Technology, Mobiles tabs, 19th Aug 2018, News & Stories from India

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Rajan, who was RBI governor for three years till September 2016, is currently the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth School of Business. (Photo: File)

To tackle bad loans, Parliamentary panel seeks Raghuram Rajan's advice

The letter has been written to Rajan after Arvind Subramanian credited him for identifying the problem, the source said.

19 Aug 2018 5:34 PM

Over 300 people have lost their lives in Kerala since August 8 due to floods caused by rains and landslides. (Photo: File)

UAE-based Indian-origin tycoons pledge Rs 125 mn for flood-hit Kerala

Lulu Group, Fathima Healthcare as well as other UAE-based companies have donated towards the flood relief work.

19 Aug 2018 5:13 PM

'Since then mother Chhotki Devi was running from pillar to post to get her son released. No body could help her and subsequently she fell sick and died on Friday,' said the residents of the area. (Representational Image)

70-yr-old woman dies after son declared doubtful citizen in Assam

Woman migrated to Assam from UP in 1945 died in pain of their children, born and brought up in Assam, being declared as doubtful citizen.

19 Aug 2018 5:07 PM

If you look closely at the notification bar icons, you may find the icons for Wi-Fi, Network connectivity and Battery resembling that of stock Android instead of MIUI’s icons. (Screenshot: GSM Dome)

Is the POCO F1 scheduled to come with stock Android?

Teasers suggest the presence of a stock Android UI on the upcoming POCO F1.

19 Aug 2018 5:01 PM

The image was captioned as 'Milkha Singh' in Bengali. (Photo: Twitter | @Lyfeghosh)

West Bengal: School textbook uses Farhan Akhtar's image, captions it Milkha Singh

The actor took to Twitter to urge the publishers of the book to recall and replace the book with the corrected information.

19 Aug 2018 4:48 PM

Jabir is involved in investment in Dawood's businesses which spans across Pakistan and areas covering the Middle East, the UK and Europe, Africa and countries of South East Asia. (Photo: ANI)

Jabir Moti, Dawood Ibrahim's finance manager, detained in London

Jabir is playing a key role in actively exploring the option of movement of Dawood Ibrahim's family to the UK.

19 Aug 2018 4:36 PM

The majority of the people who post these videos are trying to sell you something. (Photo: Facebook)

YouTube videos on plastic surgery spreading misinformation: Study

YouTube is for marketing.

19 Aug 2018 4:33 PM

Perarivalan, through his RTI application, had also sought to know if any rules have been framed by the Centre on granting remission as directed by the Supreme Court. (Photo: File)

Make public all remission orders of life convicts: CIC on Rajiv Gandhi assassin's plea

CIC held that it is in public interest that people get to know as to why a convict is being released.

19 Aug 2018 4:30 PM

Zargar, an engineer, is alleged to have been 'quite active' on social media and had been expressing his liking for the activities of ISIS in Syria. (Photo:Facebook)

Kashmiri engineer suspected to be ISIS sympathiser deported from UAE

Irfan Ahmad Zargar, 36, was deported from the Gulf country on August 14 and subjected to questioning by various security agencies.

19 Aug 2018 4:29 PM

The ecologist said governments have been lax on implementing environmental norms. (Photo: Pixabay)

Goa may suffer just like Kerala, warns noted ecologist

Madhav Gadgil, a noted ecologist, said that Goa too was witnessing a rise in profit-driven activities which could cause problems.

19 Aug 2018 4:25 PM

65-year-old Samiuddin survived the brutal attack on him by the mob from adjoining Bajheda Khurd village on June 18. (Photo: Screengrab | Twitter @imMAK02)

I want justice, court will do it, says Hapur lynching survivor's son

19-yr-old Anas, whose father survived mob attack two months ago, is still trying to find his bearings and resume a normal life.

19 Aug 2018 4:21 PM

The state government had commissioned audit by the TISS in 2017 and the report was submitted to the Social Welfare Department in April this year. (Representational Image)

Sexual abuse in almost all shelter homes in Bihar: TISS report

TISS had conducted social audit of short stay homes across Bihar, has found certain institutions 'stood out in a manner that was appalling'.

19 Aug 2018 4:10 PM

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) will not sell its stake in IOC and GAIL in the near future as it has used internal resources to repay close to a third of the Rs 24,881 crore loan it had taken to buy Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

ONGC repays a third of loan taken to buy HPCL

ONGC had in January received government approval to sell its 13.77 per cent stake in Indian Oil Corp.

19 Aug 2018 3:58 PM

The Maratha stir, demanding 16 per cent reservations for the community which comprises 30 per cent of Maharashtra's population, had turned violent in several areas in July and early August. (Photo: File)

Maratha outfits announce indefinite protest in Pune from August 20

The information was given by coordinator Shantaram Kunjir, Balasaheb Amrale, Tushar Kakde, Rekha Konde and Sushil Pawar in Pune.

19 Aug 2018 3:37 PM

At least six rounds were fired by the duo outside the restaurant in the afternoon, police said. (Representational Image)

2 bike-borne men fire 6 rounds at Delhi restaurant

The police suspect that the miscreants opened fire to instil a sense fear in the mind of the restaurant owner.

19 Aug 2018 3:34 PM

Vedanta Limited has said it will be investing USD 2.3 billion towards capex on its oil and gas activities in the 'near term' to increase the reserve base by around 375 million barrels.

Vedanta to invest USD 2.3 billion in 'near term' on oil and gas

Vedanta aims to increase production from the current 2,00,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to 3,00,000 bpd.

19 Aug 2018 3:34 PM

A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel said the testimonies of the children were sufficient to hold their father guilty of murdering their mother and it refused to interfere with the trial court's decision. (Representational Image)

Delhi HC upholds man's life sentence for burning wife to death

HC noted that though trial court had imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the man, it had not ordered payment of compensation to the children.

19 Aug 2018 3:32 PM

Sachin Prakasrao Andure was believed to be one of the shooters who fired at Dabholkar while he was on morning walk on the Onkareshwar Bridge in Pune on August 20, 2013. (Photo: File)

Main shooter in activist Narendra Dabholkar murder sent to CBI custody till Aug 26

Sachin Prakasrao Andure, who was arrested Saturday by CBI, was produced before court of judicial magistrate first class A S Mujumdar.

19 Aug 2018 3:23 PM

'The operations of the Turkish army in Jarabulus, Al-Bab and Afrin will be carried out in other Syrian regions, up to the Iraqi border,' Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. (Photo: ANI)

Turkish forces to continue counter-terrorism ops in Iraq, Syria: President

Turkish troops, along with various Syrian opposition groups took part in several military ops, mostly against Kurdish militants in Syria.

19 Aug 2018 3:21 PM

Trump recalled his summit with Kim at Singapore in June, saying that North Korea had returned the remains of the US war troops killed in the Korean War. (Photo: File)

Meeting with foreign leaders 'not a bad thing': Donald Trump

Calling his meeting with Putin at Helsinki in July as 'tremendous', the US President asserted that a 'lot of things were accomplished.'

19 Aug 2018 3:14 PM

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