BJP beatable beyond Bengal: Derek O’Brien after TMC’s 4-0 victory in bypolls

After a 4-0 victory in the Bengal Bypolls, which included winning two BJP seats, Trinamool Congress’s Derek O’Brien in an interview to said the big message from the nationwide bypolls is “beyond Bengal, the BJP is beatable.” The NDTV report said Derek also had a sharp message for Congress that…

China’s UN ambassador slams ’empty slogans’ at COP26

Tackling global climate change needs more than “empty slogans” and big entourages, China’s senior envoy to the United Nations Zhang Jun said on Wednesday, amid criticism of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s failure to attend climate talks in Glasgow. “Responding to climate change requires…

WhatsApp may tweak Delete for Everyone feature which could increase time limit for deleting old messages

WhatsApp is reportedly working on tweaking the Delete for Everyone feature. It is reportedly going to tweak the feature and will allow users to delete their messages months after sending them. As of now, WhatsApp users can only delete messages they have sent for both the sender and the receiver within one hour of…

India’s price-fixing probe of global seed firms sparked by carrot farmers

An Indian antitrust investigation into suspected price collusion by some prominent global agricultural firms was triggered by farmers who complained about excessive pricing of imported carrot seeds, documents seen by Reuters showed. A group representing about 1,500 farmers in the mountainous Nilgiri district of Tamil…

Gulab Oils ropes in Malaika Arora as brand ambassador

Gulab Oils, one of the leading manufacturers of edible oils in India, has roped in Malaika Arora as their brand ambassador. Serving the masses for more than five decades now, the brand that has been governed by its endeavour towards quality and trust has now roped in Malaika Arora to encourage the masses to replace…

Pakistan declines use of its airspace for Srinagar-Sharjah flights

Pakistan has declined use of its airspace for flights from J&K’s Srinagar to Sharjah, which was revived after 11 years. The move will affect the people of Jammu and Kashmir the most. Due to the decision, the flight from Srinagar to Sharjah will be more than an hour longer as planes will have to fly via…

Drums and songs: A look at the other side of PM Modi’s Glasgow visit

Seven years after he enthralled his audience in Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi played a drum on yet another foreign tour, in Glasgow, the Scottish city where the United Nations climate summit is underway. PM Modi was in Glasgow to attend the climate summit, COP26. COP stands for the Conference of the Parties that…

CBI chargesheets Indian Bank branch manager, 17 others in Chennai Port Trust fraud case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against 18 accused, including a former branch manager of Indian Bank, in connection with a Rs 45 crore fraud case involving Chennai Port Trust. The CBI registered a case on July 31 last year on a complaint from the Indian Bank in Chennai against two…

Bombay HC grants pre-arrest bail to student charged with sedition for supporting Sharjeel Imam

The Bombay High Court granted anticipatory bail to a student who allegedly raised slogans in support of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam last year. A case was filed against 22-year-old Urvashi Chudawala more than a year ago for allegedly raising slogans in support of Sharjeel Imam at an LGBTQ…

Indian astronomers find unique method to study atmosphere of planets beyond Solar System

Indian astronomers have found a new method to understand the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system by observing the polarisation of light. In our search for life beyond Earth, science has taken us to over 5,000 exoplanets within the Milky Way galaxy, which are rich in water and atmospheric compositions, some…