Vaneet Randhawa
29 Apr 2016
IndiaTendulkar, Bindra, Rehman approached to become India's Olympics ambassadors
The Indian Olympic Association announced that it had approached Sachin Tendulkar, music composer A R Rahman and Olympic gold winner Abhinav Bindra to become India's ambassadors at the Olympics.
29 Apr 2016
World2 Turkish journalists jailed for publishing Charlie Hebdo cartoon
An Istanbul court handed 2 Turkish journalists a 2-year imprisonment for their illustration of Prophet Mohammed from the Charlie Hebdo magazine.
28 Apr 2016
WorldIndia cancels visas for 2 more Chinese protesters
After Isa, 2 more Chinese dissidents- Lu Jinghua and Ray Wong claimed that India had cancelled their visa at the last minute (apparently at the behest of China).
28 Apr 2016
BusinessFacebook swells to 1.65B users and beats Q1 estimates with $5.38B revenue
Facebook surpassed the estimates in its Q1-2016 earnings report with $5.38 billion in revenue and $0.77 earnings/share.
28 Apr 2016
BusinessAmazon becomes India's 2nd largest online marketplace after Flipkart
Amazon India dislodged Snapdeal to become India's second-largest online marketplace by shipments.
28 May 2016
WorldAustralia, PNG to hold talks, decide the fate of Manus detainees
In the next week, Papua New Guinea and Australia and will hold talks over the future of asylum seekers held on Manus Island.
28 Apr 2016
WorldSalah Abdeslam charged with murder, terror charges by French court
A French court charged Salah Abdeslam- the Paris attacks suspect for his part in the November 2015 carnage after his extradition.
28 Apr 2016
IndiaSC: 1 common medical test from this session itself
The SC insisted that the multiple medical tests should make way for the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) from the present (2016-17) session itself.
27 Apr 2016
WorldMitsubishi's mileage scandal: CEO and COO likely to resign
2 top executives of Mitsubishi Motors Corp are likely to resign following the Japanese automaker's falsification of fuel economy data.
27 Apr 2016
SportsNo matches in Maharashtra after May 1: SC
In the wake of the ongoing drought, the SC rejected the appeal against the Bombay High Court's ruling on moving the matches out of Maharashtra.
27 Apr 2016
PoliticsSC: President's Rule in Uttarakhand to stay
The SC ordered the continuation of the President's Rule in Uttarakhand until it adjudicates on the Centre's appeal against Uttarakhand HC's decision.
27 Apr 2016
WorldInquest jury blames police for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster
30 years after the Hillsborough disaster in England, an inquest jury declared that it was the policemen who were guilty of the "unlawful deaths and not the fans".
27 Apr 2016
PoliticsVisakhapatnam biodiesel facility still on fire
Biomax's biodiesel facility (estimated to be one of India's biggest) with a manufacturing volume of 5 lakh tonnes per year continued to burn, 2nd day after it caught fire.
27 Apr 2016
WorldSalah Abdeslam extradited to France from Belgium
Paris attacks' primary suspect Salah Abdeslam, has been extradited from Belgium to France.
26 Apr 2016
IndiaAishwarya supports Salman's Olympic appointment, others follow
While Salman Khan's appointment as the Goodwill Ambassador at the Rio Olympics 2016 faced widespread criticism, noteworthy personalities have spoken in support of Khan.
26 Apr 2016
WorldChina: India, Pakistan should talk directly on Masood Azhar
Weeks after China blocked India's bid in the UN to ban Masood Azhar, China today said India and Pakistan should resolve the issue amongst themselves.