New Delhi Thousands of smartphone users in India woke up puzzled on Friday with a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebooks by default. UIDAI, which is yet to issue an official statement on this, has replaced the earlier helpline number — 1800-300-1947 — with the new number — […]
Nanjing Tai Tzu-ying was on the end of a shock defeat at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships on Friday (Aug 3), the number one from Taiwan going out in the quarter-finals to China’s He Bingjiao. It was just Tai’s second defeat in 35 matches, a run which brought five titles and cemented her status […]
New Delhi Union Minister Piyush Goyal has announced on Thursday that the Indian Railways has almost ”doubled’ the number of “vacancies” from 26,000 to 60,000. “Government has more than doubled the vacancies for assistant loco pilot and technician posts from 26,502 to 60,000, ensuring more jobs in Railways,” Piyush Goyal said in a tweet. Union Minister […]
New Delhi The Indian Railways will introduce several new railway lines which are now in different stages of execution. The information about the number of railway lines in each state was given by Minister of State of Railways, Rajen Gohain, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The completion of Railway […]
Life Insurance Corporation of India – LIC Recruitment – 700 Assistant Administrative Officer – Last Date 15 August 2018 LIC Vacancy Details Post Name No Of Vacancy Pay Scale Assistant Administrative Officer 700 Not Specified Category Wise Vacancy Details Gen OBC SC ST Backlog Total 349 192 104 52 06 700 Eligibility Criteria for LIC Recruitment […]
Panaji Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai is in favor of holding beauty contests in paddy fields if that serves the purpose of attracting the youth to farming. The minister was responding to the Demands for Grants for Agriculture department in the Legislative Assembly today. He said all attempts should be made to make agriculture an […]
New Delhi Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics’ prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for maths. The Fields medals are awarded every four years to the most promising mathematicians under the age of 40. New Delhi-born Akshay Venkatesh, 36, who is currently teaching at Stanford University, […]
Nanjing Defending champion Viktor Axelsen has advanced to the quarterfinals at the badminton world championships with a 21-19, 21-18 win over Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong. Axelsen was tested throughout the match as Ng jumped out to early leads in both games and kept it close. “I didn’t feel that good on court, […]
New Delhi Passengers can now click pictures of filth and dirt at railway stations and send it across to authorities on mobile messaging platform WhatsApp, as part of the Western Railway’s cleanliness drive. Authorities are hopeful that this will ensure clean railway stations and toilets, a senior WR official said. A dedicated staff has been […]