Day: May 10, 2019

Power shutdown

open view news desk JAMMU MAY 10: Chief Engineer Elect. Maintt. & R.E Wing Jammu has informed that, in order to carry out branch cutting, repair/ maintenance of 33 KV line, the shutdown of 33 KV Janipur-Roop Nagar (BH-1)/New Subash Nagar line and 33 KV line is being […]

Div Com pitches for discouraging use of banned polythene material, promotion of Jute bags

open view news desk JAMMU, MAY 10: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, today chaired a meeting with officers of Handloom, Handicraft and other concerned departments to review employment generation programmes. The meeting was attended by Joint Director Handloom, Kanta Devi, Deputy Director Handicraft, CEO, SMDA, and senior functionaries […]

India inflation likely crept up to six-month high in April: Reuters poll

BENGALURU – India inflation likely crept up slightly to a six-month high in April, driven mainly by food prices, a Reuters poll found, although holding below the Reserve Bank of India’s medium-term target of 4 percent for the ninth straight month. If true, that would support expectations for […]

Supreme Court extends term of arbitrators in Ayodhya temple dispute

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Friday extended by three months the term of a panel arbitrating a decades-long dispute over plans to build a Hindu temple on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya. The extension makes the contentious issue less […]

Exclusive: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse – sources

NEW DELHI – India’s antitrust watchdog has ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s unit Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position of its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals, two sources aware of the matter told Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) last year started […]

SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video content

New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court Friday asked for the Centre’s response on a plea seeking guidelines to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video which display “uncertified and sexually explicit” content. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice […]

Pak economy grows by mere 3.3 pc in 2018-19 against target of 6.2 pc: Reports

Islamabad, May 10: Pakistan’s economy registered a dismal 3.3 per cent growth in 2018-19, achieving just over 50 per cent of its projected target, as all key sectors failed to perform in the first year of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government, according to media reports on Friday. The poor […]

Will hang myself in public if AAP proves allegations: Gambhir on pamphlet row

New Delhi, May 10: Stepping up his counter-offensive, BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir on Friday said he will “hang” himself in public if the Aam Aadmi Party can prove that he has any link to the derogatory pamphlet allegedly circulated against his rival and AAP nominee from East Delhi Atishi […]

‘Nobody’s happy’ about N. Korea missile launch, says Trump

US President Donald Trump said that “nobody’s happy” after North Korea raised the pressure over the future of their deadlocked nuclear negotiations by launching two short-range missiles. Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi in February broke up without an agreement or even […]

Uber stock set to launch at $45 a share

Uber is set for its Wall Street debut Friday with a massive share offering that is a milestone for the ride-hailing industry and the so-called “sharing economy,” but which comes with simmering concerns about its business model. Shares will be priced at $45 for the initial public offering […]

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