By Frank F. Islam When Narendra Modi was running for office, he promised to create 10 million jobs per year. The Modi administration has come nowhere near generating that number of jobs during his tenure…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon on Wednesday after unrelenting protests by the AIADMK and TDP members on different issues. Soon after the House assembled, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan wished…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a plea seeking the deployment of adequate manpower and equipment for the rescue of miners trapped in a flooded mine in Meghalaya. A…
Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) The Sabarimala temple in Kerala was shut on Wednesday “for purification” after two women from the hitherto banned age group said they had prayed there, and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan confirmed…
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) With over 1.15 lakh postcards addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several meetings with MPs, thousands of women and child survivors of human trafficking from across…
Paris, Jan 2 (IANS) The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers about $340 billion cost-saving opportunity for those retail companies that are able to scale and expand the scope of their existing deployments, according to…
By Rohit Vaid Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) The coming general elections, along with the ongoing US-China trade war and crude oil prices will determine the trajectory of Indian equities in 2019. Additionally, the Reserve Bank…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Tamil Characters: Personalities, Politics, Culture; Author: A.R. Venkatachalapathy; Publisher: Pan Macmillan; Pages: 321; Price: Rs 399 Tamil Nadu poses a challenge to common sense. This is the author’s assertion and…
Shimla, Jan 2 (IANS) Moderate to heavy snowfall may occur across Himachal Pradesh in the next one-two days, the Met Office said on Wednesday. Residents and tourists have been advised not to venture in the…
Agra, Jan 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch NDA’s election campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on January 9, according to party sources and MP Ram Shankar Katheria….
Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) The Sabarimala temple was shut on Wednesday after two women from the hitherto banned age group claimed they have prayed at the shrine.
Srinagar, Jan 2 (IANS) Fresh snowfall lashed most parts of the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as the minimum temperatures rose above the freezing point after nearly a month, weather officials said. Severe cold wave sweeping…
Sabarimala, Jan 2 (IANS) Two Kerala women devotees from the hitherto banned age group on Wednesday claimed to have prayed at the Sabarimala temple. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan confirmed it and said: “Yes, it’s…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) It was a cold Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.5 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, as Delhi continued to remain…
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) US border agents have launched tear gas to deter migrants attempting to breach the US-Mexico border fence into California. According to media reports, around 150 migrants who attempted to climb over…
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened in the negative territory on Wednesday with the S&P BSE Sensex losing over 100 points. Auto and metal stocks witnessed heavy selling pressure on the…
By Subhash K Jha Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) Actress Tanushree Dutta is rightly regarded as the founding-mother of the “MeToo Movement” in India. When she spoke on her experience of being harassed 10 years ago,…
Amsterdam, Jan 2 (IANS) The year 2018 saw a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017, but 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, reports said. According to Netherlands-based Aviation…
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 2 (IANS) Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as Brazil’s new President and he promised to build a “society without discrimination or division”. The 63-year-old former army captain in…
