The government has been working to raise the standards of education and it will continue to work in that direction. New Delhi: Mahendra Nath Pandey who took on Thursday charge as the Minister of State for Education said that his priority was to make quality education accessible to all the citizens
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Ananth Kumar: Passage of GST bill in Monsoon Session a priority
New Union parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar said on Wednesday that the passage of the GST bill in the Monsoon Session will a priority for which the government will talk to all political parties.“GST is a very important bill. The whole country is in favour of passing this bill as early as
Supreme Court gives Rs 5 lakh to victims of rail mishap
Squarely blaming the railways for the February 2011 incident in Shajahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in which 14 people were killed and 20 sustained injuries while travelling on top of Himagiri Express, the Supreme Court has directed the Railways to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakhs each to the families of
Preacher Zakir Naik speeches under scanner
Government agencies are examining the speeches made by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, particularly in the wake of reports that a Bangladeshi militant involved in the recent terror attack in Dhaka had been following him regularly on the social media.Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju
Visit to Africa aimed at deepening ties, economic cooperation: Modi
Focus of the visit will be on deepening cooperation in maritime security, investment, agriculture and food. New Delhi: Ahead of his departure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his four-nation tour of African countries is aimed at enhancing ties with that continent, particularly in the
I am a product of student agitation, dialogue key to avoid stir: Javadekar
Javadekar said he would consult senior BJP leader MM Joshi on his new role as the HRD minister.
New Delhi: Union human resources development minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said education is not a subject for party politics and asserted that dialogue is the key to avoid agitation.
Wimbledon 2016: ‘Surprised’ Federer topples Cilic
The Swiss maestro sealed a stunning coming from behind win to reach semifinals London: Roger Federer admitted he was surprised to be still standing at Wimbledon after sealing a place in a record-equalling 11th semi-final with an epic 6-7 (4/7), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11/9), 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic on
Virat Kohli’s men leave for West Indies
The 16-member Indian squad led by Virat Kohli left for the West Indies to engage the hosts in a four-Test rubber later this month and in August on Tuesday night.The team were accompanied by their newly appointed head coach Anil Kumble and other support staff. The squad will open the tour with a
Ronaldo, Nani send Portugal into Euro 2016 final
LYON, FRANCE: Cristiano Ronaldo scored one goal and inadvertently set up the other as Portugal ground out a 2-0 win over Wales on Wednesday to march into the Euro 2016 final.The Portuguese superstar, who has had to soak up a lot of criticism for a lacklustre tournament by his high standards,
Wearable devices can give away your passwords, according to new research.
In the paper "Friend or Foe?: Your Wearable Devices Reveal Your Personal PIN" scientists from Binghamton University and the Stevens Institute of Technology combined data from embedded sensors in wearable technologies, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, along with a computer
Your smartwatch is giving away your ATM PIN
Wearable devices can give away your passwords, according to new research. In a new paper, researchers combined data from embedded sensors in wearable technologies, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, along with a computer algorithm to crack private PINs and passwords with 80-
Second edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards begins today.
Beginning today, we launch the second edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards, the finest accolade recognising the best of Indian entrepreneurship. The awards ceremony will take place on September 3 in Bengaluru and the meeting of the jury to select the winners will happen on August 6,
Interest subvention to Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks, Cooperative Banks, Regional Rural Banks and NABARD for providing short term crop loan to farmers
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers for the year 2016-17. The Government has earmarked a sum of Rs. 18,276 Crore for this purpose. This will help farmers getting short term crop loan payable within one
PM pays tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Bharatiya Jan Sangh founder, on his 115th birth anniversary, saying India will remember him for his contribution to the country's history. "On his birth anniversary, my tributes to Syama Prasad Mookerjee. We
Nation remembers Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee on his birth anniversary today
Dr Mookerjee founded Jansangh in 1951.
