India: News

30 Aug 2018

Flipkart

Nokia 6.1 Plus' first sale today: All details here

The recently launched Nokia 6.1 Plus will go on sale for the first time in India today.

30 Aug 2018

Madhya Pradesh

WhatsApp to take training classes for fake news awareness

WhatsApp has already taken several steps to combat misinformation on its platform. And now, the messaging service is going to conduct training classes at specific locations in a bid to spread awareness about the menace of fake news.

30 Aug 2018

Virat Kohli

2018 West Indies tour of India: Schedule announced

The West Indies are all set to tour India in October-November for a full-fledged series that comprises of two Tests, five ODIs and three T20Is.

Second flash sale of JioPhone 2 starts today at 12pm

JioPhone 2, the successor to the popular JioPhone, will go on sale for the second time in India today.

30 Aug 2018

Uttar Pradesh

8 best colleges, universities for engineering in North India

Most science students in India opt for engineering after Class 12; a career in engineering is preferred by many as it offers an exciting variety of job opportunities.

30 Aug 2018

England Cricket Team

England vs India: How have India performed historically at Southampton?

England will host India at Rose Bowl in Southampton as these two sides face each other in the fourth Test, starting Thursday.

Kohli feels 100-ball format will impact quality of cricket

India's cricket team skipper, Virat Kohli, has raised concerns over the new 100-ball format proposed by the ECB.

29 Aug 2018

Kerala

#KeralaFloods: More than 11,000 insurance claims worth Rs. 1,200cr filed

More than 11,000 claims worth an estimated Rs. 1,200cr have been filed by flood-affected people in Kerala.

29 Aug 2018

West Bengal

4,000 posters, many videos: Kolkata man's efforts for his love

Crazy, stupid, love: heard of it? Now read about it.

29 Aug 2018

Table Tennis

#AsianGames2018: Kamal, Batra win historic bronze in Mixed Doubles TT

The Indian Table Tennis contingent's dream run at the Asian Games got better today when the Mixed Doubles pairing of A Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra exceeded its own expectations to win a historic bronze.

29 Aug 2018

Tamil Nadu

95% homes in South India have a TV: BARC India

The total TV penetration is highest in Southern India with 95% of homes in the five states owning a television set, a survey stated.

29 Aug 2018

Xiaomi

5 lakh Mi TVs sold in India within 6-months: Xiaomi

Xiaomi has sold over 5 lakh Mi TVs in India within 6 months, the company has announced today.

29 Aug 2018

West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee's nephew files defamation suit against Amit Shah

Trinamool Youth Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Mamata Banerjee, filed a defamation suit against Amit Shah today, alleging the BJP President has made slanderous statements against him at a public rally on August 11 in Kolkata.

29 Aug 2018

Pune

#MeTooMiddleClass: Why we should wear this tag with pride

Do you smell the hypocrisy of hashtag activists? Do you think terms like 'tolerance', ' secularism', 'Urban Naxals' are created to divide the country for vote-bank politics?

29 Aug 2018

Pune

Bhima-Koregaon case: Varavara Rao's arrest operation 'illegal', claims Rao's family

The arrest of Left-leaning poet and writer Varavara Rao and searches at his two daughters' residences were "illegal", claims Rao's nephew, N Venugopal.

29 Aug 2018

ICICI Bank

New Google Pay app to offer Indians quick loans

On Tuesday, Google announced that it would be partnering with a bunch of Indian banks to bring instant quick loans to the masses as part of its Next Billion Users initiative.

Arrested activists to be kept under house arrest, rules SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered all five activists arrested on Tuesday in near-simultaneous raids, will be kept under house-arrest till September 6.

29 Aug 2018

Education

IAS exam eligibility criteria: Age limit and number of attempts

All Indian citizens, aged above 21, who have completed their Bachelor's degree in any subject can appear for the UPSC Civil services exam for IAS.

29 Aug 2018

Indian Army

Birth anniversary: Unbreakable records of Major Dhyan Chand

India celebrates the National Sports Day on August 29 and this day is dedicated to the late hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.

29 Aug 2018

Sensex

Rupee sinks to new low of 70.52 against US Dollar

The Rupee today collapsed to a lifetime low of 70.52 by plunging 42 paise against the US Dollar on strong month-end demand for the American currency amid foreign fund outflows.

