Akshay Kumar’s Diet and Formula for the Fit Life
Unarguably, the fittest Bollywood star and a source of inspiration for many, Akshay Kumar is one of the few actors for whom fitness is a way of life. How does he do it? Let’s find out. Akshay Kumar was always a fitness freak, even before he entered Bollywood. A martial arts expert and the ‘Khiladi’ of […]
India Vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test: Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin Reach Landmarks In India’s Massive Victory
Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin were among the landmarks as India notched up a massive innings and 239-run win over Sri Lanka on the 4th day of the 2nd Test at Nagpur to go ahead 1-0 in the three-match series. Sri Lanka, who had escaped with a draw in the rain-affected first Test in Kolkata, had […]
West Bengal Tourism registers steady growth in public funding
The latest numbers revealed by the tourism sector of West Bengal clearly indicate that it’s not just the popular North Bengal tourism sector which is making waves among travellers, it is also the other parts of the state that are doing their bit in raking up the strength of the state’s travel industry. According to […]
Kadvi Hawa Movie Review
STORY: In a village affected by climate change and scanty rainfall, a blind farmer strikes a deal with the debt recovery agent to save his son from a debt trap. REVIEW: Gunu Baba (Ranvir Shorey) descends on the village of Mahua like the harbinger of death. As a loan recovery agent, whenever he goes to a […]
Indrajith movie review: This Gautham Karthik film doesn’t even try to keep the viewer engaged
The only consolation I could derive from watching Indrajith is about a romance angle that wasn’t fleshed out. Indrajith (Gautham Karthik) spies on the girl-next-door when she is about to change. A full-fledged sequence plays out on how she takes revenge and leaves him in his boxers. When the duo meet again, we learn the […]
Shekhar Kapur questions censoring of Padmavati
Acclaimed director Shekhar Kapur on Sunday questioned the ‘censoring’ of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, while arguing that while Bhansali was a good filmmaker, he had never made political films. “I know the filmmaker, I know the film and you know the film. The intention of the filmmaker was not to create controversy. He is a […]
Trump Tower launched in Kolkata, developers aim Rs700 crore in sales
The iconic Trump Tower comprising 140 ultra-luxury apartments has been launched in Kolkata and its Indian developers are expecting to garner around Rs700 crore in sales from this project. Realty firms Unimark Group, RDB Group and Tribeca Developers have already sold about 50% units since the project was soft-launched in mid-October. The starting price is […]
S&P: India’s outlook ‘stable’, growth to remain strong over next 2 years
NEW DELHI: Global agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) on Friday maintained status quo on India’s sovereign ratings but said that stable outlook reflects that growth will remain strong over the next two years. It kept India’s outlook ‘stable’ in its latest ratings. Elaborating on the rating, S&P said India will maintain its sound external accounts […]
A Chinese has a better chance of getting US visa than an Indian
Does the US like the Chinese more than Indians? An Indian applying for a non-immigrant visas to enter the US is far less likely to get it than a Chinese applicant. Visa refusal rate for India is twice as much as for China. And while China’s visa refusal rate has gone down in the past […]
UK government told to accept high immigration or forget trade deal with India after Brexit
Britain will struggle to sign new free trade deals with economic powerhouses like India after Brexit unless it is willing to accept high levels of immigration from these countries into Britain. That’s according to Lord Bilimoria, co-founder of Cobra beer, and one of Britain’s most well-known entrepreneurs. Click here to read more Credit: businessinsider.com
New forum for Indian professionals to have a say in Brexit
A new forum has been launched in London to ensure that the voice of Indian professionals based in the UK is heard as the British government takes important decisions for a Brexit-bound country. The Indian Professionals Forum (IPF), a non-profit think tank for Indian diaspora related policy advocacy and a members’ club, is aimed as […]
Punjab govt to bring NRI Property Safeguard Act: Official
The Punjab government would bring the NRI Property Safeguards Actwithin three months to solve problems of those residing overseas in an effective, quick and transparent manner, an official said today. The government is also mulling creating the Institution of Ombudsman for resolving issues of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Punjab NRI Affairs, principal secretary, S R Ladhar said. Click here […]
UP civic polls: 48% turnout in phase-II
Around 48 per cent of voters exercised their franchise during the second phase of the state urban local body elections held on Sunday. Mathura, which went held polls to its municipal corporation for the first time, recorded 41.36 per cent participation. The Yogi Adityanath government had recently merged the Vrindavan and Mathura municipal boards to […]
Water missing in transit, heat rises between Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and Telangana government have ordered separate inquiries to probe the curious case of vanished Krishna river water, that Andhra Pradesh claims to have released from its Srisailam dam for Telangana’s Nagarjuna Sagar dam. The Telangana Irrigation Department reported a shortfall of approximately 44 TMC water of the 195 TMC […]
PM Modi bats for simultaneous polls, says conducting elections after every 4-6 months is hectic and costly
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his advocacy of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state elections, saying conducting polls after every four to six months was hectic and drained the exchequer. “Conducting the election after every 4-6 months in different states is very hectic and costly. There needs to be a wider debate on conducting the election at one […]
Google India hits billion dollar sales mark
The Indian unit of Google crossed the billion-dollar sales milestone in fiscal 2017, a year when the search engine’s local business grew at half the pace of the prior year. But its rival Facebook nearly doubled its revenues in the country indicating increasing preference by marketers to advertise on other social media platform beyond Google. Google India […]
India moves up one notch to 126 in GDP per capita rankings, shows IMF report
India has moved up one position to 126th in terms of GDP per capita of countries. However, it is still ranked lower than all its BRICS peers, while Qatar remains the world’s richest on this parameter, as per International Monetary Fund data. The data, which forms part of the latest World Economic Outlook report of the […]
NRIs, PIOs don’t need to link bank a/c, PAN with Aadhaar: UIDAI
NEW DELHI: NRIs and PIOs are not required to link bank accounts and other services with Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Friday, while instructing various implementation agencies to work out a mechanism to verify the status of such individuals. It said the Prevention of Money laundering Rules 2017 and the Income Tax Act […]
