Long before Harry Potter and Star Wars became a trend, British super-spy James Bond used to light up the silver screen. Six different actors have portrayed as the 007, willing do anything for the Queen and his country. They are (in order) Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. […]
Chirag Falor from the IIT Bombay zone topped the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2020, scoring 352 marks out of 396. The results were announced by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) at jeeadv.ac.in on Monday. Among women candidates, Kanishka Mittal (AIR 17) is the topper. Mittal obtained 315 marks out of 396 and […]
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated world’s highest Atal tunnel at Rohtang today. Earlier, Modi had tweeted, “Fulfilling Atal Ji’s dream of top quality infrastructure. Will be in Himachal Pradesh tomorrow to dedicate the #AtalTunnel in Rohtang to the nation. This is an iconic infrastructure project built at a height of 10,000 feet.” “The #AtalTunnel […]
US President and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, a development that will likely bring his hectic election campaign to standstill. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” tweeted Trump. In a statement, President’s physician […]
Canada has extended the travel ban for foreigners until October 31 due to coronavirus pandemic, said Public Safety Minister Bill Blair in a statement. “We are extending the existing restrictions on non-US international travel into Canada until October 31, 2020,” Blair posted on Twitter. The order does not apply to some US nationals, temporary foreign […]
All 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case, including Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, have been acquitted by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow on Wednesday. They have been acquitted after almost 28 years after a mob razed the 16th century structure in Ayodhya […]
World Heart Day is annually observed on September 29 and is intended to increase public awareness of heart diseases, including their prevention and their global impact. In 1999, the World Heart Federation (WHF), in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the establishment of World Heart Day. During these unprecedented times, people with heart […]
For his selfless services and for sending home lakhs of migrants in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sonu Sood has been conferred the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The award was presented at a virtual ceremony on Monday evening. “This is a rare honour. A UN […]
“Zindagi to apne damm par hi jiyi jati hey..dusro k kandhe par tohh shirf janaje uthaye jate hey.” (Life is lived on one’s own terms. Only the dead are carried on others’ shoulders.) Bhagat Singh, a Sandhu Jat, was born on this day in September 1907 to a Sikh family in Banga village, Jaranwala Tehsil […]