Day: December 22, 2018

NDTV signs over Rs 300-cr deal with Taboola

New Delhi :  Media firm NDTV group’s digital arm NDTV Convergence Friday said it has signed a five-year deal worth over Rs 300 crore with content recommendations engine Taboola. “The five-year deal ties NDTV Convergence exclusively to Taboola and involves a minimum guarantee of more than Rs 300 crore […]

A decade-long rally on Wall Street looks like it’s ending

NEW YORK — After almost 10 years, Wall Street’s rally looks like it’s ending. Another day of big losses Friday left the U.S. market with its worst week in more than seven years. All of the major indexes have lost 16 to 26 percent from their highs this […]

‘25% jump in winter travel by Indians; pick beaches, deserts’

Mumbai :  There has been growth of up to 25 per cent in Indians travelling during winters compared to last year with beach destinations and deserts remaining popular during this season, according to industry experts. “There has been a substantial increase in the number of people travelling during Christmas […]

Pak Army chief confirms death sentence of 14 ‘hardcore terrorists’

Islamabad :  Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday confirmed the death sentence of 14 “hardcore terrorists”, who were involved in attacks on the armed forces and other law enforcement agencies and killing of innocent civilians. Special military courts, set up after the Peshawar school attack of […]

The Latest: Attorney: Woman plans to sue Liu, company

MINNEAPOLIS — The Latest on prosecutors decision in U.S. not to file charges against Chinese billionaire in alleged assault (all times local): 6:30 p.m. The attorney for a University of Minnesota student who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Chinese billionaire Richard Liu says the woman is planning […]

Collection of historic books, including Gandhi’s writings, finds new home in SA

Johannesburg : Over 3,000 books written by renowned writers across the globe, including 12 volumes of collected works of Mahatma Gandhi, amassed over six decades by an Indian-origin family has found a permanent home at a knowledge centre in South Africa. Most of the books, once banned under the […]

Israeli army says destroys Hezbollah tunnel from Lebanon

Jerusalem : The Israeli army said Friday it has blown up a cross-border tunnel dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the first of four it has uncovered — and pledged to destroy — in recent weeks. “A cross-border attack tunnel dug from the Shiite village of Ramyeh into Israel was […]

Mars lander sets quake monitor on planet’s red surface

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — NASA’s new Mars lander has placed a quake monitor on the planet’s dusty red surface, just a few weeks after its arrival. Mars InSight ’s robotic arm removed the seismometer from the spacecraft deck and set it on the ground Wednesday to monitor Mars quakes. Project […]

Britain, US mark 30 years since Lockerbie bombing

London :  Britain and the US will hold memorial services on Friday to remember the 270 people killed when a US airliner exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie 30 years ago, in Britain’s worst ever attack. Pan Am Flight 103 blew up on December 21, 1988 on its […]

Ruling that blocked grizzly bear hunts appealed by US

BILLINGS, Mont.  — U.S. government attorneys filed notice Friday that they are appealing a court ruling that blocked the first public hunts of grizzly bears in the Northern Rockies in decades. The appeal challenges a judge’s ruling that restored threatened species protections for more than 700 bears in […]

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