New Delhi At the favourite holiday spot of Mao Zedong in Wuhan in central China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met China’s President Xi Jinping for the first time since the Doklam border crisis in what is being described in Chinese state media as a “surprise diplomatic initiative”. The two leaders met at Hubei Provincial Muslim where Xi was waiting to welcome the […]
Facebook Inc shares rose on Wednesday after the social network reported a surprisingly strong 63 per cent rise in profit and an increase in users, with no sign that business was hurt by a scandal over the mishandling of personal data. After easily beating Wall Street expectations, shares traded up 7.1 per cent after the bell […]
The Nirav Modi saga never ceases to surprise. After numerous reports suggested that the absconding celebrity jeweller may be hiding in Hong Kong, a new twist has emerged on his current whereabouts. The investigative agencies looking for Nirav Modi have found that the fugitive diamantaire traversed across West Asia, East Asia, Europe and America within four months. […]
New Delhi MS Dhoni became the first T20 batsman to score 5000 runs as captain, he achieved this feat after his match-winning 70 not out against RCB on Wednesday. MS Dhoni once again showed his masterclass finishing that was set up by an intimidating knock by Ambati Rayudu as CSK chased down a stiff 206-run […]
Wuhan Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia rallied to beat Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 16-21, 21-9, 21-11 at the Badminton Asia Championships here on Thursday. Lee secured a spot in the last eight and set up a rematch of the Commonwealth Games final against Srikanth Kidambi in the quarterfinals. Lee defeated India’s top player early […]
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced a notification to conduct Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Exam 2018. Those Candidates who are interested in the vacancy details & completed all eligibility criteria can read the Notification & Apply. Application Fee For General: Rs. 200/- For SC/ ST/ Female: NILL Payment Mode (Online): SBI by cash/ Net banking facility of State […]
New Delhi Lawyer Indu Malhotra will be the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a Supreme Court judge. The law ministry has okayed the recommendation of the Supreme Court’s collegium to appoint the senior lawyer to the bench but has decided to hold back its approval to the elevation of the Uttarakhand Chief Justice KM Joseph for now. […]
Gorakhpur At least 13 children, aged between 7 and 11, were today killed when a train rammed into their school van at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar area, around 50 km from Gorakhpur. Eight other children were injured in the accident that occurred early this morning, Principal Secretary (Information) Awanish Awasthi said. The children, students of Divine Public School, […]
Wuhan (China) After stupendous success at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games, top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth made positive starts to their campaign at the Badminton Asia Championships on Wednesday. While Saina and Sindhu registered straight game victories over their respective rivals to enter the second round, Srikanth had to fight it out in his men’s singles opener. Saina, […]
The road into food retail business in India is no longer smooth for Amazon, as the government has directed the e-commerce giant not to share any equipment, machinery or warehouses from its current marketplace business for the planned venture, reported The Economic Times. In July last year, the US-based company received government approval to invest […]