New Delhi Amazon.com Inc founder and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos on Wednesday said the company will use its global footprint to export $10 billion worth of goods manufactured under the government’s Make In India initiative. Amazon aims to achieve this target by 2025, Bezos added. Speaking on the first day of the two-day summit […]
New Delhi Lohri, the harvest festival of north India, will be celebrated on January 14 this year. Lohri is also known as Lohadi or Lal Loi. The joyous festival that celebrates the new harvest and marks the end of the winter season, is celebrated with bonfires and dance. Usually the family of the newly-weds or the family in which […]
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman of the Tata Group, observing that there were “lacunae” in the orders passed by the Tribunal. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant said the National Company Law Appellate […]
New Delhi Who says only Indians show off? The Japanese have seemingly taken over that department very swiftly this time. Acting on his hubris, yet again, a Japanese billionaire has decided to distribute as many as 100 million yen (INR 6,45,69,099.38) to 100 lucky winners who share his post on social media. Thus striving to […]
Indore India skipper Virat Kohli has added yet another feather to his cap by becoming the fastest player to score 1,000 runs in T20I cricket as a captain. Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 30 during India’s seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second T20I of the ongoing three-match series on Tuesday evening. Kohli […]
A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a US airstrike last week, killing 35 people and injuring 48 others, state television reported. According to the report, the stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got under way. […]
Tehran The blowback over the US killing of a top Iranian general mounted Sunday as Iran announced it will no longer abide by the limits contained in the 2015 nuclear deal and Iraq’s Parliament called for the expulsion of all American troops from Iraqi soil. The twin developments could bring Iran closer to building an […]
New Delhi Even as the new year 2020 began with people around the world hoping for a more peaceful decade and respite from violence and strife, murmurs and fears of an upcoming World War III have already started doing the rounds of social media following the killing of an Iranian soldier by the United States. […]
New Delhi Indian Railways hikes train fares! In a big move on New Year’s Eve, Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways has hiked fares for passenger trains with effect from January 1, 2020. In some relief for railway passengers, those who have already pre-booked the tickets will not have to pay extra, but those booking tickets from midnight, […]
New Delhi Spearheading a campaign in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday posted a video of spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, in support of the law. “Do hear this lucid explanation of aspects relating to CAA and more by @SadhguruJV. He provides historical context, brilliantly highlights our culture of […]