As a founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh which later became the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee is considered one of the tallest leaders of the Hindutva movement in India.Shyama Prasad
No criminal charges in e-mail probe, says FBI
The FBI won’t recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private e-mail server while Secretary of State, agency Director James Comey said on Tuesday, lifting a major legal threat to her presidential campaign.Mr. Comey’s decision almost certainly brings the legal part of the
Dhaka killer’s father says ‘sorry’
S.M. Imtiaz Khan Babul, a Bangladeshi politician from the ruling Awami League party, whose son was one of the suspected terrorists who stormed into a café in Dhaka last Friday and killed 20 visitors, including Indian student Tarishi Jain, on Tuesday offered an apology to the Jain family in
Growing, supermassive black hole discovered
GENEVA: Scientists have discovered a jet of cool, dense gas - with an unusual, swirling structure - which indicates the presence of a growing supermassive black hole in the centre of a galaxy located 70 million light years from Earth. Astronomers used the Alma telescope (Atacama Large
Physics prepares to feast on collider data, seeking dark universe
GENEVA: Scientists at Europe's physics research centre CERN are preparing to unwrap the biggest trove of data yet from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three years after they confirmed the existence of the elusive Higgs boson."In the life of accelerator physics there are few moments like the
Virat Kohli-led Indian team leaves for West Indies
MUMBAI: The 16-member Indian squad led by Virat Kohli left Mumbai Tuesday night for the West Indies to engage the hosts in a four-Test rubber later this month and in August. The team was accompanied by its newly appointed head coach Anil Kumble and other support staff. The squad will
Spanish court sentences Messi to 21 months in jail for tax fraud
MADRID: Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after a court in Barcelona found him guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a statement from the court said on Wednesday. The court also sentenced the Argentine soccer player's father, Jorge, to 21 months in
PM Modi's Cabinet Totally Reshuffled: Complete List Of Who Got What
NEW DELHI: Smriti Irani has been moved out of the Education Ministry and Prakash Javadekar, elevated to Cabinet rank this morning, will hold the portfolio now. Ms Irani has been moved to the Textile Ministry.
World’s largest charkha unveiled at Delhi’s IGI airport
The world’s largest Charkha was unveiled at the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi. It was unveiled by the Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Kalraj Mishra to remind India’s timeless heritage and the values of sustainability and
MV Dhekane takes over as Director of IISU
Noted scientist M V Dhekane has assumed the office of Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. With this Dhekane becomes the seventh director of IISU which functions under the aegis of the Department of Space. About M V Dhekane M V Dhekane is B-Tech
Trump vs Clinton race is like imaginary past vs future, says Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama has thrown his weight behind Hillary Clinton as he likened the presidential race between the former Secretary of State and real estate tycoon Donald Trump to a choice between “future and imaginary past”. “This is a choice between whether we are going to cling
Focus on Railway safety, NE connectivity, says new MoS Rajen Gohain
NEW DELHI: Safety of passengers, improving amenities and expansion of rail connectivity in the entire North-East will be top priority for the new Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain, who took charge here today. "I am from North-East. These states are hilly region. So getting rail
How does Congress' decision to bring in Priyanka Gandhi matter to BJP, asks Sheila Dikshit
AAP versus BJP is a full-blown fight. What's your take on this?
Well, Delhi seems to be doing everything except governance - there is no attempt at governing the city. All we see are advertisements. And confrontation. Didn't Kejriwal know while campaigning that
Cabinet expansion: Shiv Sena casts doubts on calibre of ministers
MUMBAI: A day after the expansion and reshuffle of the Narendra Modi Cabinet, ally Shiv Sena today took potshots at the BJP saying that it is difficult these days to find people of the same calibre as those who had served in the ministries of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Miffed at being
Bring websites, apps, handset makers under net neutrality'
New Delhi: Telecom operators have demanded to bring all stakeholders such as websites, mobile applications and cellphone makers under the ambit of net neutrality regulation. "We believe that the regulatory framework of Net Neutrality should not be limited to TSP (telecom service providers)
And we're there! Juno enters Jupiter's orbit; NASA celebrates success
New Delhi: Amid energy, anticipation and nervousness levels running high, US space agency NASA, JPL and Lockheed Martin welcomed the Juno spacecraft as it entered Jupiter's orbit after five years.
The visuals on NASA's live TV captured the celebratory mood of the entire staff of the space agency,
HC upholds CET for law colleges in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the Maharashtra Law CET, a common entrance test held last month for admission to law colleges. A division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi observed that though the "manner in which
Portfolio change is no punishment for Smriti Irani, justice for Rohith Vemula is still awaited: Kanhaiya Kumar
New Delhi: A day after high profile Smriti Irani was shifted from the key HRD ministry to less significant Textiles portfolio, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday welcomed the exit but said this was no "punishment" for the suicide of Dalit student
India’s banking faces stress due to ‘stalling’ in 2011-13: SBI
India’s banking sector currently faces some stress mainly due to “stalling” of projects between 2011-2013 and efforts are being made to ensure the “de-bottlenecking” of these projects, SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya said. “The banking sector (in India) faces some amount of stress at this point
Google buys French startup that helps machines see
Google today announced a deal to buy Moodstocks, a French startup behind technology that helps smartphones recognise whatever they are aimed at. Moodstocks caught the US technology giant’s eye for its work in computer vision and machine learning, as well for accomplishments in enabling
7th Pay Commission payout soon; best tax-saving investment options for you
The 7th Pay Commission payout is all set to begin with central government employees to get higher salaries and arrear payments soon with the Union Cabinet giving a go-ahead to the panel’s recommendations. If you are a central government employee, the increased pay packet will come
Union Cabinet approves National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
The Union Cabinet has approved a National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters in order to create more jobs. The Scheme has an outlay of 10,000 crore rupees and a target of training 50 lakh apprentices by 2019-20.