99.3% of demonetized-notes worth Rs. 15.31-lakh-crore returned to banks: RBI

As many as 99.3% of the old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, that were banned overnight in November 2016, have been returned, the Reserve Bank of India said in its annual report.

29 Aug 2018

Flipkart

#TechBytes: Top 5 websites to buy refurbished products

Refurbished products consist of all those goods returned by a customer to a manufacturer or a vendor due to minute wear-and-tear, or due to the product being outdated, or unsold in the market.

29 Aug 2018

Narendra Modi

#NationalSportsDay: PM advises people to give priority to sports, fitness

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lauded sportspersons on National Sports Day and said that this year has been great for Indian sports as country's athletes have excelled in various tournaments, including in the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games.

29 Aug 2018

Reliance Jio

Xiaomi Poco F1 first sale today: Here're the top offers

Poco F1, the latest flagship by Xiaomi's sub-brand Poco, will go on sale for the first time in India today.

29 Aug 2018

Independence Day

Gaganyaan Mission: ISRO will send 3 Indians to space

A couple of weeks after PM Modi promised a manned spaceflight, ISRO chief K Sivan has come up with a roadmap.

29 Aug 2018

Section 2

#FinancialBytes: How to register a company in India?

A corporation must be registered under Section 2(20) of The Companies Act, 2013 to function legally as a company in India.

29 Aug 2018

Indian Army

Royal Enfield Classic 350 Signals Edition launched in India

As an addition to its best-selling Classic 350 line-up of motorcycles, Royal Enfield has launched the Classic Signals Edition in India.

Report: India's gender pay gap has narrowed, informality is soaring

The International Labor Organization (ILO) recently released its India Wage Report, and there are both positives and negatives to take from it.

28 Aug 2018

Xiaomi

Realme2 v/s Redmi Note 5 Pro: Which one to buy?

For quite some time now, Redmi Note 5 Pro has been dominating the budget price segment in India.

28 Aug 2018

Education

#CareerBytes: Tips to help you prepare for IAS

One of the most prestigious Government positions, civil servants enjoy power, respect, and bag decent pay-checks.

28 Aug 2018

Madhya Pradesh

1 dead, 25 critical, after hospital staff use same syringe

In a shocking incident in Madhya Pradesh, negligence on part of a government hospital staff has resulted in the death of one person. 25 others are currently critical.

28 Aug 2018

Bengaluru Police

Popular Kannada rapper Chandan Shetty summoned over song on ganja

Popular rapper Chandan Shetty is in trouble.

28 Aug 2018

Samajwadi Party

Akhilesh Yadav claims people want new PM after 2019 polls

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today claimed the people want a new Prime Minister after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as he accused the BJP of spreading lies.

ICC wants unedited footage of the new spot-fixing documentary

Media outlet, Al Jazeera, had the stunned the cricket fraternity, earlier this year, when it came out with a documentary titled 'Cricket's Match-Fixers'.

28 Aug 2018

Piyush Goyal

6,000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in 6 months: Goyal

Around 6,000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in the next 6-8 months, Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal said today.

28 Aug 2018

Narendra Modi

Work on human space mission began in 2004: ISRO chief

India's space agency ISRO began work on developing critical technologies to send humans to space way back in 2004 but the project was not on the "priority list", its chief K Sivan said today.

28 Aug 2018

Jharkhand

Jharkhand CM announces Rs. 10L cash award for silver-medalist Madhumita

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today announced a cash award of Rs. 10 lakh for archer Madhumita Kumari for getting a silver medal in the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.

28 Aug 2018

Archery

#AsianGames2018: Both men and women's compound archery teams claim silver

Both the Indian men's and women's compound archery teams today won silver medals at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.

28 Aug 2018

Dell

#TechBytes: 5 best gaming laptops available in India

Even after the introduction of countless number of gaming consoles, PCs still prove to be a paradise for most gamers. Although building a PC with top-of-the-line components is more affordable, but it restricts mobility.

28 Aug 2018

Sushma Swaraj

India, Vietnam to strengthen trade, investment, maritime, defense cooperation

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today held talks with her Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Minh and discussed measures to strengthen trade, investment, maritime and defense cooperation between the two countries.