CM Das lauds Madhumita for winning silver medal in Asiad 2018, announces Rs 10 lakh reward

Chief Minister Raghubar Das has congratulated Jharkhand's Madhumita along with the other members of the team for winning a silver medal for the country in the compound event of Archery at the ongoing 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.

On…

Indian firms lead IT transformation in Asia: Dell EMC

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) When it comes to IT transformation, 17 percent of organizations in India have achieved the fully Transformed status -- a much higher percentage than was observed in other Asian countries researched (4 percent), a Dell…

Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao held, police link him with plot to kill PM

Hyderabad, Aug 28 (IANS) The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here, with a family member quoting the detectives as saying that he was linked with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

India's first manned space mission to send 3 persons

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) India's first manned space flight - Gaganyaan - is expected to send three persons, including a woman, into space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km.

Giving…

2 killed in Uttarakhand rains

Dehradun, Aug 27 (IANS) At least two people were killed as incessant rains continued to batter Uttarakhand, an official said on Monday.

The victims were a woman from Pithoragarh and a 65-year-old man, who was washed away in Roorkie…

Equity indices surge to fresh highs; Sensex crosses 38,500 points

Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices touched fresh record high levels on Monday morning tracking firm global cues.

Both the S&P BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 hit their respective intra-day benchmarks…

SpiceJet operates India's first flight partially powered by bio-fuel

New Delhi/Dehradun, Aug 27 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Monday successfully operated India's first test flight which was partially powered by bio-fuel.

A concoction of biofuel mixed with aviation turbine fuel powered…

China welcomes India, Pakistan participation in anti-terror drill

Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) China on Monday welcomed the joint participation by India and Pakistan in the ongoing counter-terrorism drill of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Russia.

According to the Chinese media, some 3,000…

Javelin thrower Neeraj wins Asiad gold

Jakarta, Aug 27 (IANS) Reigning Asian champion Neeraj Chopra created a new national record on his way to the men's javelin gold at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday.

Neeraj threw 88.06 meters in his third attempt…

Asiad 2018: Anu, Murmu in women's 400m hurdles final

Jakarta, Aug 26 (IANS) India's Anu Raghavan and Jauna Murmu qualified for the women's 400-meter hurdles final at the 2018 Asian Games here on Sunday.

Anu took a time of 56.77 seconds to finish at the third place in Heat 2, while Jauna…