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30 Oct 2017

Himachal Pradesh

Illegal felling: First time ever, Shimla trees to get RFID-tags

Himachal Pradesh HC has passed an order for Shimla's civic authorities to start tagging trees with radio frequency identification tags (RFID) in order to curb their felling.

29 Oct 2017

India

Come 2019, cars must have airbags, parking & speed-alert sensors

From 2019 onwards, all cars will have features like "airbags, seat-belt reminders, alert systems for speed beyond 80 kph, reverse parking sensors and manual override over the central locking system for emergencies".

29 Sep 2017

Piyush Goyal

Railways to review flexi fares, could slash prices

The Railways has now revealed that it would review the flexi fare system and may slash ticket prices.

28 Sep 2017

India

Deadline for obtaining Aadhaar for government subsidies extended by 3-months

There is good news for those looking to avail government schemes and subsidies but missed the Aadhaar deadline.

27 Sep 2017

Kerala

149 Indians prisoners in Sharjah to be released

On his visit to Kerala, H.H. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi announced a decree which will help release 149 Indians in Sharjah jails.

26 Sep 2017

Narendra Modi

Modi launches 'Saubhagya', a Rs. 16,000cr scheme to electrify India

Yesterday, PM Modi announced the launch of Rs. 16,000crore 'Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana' or 'Saubhagya' which aims to give free electricity to almost 4 crore poor families.

24 Sep 2017

Facebook

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg drops controversial stock plan

Zuckerberg dropped the idea to create a new stock plan which would have helped him fund his philanthropic ventures while maintaining Facebook's control.

23 Sep 2017

Tamil Nadu

We all lied about Jayalalithaa's health: TN forest Minister

Tamil Nadu Minister for Forests C. Sreenivasan apologized for "lying" to the people about the late CM J. Jayalalithaa's health when she was in the hospital.

23 Sep 2017

Solar System

NASA denies the existence of Nibiru or Planet X

NASA addressed the issue and said that all predictions about the world ending on 23 September 2017 were false.

23 Sep 2017

Haryana

"Honeypreet was Ram Rahim's de-facto wife, adoption a sham"

Vishwas Gupta, Honeypreet Insan's ex-husband addressing a press conference revealed that she wasn't Ram Rahim's legally adopted daughter.

21 Sep 2017

Netflix

Escobar's brother demands $1 billion from Netflix, says hire security

Netflix seems to have offended Escobar's family and is now caught in a bitter trademark dispute over 'Narcos'.

20 Sep 2017

RTI Act

Ram Rahim gets a reality check in jail, grows vegetables

A man with a sprawling empire in Sirsa but now inside Rohtak's jail, Ram Rahim Singh is no more than a common prisoner.

18 Sep 2017

India

From 31 October, no need to stop at highway toll-booths

The Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) will finally become a reality for pan-India on 31st October.

18 Sep 2017

West Bengal

Mamata warns VHP, no 'shastra puja' will be permitted

Mamata Banerjee warned all the right wing factions to keep peace and not "play with fire".

17 Sep 2017

ISIS

Fate of 39 Indians captured in Iraq still unknown

The Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi revealed that the whereabouts of the 39 Indian construction workers captured in 2014 by the Islamic State group still remains unknown.

17 Sep 2017

India

World Bank refused, temples gave money for Sardar Sarovar Dam

Dedicating the 2nd biggest dam in the world to the people of India, Modi said that the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada faced many hurdles.

17 Sep 2017

India

Pakistan will waste time in UNGA by bringing up Kashmir

With Pakistan plans to raise the issue of Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly, Syed Akbaruddin, India's permanent representative to the UN, said that Pakistan 'will waste time' with this.

15 Sep 2017

India

India's 235 districts likely to face drought

After suffering through floods, India is now facing a prospect of drought.

13 Sep 2017

India

6-month cooling period for divorce not mandatory, says SC

There is good news for estranged couples as the Supreme Court laid down that the minimum gap of six months for granting a divorce under the Hindu marriage could get waived off.

12 Sep 2017

India

CBDT: Huge increase in assets of 98 MLAs, 7 MPs

Reviewing the list submitted by an NGO regarding the asset hikes of certain MLAs and MPs, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) found a substantial hike in the assets of seven Lok Sabha MPs and 98 MLAs.

09 Sep 2017

Audi

This AI engine can detect when people text and drive

Imagine, every time a driver gets distracted or starts texting while driving, an artificial intelligence (AI) system detects and warns the driver. Scientists have made such an invention.

09 Sep 2017

Chennai

Military widows Swati Mahadik, Nidhi Dubey join Indian Army

The widow of an army officer, Swati Mahadik and a mother of 2, joined the Indian Army at the Officers Training Academy, Chennai.

08 Sep 2017

India

Only Rs. 4,900cr disclosed under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) recovered a mere Rs. 4,900 crore worth black money, disclosed by 21,000 Indians.

05 Sep 2017

India

RBI clueless about how much black money demonetization removed

RBI stated to a parliamentary panel that it had "no information" on the amount of black money removed because of demonetization.

02 Sep 2017

Bihar

Bihar Water Resources Minister blames rats for flooding

Bihar's Water Resources Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh blamed the rats for the floods in the state.

02 Sep 2017

India

Why did ISRO's recent PSLV mission fail?

ISRO's PSLV-C39 mission to propel the IRNSS-1H satellite into the orbit was unsuccessful as the heat shield didn't separate in the last few minutes of the mission.

02 Sep 2017

Facebook

L'Oreal's transgender model calls 'all white people' racist, gets fired

A recent Facebook post by French cosmetics giant L'Oreal's first transgender model led to her getting fired.

02 Sep 2017

Bollywood

Farhan Akhtar visits Yerawada prison, inmates ask about Sanjay Dutt

Recently, Farhan Akhtar visited the Yerawada prison in Pune to promote his upcoming film Lucknow Central.

Deadline to file I-T returns extended to 31st October

Easing the stress of many tax payers, the Finance Ministry extended the last date to file the Income Tax returns.

31 Aug 2017

India

What did India achieve from demonetization move?

Arun Jaitley, citing the recent RBI declaration that "99% of the old currency notes were back with the central bank", said that demonetization had a positive effect.