Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that despite the Opposition boycotting the Special Session of Parliament tonight for launch of the GST, the 'celebration' will go on.
Responding to the question of Congress-led Opposition's boycott, Jaitley said, "Karvan toh chalta rahega (Caravan will keep moving). Those who won't take part, would not stop it even if they take part (in the session)."
"There has been no reform that was necessary and the country did not do that. This is the strength and resilience of the country," Jaitley said.
Arun...
Friday, 30 June 2017
Reject Kulbhushan Jadhav mercy plea, Lahore High Court petitioned
Two separate petitions at the Lahore High Court plead that the court reject the mercy plea of Kulbhshan Jadhav, the Indian national sentenced to death in Pakistan.
Two separate petitions have landed at the Lahore High Court seeking that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav's mercy plea be rejected.
Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer, was convicted of espionage by a Pakistani military court and was sentenced to death by hanging. Jadhav subsequently...
LG V30 to come with wireless charging support, may ditch the signature secondary display
LG V30 is expected to launch in September but the rumours have kept the phone in buzz since the Google I/O where the phone was silently announced. The Google at I/O was held in May this year where Google announced that LG 's next flagship will come with Daydream support, hinting of the LG V20's successor.
The alleged LG V30 is rumoured to come with wireless charging support and OLED display. The LG phones typically come with LCD panel and the company would probably be turning to its display manufacturing affiliate LG Display for the OLED displays....
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 live render leaks, shows horizontal dual cameras, infinity display like S8
A new live image of the upcoming Note 8 leaks in the wild. The image hints at S8-like infinity display for the upcoming Note 8. The upcoming phablet is going to sport dual rear cameras, we already know this bit, however, the new live render hints that the two cameras will be placed horizontally. Other rumours surfacing the web indicate that the South Korean smartphone maker will be announced sometime around September.
The new real life render of the Note 8 hints at horizontal dual cameras at the back. With that Note 8 will be the first ever device...
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
‘Beijing in bid to exert itself
The recent stand-off of the Indian Army with the Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) at Doko La on China-Sikkim-Bhutan tri-junction is being seen as an attempt by China to “exert” itself in areas, which were not prone to transgressions or disputes, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
The official said there has been a spike in Chinese transgressions after the visit of the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh earlier this year and the numbers...
Operations at Jawaharlal Nehru port in Mumbai hit by ransomware
Operations at one of three terminals at India's largest container port JNPT, on the outskirts of India's commercial hub of Mumbai, have been disrupted by the global ransomware attack, the port said on Wednesday.
The terminal impacted is operated by Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk, which said separately on Tuesday that the cyber attack had caused outages in its computer systems globally.
The attack, similar to the ransomware that infected...
Delhi University admissions: Duplication of paperwork sends aspirants in frenzy
Duplication of paperwork has sent the swarming crowd of DU aspirants from across the country for multiple trips.
After a two-day respite, students and parents rushed to Delhi University colleges to secure seats, defying scorching heat. Chaos continued on the North Campus on the second day of document verification of admission process.
Duplication of paperwork has sent the swarming crowd of DU aspirants from across the country for multiple trips....
Byculla jail death: Was Manjula Shete killed because she wanted to expose massive corruption inside prison?
India Today spoke to Shete's elder brother, who said that she was convicted for killing her sister-in-law in 2004, and was killed for raising her voice against corruption in jail.
Manjula Shete, the 32-year-old murder convict who was allegedly beaten to death in Mumbai's Byculla jail, was about to expose corruption prevailing within the boundaries.
India Today spoke to Shete's elder brother, who said that she was convicted for killing her sister-in-law...
New cyber attack in Ukraine causes mass disruption globally
A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass disruption across the world, hitting companies and governments in Europe especially hard.
Officials in Ukraine reported serious intrusions of the country's power grid as well as at banks and government offices, where one senior executive posted a photo of a darkened computer screen and the words, "the whole network is down." The prime minister cautioned...
57 killed in US-led airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria
At least 57 people were killed in airstrikes allegedly carried out by the US-led coalition against a prison run by the Islamic State terror organisation in the Syrian city of al-Mayadin, a British-based war monitor said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday that the air raids killed 42 civilians and 15 guards and Islamic State prisoners on Monday, Efe news reported.
The death toll could increase as there are people still missing under the rubble, SOHR said, adding that the prison had about 100 detainees, including civilians...
Major cyberattack sweeps globe, India affected, Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai hit
A major cyber attack swept through countries across the world, affecting Indian operations of global companies. Operations at one of the terminals of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai had to be shut down following the ransomware attack.
A major global cyber attack on Tuesday disrupted computers at Russia's biggest oil company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus similar to the ransomware that last month infected more than...
Monday, 26 June 2017
Cabinet to consider proposal for outright sale of Air India
The Union Cabinet will soon decide the fate of the state-owned carrier Air India by deliberating on three options to divest the government’s majority stake and consider the creation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to get rid of a major portion of its more than ₹50,000-crore debt.
The three options on the table are a full 100% sell-off, a 74% stake sale or retaining a 49% share in the airline, as per the note prepared by the Department of Investment...
On Id, Mamata appeals for unity
Urging people from different communities to stay united West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said there is an environment of intolerance in the country.
“I know the atmosphere of intolerance has given this country a lot of pain. But, we do not think that way. We are here for all. We are united,” Ms. Banerjee said at a gathering on the city’s Red Road, where thousands of people observed Id-ul-Fitr prayers.
