India

The Dark Side of LED displays in Cubbon Park: How light pollution can damage wildlife habitat

Almost 50 LED display screens have been installed inside Cubbon Park, where people visit to escape from the crowd of the city.

Sep 19, 2019

WATCH | US Army band plays Indian National Anthem; takes friendship to next level

A video is going viral of the US Army band playing the Indian national anthem during a joint training exercise on Wednesday.

Sep 19, 2019

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar's son Dhruva joins ORF as head of US Initiative

The ORF announced the appointment on its website: "Dhruva Jaishankar is Director of the US Initiative at ORF."

Sep 19, 2019

Banking nightmare next week? PSBs will be shut for 5 days effectively

Country's biggest lender, the State Bank of India said that the banking operations are likely to be affected if the unions go ahead with the strike.

Sep 19, 2019

DC Entertainment ex CEO throws shade at former president Geoff Johns

DC Entertainment's former CEO Diane Nelson isn't mincing her words when it comes to voicing her thoughts about Geoff Johns.

Sep 19, 2019

No online sale or delivery of liquor in Karnataka under the state Excise Act

The verdict of banning the online sale or home delivery of alcoholic beverages in the state was delivered by HC Justice S Sujatha.

Sep 19, 2019

Sensex slumps 470 points, Nifty settles marginally above 10,700; Yes Bank down 15%

Selling activity was witnessed across sectors and the key indices remained in the red throughout the day. Stock-wise, Yes Bank lost the most, by over 15 per cent.

Sep 19, 2019

Maruti chairman joins Sitharaman in blaming millennials for slowdown in auto sector

Maruti chairman Bhargava thinks Sitharaman's view that millennials' dependence on Uber, Ola may be contributing to auto sector slowdown is correct

Sep 19, 2019

From NRC to Bengal's renaming; 5 things Mamata Banerjee discussed with Modi,Shah

This was the first meeting the TMC chairperson held with PM Modi and MHA Shah since the BJP-led government came to power for its second term.

Sep 19, 2019

India is a migration superpower with 17.5 million migrant population

Global migration surged 23 per cent or 51 million in the nine-year period between 2010 and 2019, taking the total number of migrants to an estimated 272 million, constituting 3.5 per cent of world population.

Sep 19, 2019

Taliban truck bomb kills at least 20 in southern Afghanistan

The Taliban, who have been carrying out nearly daily attacks since the collapse of peace talks with the US this month, said the target was a nearby intelligence department building in Qalat.

Sep 19, 2019

Will Rajnath Singh's historic sortie boost defence confidence in LCA Tejas?

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh became the first defence minister to fly on Tejas when he took off from HAL Airport in Bengaluru on a twin-seater version of the world's smallest 4th generation fighter.

Sep 19, 2019

WATCH | Indian Army diffuses 9 mortar shells in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch

Nine mortar shells of 120 mm and 81 mm have been safely defused in the Balakote, Sandote and Basoni forward areas in the Mendhar sector.

Sep 19, 2019

Mumbai rains LIVE: IMD issues red alert; schools, colleges to remain shut

A red alert has been issued by the IMD on Thursday, with a warning of "extremely heavy rainfall", and an "orange alert" on Friday, with a forecast of "heavy to very heavy" rainfall.

Sep 19, 2019

India to invite bids from global coal miners; will end Coal India monopoly by 2020

The government aims to allow companies with winning bids to begin development of the coal blocks - which hold proven reserves - by early 2020.

Sep 19, 2019