Month: September 2019

India to achieve USD 26 Billion Defence Industry by 2025: Raksha Mantri

open view news desk Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has said the Government is committed to work towards achieving a USD 26 billion Defence industry by 2025. Addressing the second annual session of Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers here today, he said the Defence sector has been identified […]

Defectors will become history, says Pawar

Solapur, Sep 17: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said those who left the party would lost their political relevance in the coming Assembly elections in Maharashtra. Several NCP leaders including former ministers have crossed over to the ruling BJP or Shiv Sena ahead of the state elections. Addressing […]

Hyderabad-Karnataka region renamed ‘Kalyana Karnataka’

Bengaluru,Sep 17: Fulfilling a long standing demand of the people of Hyderabad Karnataka region, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday announced that it has been renamed as ‘Kalyana Karnataka’ and a separate secretariat would be established for its development. Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday announced […]

HC awards Rs 10 lakh to kin of man killed in MRI mishap

Mumbai, Sep 17: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the BMC to pay an interim compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of a 32-year-old man from the city who died in 2018 after getting pulled into an MRI machine at the civic-run BYL Nair Hospital. The […]

Dalai Lama wishes PM Modi on his 69th birthday

Dharamshala (HP), Sep 17: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Tuesday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 69th birthday, congratulating him for the “growing confidence you have brought about”. The Dalai Lama said Indian traditions of ‘ahimsa’ and ‘karuna’ are necessary in today’s world. In a letter to […]

India, Pakistan and Bangladesh 70 years after the British left

A comparison of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh on key social and economic parameters such as poverty, unemployment and child malnutrition Seventy years after the British left undivided India, what is the state of its people? The eight charts presented here compare the trajectories of three countries in the […]

Rickshaw driver beaten to death with umbrella; one held

Mumbai, Sep 17: A man has been arrested for assaulting an auto rickshaw driver with an umbrella and causing his death in suburban Bandra, the police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in the first week of September at Jawahar Nagar Pipeline area in Bandra (East). An official […]

The Bollywood dream factory in Mumbai’s slums

In a windowless attic in Dharavi in Mumbai, one of Asia’s biggest slums, some are looking to become a Bollywood star — or at least get a bit part. It is in this studio, accessible via a narrow ladder and rope, that larger-than-life Baburao Ladsaheb offers what a […]

Earth to warm more quickly, new climate models show

Greenhouse gases thrust into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels are warming Earth’s surface more quickly than previously understood, according to new climate models set to replace those used in current UN projections, scientists said Tuesday. By 2100, average temperatures could rise 6.5 to 7.0 degrees Celsius above […]

Blast outside president rally in central Afghanistan kills at least 24

A suicide bomber killed at least 24 people outside a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Tuesday, less than two weeks ahead of elections which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt. A further 32 people were wounded, Parwan hospital director Dr Abdul Qasim Sangin told AFP, adding: […]

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