Noida Metro Rail Corporation Limited Recruitment

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation Limited has released an employment notification inviting interested, eligible candidates to apply for the positions of Junior Engineer, Station Controller/Train Operator and Maintainer. Total posts: 665 Name of the posts: Junior Engineer: 160 Station Controller/Train Operator: 194…

Nine Films Advance in Oscars Foreign-Language Race

Nine foreign-language films have made the cut and will now compete for a nomination for the best foreign-language film Oscar, the Academy announced Thursday. Here they are, alphabetical by country with the filmmaker included: Australia, Tanna, Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors; Canada, It’s Only the End of the…

Shashikala: RGV’s next film to be based on Jayalalithaa’s closest friend?

Ram Gopal Varma has announced his next movie titled “Shashikala”. The film, by his own admission, is the sory of a “dearest closest friend of a politician”. The title and plot suggests the film has a lot to do with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s close aide V.K. Sasikala…

Instagram hits 600 million monthly active users and Is Growing Even Faster

Instagram officially announces on Thursday that they have reached 600 million monthly active users, adding its latest 100 million users faster than it ever has before. That means it’s added 100 million users in six months, its fastest growth rate ever, and has doubled its user base in just two years. “Today…

Hrithik Roshan – Sussanne come together for kids

While Bollywood’s Greek God Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan may have separated on papers and maintain a distance in public, it seems their bond is somewhere still intact and they still care for each other. They were spotted spending some quality time with their sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan on Thursday night at…

Axis Bank suspends 24 employees, 50 accounts after suspicious deals

Private sector Axis Bank has said it has so far suspended 50 accounts and 24 employees for suspicious activities in its operations. Axis’s retail banking head Rajiv Anand said so far the investigating agencies had visited eight branches, including five in New Delhi, and the number of employees suspended has gone…

Jr Hockey World Cup: India beats Spain 2-1 to enter semifinals

India advanced to the semifinal of Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2016, notching up a thrilling 2-1 win against Spain, at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday.  Meanwhile, the juniors set up a semifinal clash against Australia in Lucknow on Friday. Spain took the lead in the 22nd minute as Marc…

China holds first ever live-fire drills with aircraft carrier, warships: Report

China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier battle group has conducted its first exercises with live ammunition, the country’s navy said, in a show of strength as tensions with the US and Taiwan escalate. China’s military has carried out its first ever live-fire drills using an aircraft carrier led large –scale…

Adopt digital economy as a way of life, PM Modi urges people

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the nation to embrace digital payment methods to ensure that corruption and black money is rooted out of the country. Briefing the media about Prime Minister Modi’s assertion at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary party meeting, Union Parliamentary Affairs…

Obama on Russian hacking: ‘We Need To Take Action. And We Will’

President Barack Obama says the United States will take action against Russia or any other foreign government in response to cyber interference with the  US presidential elections. “I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections … we need to take…