New Delhi As part of the central bank’s regular exercise, the Reserve Bank of India is set to introduce new Rs 100 denomination notes. The new notes, in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series, will bear the impression of Gujarat’s historic stepwell Rani ki Vav, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. The base colour is Lavender, said […]
New Delhi It may be the first time you have seen this image, but it is not the first place you’re seeing this face. When ‘Trump’ started to be a big search term since the man started running for the US presidential election campaign, he perhaps did not expect the term ‘idiot’ to show up the same result on […]
New Delhi Homegrown car-maker Tata Motors has announced that the prices of its passenger vehicles will receive a hike of up to 2.2 per cent from August to offset increased input costs. This is the second time the company has hiked the prices of its models in the last three months, as in April, the company increased […]
Singapore Defending men’s singles champion B. Sai Praneeth of India crashed out of the Singapore Badminton Open in the opening round on Wednesday (July 18) afternoon. The 25-year-old, ranked 28th in the world, was beaten 16-21, 21-16, 21-18 by Japan’s Yu Igarashi – ranked 59th – in 71 minutes at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Sixth […]
New Delhi After 20 years of successful run, Yahoo has shut down Messenger services. Messenger services came to an end on July 17. Currently there is no a replacement product available for Yahoo Messenger though the company had earlier said that it is constantly experimenting with new services and apps, one of which is an […]
New Delhi: Sensex opened at fresh record high on Wednesday as optimism prevailed over firming global cues and buying by domestic institutional investors. The 30-share BSE index spurted by 227.91 points, or 0.62 percent, to hit new high of 36,747.87, surpassing its previous record of 36,740.07 recorded on July 13.Major gainers include Adani Ports, HDFC […]
Washington DC: United States President Donald Trump has said that there is no time limit set for North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons program. According to Yonhap, Trump’s remarks come a month after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. During the summit, Kim Jong-un vowed to work towards […]
New Delhi Apple, Facebook, Twitter and other tech giants celebrated World Emoji Day on Tuesday with declaring most used and favourite emojis, announcement of new ones, acknowledging how emojis make conversataions easy and expressive without words, among others. Apple announced over 70 new emoji characters with hair colour variations, gender-neutral characters, mythical creatures and more […]
Tata has launched the mid-spec, AMT-equipped Nexon XMA at Rs 7.50 lakh and Rs 8.53 lakh – depending on whether you want the petrol engine or the diesel motor under the hood. The Indian brand introduced the Nexon AMT in May (only available in the top-spec XZA+ trim), priced from Rs 9.41 lakh for the […]
Mumbai Veteran Bollywood and television actress Rita Bhaduri breathed her last on Tuesday morning. She was suffering from a kidney ailment. Noted actor Shishir Sharma took to his Facebook account and broke the news. He wrote: “We deeply regret to inform you that Reeta Bhaduri has departed for her journey beyond. The funeral rites will be […]