Lal Bahadur Shastri’s grandson quits Congress
New Delhi, Feb 14 - Vibhakar Shastri, grandson of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, has resigned from the Congress in what is being viewed as yet another setback to the grand old party.
BJP announces 4 candidates for RS polls from MP; Congress yet to open its cards
Bhopal, Feb 14 - The BJP on Wednesday announced four candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh, while the Congress is yet to open its cards.
Defence deals through govt e-marketplace cross Rs 1 lakh cr mark
New Delhi, Feb 14 - The orders placed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal has surpassed a whopping Rs 1 lakh crore reflecting the increasing transparency and efficiency in executing defence deals, the Commerce Ministry said on
NASA-backed US firm’s moon lander launch delayed over methane fuel issue
New Delhi, Feb 14 - NASA backed private US company Intuitive Machines’ Moon lander launch has been delayed over methane fuel issue.
BJP’s seven RS candidates file nominations from UP
Lucknow, Feb 14 - All seven BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha filed their nominations here on Wednesday.
India upset China 3-2 to enter Badminton Asia Team Championships quarterfinals
Shah Alam, Feb 14 - Indian women's team upset pre-tournament favourites China 3-2 in the group stage tie on Wednesday to enter the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) after six years.
Burj Khalifa lit up with Indian Tricolour ahead of Modi’s address at Dubai summit
Dubai, Feb 14 - Sheathed in the hues of the Indian Tricolour, Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa was lit up with the words ‘Guest of Honour – Republic of India’ ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's keynote address at the 2024 World Governments Summit
Jio asks out Airtel users on a Valentine’s date: A playful nudge or a serious challenge?
New Delhi, Feb 14 - Jio continues the tradition of Valentine’s day banter with competition.
‘Bharat is proud of you’: PM Modi tells Indian diaspora in Abu Dhabi
New Delhi, Feb 13 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday -- while addressing the huge gathering of Indian diaspora at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed sports city stadium -- lauded their contribution in positioning India as a formidable economy and also helping foster friendly
Farmers protest: Delhi borders sealed, traffic advisory issued for commuters
New Delhi, Feb 14 - After the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders were completely sealed in view of the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march, the Delhi Traffic Police have issued an advisory for commuters for alternate routes and diversions.
Jeff Bezos sells 24 mn Amazon shares worth over $4 bn
San Francisco, Feb 14 - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has sold 24 million shares of the company in recent days worth more than $4 billion.
Apple’s iMessage, Microsoft’s Edge browser & Bing get breather ahead of new EU act
London, Feb 13 - Apple’s iMessage, along with Microsoft’s Edge browser, Bing search engine, and advertising business are not being designated as a “core platform service” under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission said on Tuesday.
OpenAI founding member Andrej Karpathy leaves company
San Francisco, Feb 14 - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI research scientist and founding member Andrej Karpathy has announced that he has left the company.
Mark Zuckerberg tries Apple Vision Pro, says Quest 3 is better, less expensive
New Delhi, Feb 14 - Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried Apple’s mixed reality (MR) headset Vision Pro and said on Wednesday that his company’s Quest 3 AR/VR headset is a better product, less expensive and more immersive.
As world faces hunger crisis, India decries primacy of open markets in foodgrains
United Nations, Feb 14 - India has decried the primacy of the concept of open markets in food grains amid warnings from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of a looming “hellscape of hunger” for the world’s poorest.
Farmers’ protest: Huge security build-up continue on inter-state borders
Chandigarh, Feb 14 - Huge security build-up continued on inter-state borders between Punjab and Haryana on the second day on Wednesday, as assembled protesting farmers are adamant on heading to the national capital to lodge their protest over unfulfilled demands, including legal guarantee
Bullet train to cut 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad travel to 2 hours: Minister shares video
New Delhi, Feb 13 - Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday shared a video of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad 'Bullet train' corridor which will cut the travel time on the 508 km route between the two cities to a mere 2 hours.
Gehlot welcomes Sonia’s announcement to file RS nomination from Rajasthan
Jaipur, Feb 14 - Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has welcomed the announcement of Sonia Gandhi to file her nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan.
Sonia in Jaipur, to file nomination for RS polls today
Jaipur, Feb 14 -Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Rajasthan on Wednesday, confirmed party leaders.
Traffic restored on Srinagar-Leh highway after 12 days
Srinagar, Feb 14 - The Srinagar-Leh highway was restored for traffic on Wednesday after remaining closed for 12 days.