Category: World News

Cheers to ‘new-age’ whisky, spiked with butterscotch, tea and more

  The overtly masculine image of amber liquid sloshing gently on rocks of ice as gentlemen hold their glasses and clouds of cigar smoke swirl around is changing rapidly with whisky brands tapping into a diverse customer base and experimenting with flavours as diverse as coffee and tea. […]

Golden touch for Goddess Durga in Cuttack

Cuttack, Oct 17 : The Millenium City of Cuttack has been decked up in precious metals as major Durga puja organizers here have opted for exquisite gold and silver filigree work for their pandals. This display of gold and silver embellishments at the pandals has been the “hallmark of […]

PM felicitates medal winners of 2018 Asian Para Games

open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, met and felicitated the medal winners of the 2018 Asian Para Games. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister expressed happiness at receiving the medal winners. Appreciating their performance, he remarked that their mental strength was a key […]

All You Need To Know Going Into Trade On Oct. 16

open view web desk Asian stocks chalked modest gains at the open Tuesday as U.S. equity index futures advanced, with investors balancing the outlook for global growth and earnings against geopolitical flareups and technical weakness. Share indexes rose in Japan, Australia and South Korea, and futures ticked higher in China […]

NASA X-ray Space Telescope back online after brief shutdown

    CAPE CANAVERAL: One of NASA’s space telescopes is back in business after a two-day shutdown. NASA said Monday that the Chandra X-ray Observatory came back online Friday. Chandra’s trouble occurred less than a week after the Hubble Space Telescope was sidelined. In both cases, the problem was in […]

In Florida, families seeking the missing amid storm damage

    PANAMA CITY : Joanne Garone Behnke has replayed every possible scenario in her mind a hundred times. Maybe her 79-year-old aunt sought shelter at the sturdy condo nearby that withstood Hurricane Michael’s devastating winds. Maybe she was rescued and is lying in a hospital bed somewhere. […]

Prince Harry and Meghan expecting their 1st child in spring

CANBERRA, Australia — Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their first child in the spring, Kensington Palace said Monday. The announcement came hours after Harry and the former Meghan Markle arrived in Sydney at the start of a 16-day visit to Australia, Fiji, […]

Shrine Board approves fellowship scheme for meritorious students of Gurukul to pursue PG courses

open view web desk SRINAGAR : The 63rd meeting of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board was held at Raj Bhavan under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik, Chairman of the Shrine Board. The Board while reviewing the functioning of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul, Charan […]

#CareerBytes: List of government websites to follow for UPSC preparation

open view web desk The Indian Civil Services exam, commonly referred to as the IAS exam, is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) each year. The exam is considered one of the toughest in India, but with thorough preparation and strong determination, one can crack it. Here […]

SoftBank’s Saudi ties unnerve investors as shares drop 8 percent

  SoftBank stock was down almost 8 percent in early afternoon trade TOKYO : SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) saw its shares drop on Monday as fallout from the disappearance of a Saudi journalist spread to the Japanese conglomerate, whose nearly $100 billion Vision Fund is almost half financed […]

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