Day: July 13, 2019

All S-400 missiles to be delivered to India by 2025: Russian deputy chief of mission

Turkey continues receiving Russian S-400 air defence parts

9:02 pm July 13, 2019

Istanbul: Turkey has continued receiving components of a Russian-made air defence system for a second day, despite Washington’s warnings that it will impose sanctions on the NATO-member country. Turkey’s defence ministry tweeted Saturday the landing of a fourth Russian cargo plane in Murted Air Base, near the capital, Ankara. On Friday, the ministry announced the […]

Blunt talk needed in country today, Murthy says, cites his spat with Sikka

8:53 pm July 13, 2019

Mumbai: Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy said Saturday that looking at “what is happening in different parts of the country today”, the youth need to state bluntly that this was not the country for which our forefathers got freedom. Talking about his spat with Vishal Sikka, Infosys’ first non-promoter chief executive who quit in 2017, he […]

Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Government

Preparations underway for launch of Chandrayaan-2: ISRO chief

8:52 pm July 13, 2019

Tirupati (AP): ISRO is all set for the country’s prestigious lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, and all preparations are going on for its launch on July 15, the space agency’s chairman K Sivan said Saturday. It is the Indian Space Research Organisation’s first mission to land on any celestial body and a follow-up to Chandrayaan-1 launched in […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Man kills grandparents in J&K’s Kathua

8:44 pm July 13, 2019

Jammu: A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his grandparents in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district Saturday, police said. Sahil went to the room of his grandparents, identified as Chand Kumar (82) and his wife Sanjogta (75), and allegedly hit them with a blunt object, killing both on the spot, they said. He fled […]

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

USD 5 bn US fine set for Facebook on privacy probe: Report

8:40 pm July 13, 2019

Washington: US regulators have approved a USD 5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network’s privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The newspaper said the Federal Trade Commission approved the settlement in a 3-2 vote, with the two Democratic members of the […]