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7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes California, home shifted, roads cracked

The quake hit the town of Ridgecrest on the edge of Death Valley National Park 202 km (125 miles) northeast of Los Angeles. It was also measured at 7.1 by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Agency.

Jul 6, 2019

Hong Kong to provide $7 million aid for Cyclone Fani victims

For monitoring purpose, the relief agencies will be asked to submit evaluation reports and audited accounts on the use of the grants after the relief projects get completed.

Jul 6, 2019

PM Modi launches BJP's nationwide membership drive in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address party workers at Deendayal Upadhyaya Trade Facilitation Centre in Bada Lalpur from where he will launch the membership drive and facilitate some of the party workers.

Jul 6, 2019

Bengaluru airport to be first with full-body scanners, travellers won't be frisked anymore

The body scanners will be situated at airports deemed as 'hypersensitive'. The other airports include Delhi, Mumbai, Amritsar, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.

Jul 5, 2019

Budget 2019: Tech industry hails Modi govt's vision to boost digital economy

The main objective of the budget is to set the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aspiration of a $5 trillion dollar economy.

Jul 5, 2019

Union Budget 2019: Sitharaman increases the financial outlay for defence

Sitharaman's omission of defence allocation in speech surprised many, she being a former defence minister, but the finance minister defended her choice of highlights for the speech at the post-budget press conference

Jul 5, 2019

Black-buck poaching case: Jodhpur court warns to reject Salman Khan's bail

Salman Khan is yet again in trouble as a Jodhpur court has warned the actor that his bail will be rejected if he does not appear in person in the next hearing of 1998 blackbuck poaching case.

Jul 5, 2019

Venezuela blames US sanctions for blocking debt financing, oil sales

Vice Foreign Minister William Castillo said the country's oil export income plummeted from $40 billion per year to $5 billion.

Jul 5, 2019

Businessman found with gunshot wounds in his car in Hyderabad

Faizal has been shifted to Care Hospital at Banjara Hills.

Jul 5, 2019

Refugee Crisis: 80 African migrants killed as boat capsizes off Tunisia coast

Survivors told the Tunisian coast guard that the boat was rescued off the port town of Zarzis.

Jul 5, 2019

Tamil Nadu honour killing: Couple hacked to death, woman's father arrested

Thoothukudi police have arrested Jothi's father on a complaint filed by the woman's family. It is being claimed that he was threatening the couple since they got married.

Jul 5, 2019

OMG! What a sizzling hot butt! But it's no butt, only a sea star, say biologists

A Japanese girl's tweet with the photograph of a sea star with a 'thick bottom' in a US aquarium goes viral triggering a barrage of memes on social media.

Jul 5, 2019

Budget 2019: Petrol, diesel price to rise by Rs 2/litre after the cess hike

The finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed to increase the Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED) as well as Road and Infrastructure Cess by Re 1 per litre on automobile fuels.

Jul 5, 2019

'Wolf of Wall Street' producer Riza Aziz charged in 1MDB scandal

The Hollywood producer was accused of receiving $248.2 million of funds from the contentious state fund, 1MDB, into personal Swiss bank accounts.

Jul 5, 2019

Indian-origin banker gets 13 years in Singapore jail for siphoning US$10 million from client's accounts

Kale Jagdish Purushottam (43) plead guilty to 20 forgery and cheating charges. He also plead guilty to 30 charges under the Computer Misuse Act where he had siphoned USD 10 million. There were more than 500 other charges taken into account during Kale's sentencing.

Jul 5, 2019