Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said children should be enabled to learn as many languages as possible without neglecting or ignoring their mother tongue. Speaking at the 30 Years of the ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’ (CRC), he also called for special focus on mother tongue. […]
Manu Bhaker wins gold in World Cup Finals
India’s Manu Bhaker fired her way to the gold medal with a junior world record in the women’s 10m air pistol event of the World Cup Finals here on Thursday. The 17-year-old Bhaker shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the prestigious season-ending tournament of International Shooting Sport Federation […]
Centre allows telecoms to defer spectrum dues by up to 2 years
The Union cabinet on Wednesday gave beleaguered telecom operators Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd a breather by allowing them to defer payments for spectrum purchases by up to two years. The move to defer payments for 2020-21 and 2021-22 will be a relief to these companies while helping […]
We have got the Pakistan tie under our belt: Sumit Nagal
Winning the first set against Roger Federer at the 2019 US Open first round gave Sumit Nagal much needed confidence and world No 131 is now aiming to enter the top-100 next year and make the cut for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But before that, the 22-year-old Haryana-born Nagal will […]
SpiceJet, Gulf Air sign MoU to explore codeshare ops
Air passengers in India may soon get better connectivity to the Middle East with low-cost airline SpiceJet signing an agreement with Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air on Wednesday for sharing flights, coordinating cargo services, engineering services and pilot training. Under the Memorandum of Understanfing, the two carriers will look at […]
US lawmakers question Google about collection of health records
US Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren along with fellow Senators Richard Blumenthal and Bill Cassidy wrote a letter to Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday to raise questions about its access to the health records of tens of millions of Americans. Warren and Blumenthal, who are Democrats, along with Cassidy, a Republican, were […]
Government stake sale in BPCL, 4 firms cleared
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday gave in-principle approval to strategic disinvestment in five state-run companies, including a sale of the government’s entire stake in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) ,while retaining its ownership of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) through another public sector company. The Cabinet decided on […]
Singapore’s central bank plans to regulate bitcoin futures
Singapore’s central bank plans to bring bitcoin and other similar cryptocurrency futures traded on approved exchanges under its regulation in response to interest from international institutional investors, it said on Wednesday. Market watchdogs worldwide have been debating whether and how they should regulate the cryptocurrency industry. Many have focused their […]
Google, Facebook business models threat to human rights
The data-collection business model fuelling Facebook and Google represents a threat to human rights around the world, Amnesty International said in a report Wednesday. The organization argued that offering people free online services and then using information about them to target money-making ads imperils a gamut of rights including freedom […]
Here is your horoscope for 21 November, 2019
On Thursday, you will have a good time developing your home work that requires little expence or will bring you some income. This day brings a pleasant experience associated with your home or with a relative born under the sign of Libra, Aquarius or Gemini. This will be a good […]
Apple begins construction of new $1 billion campus in Texas
Apple Inc said on Wednesday it had started construction of a new campus in Austin, Texas, beside its existing facility where it makes the new MacBook Pro laptops. Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is set to give a tour of the Texas factory to US President Donald Trump later […]
Uber launches driver rewards program ‘Uber Plus’ in India
Global ride-hailing major Uber on Wednesday rolled out a driver rewards programme called “Uber Plus” in India that will let drivers earn points for rides so that they can win free doctor consultations, concessions on education modules, access to micro loans, faster airport pick ups and savings on vehicle maintenance costs. These […]
Youths with diploma from Jammu and Kashmir struggle to get jobs in UP
As many as 50 candidates, who completed their two-year diploma in elementary teachers training from Jammu and Kashmir, have been forced to run from pillar to post to establish their eligibility to participate in the ongoing recruitment for the vacant 68,500 posts of assistant teachers in government-run primary schools of […]
BHU students on protest for 2 weeks over Muslim professor for Sanskrit dept
A group of students on Tuesday continued to agitate against the appointment of a Muslim teacher in the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan (SVDV) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The group of students, which has been staging a dharna against the appointment of Dr Firoz Khan as assistant […]
Spotify debuts its next move for India, original podcasts
Spotify on Tuesday announced the launch of original podcasts for its streaming platform. The company is starting off with three podcast series in India – ‘22 Yarns with Gaurav Kapur’, ‘Bhaskar Bose’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’. While the first two pocasts are original Love Aaj Kal was first running on […]