Day: November 19, 2018

Air purifier makers report high double digit growth in Diwali season

New Delhi : With rising air pollution in India, particularly in the Delhi NCR around Diwali, the air purification industry has grown more than seven times in last three years to around 3.5 lakh units and is expanding to tier-II cities now. During the month of October and in […]

RBI trains 11k bank officers on MSME credit, nearly 3k branches covered

Mumbai : While a debate is going on whether the RBI should do more to ease credit to MSMEs, banking officials said the central bank has provided special training to nearly 11,000 officers at various commercial banks on lending to micro, small and medium enterprises. This training has been […]

UK leader warns ousting her won’t make Brexit talks easier

London : Britain’s besieged Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that a leadership change wouldn’t make Brexit negotiations easier, as opponents in her Conservative Party threaten to unseat her and the former Brexit secretary suggested she failed to stand up to bullying from European Union officials. As furious Conservative […]

More than 400 hurt in French fuel price protests: minister

Paris, Nov 18 : More than 400 people were hurt, 14 seriously, in a day and night of “yellow vest” protests over rising fuel price hikes around France that claimed one life, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Sunday. The injury toll, more than double the last tally provided […]

Netanyahu welcomes US vote against UN Golan resolution

Jerusalem :  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday welcomed a US decision to vote for the first time against an annual UN resolution condemning Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights. “I would like to thank President (Donald) Trump and Ambassador (Nikki) Haley on this important and just vote that […]

It’s now or never for us in Madhya Pradesh: Scindia

Shivpuri (MP) :  As his party makes an all-out effort to wrest control of Madhya Pradesh from the BJP, senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia feels it is “now or never” for the grand-old party that has remained out of power in the state for 15 straight years. Scindia, a […]

No post is priority for me, will go by party decision on CM: Ashok Gehlot

New Delhi : With the Congress keeping open the issue of its leadership in Rajasthan, party stalwart and two-time chief minister Ashok Gehlot said Sunday no post is a priority for him and that he will abide by the decision of the high command on the CM post if […]

Sushil Modi ‘camp follower’, should say something on Srijan scam: Kushwaha

Patna : Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha made a sharp attack on Sunday apparently against BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi by calling him a “pichhlaggu” (camp follower) of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Without naming Modi, Kushwaha in a series of tweets said some people are “publicity […]

Congress, its ‘naamdar’ hurling abuses at me: Modi

Chhindwara (MP) : Peeved at Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s repeated “chowkidar chor hai” jibe at him on the the Rafale issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said the “naamdaar” (dynast) and his party were hurling all kinds of abuses at him. Modi targeted Gandhi without naming him and said […]

California wildfire death toll rises to 77

Chico (US) : Authorities say one more set of human remains has been found, bringing the total number killed in a devastating California wildfire to 77. A state incident report released Sunday evening says the flames destroyed more than 10,500 homes. Over a thousand names remain on a list […]

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