India: News

17 Jan 2019

Odisha

25% Class-4 students in rural India can't read Class-2 books

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018 has shed light on the sorry state of education in rural India, again. It is alarming, to say the least.

17 Jan 2019

Xiaomi

6 best budget smartphones available in India

2018 has been a great year for smartphones, especially when we look at mid-range handsets. These devices sport newer designs, improved cameras, and feature more powerful processors.

What issues do India need to fix before World Cup?

The next two months will be crucial for cricketing nations as they gear up for the ICC World Cup 2019, starting May 30 onwards in England and Wales.

16 Jan 2019

Indian Railways

IRCTC installs first-ever Pizza Vending Machine at Mumbai railway station

Pizza lovers, and Indian railways passengers, both of which are high in numbers, have something to rejoice!

16 Jan 2019

Facebook

Jadavpur professor, who likened girls' virginity to sealed bottles, removed

Kanak Sarkar, the professor of Jadavpur University, who equated virgin girls to a sealed bottle was on Wednesday divested of his duties with immediate effect.

16 Jan 2019

Indian Railways

Indian Railways: 7 advanced features on the new IRCTC website

The official Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website was given a major upgradation last year.

16 Jan 2019

Saudi Arabia

2,340 women to visit Hajj without male-companion: Details here

Over 2,300 Muslim women from India will go on Hajj this year without 'Mehram' or male companion.

16 Jan 2019

Indian Railways

Train 18: Meet the brains behind India's first engine-less train

Train 18, India's first indigenously built engine-less train, recently became the fastest train in the country after hitting speeds of over 180 kmph in a trial run.

16 Jan 2019

Narendra Modi

Philip Kotler congratulates PM Modi for award, but questions remain

After a couple of days of political sparring over Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving the first-ever Philip Kotler Presidential Award, marketing guru Philip Kotler himself took to Twitter to clarify that he had selected PM Modi for the award.

16 Jan 2019

LG

LG V40 ThinQ sporting 5 cameras to be Amazon-exclusive

LG's camera-centric V40 ThinQ flagship, which was globally unveiled in October last year, is set to release in India soon.

16 Jan 2019

Delhi University

India registers 25 universities in 2019 global emerging economies rankings

Times Higher Education (THE) has released its 2019 rankings for universities in emerging economies, and 25 Indian higher education institutes have made it to the top 200.

16 Jan 2019

Vivo

Vivo Y91 with AI dual cameras launched at Rs. 10,990

Expanding its portfolio of budget range smartphones, Vivo has launched the Y91 in India.

15 Jan 2019

Health & Wellness

#HealthBytes: 5 home-made face packs for winter skin care

Winter is not the best season for your skin.

15 Jan 2019

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Scam: Message claiming to offer free plane-tickets is fake!

Recently, a fake message, in the form of a note from Singapore Airlines claiming to offer free plane tickets, started doing rounds on WhatsApp chats across the world.

15 Jan 2019

Indian Football Team

Lessons India can learn from their AFC Asian Cup exit

India could not build on their success of winning their first match against Thailand at the AFC Asian Cup, and ended up getting knocked out of the tournament after losing to the UAE and Bahrain.

15 Jan 2019

Amazon

You can now pre-order Honor View20 sporting 48MP camera

Honor View 20, set to launch in India on January 29, is now available for pre-ordering.

15 Jan 2019

Mumbai

India to have 200-airports, 1.1bn air-passenger traffic by 2040: MoCA

India's air passenger traffic is expected to grow six-fold to 1.1 billion and the number of operational airports to increase to around 200 by 2040, according to Ministry of Civil Aviation's (MoCA) vision document released at a summit in Mumbai today.

15 Jan 2019

Deepika Padukone

Is Deepika Padukone changing her surname post marriage? She reveals

It's been two months since Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone tied the knot in Italy. Since then, they have been giving everyone major couple goals.

15 Jan 2019

Virat Kohli

India beat Australia in second ODI: Here're records broken

Team India defeated Australia in the second ODI of the three-match series in Adelaide on Tuesday.

15 Jan 2019

Paytm

Honor 10 Lite launched in India, price starts Rs. 13,999

Honor 10 Lite, which went official in China in November, has been launched in India today.

