Month: February 2020

‘The Tribune Inter- College Debate 2020’

open view news desk JAMMU, FEBRUARY 12: Emphasizing need for enhancement of quality of talent being produced in the country every year, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Farooq Khan today advised the students to focus on not just attaining a degree but to also enhance and gain knowledge for […]

Interventions underway to improve education standards in J&K: KK Sharma

open view news desk JAMMU, FEBRUARY 12- Advisor to LG, K. K. Sharma, today said that education is one of the core sectors receiving focussed attention of present dispensation as requisite interventions are underway to improve its imparting besides the content as well. The Advisor was speaking at […]

Margot Robbie to star opposite Christian Bale in David O Russell’s next

Los Angeles, Feb 12: Hollywood star will co-star Oscar winner Christian Bale in a new film from filmmaker David O Russell. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Russell has penned the script for the untitled film, which hails from New Regency, and he might direct it if things go as […]

Blame game in Cong after its rout in Delhi polls

New Delhi, Feb 12: A day after the party’s rout in the Delhi polls, the knives are out in the Congress with leaders blaming each other and raising questions on whether the grand old party has outsourced the task of defeating the BJP to others. The party has, however, […]

NSA detention: HC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on MP govt over affidavit

Jabalpur (MP), Feb 12: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on the state government for not filing the district magistrate’s affidavit along with its reply in response to a notice over detention of to a man from Seoni under the National […]

Soil test for Machilipatnam sea port begins

Machilipatnam (AP), Feb 12: Railway consultancy firm RITES on Wednesday began the soil test for the Machilipatnam deep sea port in Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh, state Transport Minister Pergi Venkataramana said. The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) that will assess the soil properties and penetration resistance was being carried […]

Political ad spending surges; Facebook dominates digital: survey

Political ad spending is surging for the US election, with digital campaigns — led by Facebook — accounting for nearly one-fifth of the total, researchers said Wednesday. A report by eMarketer predicted total campaign media spending jumping 63 percent from four years ago to $6.89 billion, attributing the […]

The brothels of Daulatdia: Sex workers to get ‘honourable’ funeral

Often treated as less than human in life, there has been little dignity in death for the sex workers of one of the world’s biggest brothels: their bodies frequently tossed into unmarked graves or dumped in the river. Until now. On Thursday, Hamida Begum became the first sex […]

Facebook-owned WhatsApp now has 2 billion users

The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp said Wednesday it now has more than two billion users around the world, as it reaffirmed its commitment to strong encryption to protect privacy. WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2014, has grown into one of the most-used services in the Facebook “family” of […]

Syria: US troops open fire on locals in northeast, killing 1

DAMASCUS — A Syrian was killed and another was wounded in a rare clash Wednesday between American troops and a group of government supporters who tried to block a U.S. convoy driving through a village in northeastern Syria, state media and activists reported. The state-run media said the […]

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