Month: August 2019

India’s Modi bears all, sniffs dung with Grylls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit Indian television screens like never before on Monday, talking about his life and the environment — and smelling elephant dung — with Bear Grylls. The Discovery Channel programme “Man Vs. Wild” saw Modi seek to burnish his credentials as a protector of nature, […]

Stranded passengers voice support for Hong Kong protesters

Travellers in Hong Kong’s airport voiced support for pro-democracy demonstrators on Tuesday, despite an overnight occupation of the international transit hub that saw tens of thousands of passengers stranded. The airport, one of the busiest in the world, reopened on Tuesday morning but hundreds of flights remained cancelled […]

Russian police probe video of officer beating woman

Russia’s interior ministry opened an investigation Monday after a video showing a riot policeman punching a woman in the stomach during a protest for free elections went viral. The video, which has more than 360,000 views, shows a young woman dragged by four masked policemen in riot gear, […]

‘When will you die?’ Hong Kong leader grilled at press conference

When Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam appeared before the press on Tuesday, she appeared to be expecting to deliver a brief statement and move on. Instead she faced a media onslaught. No sooner were her prepared remarks finished than the full-frontal assault — in both Cantonese and English […]

Watan – a patriotic song by DD – released by Shri Prakash Javadekar

Song free of copyright – to ensure ease of sharing on all communication platforms open view news desk Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar released patriotic song “Watan” produced by Doordarshan to mark the occasion of Independence Day, 2019 in New Delhi today. The song pays tribute to New […]

Competition Commission of India finds the conduct and practice of Jaiprakash Associates Limited to be in contravention of Competition Law

open view news desk The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) to be in contravention of the provisions of Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act) for abuse of dominant position in the market of independent residential units such as villas, estate […]

Commerce and Industry Minister leads a high-power delegation to Vladivostok

MoUs signed to expand trade, economy, investment, scientific and technical cooperation open view news desk Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal led a high-power delegation of Chief Ministers of Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Goa and about 140 Indian companies toVladivostok, Russia from August 11-13, 2019.  This visit […]

Commonwealths firm on shooting exclusion despite India threat

Commonwealth Games chief Louise Martin said shooting will not be part of the 2022 edition in Birmingham despite a threat by India to boycott the entire event in protest. Martin, the Commonwealth Games Federation president, told Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper that the decision to exclude shooting from the […]

India’s passenger vehicles sales slump 31% in July

NEW DELHI – India’s domestic passenger vehicle sales fell 30.9% in July, an auto industry body said on Tuesday, marking a ninth straight decline in monthly sales amid a deepening crisis in the autos sector that has triggered massive job losses. The country’s automakers sold a total of […]

Rupee falls 38 paise; touches 71 level against US dollar

Mumbai, Aug 13: The rupee deprecated by 38 paise and fell to 71 per dollar mark in early trade on Tuesday amid strengthening of the American currency and weak opening in domestic equities. Forex traders said the strength of the US dollar against other overseas currencies and concerns about […]

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