India

India-US strategic ties go ballistic as US tags NavIC 'allied' navigation system

ISRO's NavIC will be designated 'allied' satellite navigation system vis-a-vis GPS along with EU's Galileo and Japan's QZSS for sharing data and mutual consultations; Russian GLONASS and Chinese Beidou designated 'non-allied'

Dec 12, 2019

Maharashtra IPS officer Abdur Rahman quits due to CAB or 'personal reasons'?

After the Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in the parliament, IPS officer Abdur Rahman wrote in his resignation letter that the bill was against the religious pluralism of India.

Dec 12, 2019

Jharkhand Assembly elections: Polling begins for 17 seats, 30.7% turnout till 12 pm

While the polling exercise on five seats - Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Ramgarh and Barkatha - will continue from 7 am to 5 pm, voters in the remaining constituencies can vote till 3 pm.

Dec 12, 2019

Citizenship Bill aftermath: Army deployed in Assam, curfew in Guwahati, flights, trains cancelled

The bill was earlier passed in Lok Sabha with 311 votes in support and 80 against it on Monday midnight.

Dec 12, 2019

Women using Instagram to cope with miscarriage distress: Study

The study found that the content posted by Instagram users included rich descriptions of the medical and physical experiences of miscarriage, and the emotional spectrum of having a miscarriage and coping with those emotions, the social aspect, and family identity.

Dec 12, 2019

Fake certificate nexus busted in Bengaluru

The racket was giving fake mark sheets and fake degree certificates of B com, BA, M pharma, MBA, M Tech among others from around 20 open universities for an amount of Rs 10-15 lakhs.

Dec 11, 2019

Meet India's new weapon for counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir: SiG 716 G2

In order to increase the lethality of its Army, India signed a contract of acquiring 72,400 new assault rifles at a cost of Rs 700 crore with the United States.

Dec 11, 2019

Why is Yes Bank board wary of tycoon who wouldn't invest if it was 'No Bank'?

The past of the Canadian who made the $1.2-billion bid for Yes Bank controlling stake is so mysterious with vastly contrasting narratives that Netflix wants to tell his story.

Dec 11, 2019

Women don't need arms, 'others' will protect them, says Venkaiah Naidu

But the question is, who are the "others" that the vice president thinks will protect women?

Dec 11, 2019

Bengaluru's Namma Metro operations will be extended from January 1

BMRCL said that instead of 11 pm, the last train from the four-terminal stations will depart between 11.25 - 11.40 pm.

Dec 11, 2019

Man orders iPhone 11 Pro for Rs 93,900 from Flipkart, gets fake phone instead

The 26-year-old had ordered iPhone 11 Pro for Rs 93,900 from online shopping portal Flipkart and paid the entire amount.

Dec 11, 2019

Citizenship Bill debate: Protests turn violent in Assam, 3 Army columns deployed

The bill was passed in Lok Sabha with 311 votes in support and 80 against it.

Dec 11, 2019

Will the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill get Rajya Sabha's nod?

While major opposition parties have described the bill as "anti-Muslim", Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Indian Muslims have no reason to fear.

Dec 11, 2019

Physical illness ups suicide risk in men, not women: Study reveals

The study is the first to use data from the population of an entire country (Denmark) and parse it with a Machine Learning (ML) system to identify suicide risk factors.

Dec 11, 2019

Tata Altroz Review: How good is it?

The Altroz is the first car to roll out in the ALFA (for Agile, Light, Flexible, Advanced) Architecture and the second car to come under the Impact 2.0 design language.

Dec 10, 2019