Seven killed in Nepal landslides
Kathmandu, June 29 (IANS) Seven people were killed in two landslides in western Nepal on Saturday, local officials said. Five members of one family died after their house was swept away in a landslide in Malika Rural Municipality of Gulmi District. Devi Ram Aryal, Chairman of the municipality, told Xinhua news agency that heavy rain […]
Woman’s body found in Australia, one arrested
Sydney, June 29 (IANS) A man has been arrested after a woman’s body was located in Australia’s eastern state of New South Wales (NSW), local police said on Saturday. At about 2:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, police attended a home on Johnston Street, Casino, in the state’s north following reports of a concern for […]
WhatsApp rolling out new feature to bring a communities tab to iPad
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature to bring a ‘communities tab’ to iPad. As shown in the screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is introducing the communities tab on the iPad app. This feature was previously unavailable on iPad, as it is considered a linked device and has […]
GIFT Nifty hits record monthly turnover of $95.5 billion for June
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) GIFT Nifty, which are traded on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), recorded a new milestone of achieving an all-time high monthly turnover of $95.55 billion (about Rs 7,97,714 crore) as on June 27. This surpassed its previous record of $91.73 billion set in May. The benchmark achieved its highest-ever monthly […]
South Korea’s pharmaceutical, biotechnology exports surge 55 pc in H1
Seoul, June 29 (IANS) South Korea’s exports of pharmaceutical and biotechnologies surged from a year earlier in the first half of the year, data showed on Saturday. In the first six months of the year, the country exported 4.5 trillion won ($3.26 billion) worth of pharmaceutical and biotechnologies, up 55 per cent from 2.9 trillion […]
Data centre capacity in India to double by FY25, sovereign cloud infra must: Experts
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) The development of ‘Made in India’ sovereign cloud infrastructure will enhance national security and resilience, industry experts have said, as the data centre capacity in the country is likely to double from 870 MW in FY22 to about 1,700-1,800 MW by FY25. The country currently has more data in India than […]
WB approves $1.5 bn more to aid India’s low-carbon emission reforms
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The World Bank on Saturday approved $1.5 billion in financing for a second operation to help India — which is the fastest-growing large economy in the world — accelerate the development of low-carbon energy. The second ‘Low-Carbon Energy Programmatic Development Policy Operation’ will support reforms to boost the production of […]
Women need to be given flexibility in work to ensure they retain jobs: Arundhati Bhattacharya
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) Former SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on Friday raised concern over the fact that a very small percentage of women make it to the senior management in different organisations. She made the comments while delivering her special address during CII’s Rajasthan Women Leadership Summit in Jaipur. “The reason for this is that […]
Will Smith drops new song ‘You Can Make It’ with references to Chris Rock slapgate
Los Angeles, June 29 (IANS) Actor-rapper Will Smith has released new music with a completely fresh sound. The four-time Grammy-winning rapper and actor, 55, has been on a solo music hiatus since dropping his 2017 EDM track ‘Get Lit’, which came over a decade after his last studio album, 2005’s ‘Lost and Found’, reports People […]
Shweta Tripathi Sharma visits Varanasi before ‘Mirzapur 3’ release, says Kashi has chosen her
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) Actress Shweta Tripathi Sharma, who is gearing up for the third season of the superhit streaming series ‘Mirzapur’, visited Varanasi on Saturday ahead of the show’s release. The actress spoke with IANS and shared that she feels blessed to be chosen by Kashi to visit the city every year. Shweta sought […]
