New Delhi Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said there is “more than adequate” currency in circulation and the temporary shortage in certain states is being “tackled quickly”. The statement comes after reports of currency shortage in at least six states — Gujarat, Eastern Mahashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. “I have reviewed […]
New Delhi On Monday, where international oil market dropped, the Indian state-owned oil companies continued to hike the price of petrol by 4 paisa each per litre in various state capitals of India. The state-owned oil companies have limited room to cut prices of petrol, as global crude oil basket continues to edge higher. Today, […]
Washington Syria ally Russia warned Friday of “consequences” following the launch of US-led strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack. “Again, we are being threatened,” Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said in a statement. “We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences. All responsibility for them […]
Gold Coast Anish Bhanwala broke Games record on Friday as he earned a gold medal in the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol to take India’s medal tally to 34 on Day 9 of Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia. With the feat, the 15-year old became the youngest medalist for India in the history of CWG. […]
Dhaka Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she has decided to scrap the quota system in government services after thousands of students marched across the country in protest against a controversial policy of setting aside jobs for special groups. In Dhaka, mobs of students blockaded major roads, bringing traffic to a standstill. Police […]
New Delhi Taking the first but crucial step towards ensuring zero-transgression borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan, Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday operationalized the first smart fence on a riverine stretch with Bangladesh in Assam. The smart fence reportedly comprises of automated surveillance technology and alarm detection systems but BSF has not disclosed its complete […]
Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon, and four others gave accounts of their sightings under strict lab conditions. According to Aldrin, Al Worden, Edgar Mitchell and Gordon Cooper all took part in the study conducted by the Institute of BioAcoustic Biology in Albany, Ohio. Aldrin, 88, claimed he saw a spaceship on his […]
Washington The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is all set to launch its humanity’s first mission to the Sun, Parker Solar Probe, in July. The US space agency has begun the final preparations for the launch of Parker Solar Probe. It will be launched from Launch Complex-37 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. The […]
New Delhi If not regulated or controlled soon, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become an “immortal dictator” and there will be no escape for humans, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has warned. In a new documentary on AI, Musk said: “At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human is going to die. But for an AI there would be no […]
New Delhi The website of the Union Ministry of Defence appeared to have been hacked Friday, its home page reduced to a white page with minimal text – including a Chinese character and an error message. The character, which mean chan – or Zen, as in Zen Buddhism – formed a hyperlink that redirected visitors to the […]