India: News

05 Feb 2018

iPhone

Apple increases iPhone prices in India: Here are the details

Apple has officially increased the prices of its iPhones and Apple Watches in India.

05 Feb 2018

Israel

India will begin talks to acquire Israeli anti-tank missiles

Weeks after India cancelled the $500bn deal to buy anti-tank guided missile Spike from Israel, the deal is back on track.

05 Feb 2018

Narendra Modi

After 32 years of cleaning, how dirty is Ganga today?

Contradicting reports of visible filth and pollution, the National Mission for Clean Ganga's (NMCG) recent data suggests that the holy river might be cleaner today than it was 32 years ago, when the government first launched projects to revive it.

05 Feb 2018

X

Over 14 lakh budget posts on Twitter in one week

Twitter India registered more than 14 lakh budget-related posts in the last one week (January 26-February 2), it recently revealed.

04 Feb 2018

Bollywood

#PadManChallenge: Breaking taboos or smart movie advertising?

Several Bollywood A-listers are clicking photos with a sanitary pad and posting it on their social media timelines.

04 Feb 2018

Lucknow

Pride parades are going 'desi' in India's smaller cities

Guwahati is one week away from its fifth pride parade. Other smaller Indian towns are also beginning their LGBTQI movement.

04 Feb 2018

Indian Railways

Railways announces a massive recruitment drive for 26,502 vacancies

In one its biggest recruitment drives, the Railways has announced 26,502 vacancies for assistant loco pilots and technician posts.

04 Feb 2018

Hindustan Times

Meet India's Women's Ice Hockey team

Ice Hockey is a sport that is yet to gain popularity in India but a group of girls from Ladakh might change that soon.

04 Feb 2018

Jet Airways

Indians ignore safety instructions on flights, endanger themselves: Official report

We have known this for long, but an official report has finally confirmed it: Indians habitually break rules, even to the point of endangering themselves.

04 Feb 2018

Animal Rights

Budget 2018: Rs. 50cr to assign cows Aadhaar-like unique IDs

The Budget 2018 has been hailed for its emphasis on agriculture and related sectors. Of the many schemes approved, a mission to assign unique Aadhaar-like IDs to cows was allotted Rs. 50cr.

04 Feb 2018

Nigeria

Oil tanker with 22 Indian sailors suspected hijacked in Africa

An oil tanker with 22 Indian sailors on board has gone missing off the coast of Benin in West Africa.

04 Feb 2018

Indian Cricket Team

#INDvsSA 2nd ODI: How have India performed historically at Centurion?

India will look to get the better of South Africa, when the two sides lock horns at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday.

Jodhpur: US Air Force general flies fighter jet Tejas

American Air Force General David L Goldfein on Saturday became the first foreign military chief to fly India's light combat aircraft Tejas.

03 Feb 2018

Narendra Modi

Government announces Modicare, but can it afford it?

As was largely expected, PM Modi's government announced a people-friendly budget, in a bid for getting re-elected to office in 2019.

Trouble for people depositing more than Rs. 15lakh during demonetization

Indians who bank-deposited unaccounted cash over Rs. 15 lakh during demonetization are now under government scanner.

Rahul Dravid: The mastermind behind India's U-19 World Cup success

Rahul Dravid is one of the greatest cricketers to have graced the sport but the World Cup had always eluded him.

03 Feb 2018

Electric Vehicles

Hero Electric to launch electric scooter and bikes in India

Hero Electric has unveiled a new e-scooter, codenamed AXLHE-20, and two new e-bicycles, called A2B Kuo Boost and A2B Speed, strategically before the Auto Expo 2018.

03 Feb 2018

Narendra Modi

PM Modi's book gives advice on how to handle exam-stress

Ahead of this year's board exams, Narendra Modi is set to launch his fifth book - the first book he's ever written on exam stress.

03 Feb 2018

Delhi

Delhi HC to AAP: "For Heaven's sake, do your duty"

AAP's whining, that it isn't getting support from other authorities, has now exasperated the Delhi HC.

03 Feb 2018

Pune

Pune's Shruti Shrikhande tops UPSC CDS exam among girls

Shruti Shrikhande, a 22-year-old from Pune, has topped the Combined Defence Services (CDS) examination among girls, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently announced.

