As the back-and-forth continues in Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s heated custody case, lawyers of the ‘Fury’ actor have requested a review, after an appeals court effectively revoked his joint custody in July. According to E! News, Pitt scored a win in May when he was tentatively granted joint custody of their five […]
Union Minister attends 11th UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman led the Indian Delegation in the 11th round of Ministerial UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), held on Thursday virtually through video conferencing. The UK delegation was led by Chancellor of Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, the Finance Ministry informed. This was the first session of the eleventh EFD while Secretary of […]
Amit Shah arrives in Karnataka to inaugurate development projects
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday arrived in Karnataka to inaugurate various development projects in Davanagere at 3 pm. Shah landed at the airport in Hubli, where he was warmly greeted by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai upon his arrival.“Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation @AmitShah will inaugurate various development projects in Davanagere, Karnataka. Date: 2nd September 2021 Time: 3 PM,” the Ministry of […]
Govt works diligently when it comes to protecting its citizens
Indicating toward the successful evacuation of over 500 Indians and Afghan nationals from Afghanistan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the government works diligently when it comes to the question of protecting Indian citizens. “It is a big resolution for us to protect the life and property of an Indian citizen. That is […]
PM Modi to address ‘Education Conclave’ on September 7
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing an ‘Education Conclave’ on September 7 virtually, informed Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Additional Secretary, education-and-literacy”>Department of School Education and Literacy on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, Sarangi said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing an Education Conclave on September 7, which will be attended by a large […]
Chhattisgarh CM launches app, portal for OBC, EWS population count
While launching a mobile app and web portal for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) at his official residence in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that providing justice to every deprived section of the society and creating equal opportunities for all is the top priority of […]
Twitter launches subscription-based feature “super follows”
Twitter Inc launched a “super follows” feature on its social media platform on Wednesday, which would allow creators to generate monthly revenue by sharing subscriber-only content with their followers. People in the U.S. and Canada using iOS can super follow a select group of people within the United States, the […]
Instagram faces global outage, photo feed and DMs not working
Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram is suffering a global outage. According to Downdetector, the platform that keeps track of internet outages, the Instagram services went down about an hour ago, while the reports about the outage peaked at around 12.15 pm. Indian users reported they are not able to access Instagram […]
Hardeep Puri blames UPA govt for burden of Rs 1.5 lakh cr unpaid oil bonds
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday blamed the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and said the government has burdened the future governments with oil bonds of more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Union Minister said it is limiting fiscal space and restricting financial freedom […]
Afghanistan: UN urges conflicting sides to halt fighting in Panjshir
A UN humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan has urged all parties conflicting in the Afghan region of Panjshir to cease hostilities and abide by humanitarian law. “The United Nations’ position is that fighting cannot continue,” said Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan. “We urge all the parties to the conflict to abide by humanitarian law and to […]
NEET-PG 2021: NBE allows 2 pregnant aspirants to change exam centre
The National Board of Examination (NBE) on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has granted the request made by two pregnant candidates for a change of exam centre for the NEET-PG 2021 examination. After recording the submission of the NBE, a Bench of Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi disposed […]
Kerala: 5 ATM vehicle guards arrested for fake gun licenses
Kerala Police on Thursday arrested five men, working with an ATM filling agency, for allegedly possessing guns with fake licenses. Those arrested have been identified as Shoukat Ali, Mushtaq Hussain, Shukur Ahamed, Gulsman and Mohammed Javed- all in their twenties hailing from Jammu and Kashmir. “They claimed that they had gun licenses. Upon […]
India’s Ambassador to US hosts Indian Foreign Secy, US’ Deputy Secy State at India House
India’s Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu hosted Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla and United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman along with other dignitaries at India House on Wednesday. Sandhu, Shringla and Sherman interacted on various facets of the India-US partnership. Taking to Twitter, Sandhu tweeted, “Pleasure to host […]
Uttarakhand’s Benital to be developed as ‘astro-village’
The Chamoli district administration in Uttarakhand is making all efforts to develop Benital in Karnaprayag block as an ‘astro-village’. As per officials, a team headed by District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana visited Benital recently to explore options and what else can be done in the region to generate interest among tourists. The spot located at an altitude […]
Bigg Boss 13 winner and Balika Vadhu Actor Sidharth Shukla dies at the age of 40
Actor and reality TV star Sidharth Shukla has died at the age of 40 of a sudden heart attack. Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital has confirmed the sad news. Sidharth Shukla was a massive social media phenomenon and much loved on the internet by his legions of fans. Sidharth Shukla gained immense […]