New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Public Wi-Fi in India has the ability to capture 40 million new connected users by 2019, resulting in at least $20 billion being added to the country's GDP, a joint report by Google and global research firm Analysys Mason said on Wednesday.The report noted that public Wi-Fi could play a key role in driving ubiquitous...
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the leasing chunks of defence land to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in Delhi, Jalandhar and Udhampur.The move will benefit hundreds of children of defence personnel and others studying in the schools presently running in "re-appropriated" buildings at these locations.The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved...
Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir during which he will discuss the security situation in the state with top officials.National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and senior MHA officials are accompanying him.Rajnath Singh earlier tweeted: "Heading to Srinagar on a two-day...
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Expectation of a healthy rural demand on the back of the government's enhanced farm sector support buoyed the key Indian equity indices on Wednesday.Additionally, positive economic data on services sector and healthy buying in automobile and banking sector stocks pushed the indices higher, despite broadly negative global cues.Consequently, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) zoomed by 266.80...
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Expanding its Cyber-shot RX100 series of compact cameras, Sony India on Wednesday launched a "RX100 VI" camera with high magnification zoom lens, versatile 24-200mm large aperture and "world's fastest" 0.03 seconds auto focus (AF) speed for Rs 99,990.The camera would be available at Sony Centres, authorised dealers and electronic stores from July 6.The device comes...
Moscow, July 4 (IANS) Russia's national team trained on Wednesday at their base camp near Moscow, just days away from their highly-anticipated clash with Croatia in the quarterfinal round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.Russia knocked out Spain in its last-16 match on July 1, winning the penalty shootout 4-3 after a 1-1 draw following 120 minutes of play, reports...
Moscow, July 4 (IANS) Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson feels his native Sweden will knock their quarterfinal rivals out from the FIFA World Cup on Saturday."England will struggle to score against Sweden," Eriksson, who managed England from 2001-06, was quoted as saying by espnfc."I believe it will be a Swedish win. And as a Swede my hopes are with Sweden."England...
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Actress Sonali Bendre on Wednesday shared that she has been diagnosed with a "high-grade cancer", and is undergoing treatment in New York.Ever since the actress posted the news about her health on Twitter and Instagram, prayers and wishes have been pouring in for the actress from the film fraternity. In a long post, Sonali said: "Sometimes,...
Melbourne, July 4 (IANS) Refuting all claims of softening of bans on former skipper Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner for their involvement in ball tampering in the Cape Town Test, Cricket Australia on Wednesday dismissed the reports as "purely speculative"."At no stage have we, or are we considering lessening the current sanctions in place for respective players in...
Panaji, July 4 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion on job creation, saying credit for jobs created by state governments and private sector should also be shared with the Central government."As Prime Minister recently said, if Karnataka produced 51 lakh (jobs) and West Bengal generated 69 lakh jobs, obviously these are state...
