming ceremony for the first @flydubai commercial flight that will arrive […]
India needs ‘One Nation, One Election’, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched hard for his plan for One Nation, One Election and told a conference here on Thursday that it is not just a matter of debate, but a requirement for India. He also spoke for a common voter list for all elections to prevent waste of resources. […]
Amarinder Singh fires latest jab at Khattar over farmers’ agitation
As thousands of farmers from Punjab marched to Delhi to protest the Centre’s farm laws on Thursday, the state’s chief minister Amarinder Singh and his Haryana counterpart ML Khattar waged a war of words over the issue throughout the day. The latest jab was by Singh, who questioned Khattar over […]
UN invests $25 million in women-led projects fighting gender-based violence
The United Nations humanitarian chief has released 25 million US dollars from its emergency fund to support women-led organisations that prevent and respond to gender-based violence. The funding has gone to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Women that have been asked to channel at least 30 per […]
Covid-19: Uttarakhand slashes rates of RT-PCR, antigen tests
The Uttarakhand government on Thursday reduced the price for both RT-PCR and antigen tests for Covid-19. An order issued by state health secretary Amit Singh Negi said the decision had been taken to curb the spread of Covid-19 epidemic in the state, and was to be implemented with immediate effect. “After […]
Last rites of Tarun Gogoi conducted in Guwahati with state honours
The last rites of veteran Congress leader and former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi were conducted with full state honours on Thursday in Guwahati, three days after he passed away due to post-Covid-19 complications. Gogoi’s son, Gaurav Gogoi, a Congress MP from Assam, lit the funeral pyre at the Nabagraha […]
Haryana farmers on Delhi Chalo march cross Karnal hurdle
Haryana farmers removed barricades and made their way through trucks parked on the bridge near Karna Lake, 5km from Karnal town, to resume their Delhi Chalo march despite police using tear gas and water cannons to stall their progress on Thursday. Karnal superintendent of police Ganga Ram Punia said another […]
Lights, camera, sell: Retailers want you to watch and shop
When Jenna Powell gets in front of a camera, she can sell $10,000 worth of sparkly dresses and tie-dye hoodies in 40 minutes. Powell, whose three Jennaration shops in Alabama were closed at the start of the pandemic, has put all her focus on selling through live videos, broadcasting live […]
2 soldiers killed in terrorist attack on army patrol near Srinagar
Two security force personnel were killed in a terrorist attack on a quick reaction team (QRT) on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday, police said. “Terrorists fired indiscriminately at a Quick Reaction Team of the Indian Army in Srinagar’s Aban Shah Chowk, HMT, Khushipora today afternoon. Since it was a […]
Germany extends limited lockdown until December 20
Germany prolongs the coronavirus-linked restrictions until December 20, while the limitations of social contacts are likely to be in place until January, Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference after the meeting with minister-presidents of federal states. The decision was first announced by the Minister-President of the federal state […]
3 more PDP leaders quit party, say it has become NC’s B Team
A month after three leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) resigned citing Mehbooba Mufti’s “actions and undesirable utterances”, three more have quit the party. Daman Bhasin, Fallail Singh and Pritam Kotwal resigned from the party, which they said has become the “second fiddle” to the National Conference. “Putting our […]