The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday took custody of Dubai-based businessman Rajeev Saxena and a corporate aviation lobbyist Deepak Talwar in the VVIP choppers case within hours of the deportation of the duo to India from Dubai. Saxena was wanted in Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers Money Laundering case and lobbyist Deepak Talwar was wanted by the ED and CBI in a case of misusing over Rs 90 crore taken through the Foreign Funding Route (FFR), were brought in a special plane to Delhi around 1:30AM and were arrested by the ED. After a request made by Indian…
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Soon after, the India lost to New Zealand by eight wickets in the fourth ODI in Hamilton, few hours later on Thursday Dave Richardson, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Cricket Council (ICC) said India are the favourites for the ICC world cup 2019. ICC Chief said on the occasion that The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Coca-Cola India, here jointly announced that they have entered into a five years of global strategic partnership. When Richardson was asked about his claim, that India is the strong contender for the title in the World Cup, but the team was…
IT major Mphasis on Thursday today partnered with NASSCOM to felicitate best in class AI start-ups at the upcoming NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Forum 2019. In an effort to drive the adoption of futuristic technologies including Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics, the partnership will recognize, nurture and promote bright young startups to scale the current AI ecosystem in India. India is ranked amongst the top ten AI/Data Science ecosystems globally and in future, the demand for advanced deep tech and AI-related technologies is expected to unlock a trillion-dollar opportunity. The Data Science industry in India is…
Days after the government moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking return of undisputed land at Ram janmbhoomi site to Ram janmbhoomi Nyas, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey on Thursday said that the grand Ram Temple will be soon built in Ayodhya of Uttar Pradesh. Talking to reporters in Parliament premises, Mr Choubey said, “I have full faith that the grand temple of Lord Ram would be constructed very soon. As you are aware, the government has requested the Supreme Court to grant those lands which are undisputed. We also appeal to the apex court that the…
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P on Thursday took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command at Mumbai. He succeeded Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, who retired upon superannuation, after an illustrious career spanning nearly four decades in the Indian Navy. At an impressive ceremonial parade at the Naval Air Station Shikra, the outgoing and incoming Cs-in-C were accorded a guard of honour after which they proceeded to the Headquarters of the Western Naval Command for a formal handing-taking over, the Indian Navy said. On completion, Vice Admiral Luthra was “pulled out” in true Naval tradition. An alumnus…
(UNI) Private airline IndiGo and Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) — operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB) — have entered into a 20-year agreement to sub-lease land at the BLR Airport to build a state-of-the-art Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility. The 13,000 sq mt hangar, to be built on five acres in the BLR Airport campus, would be able to accommodate two narrow body aircraft and will have support infrastructure, including an engine QEC shop warehouse and engineering offices for all repair and maintenance. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Chief Operating Officer, IndiGo, said: “Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB), with its…
(UNI) China’s Chang’e-4 probe, having made the first-ever soft landing on moon’s far side, found that the temperature of the lunar surface dropped to as low as minus 190 degrees centigrade, colder than expected. This is the first time Chinese scientists have received first-hand data about the temperatures on the surface of the far side of the moon during the lunar night, Xinhua reported. The rover and the lander of the Chang’e-4 probe have been awakened by sunlight after a long “sleep” during their first extremely cold night on the moon, the China National Space Administration announced on Thursday. As…
The launch of OneWeb communications satellites from the Kourou space center in French Guiana, planned for February 20, has been delayed due to problems with the equipment of the Russian carrier, Greg Wyler, the chairman of OneWeb, said Thursday. “It’s true, there is an anomoly on the rocket which will cause us to push out the launch. Our satellites are fine and ready to go!” Wyler tweeted.
Australian palaeontologists have found fossilized bones which they believe came from a theropod, the bipedal, carnivorous and predatory group of dinosaurs best known from the likes of Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor. Elizabeth Smith of the Australian Opal Centre unearthed the set of opalized bones at Lightning Ridge in central New South Wales, before passing them on to the palaeontology team at the University of New England (UNE), they revealed on Wednesday. However, due to the limited find, which constituted part of a hip bone and some tail bones, the team from UNE stopped short of giving the new dinosaur a name.…
Washington’s sanctions against Venezuela will not bring the country to a standstill, but still do damage, Hector Rodriguez, the governor of the northern Venezuelan state of Miranda, said in an interview with Sputnik. “In general, the sanctions do not stop us, but make the development more expensive. At the same time, this urges us to change technologies and [look for new] partners — not only political, but economical as well,” Rodriguez said. He added that the country was currently going through a tough period. “But at the same time this is a possibility for Venezuela to finish the process of…
MoneyOnClick, a technology and data science based lending startup, today announced that the company has successfully raised Rs 15 crore (USD2.15 million) as part of its seed capital fund from marquee investors such as Orios Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital, and 3one4 Capital. Established in 2018, MoneyOnClick aims to disrupt a large segment in the consumer lending space. MoneyOnClick is focused to provide a lending platform to consumers who fall outside the margins of the formal banking system due to their lack of a credit history or low credit ratings. MoneyOnClick aims to provide unsecured loans to these customers especially those…
(UNI) The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Coca-Cola India, here on Thursday jointly announced that they have entered into a five years of global strategic partnership. The five years agreement includes all ICC events around the world including the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales, the ICC statement said. ICC chief Executive David Richardson said, its our pleasure to welcome Coca-Cola on board as an ICC partner for the next five years.
