Mary Kom signs off with bronze in World Championships

Mary Kom, seeded third, lost 1-4 to second seed Cakiroglu, who is the reigning European Championships and European Games gold-medallist. Both the boxers seemed hesitant to make the first move in the opening round but Mary Kom had the edge in counter-attacks as Cakiroglu struggled to make her height advantage count. The second round followed … Read more

First Ever ‘India International Cooperatives Trade Fair’ inaugurated 

Addressing the gathering during the inauguration, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said cooperation is the key to development of our vilages and this mela will prove to be a milestone in the growth of rural India. Organisations from 35 countries are participating in the Fair and they all expressed their happiness at being part of … Read more

13 newly constructed buildings of Kendriya Vidyalaya inaugurated

This was the first time that such a large number of new buildings were inaugurated or laid a foundation for.  The Minister also laid foundation of one National Navodaya Leadership Institute at Puri. Speaking on this occasion, the HRD Minister said that these insitutions are providing quality education to talented and meritorious students of rural … Read more

Petrol, diesel prices continue downward trend

On Friday, petrol prices in Delhi and Mumbai fell down by 12 paise a litre; 11 paise/litre in Kolkata and 13 paise/litre in Chennai. Similarly diesel rates have also come down by 15 paise/litre in Delhi and Kolkata, and 16 paise/litre in Mumbai and Chennai. According to the Indian Oil website, petrol rates in Delhi, Kolkata, … Read more

PM of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali wins Nobel Peace Prize 2019 

Ethiopia and Eritrea, longtime foes who fought a border war from 1998 to 2000, restored relations in July 2018 after years of hostility. The prize, worth nine million Swedish crowns, or around $900,000, will be presented in Oslo on December 10 on the death anniversary of the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Download App to read … Read more

Saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath passes away at 69 

He is survived by his wife and music director son Manikanth Kadri.  An A grade artist in Akashwani, Gopalnath held concerts in different countries and recorded a number of CDs. He was considered as a pioneer in playing Carnatic ragas on his Saxophone. Apart from Padma Shree, Gopalnath was conferred with Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award, … Read more

India slams Pakistan for weaving fake narratives about children living in J&K

India remains committed to realization of the rights of its children to live life of dignity, safety and care and to have equal opportunity to build a future they want. Addressing the General Assembly Third Committee session on ‘Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children’, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN … Read more

SLFP led by President Maithripala Sirisena signs an MoU with SLPP led by former President Mahinda Rajapakse

Accordingly, SLFP will support SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapakse for the elections scheduled on 16th of next month. Addressing the ceremony, SLFP General Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said that both parties have agreed upon 27 policies and that there are no major dissimilarities between the two. He said some think that his party will be … Read more

Nirmala Sitharaman assures crisis-hit PMC Bank investors

Nirmala Sitharaman said, RBI is doing whatever is necessary and as per law but she will still try to put forth the customers’ misery before the banking regulator.The Minister further informed that finance ministry is studying the issue in detail to find out what went amiss in case of PMC so as to avoid such cases … Read more

Romania government collapses in no-confidence vote

A total of 238 MPs in the 465-seat parliament voted in favour of the motion against the government of Prime Minister Viorica Dancila. Ms. Dancila had been fighting for her political survival since her Social Democrats, PSD, lost their junior coalition partner’s support in August. Download App to read Latest News Today

Ayushman Bharat will strengthen India’s efforts towards achieving Universal Health Coverage: Dr Harsh Vardhan

“The Government of India is committed to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and through our Ayushman Bharat(Long Live India) Scheme we are well on our way to achieve it by reducing inequalities in access to inpatient care, reducing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures, and improving access and quality of health services in the public and private … Read more

Tens of thousands of civilians flee Turkish offensive in Syria

Turkish troops have encircled the border towns of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad and aid agencies fear the exodus could reach hundreds of thousands.  The International Rescue Committee aid organisation said that 64,000 people had already fled their homes. The UK-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, gave a similar figure. The UN … Read more

Govt launches Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan

The initiative was launched during the 13th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare.   The initiative aims at assuring dignified, respectful and quality health care at no cost and zero tolerance for denial of services for every woman and newborn visiting the public health facility in order to end all preventable maternal … Read more

Mamallapuram all set for 2nd informal summit between PM Modi and Chinese President 

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Chennai for his historic second Informal Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He reached at Chennai Airport in a special aircraft, where a red carpet welcome was accorded to him. Tamil Nadu Governor Bunwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy received him at the Airport. As a mark … Read more

FM on Automobile sector: Efforts on to resolve issues

Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the government is in talks with the automobile sector and is doing everything in its capacity to resolve their grievances.    Addressing a press conference in Pune, Maharashtra, the finance Minister also said that the government is open to every suggestion in this regard.   Download App to … Read more

Mamallapuram 2nd informal summit: PM Modi welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping

Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Chennai for his historic second Informal Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He reached at Chennai Airport in a special aircraft, where a red carpet welcome was accorded to him. Tamil Nadu Governor Bunwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy received him at the Airport. As a … Read more

PM Modi receives Chinese Prez Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Chinese President Xi Jinping a short while ago at Arjuna’s penance in Mamallapuram for the much-awaited Second Informal summit between the two countries. Playing a perfect host, PM Modi took care of every minute details in entertaining the visiting dignitary. During the visit to the historical monuments, Prime Minister Modi … Read more

MYBYK bicycle rental & sharing services expands its services in Udaipur

Udaipur : More than a year after pioneering bicycle rental & sharing services from its station at Dewali, MYBYK with the support of Udaipur Smart City Limited is expanding its fully automated ‘smartBYK’ bicycle sharing services across Udaipur. Speaking on the occasion, founder & CEO Arjit Soni said “We’ve already started our services at Fateh … Read more

Jackson Strong, 6 – Times X Games gold medalist to perform high octane stunts in Udaipur

  Udaipur : Monster Energy, the number one energy drink from the US, has launched their sugar free, no calorie product “Ultra” in India.  For the launch, Monster Energy has collaborated with 6-times X Games gold medalist and stuntman, Jackson Strong. Jackson will be recreating the infamous TukTuk chase scene from the classic James Bond … Read more