After PM Modi came to power, women’s contribution to armed forces increased: Rajnath Singh

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated three-day ‘Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv’ on Wednesday in Jhansi and expressed his happiness over the increasing women’s contribution to the armed forces ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power at the Centre in 2014. While addressing the inaugural ceremony, Singh said, “Women’s […]

Congress is not as it was at Nehru’s time, says Yoganand Shastri on joining NCP

Former Congress leader Yoganand Shastri who joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday said that he left the grand old party as it has changed and is not the same, the way it was during Jawaharlal Nehru’s time. “We believe in our culture, a person should keep on doing work and I didn’t keep myself vacant. […]

Telangana Congress chief lashes out at KCR over resignation of Siddipet collector

As the Siddipet district collector Venkatrami Reddy quit civil services and announced that he will join the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) soon, the Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy on Wednesday accused him of being a party in land grabs during his tenure as the joint collector of Medak district. Addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan here, Revanth slammed the Telangana Chief […]

Afghanistan Cricket Board ‘working’ to provide full assistance to ICC, says Mirwais Ashraf

Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) acting Chairman Mirwais Ashraf said the country’s cricket board is “working” to provide full assistance and assurance to International Cricket Council’s (ICC) working group appointed recently. The ICC has appointed a Working Group to review the status of the Afghanistan Cricket Board and cricket in Afghanistan in light of the recent governmental changes in the […]

ICC T20I Rankings: Virat Kohli firm at 8th spot as Adam Zampa breaks into top-three in bowling list

India batter Virat Kohli remained firm at the eighth spot while Mitchell Marsh and David Warner made notable progress in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after helping Australia win their first T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday. In the bowling rankings, Australian spinner Adam Zampa climbed up two spots to break into the top-three going […]

Australian PM Scott Morrison announces new Consulate General in Bengaluru

Terming Bengaluru as the world’s fastest-growing technology hub, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday announced a new Consulate General in the capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka. “I’m pleased to let you know that Australia is also seeking to establish a new Consulate General in Bengaluru,” Morrison said at Sydney Dialogue. “Bengaluru […]

WhatsApp developing new apps for Windows, macOS

Popular messaging application WhatsApp has been available on computers for a while now, but it is essentially the mobile app, adapted for desktop. As per GSM Arena, a source from Italy has revealed that this will change in the future, as the company is developing an entirely new application for Windows and macOS. Aggiornamenti Lumia […]

India, New Zealand hold bilateral cyber dialogue, explore initiatives to deepen cooperation

India and New Zealand held the second edition of their bilateral cyber dialogue on November 16-17 in a virtual mode where they exchanged views on the latest developments on cyber issues and explored initiatives to further deepen cyber cooperation. “The Cyber Dialogue discussed various aspects of existing bilateral cooperation in […]

Ind vs NZ: Rohit and Dravid’s temperaments quite similar, think bond will be good, says Gavaskar

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels head coach Rahul Dravid and T20I captain Rohit Sharma will get along well because their “temperaments” are quite similar. India and New Zealand will be squaring off in a three-match T20I series, beginning Wednesday in Jaipur. This is the first assignment in charge for head coach Dravid and […]

‘Harry Potter’ reunion! Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint to feature in HBO Max special

Wizarding school will be back in session! It’s been 20 years since the film premiere of ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’, and HBO Max wants to celebrate the milestone. On Tuesday, HBO Max announced that the original Harry Potter stars — Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint — plus more from the extended cast of the eight films will reunite […]