Day: March 7, 2019

China female longboarder rides into online fame

Longboarder Mu Qing skates through the mega-city of Chengdu in southwest China, deftly dancing on and off her ride as a friend tails her from behind, filming on a smartphone. With over half a million followers on social media, Mu, 21, is one of longboarding’s biggest stars in […]

PM releases new series of visually impaired friendly coins

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today, released the new series of visually impaired friendly circulation coins,in New Delhi.Rs.1, Rs.2, Rs.5, Rs.10 and Rs.20 are the various denominations of coins released as part of the new series. The coins were released at a function […]

National Council of Science Museums of Culture Ministry collaborates with Google Arts & Culture for largest interactive online exhibition on inventions and discoveries

open view news desk The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an organization under the Ministry of Culture, Government  of India has collaborated with Google Arts & Culture for ‘Once Upon a Try’: Epic journeys of invention and discovery – the largest online exhibition about inventions and discoveries […]

Report on Hybrid Simulation for Easing Congestion of Big Cities Presented to Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari

open view news desk Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari received a report on Hybrid Simulation for Traffic Mapping and Modelling for easing traffic congestion in big cities. The objective of the study was to prepare […]

Sparks in third rail hit Kolkata Metro services

Kolkata :  Metro Railway services were disrupted for more than hour Thursday morning after sparks were seen flying from the third rail near Dumdum station, an official said. According to Kolkata Metro spokesperson Indrani Banerjee, the sparks were noticed at 8.25am when a down train from Noapara was approaching […]

India women score 111/8 against England in 2nd T20I

Guwahati :  Sent in to bat, India women made 111 for 8 in the second Twenty20 International against England women here on Thursday. Skipper Katherine Brunt was the pick of the England bowlers with three wickets. PTI  7/3/2019

Does Rahul need certificate from Pakistan on Rafale: BJP

New Delhi :  Accusing Congress president of speaking “blatant lies” on the Rafale issue, the BJP said on Thursday he neither believes the Indian Air Force nor the Supreme Court verdict and asked if he needed a certificate from Pakistan about the fighter aircraft. Soon after Gandhi demanded a […]

Stalin to discuss LS polls with MPs, MLAs on Mar 11

Chennai :  DMK President MK Stalin would hold discussions with his party’s MPs and MLAs on March 11, on the coming Lok Sabha elections, the party said Thursday. The Opposition party would also discuss the bypoll to 21 Assembly seats in the state, DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan said […]

First time ever: Govt to come out with Rs 20 coins

New Delhi :  The Government will come out with the first ever Rs 20 coin which will be shaped like a 12-edged polygon with design of grains to denote farm dominance in the country. Besides, new series of one, two, five and ten rupees coins too would be minted, […]

4 arrested for torching chemical unit in Maharashtra

Thane:  Four people have been arrested for allegedly setting ablaze a chemical factory in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday. According to assistant police inspector Pramod Badak, some unidentified persons barged into the factory located in Kashimira area on February 10 and set it ablaze. While there […]

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