Para swimmer Niranjan Mukundan wins eight medals in 2016 IWAS World Games
Para swimmer Niranjan Mukundan has won eight medals at the recently-concluded IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports) U-23 World Games held in Prague, Czech Republic. Of the 8 medal’s Niranjan bagged three gold medals in 50m butterfly, 200m freestyle and 50m
Euro 2016: Germany forced to make key changes for semi-final vs France
Germany coach Joachim Loew has been forced to make changes to his team for Thursday's semi-final against hosts France at Euro 2016 because of injuries and a suspension, including replacing key goalscorer Mario Gomez. Gomez, whose two goals helped the world champions to the last four, has
Harsha Bhogle’s column: Young Team India to benefit from Anil Kumble’s vision, Virat Kohli’s passion
Two powerful personalities, visibly different but attitudinally similar, have been thrown together to control Indian cricket. It is not normally recommended practice because a team can, strictly, only belong to one person. But the two, separated by generations, are bound by intent. Even though he was
Smriti Irani goes from HRD to Textiles in massive cabinet reshuffle
The Cabinet reshuffle Tuesday wasn’t just a political imperative, it was one of governance as well. Sending this message to his party and the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only expanded his Cabinet but also effected a major redistribution of portfolios. Smriti Irani lost the
First Sonia, then Rahul now Priyanka, but won’t change much for Congress: BJP on UP polls
Taking a strong exception to the media reports on the possibility of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leading the poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said it makes no difference if the face of the election is Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka, as the Congress
Modi cabinet expansion: Its maximum politics and minimum governance, says JD (U)
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Cabinet, JD (U) leader Pavan Verma on Wednesday dubbed it as a ‘classic example of a directionless game of musical chairs’, adding it is illustration of maximum politics and minimum governance. “Its PM’s prerogative but we have the
Laxmikant Parsekar may lead BJP in Goa Assembly polls, hints Manohar Parrikar
PANAJI: Senior BJP leader and Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar hinted that Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar will lead the party in the state elections due next year, while the latter today said it is for the party and the people to decide. "Now it is the responsibility of Parsekar to get
Trai seeks to set average data speeds, 1-year validity for data plans
Telecom regulator TRAI on Wednesday said that it was going to float a consultation paper on new service quality norms for wireless data in a month which would look at setting average data speeds that telcos have to offer to customers with the aim of offering better surfing speeds on mobile phones.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft loops into orbit around Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter late Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself into orbit, setting the stage for a 20-month dance around the biggest planet in the solar system to learn how and where it formed. “We’re there. We’re in orbit. We conquered Jupiter,”
Finally Freedom 251 to start delivery on July 7
Mark your calendar! July 7, 2016 is the day when you will finally be able to hold a smartphone in your palm that costs Rs 251. Yes! The famous or infamous Freedom 251. Ringing Bells on Tuesday sent out invitations to media that they were holding the launch event on July 7 where it will unveil
Will it be Federer-Murray showdown? Here’s a look at Wimbledon QF clashes
Roger Federer and Andy Murray are closing in on another Wimbledon final. Federer, a seven-time champion from Switzerland, is 34 and still looking to make history at the All England Club by winning a record eighth title. The 29-year-old Murray already made his mark in 2013, becoming the
Water meter scam: ACB issues notice to Sheila Dikshit, asks her to join probe
In a huge setback for the Congress, the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Wednesday issued notice to former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, asking her to join the investigation into the water meter scam case. The notice states: “It appears that you (Sheila Dikshit) are acquainted with facts and
Madras HC quashes criminal case against Tamil writer Perumal Murugan
The Madras high court has dismissed a criminal case against prominent Tamil writer Perumal Murugan for allegedly offending religious sentiments in his book, Madhorubagan. Residents of Tiruchengode and the Kongu Nadu belt - areas where Murugan lived and wrote about in his novels -
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
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Ponda: Rajmata Umadevi Soundekar Wadiyar of the erstwhile Soundekar dynasty in Goa passed away on Monday following a brief illness.She was 66 and passed away in a private hospital at Belagavi, Karnataka.She was the wife of the 13 th generation king of Soundekar dynasty, late Sadashiva Basavalinga Soundekar Wadiyar. After the death of King Sadashiva in 2006 and her elder son
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