15 Jan 2019

Facebook

Facebook censors posts on Kashmir, Gods, and Tricolor in India

In what comes as a contradiction to Facebook's publicly stated global policy, the social media giant has 20 "locally illegal" markers for India, on the basis of which posts are flagged and proactively removed.

15 Jan 2019

Xiaomi

Xiaomi Mi TV 4X Pro, 4A Pro available in India

Xiaomi's recently launched Android TVs - Mi TV 4X Pro 55-inch and Mi TV 4A Pro 43-inch - are now available for purchase in India.

15 Jan 2019

Huawei

#SmartphonesFaceoff: Redmi Note 6 Pro v/s Huawei Y9 (2019)

Huawei's latest budget offering, the Y9 (2019) is going on sale for the first time in India today.

15 Jan 2019

Narendra Modi

#DefenseDiaries: PM Modi hails troops on 71st Army Day

Indian Army stands for various things: the top-most being their professionalism, bravery and selfless service. They protect our restive borders, safeguard internal law-and-order and save lives during natural calamities/disasters. Their training and discipline are obviously legendary.

15 Jan 2019

Uttarakhand

#CareerBytes: Career path of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the most prestigious and sought-after service among the Civil Services of the country.

15 Jan 2019

Indian Football Team

AFC Asian Cup 2019: India crash out; Constantine resigns

After starting their AFC Asian Cup 2019 campaign in spectacular fashion, India have strayed from the path of success and their loss at the hands of Bahrain has seen them ousted from the tournament.

15 Jan 2019

X

Watch out! Fake Xiaomi 'deals' circulating to fool people

Manu Jain, the Global VP and India head of Xiaomi, has raised alarms over a scam that could fool unsuspecting fans of the Chinese company.

14 Jan 2019

Health & Wellness

#HealthBytes: 5 delicious-yet-healthy smoothies to help you lose weight

Losing weight healthily and effectively is a long-term process.

14 Jan 2019

Huawei

Camera-centric Huawei Y9 (2019) goes on sale tomorrow via Amazon

Huawei's recently launched Y9 (2019) will go on sale for the first time in India tomorrow i.e. January 15.

14 Jan 2019

Maruti Suzuki

Now, you can book Maruti's all-new WagonR at Rs. 11,000

India's leading automaker Maruti Suzuki plans to unveil the next-generation avatar of WagonR with more space and enhanced capabilities.

How to link your Driving License with Aadhaar online

After the September 26, 2018 Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar authentication, it is totally upto users' discretion to link or not to link their Aadhaar cards with entities like banks, telecom, and other services.

14 Jan 2019

Indian Football Team

AFC Asian Cup: Key battles in India vs Bahrain fixture

India meet Bahrain tonight for their third and final group stage battle of the AFC Asian Cup 2019.

14 Jan 2019

Kirin

Honor 10 Lite to launch in India tomorrow: Details here

Honor 10 Lite, which was unveiled in China last year, will launch in India tomorrow at 11:30 am.

14 Jan 2019

YouTube

#CareerBytes: YouTube Channels for engineering students to learn Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us; AI is being integrated into almost every field, including healthcare, banking, transport, defense, education, etc.

14 Jan 2019

Samsung

Samsung to launch India-focused Galaxy M-series smartphones by January-end

In a bid to take on Chinese rivals, Samsung is working to launch three smartphones under its all-new budget-range Galaxy M-series.

1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC hears Sajjan Kumar's plea, notifies CBI

On Monday, the Supreme Court examined the plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging the life imprisonment sentence handed to him by the Delhi High Court in connection with one 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

14 Jan 2019

Virat Kohli

#IndiaInAustralia: Second ODI- Preview, key players and TV listing

Team India will be taking on Australia in the second ODI at the Adelaide Oval on January 15.

14 Jan 2019

Indian Football Team

Five stars of the Indian football team

With India showing great promise at the AFC Asian Cup in UAE, fans have started cheering the team.

13 Jan 2019

Business

#FinancialBytes: What you should know about credit card protection plans

Credit cards play an important role in our financial lives and have become one of the most widely-used payment methods for cashless transactions.

13 Jan 2019

Gaming Bytes

#GamingBytes: Five best Indian PUBG Mobile players

PUBG Mobile is one of the most tactically intense Battle Royale games.