Month: November 2019

Delhi air quality in ‘very poor’ category

New Delhi, Nov 22: The air quality in Delhi was in the ‘very poor’ category on Friday, improving slightly from the ‘severe’ level a day ago. The overall air quality index (AQI) was 364 at 9.30 am. The minimum temperature was 13 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of […]

Kashmir shuts down: Shops, business establishments closed for third consecutive day

Srinagar, Nov 22:  Most shops and other business establishments in Kashmir were closed on Friday, the third consecutive day of a Valley-wide shutdown following a brief semblance of normalcy. On Wednesday, posters warning shopkeepers against opening their shutters as well as public transport operators appeared at several places […]

Child begging on Jammu roads

A child begging on Jammu roads View this post on Instagram CHILDREN BEGGING ON JAMMU ROADS! A post shared by THE OPEN VIEW (@theopenviewin) on Feb 11, 2019 at 11:36pm PST Video credit: The Open View

Panoramic view of beautiful Jammu city

Beautiful view of Jammu city View this post on Instagram A post shared by THE OPEN VIEW (@theopenviewin) Credit: The Open View

Address by the hon’ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of call on by the faculty and course members of 59th NDC course

open view news desk It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. I am sure that the 59th Course of the National Defence College (NDC) has been both fruitful and enriching for all of you. It is a unique Course indeed as it […]

Nuclear Power Plants for Electricity Generation

open view news desk The present installed nuclear power capacity in the country comprises of 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6780 MW. Of these one reactor, RAPS-1 (100 MW) is under extended shutdown for techno-economic assessment. The nuclear power plants contribute about 3% of the total […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Bill Gates

open view news desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today had a meeting with Mr. Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, during the latter’s three-day visit to India. The two had last met in September in New York, on the sidelines of the meeting of the […]

Democratic 2020 candidates unite on impeachment but differ on policy in polite debate

ATLANTA – Democratic White House contenders united in supporting the impeachment inquiry against Republican President Donald Trump at a debate on Wednesday that featured differences on policy details but few of the bitter attacks on one another that marked earlier encounters. During the fifth debate in the Democratic […]

Japan’s Sony in talks to buy stake in India’s Network18 Media: Bloomberg

Japan’s Sony Corp (6758.T) is in talks to buy a stake in India’s Network18 Media & Investments Ltd (NEFI.NS), Bloomberg reported on Thursday, sending shares in billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s TV business 18% higher. Shares of TV18 Broadcast Ltd (TVEB.NS), the broadcast arm of the Network 18 group, jumped […]

Hong Kong campus stalemate as US bill sets up China clash

A dwindling core of hardline protesters held their ground on Thursday at a Hong Kong university besieged for days by police, as the US passed a bill lauding the city’s pro-democracy movement, setting up a likely clash between Washington and Beijing. China did not immediately respond to the […]

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