Hawaii A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas, forcing hundreds of people to flee. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 12.32 pm (2232 GMT) and was centered on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, […]
New Delhi A fresh warning about thunderstorm and squall hitting was issues by the Home Ministry for Bihar, UP and other northern states. India Meteorological Department said that after some inactivity, another set of thunderstorms is likely to hit India’s isolated places in western parts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The MeT department also informed that Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Bijnore, […]
New Delhi Deepika Singh Rajawat, the lawyer representing the family of the girl who was brutally raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, has received words of encouragement from an unlikely quarter. British actress Emma Watson tweeted, “All power to Deepika Singh Rajawat.” Watson, who is also a United Nations Women’s goodwill ambassador, was […]
New Delhi HS Prannoy, the second-highest ranking Indian men’s singles player, has moved up two spots to a career-high No 8 in the latest reshuffling of the BWF world rankings. Prannoy, coming off his most successful year as a professional badminton player, had occupied the tenth spot in the men’s singles rankings for some time, […]
New Delhi After months of negotiations, the US global retail giant Walmart Inc has been able to strike a deal with Flipkart, India’s most valuable startup. According to a Bloomberg report, Flipkart Online Services Pvt has approved 75 per cent stake sale to Walmart for $15 billion. Tech giant Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc would also tag along with […]
New Delhi The 65th National Film Awards was attended by only a handful of winners on Thursday evening. The others were at the hotel or had returned to their respective homes after their protest against the organizers fell on deaf ears. President Ram Nath Kovind attended the prestigious ceremony for only an hour, during which […]
New Delhi The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council in its 27th meeting on May 4 is likely to clear the imposition of sugar cess, approximately between two to five percent, sources from Ministry of Finance told ANI. The council, chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is also expected to discuss increasing the government’s stake in the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), […]
North Haven- Connecticut A house in Connecticut has exploded while police and a SWAT team were outside, responding to a report of a barricaded person. The explosion happened Wednesday night in North Haven. Authorities say six responding officers suffered minor injuries. Residents near the home reported on the police department’s Facebook page that they heard […]
Kuala Lumpur Two Malaysian badminton players have been hit with career-ending bans of 20 and 15 years respectively after being found guilty of corruption and match-fixing, the sport’s governing body said Wednesday (May 2). The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said former world junior champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli, 25, was banned for 20 years and fined US$25,000 […]
Xiaomi on Wednesday announced the launch of two new internet services in India — Mi Music and Mi Video. For Mi Music, the company has partnered with Hungama to offer more than 10 million tracks to users for free. The application comes with support for 13 Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali and Marathi, among others. […]