Tata Motors to increase prices of commercial vehicles from January

Tata Motors to increase prices of commercial vehicles from January

Bengaluru: Indian automaker Tata Motors Ltd said today it would increase prices of its commercial vehicles by up to 2% from January to offset a steep rise in input costs. “Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, will be increasing the prices of its commercial vehicles up to 2% from January 2023,” Tata Motors said, … Read more

Ishant, Rahane to lose BCCI annual contracts; Hardik, Gill & Suryakumar to be promoted

Ishant, Rahane to lose BCCI annual contracts; Hardik, Gill & Suryakumar to be promoted

Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma may face the axe from BCCI’s central contract list while Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, and Hardik Pandya may get a promotion once the Board meeting on December 21 runs its course. Hardik Pandya, who is being seen as the future T20 captain, is likely to get a promotion to Group … Read more

SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ gets nominated for two Golden Globe awards, makes history

SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ gets nominated for two Golden Globe awards, makes history

SS Rajamouli’s period action film RRR has successfully scooped nominations for two Golden Globe awards including the Best Picture non-English language category, and Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) shared the announcement on Monday evening on the official Twitter page of the Golden Globe Awards. READ | I’ve never … Read more

Hong Kong leader reminds Google’s of ‘moral obligation’ principles

Hong Kong leader reminds Google’s of ‘moral obligation’ principles

New Delhi: Google has a “moral obligation” to stop a democracy protest song from appearing in search results, Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday, as the row over China’s national anthem widened to include the tech giant. Hong Kong officials have been infuriated by a series of mistakes at international sporting events in recent weeks when … Read more

Indian, Chinese troops clashed at Tawang Arunachal Pradesh LAC on December 9

Indian, Chinese troops clashed at Tawang Arunachal Pradesh LAC on December 9

Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on December 9, leading to minor injuries on both sides, reported news agency ANI. “On 9th Dec 2022, PLA troops contacted the LAC in Tawang Sector of Arunachal Pradesh which was contested by Indian troops in a … Read more

MP Congress leader Raja Pateria arrested for ‘kill PM’ remark

MP Congress leader Raja Pateria arrested for ‘kill PM’ remark

New Delhi: Congress leader and former minister Raja Pateria was on Tuesday detained by Panna Police from his residence, in connection with his alleged “kill Modi” remarks. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Monday afternoon at Pawai police station in Panna district against the Congress leader and former state minister for making remarks … Read more

K-pop star Jin of BTS to start mandatory military service in S. Korea

K-pop star Jin of BTS to start mandatory military service in S. Korea

South Korea: BTS star Jin starts his mandatory South Korean military duty on Tuesday, the band’s first member to enlist since a hiatus announcement this year left fans heartbroken over the K-pop juggernaut’s uncertain future. The septet is widely considered the country’s biggest-ever cultural phenomenon — selling out stadiums around the world and dominating the … Read more

Messi ‘fool’ taunt spawns mugs, T-shirts in Argentina

Messi ‘fool’ taunt spawns mugs, T-shirts in Argentina

“What are you looking at, fool? Get lost!” Lionel Messi’s World Cup taunt of Dutch player Wout Weghorst has delighted Argentina, where the phrase has made its way onto mugs, shirts and other products. In a viral video online, soccer superstar Messi is shown being interviewed after Friday’s stormy quarter-final clash with the Netherlands, when … Read more

Sardar Patel College of Engineering to organize international conference (SPICON 2022) on Govt’s ‘Make in India’ initiative

Sardar Patel College of Engineering to organize international conference (SPICON 2022) on 'Make in India' Initiative

Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Andheri is completing its 60th year in 2022. In this 60th year Jubilee, the institute is organizing Sardar Patel International Conference on Industry 4.0 – Nascent Technologies and Sustainability for the ‘Make in India’ Initiative (SPICON 2022) on 22nd -23rd December 2022. SPICON-2022 is sponsored by AICTE, CSIR, and is … Read more

Elon Musk draws flake for ‘My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci’ tweet

Elon Musk draws flake for ‘My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci’ tweet

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has targeted the top infectious disease official and the key advisor to the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, in a tweet that has sparked backlash. In the latest tweet, Elon Musk wrote: ‘My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci’, alluding to the practice of indicating gender pronouns after one’s name. My … Read more

2022 Mahindra Scorpio-N scores 5-star Global NCAP rating

2022 Mahindra Scorpio-N scores 5-star Global NCAP rating

The 2022 Mahindra Scorpio-N has become the first body-on-frame SUV to secure a 5-star rating in the Global New Car Assessment Programme’s (GNCAP) new crash test protocols, which came into effect from 1st July 2022. The All-New Scorpio-N has achieved 5-star and 3-star rating for Adult and Child occupant safety respectively. Moreover, Scorpio-N also complied … Read more

Get rid of winter blues by following these steps

Get rid of winter blues by following these steps

Frustrated of winter blues or feeling depressed in winter? We have come up with some of the best solutions. Dark mornings, and darker evenings, with the coldest season, comes with winter blues. The winter blues, commonly associated with seasonal affective disorder, is considered to be a mild form of SAD in which we experience a … Read more

Bhupendra Patel, BJP’s soft-spoken face takes oath as Gujarat CM for 2nd straight term

Bhupendra Patel, BJP's soft-spoken face takes oath as Gujarat CM for 2nd straight term

Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party’s soft-spoken face in Gujarat, has retained the chief ministerial chair after the party swept the state Assembly elections, trouncing rivals Congress and Aam Aadmi Party. Patel was sworn in as CM in Gandhinagar on Monday at a ceremony attended by PM Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders, including Union … Read more

‘Unique family ID’ for J&K residents another ‘surveillance tool’: Mehbooba Mufti

‘Unique family ID’ for J&K residents another ‘surveillance tool’: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s plan to create a ‘unique family ID’ for residents of the Union Territory was emblematic of the widening “trust deficit” after the 2019 abrogation of Article 370. The former chief minister said Kashmiris are viewed with suspicion and dubbed the unique family … Read more

SC to consider early listing of review plea in Bilkis Bano case

SC to consider early listing of review plea in Bilkis Bano case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would consider early “listing by circulation” a plea seeking review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the plea for the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case. A bench comprising Chief Justice D … Read more