Month: February 2020

Indian Delegation discusses India’s participation at Cannes Film Market 2020 and Strategic Positioning of IFFI at Cannes Film Festival

open view news desk The Indian Delegation at Berlin International Film Festival met Ms Maud Amson, Head of Sales & Operations, Marche Du Film, Cannes Film Festival and Mr Arnaud Menindes, Sales & Operations – Advertising at Marché du Film, Cannes Film Festival regarding Government of India’s participation […]

President of India Delivers Valedictory Address at The International Judicial Conference

open view news desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, delivered the valedictory address at the International Judicial Conference being organised by the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi today (February 23, 2020).   Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the theme chosen for the conference […]

Three-day International Conference on EMMDA

open view news desk Although remarkable success has been achieved in improving forecast skill by employing state of the art numerical prediction systems and adopting latest data assimilation techniques, it is well known that some amount of uncertainty associated with numerical weather prediction is inevitable.  In order to […]

CSIR-CDRI Scientist Dr. Niti Kumar gets SERB Women Excellence Award-2020

She will be honoured by the President of India on National Science Day (NSD) 2020, as this year’s theme for NSD is “Women in Science” open view news desk Dr Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist from Division of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow has received SERB Women Excellence […]

RBI reviewing monetary policy framework: Governor

New Delhi, Feb 23: The Reserve Bank of India is reviewing the retail inflation targeting framework behind monetary policy decision as well as its effectiveness and also plans to hold stakeholders consultations including with the government in June, Governor Shaktikanta Das said. In a bid to keep inflation under […]

Iran’s leader says enemies tried to use coronavirus to impact vote

DUBAI – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday Iran’s enemies tried to put people off voting in Friday’s parliamentary election by exaggerating the threat of the new coronavirus but that participation had been good. Iranian authorities have yet to announce the turnout and the final result […]

U.S. national security adviser denies Russia boosting Trump reelection

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser denied that U.S. intelligence officials have warned that Russia has been interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign to boost Trump’s re-election chances. “I haven’t seen any intelligence that Russia is doing anything to attempt to get President Trump reelected,” […]

U.S. firm Hughes fears Indian closure, bank disruptions over unpaid fees – letter

NEW DELHI – U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems may have to shut its Indian operations due to unpaid levies owed to the government, which could put thousands of banking services at risk, a company letter seen by Reuters showed. India’s Supreme Court late last year ordered […]

Russia-linked disinformation campaign fueling coronavirus alarm, US says

Thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have launched a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the new coronavirus, disrupting global efforts to fight the epidemic, US officials say. The disinformation campaign promotes unfounded conspiracy theories that the United States is behind the COVID-19 outbreak, in an apparent bid […]

AP FACT CHECK: Donald Trump and the audacity of hype

WASHINGTON — In their boisterous presidential debate, several Democrats sold short the health care plans of rivals or glossed over aspects of their own record. In an audacious league of his own, President Donald Trump celebrated the elimination of a tax that still exists and went deep and […]

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