Kangana Ranaut starrer ‘Manikarnika:The Queen of Jhansi’ witnessed an excellent weekday trending on the box office, with a total collection of Rs 56.90 crore, trade sources said on Thursday. ”Kangana’s biggest opener ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’ performed best in Delhi, NCR, UP, Punjab and Rajasthan,” the sources said. ”The movie earned Rs 8.75 crore on Friday, Rs 18.10 crore on Saturday, Rs 15.70 crore on Sunday, Rs 5.10 crore on Monday, Rs 4.75 crore on Tuesday and Rs 4.50 crore on Wednesday, pushing the total to Rs 56.90 crore,” sources added. ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’ is an epic…
(UNI) Hindon Air Force Airport will start operating flights commercially from March this year. Construction work of the Hindon airport would be completed by end of February and after that it would start its first commercial flight under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN, a government official said on Wednesday. After the airport would start functioning, an 80-seater aircraft would fly from Hindon to Pithoragarh, jaisalmer, Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Hubli. The airport, constructed by the Airports Authority of India, would be able to handle aircraft which has 80 seats only, the official added. The official said Spicejet was allotted the…
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design formally presented the fourth annual Carnot Prize to Union Railways and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday here. The Minister has decided that the award money of dollar 25,000, which he will receive as part of the 2018 Carnot Prize, will be donated to the International Solar Alliance to institute the Diwakar Award. The Diwakar award will recognise, every year, an outstanding organisation that has been working for special children and maximising the use of solar energy. Mr Goyal had previously been unable to accept the…
In a move to boost research and development in the field of scientific development in the country, the Government on Wednesday announced hike in ‘Research Fellowship’ for PhD students and other research personnel enrolled in any area of science and technology, engineering, mathematical sciences, agricultural sciences, life sciences and pharmacy with effect from January 1, 2019. The hike in fellowship will directly benefit over 60,000 ‘Research Fellows’ and also provide a template to the states to consider increase in their fellowship rates. Under the new norms, the fellowship of the Junior Research Fellows (JRF) in the first two years of…
Responding to the allegations of politicising his visit to BJP leader and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said his visit to the Goa chief minister was ‘strictly personal’ and driven by his empathy for the health condition of the latter. In a letter to Mr Parrikar, Mr Gandhi, responding to a purported letter written by the Goa chief minister to him charging him of politicising his visit to the BJP leader, said, ‘Respectfully, my visit to you was strictly personal and driven purely by my empathy for your situation. You will no doubt recall…
In a clear message to Pakistan disapproving its conduct, the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India Sohail Mahmood was summoned by the Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Wednesday night in connection with the “telephone conversation” initiated by the Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi with Mirwaiz Umar Farooq of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. “The Foreign Secretary conveyed the Government of India’s condemnation in the strongest terms of this latest brazen attempt by Pakistan to subvert India’s unity and to violate our sovereignty and territorial integrity, by none other than the Pakistan Foreign Minister,” an MEA statement said here.
The BJP leader and Karnataka MP Shobha Karandlaje has mocked at the Congress over the news that AgustaWestland scam accused Rajiv Saxena and lobbyist Deepak Talwar have been extradited to India. “Good news coming in Mitron, Friends of Congress nabbed by UAE officials and illegally extradited to India, BJP government reinforcing the trust of Common man,” She tweeted. In what is seen as a major progress made by probe agencies in their efforts to unearth the corruption in the Defence deals, Christian Michel’s aide, Rajiv Saxena – co-accused in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam and Deepak Talwar – a corporate lobbyist…
Shraddha Kapoor recently came on board for Remo’s next dance film after the successful stint with ‘ABCD 2’ starring alongside Varun Dhawan. The actress is going to learn as many as five new dance forms for the film. Shraddha has even hired her trainer Praveen Nair back who had trained her for ‘ABCD 2’. She started with preps the day she came on board. The movie will take dance to a notch higher and Shraddha wanted to ensure she does justice to it just like ‘ABCD 2’. Since the makers have specific requirements of how her body has to be…
India-born Chief financial officer of Tesla Inc, Deepak Ahuja has announced his retirement from the company on Thursday. He would be succeeded by Zach Kirkhorn, the electric car maker’s vice president of finance, who has been with Tesla since the days of the original Roadster. The announcement of the legendary CFO’s retirement was related near the end of the Q4 earnings call, with CEO Elon Musk expressing his thanks to the executive for his contributions to the company. “I feel really good about Zach taking over. He’s proven his self over the years with many tough challenges he’s worked on,”…
