Baahubali 2 premiere: Queen Elizabeth II will watch it before anybody else in India?
A day before its worldwide release, the most-anticipated film of this year – Baahubali: The Conclusion, will have its premiere in the UK. The screening, a part of the cultural events organised by the Indian and British governments to celebrate 70 years of India’s independence, will take place on on April 27. The British Film […]
Priyanka Chopra’s Oscar dress triggers a joke flood on social media
Social media trolls are always on the lookout for an opportunity to mock something. Their latest victim? Actor Priyanka Chopra for the geometric Ralph & Russo gown she wore for the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, US. While some fashion critics applauded PeeCee’s fashion choice, Twitterati took to relentlessly mocking her ensemble, comparing it […]
India sets the stage for a clash with US, EU at WTO
If timing is what matters in life as well as global trade negotiations, India could not have asked for a more inauspicious time than now for circulating the draft negotiating text for improving several provisions of the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), according to services experts who spoke to Mint. […]
India among the regions with highest potential: Hyperloop
In 2012, Elon Musk revived an interest in pneumatic tube transportation system and named it hyperloop, a proposed mode of passenger and freight transportation that would propel a pod-like vehicle through a near-vacuum tube at greater than airline speed. The concept generated a lot of interest, with many people deciding to work on the project. […]
Despite demonetisation, India’s GDP growth stays 7 per cent: Govt data
The economy clocked a faster-than-expected growth of 7 per cent in fiscal third quarter, notwithstanding the demonetisation of high-value banknotes in November and the resultant impact on output and well as consumption. Data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Tuesday showed that the rate of economic growth in the three months ending […]
India IT Feeling U.S. H-1B Immigration Angst
India’s information technology lobbyists are wrapping up a week in the halls of Congress as India’s sizable U.S. tech community worries about losing out in the Washington, D.C. immigration maelstrom. The U.S. H-1B visa, which grants extended permission for U.S. work for highly skilled workers, has been a boon for India and its émigrés. Many are […]
F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime
The F.B.I. said on Tuesday that it was investigating the shooting of two Indian immigrants by a white man who leveled ethnic slurs at them and questioned their immigration status before he opened fire at a Kansas bar as a hate crime. The suspect, Adam W. Purinton, was thrown out of Austins Bar and Grill […]
Narendra Modi’s Israel visit likely in June to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties
With India and Israel marking 25 years of establishment of diplomatic ties on 29 January, the two countries have planned a series of events including the exchange of prime ministerial visits before the close of the anniversary year in January 2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Israel in June—the first ever visit […]
Govt survey: Over 20 per cent Indians suffer from diabetes, hypertension
A government health survey conducted across 26 states and Union Territories has found that more than a fifth of India’s 125-crore population suffers from diabetes and hypertension. According to the National Family Health Survey-4, whose results were released on Tuesday, the overall incidence of diabetes was 20.3 per cent and that of hypertension 22.2 per […]
