YOUR ANDROID MOBILE CAN ALERT ON EARTHQUAKE
NEW DELHI: Millions of people in Venezuela received a warning on their Android phones moments before the ground began to shake. The alert arrived only seconds before a powerful earthquake struck the South American nation. Yet those few seconds were enough to reignite a global conversation around one question: Can technology help save lives when […]
AMAZON TO INVEST $48 BILLION IN INDIA OVER 4 YEARS: ITS CEO TELLS PM MODI
NEW DELHI: US e-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday announced to invest a total of $48 billion to expand and support its businesses in India from 2026-2030, as its CEO Andy Jassy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. Jassy reiterated Amazon’s long-term commitment to India and announced plans to invest an additional $13 billion to expand […]
PASSPORT IS NOT PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP
NEW DELHI: The passport is not proof of citizenship, government sources stressed this week after a furious debate online on that topic. The debate was sparked by a foreign ministry official’s remark that a passport is only a travel document. till now many believed it recognised the holder as an Indian citizen. But now the […]
INDIRA’S EMERGENCY INCLUDED IN CLASS 9 NCERT TEXTBOOK
NEW DELHI: Nearly 50 years after the Emergency was imposed in India, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has included the topic for the first time in a Class 9 Social Science textbook. The new textbook, “Understanding Society: India and Beyond,” describes the Emergency as “one of the major challenges” faced by […]
TWO EARTHQUAKES WITHIN ONE MINUTE HITS VENEZUELA
NEW DELHI: Venzuela, one of the poorest countries on the northern coast of South America with a population of 2.84 crore, was on Wednesday hit by two earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 richter scale in succession of a minute strongest in the country that is suspected to have killed thousands, though its government’s official figure […]
VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
NEW DELHI: National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), a wholly owned company of NHAI, on Monday directed its field offices to advise WSA lessees to give priority to setting up vehicle repair shops and puncture repair facilities at the earliest. The move aims to provide timely mechanical assistance to highway users, reduce vehicle downtime and […]
AMAZON CEO TO EXPAND COMMERCE IN 300 INDIAN CITIES
NEW DELHI: Amazon is making a bigger push into India’s booming quick-commerce market. During CEO Andy Jassy’s visit to the country, the company announced plans to expand Amazon Now to more than 300 cities as it looks to strengthen its position against rivals Blinkit, Zepto and Flipkart Minutes. Amazon already has a strong presence in […]
INDIA BANK LOAN RECOVERY FROM NIRAV MODI
NEW DELHI: A UK court orders fugitive businessman Nirav Modi to repay Rs 100 crore to Bank of India in loan recovery. The London Circuit Commercial Court ruled that Nirav Modi must personally repay Bank of India under a guarantee he signed for a loan given to Firestar Diamond FZE. Nirav Modi has suffered a […]
Sunil Bansal may be the big Rajasthan plan of BJP
New Delhi :Speculation over the future of Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma continues, a new question is being raised in political circles: Is the real story about changing the Chief Minister, or about who controls the BJP’s political machinery in Rajasthan? Insider of the BJP indicates the growing influence of Sunil Bansal, one of […]
INDIA BIG WINNER IN US LIFTING IRAN OIL SANCTIONS
NEW DELHI: The United States has thrown a surprise lifeline to Iran’s oil industry. In a major policy shift, Washington has issued a 60-day waiver allowing the production, sale, delivery and import of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products until August 21. The move is part of ongoing negotiations with Tehran aimed at securing a […]