“We are insaan (humans)...
U.S. warship stayed on deadly collision course despite warning-container ship captain
A U.S. warship struck by a container vessel in Japanese waters failed to respond to warning signals or take evasive action before a collision that killed seven of its crew, according to a report of the incident by the Philippine cargo ship's captain.
Multiple U.S. and Japanese investigations are under way into how the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and the much larger ACX Crystal container ship collided in clear weather south of Tokyo...
NASA tests flexible solar array on space station
NASA is testing for the first time the effectiveness of a flexible solar array on space station that could one day power satellites and spacecraft.
The Roll-Out Solar Array, or ROSA, an advanced, flexible solar array that rolls out like a tape measure “can be easily adapted to different sizes, including very large arrays, to provide power for a variety of future spacecraft,” NASA said.
It also has the potential to make solar arrays more compact...
Can a robot be your next best friend?
There’s a new sex icon in California, and her name is Harmony. But she’s no Hollywood starlet; she’s not even a real woman. She’s a silicon and electronic RealDoll, made by Abyss Creations. But not only does she physically resemble a woman in super-realistic detail (yes, including genitalia), she can even hold a conversation, of sorts. And while the tagline says that she’s “the world’s finest love doll”, can a robot really give love?
Man or machine
We...
PSLV-C38 rocket: Dream come true for T.N. students
When the PSLV-C38 rocket lifts off from the Satish Dhawan space port on Friday, it will carry with it the dreams and hopes of over 200 students of the Noorul Islam University at Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district. The students contributed to the design and development of a nano-satellite sharing space with the 30 others on board.
They were part of the team involved in the project to build NIUSAT, a satellite for disaster management and crop monitoring....
NASA’s Mars probe spots evidence of ancient lake
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover is examining the edge of a crater on the red planet that may once have been a lake of liquid water.
The Opportunity rover found rocks at the edge of Endeavour Crater that were either transported by a flood or eroded in place by wind.
The features were seen just outside the crater rim’s crest above “Perseverance Valley,” which is carved into the inner slope of the rim.
‘Walkabout’ planned
Researchers plan to drive Opportunity down Perseverance Valley after completing a “walkabout” survey of the area above it.
The...
Don't allow your soil to breed terror: PM Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump to Pakistan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump met for the first time at White House in Washington and terror was the common cause of concern for both the leaders.
In a joint briefing both PM Modi and President Trump stressed on the common goal of 'destroying radical Islamic terrorism and ending terror safe havens.'
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
India, US call on Pakistan to stop its soil from being used as terror launch pads, said...
What did Narendra Modi, Donald Trump say at White House? Full text of their speech
Leaders of the world's two largest democracies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, met at the White House for the first time today. Modi and Trump had a one-to-one meeting, followed by a delegation level talk, a cocktail reception and a working dinner.
PM Modi is the first foreign leader to be hosted by the Trump administration. The two spoke about bilateral trade, peace in Afghanistan and India's concerns over Pakistan-based...
Yogi Adityanath tells MLAs to adopt broken schools to revamp education system
In a mega push to the formative levels of education in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has proposed that all primary schools in the state be adopted by party functionaries, MLAs, ministers and even government officials and revamp them in just one year.
Chief minister Adityanath wants to rope in all stakeholders in the state apparatus to revamp the state's education system.
Since quality education is fundamental to development, the...
Trump urges India's Modi to fix deficit, but stresses strong ties
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do more to relax Indian trade barriers on Monday during talks in which both leaders took great pains to stress the importance of a strong U.S.-Indian relationship.
At a closely watched first meeting between the two, Trump and Modi appeared to get along well. Modi pulled in Trump for a bear hug on the stage as the cameras rolled in the Rose Garden.
“I deeply appreciate your strong commitment to the enhancement of our bilateral relations," Modi told him. "I am sure that under...
Sunday, 25 June 2017
Mumbai: 55 students trapped at Devkund waterfalls rescued
The students had gone to Devkund waterfalls near Bhira village some 50 kilometres from Mumbai.
Fifty-five students, who were trapped in two streams of Kundalika river of Maharashtra, were rescued today.
The students had gone to Devkund waterfalls near Bhira village some 50 kilometres from Mumbai.
Rescue work was carried out by a team lead by Mangaon Police and Kundalika rafters.
The students mostly between 17 and 20 years old were connected through...
Donald Trump ends decades-long White House tradition, no iftar dinner this year
For the first time in nearly two decades, the White Host did not host an Iftar dinner to commemorate Eid this year.
The White House did not host an Iftar dinner to commemorate Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, for the first time in nearly two decades.
United States President Donald Trump and first lady Melania released a statement on Saturday wishing "warm greetings" to those celebrating Eid al-Fitr.
"Muslims in the United States joined...
Hottest Bikini Bodies of 2017: Kylie Jenner, Hilary Duff, Jessica Alba and More Stars
Work it, ladies! See Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Fergie and more stars in the sexiest bikinis of 2017 — so far.
Kourtney Kardashian
The mom of three worked her toned figure in a black two-piece in Miami on June 12, 2017.
Hailey Baldwin
The model showed off her abs in a printed two-piece bikini while soaking up the sun in Miami on June 12, 2017
Ariel Winter
The Modern Family star flaunted her curves in an ice blue bikini on May 29,...
