Brussels, Sep 18 (IANS) The EU on Tuesday announced an emergency aid package worth two million euros to help victims of typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines.The funds will be given to humanitarian organizations already working in affected areas and "will address the most urgent needs of the communities stricken by the typhoon", Efe news reported."The EU is supporting those in...
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Accusing the newly-elected Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) President Ankiv Basoya of securing admission in the university using "fake certificate", the Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday questioned the validity of his admission and his election to the union.The student group made the claim on the basis of a letter -- copies...
Jaipur, Sep 18 (IANS) The special children of Umang, a Jaipur-based NGO, had a whale of a time as Bollywood superstar Salman Khan officially inaugurated the centre on Tuesday.After unveiling the plaque, Salman met the children with great warmth and affection as they continually cheered for him. Trustee of Umang and former Rajasthan Tourism Minister Bina Kak took the actor...
San Francisco, Sep 18 (IANS) US-based global software major Cognizant on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Advanced Technology Group (ATG) -- a management and technology consultancy services focused on the Salesforce Platform -- for an undisclosed sum.Kansas-based ATG is a leader in helping companies effectively plan, implement and optimise automated Cloud-based Quote-to-Cash (Q2C) business processes and technologies that enable greater...
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) SHARP India, a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Japan-based SHARP Corporation, on Tuesday launched its 8K "Professional Display" at InfoComm 2018 here.Priced approximately around Rs 20 lakh, the top-end model, "LV-70X500E" is a B2B (business-to-business) product and it adopts an 8K high-resolution LCD panel with 16 times the resolution of full-HD."We believe that 8K will revolutionise...
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) The latest global trade protectionist measures, along with high crude oil prices, dragged the Indian rupee to a fresh low of 72.98 per US dollar on Tuesday.At 5 p.m., the rupee closed at 72.98 per greenback from its previous close of 72.51 per dollar. It had opened at 72.60 per US dollar at the Inter-Bank Foreign...
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Upping the ante against the Narendra Modi government for its "collaboration" in letting Vijay Mallya flee the country, the Congress on Tuesday demanded a probe into why the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley did not act against the liquor baron."Complicity, collusion, connivance and collaboration of the Modi government at the highest...
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that investment, rather than subsidies, would make the country's agricultural sector self-sufficient since a model that relies indefinitely on subsidies can't be sustainable in the long run."India will continue to see a gradual blending of investment and subsidies. And hopefully one day... investment will prevail and therefore making...
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that Nepal had explained its absence from the recent BIMSTEC military drill and that India had "no reason to disbelieve it".She stressed that contrary to reports in a "section of media", Nepal had not boycotted the India-proposed military exercise and participated as an "observer"."The reason why they (Nepal)...
Shimla, Sep 18 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh suffered a cumulative loss of Rs 1,217.29 crore during the monsoon rains that also claimed 264 lives, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said here on Tuesday.He said the Public Works Department suffered a maximum loss of Rs 735 crore due to the rains in the form of damage to roads and bridges.He said it...