Under-19 WC Final: 5 Indian players to watch out for

India colts are set to face their biggest test when they lock horns with Australia for U-19 World Cup trophy on Saturday.

02 Feb 2018

Delhi Police

Budget'18: Delhi Police gets allocation of over Rs. 7,000 crore

In the Union Budget 2018-19 announced on Thursday, the Delhi Police has been allocated Rs. 7,426 crore for the next fiscal year, that shows an increase of Rs. 1,048 crore over the current year.

02 Feb 2018

Reliance Jio

Google launches lightweight Google Assistant "Go" for entry-level smartphones

Google unveiled the lightweight Android Oreo (Go edition) last year to provide good quality Android experience for entry-level devices with low memory and inferior specs.

Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking gender-neutral laws for sexual crimes

India is nowhere close to accepting that men too can be victims of sexual harassment and assault.

02 Feb 2018

Reliance Jio

Mobile download speed increases by 42% in India

According to a report by global speed test service Ookla, the speed of mobile downloads in India increased by 42.4% at 8.80 Mbps in 2017.

After Budget, Sensex closes 839 points lower, Nifty cracks too

A day after Budget 2018, the markets shuddered and benchmark indices fell sharply, a consequence of the new long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax and other factors, analysts said.

02 Feb 2018

Indira Gandhi

Remembering Khushwant Singh on his 103rd birth anniversary

How does one eulogize a writer who penned his own obituary and epitaph in his prime?

02 Feb 2018

Narendra Modi

#DecodingBudget: After Jaitley's budget, are you richer or poorer?

After FM Arun Jaitley's politically-charged budget, there were few happy faces. Though Modi's government might have wooed farmers, poor and senior citizens, the middle class and salaried workforce were left high and dry.

02 Feb 2018

Malware

Government's Cyber Swachhta Project reduces malware infections by 51%

According to the government, there has been a 51% decline in malware infections in the country since last year.

02 Feb 2018

Delhi

Just 28% urban Indians live in rented houses: Economic Survey

Only 28% of India's urban population lives in rented houses today, a sharp contrast from the housing pattern in 1961 when more than half of us (54%) didn't own a house and lived in a rented one, finds the Economic Survey for 2017-18.

01 Feb 2018

Air India

#DecodingBudget: Air India sale, LTCG, corporate-tax, job creation and more

Arun Jaitley presented the first post-GST Budget amid high expectations of positive changes in tax rates.

01 Feb 2018

Arun Jaitley

#DecodingBudget: Jaitley announces new GOBAR Dhan scheme

While presenting the budget in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a new scheme called GOBAR Dhan for solid waste management, among other agricultural reforms.

SC Rift: CJI makes roster system for case allocation public

The Supreme Court has made public a roster system for allocation of cases to judges.

01 Feb 2018

Health & Wellness

#DecodingBudget: Jaitley announces Modicare, world's biggest government-funded scheme

In one of the biggest budget announcements, FM Arun Jaitley unveiled a new National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS).

01 Feb 2018

Farmers

#DecodingBudget: Jaitley used "farmers" 30 times, "youth" just thrice

People talk more about things that matter deeply. If we were to say the same about FM Arun Jaitley's 2018 Budget speech, it might just hint at the priorities of the government.

01 Feb 2018

Yogi Adityanath

Reactions to the Budget 2018: Who said what?

This year's budget, with its emphasis on the agriculture and health sector, has received a wide variety of reactions from corporate heads and political figures alike.

01 Feb 2018

Arun Jaitley

#DecodingBudget: What does India Inc think of Budget 2018?

At 11am, India Inc tuned in to watch FM Arun Jaitley present the government's last full-fledged Budget before 2019.

01 Feb 2018

Lok Sabha

#DecodingBudget: Who are the biggest winners and losers this time?

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has delivered the crucial Budget 2018, which is the last full-fledged Budget for the incumbent Modi-led government before 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

01 Feb 2018

Facebook

WhatsApp hits 1.5 billion monthly users, 60 billion daily messages

According to WhatsApp's Q4 2017 earnings report, the instant messaging app now boasts of 1.5 billion monthly active users and hits 60 billion messages per day.

01 Feb 2018

Arun Jaitley

#DecodingBudget: Here's what's got costlier, and what has become cheaper

The Budget 2018 had its focus on several key aspects of the economy, but the common man was not one of them.