Day: August 27, 2019

World champion Sindhu meets PM

2:59 pm August 27, 2019

New Delhi: Newly-crowned badminton world champion P V Sindhu on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called her India’s pride. Sindhu defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in the final of the world championship in Basel, Switzerland to become the first Indian to claim a gold at the showpiece. The Hyderabadi had won two […]

Hyundai plans to start rolling out BS6 s early next year

2:48 pm August 27, 2019

Udaipur: South Korean auto major Hyundai plans to start rolling out upgraded BS6 compliant models, including diesel trims, on a regular basis by early next year, a top company official said. The company, which is present in the country through a wholly-owned subsidiary, also plans to simultaneously keep selling BS4 vehicles till end of March […]

Sikkim urges Centre to withdraw notification opening up peaks

2:44 pm August 27, 2019

Gangtok/Kolkata: The Sikkim government has urged the Centre to withdraw its notification which opened up 24 peaks of the state to mountaineers, a top official said. The Centre has recently allowed mountaineering and trekking in 137 peaks across the country, including 24 peaks in Sikkim, in a bid to boost tourism. The state government has […]

Over 40 injured as bus falls into gorge in Udhampur

2:39 pm August 27, 2019

Udhampur (J-K): Over 40 passengers were injured on Tuesday when an overloaded mini bus rolled down into a gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident took place shortly after the vehicle left Chunanta village for Udhampur around 7.30 am, a police official said. He said the driver of the vehicle […]

20-yr-old man gets new lease of life after heart transplant at AIIMS

Indians have higher average resting heart rate: IHS

2:33 pm August 27, 2019

Kolkata: Indians have an average resting heart rate of 80 beats per minute which is higher than the desired rate of 72, Indian Heart Study (IHS) has found. The IHS also highlighted that unlike people of other countries, Indians have higher blood pressure in the evenings than in mornings. The study was conducted on 18,918 […]