Day: December 9, 2020

West Bengal Police speaking blatant lies about BJP worker’s killing: Vijayvargiya

3:57 pm December 9, 2020

Kolkata: BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday refuted claims by the West Bengal Police that it does not use pellet guns, accusing the force of speaking ”blatant lies” over the killing of a saffron party worker during a recent rally. Vijayvargiya shared a short video where a police personnel is seen purportedly loading bullets in […]

When Yes Bank audit report carried only a brief obit of Ashok Kapur

3:54 pm December 9, 2020

New Delhi: An obituary message for Yes Bank founder chairman Ashok Kapur, who fell to terrorists’ bullets in the 26/11 attacks, was carried in a ”tiny blink-and-miss paragraph” in the company’s audit reports published five months later, claims a new book. Kapur, who owned 12 per cent of the bank’s shares, was a regular at […]

Dry weather in UP, dense fog in some places

3:50 pm December 9, 2020

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh witnessed dry weather on Wednesday with dense fog at isolated places, the Meteorological Department here said Jhansi recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state at 30.5 degrees Celsius, while Fursatganj was the coldest at 7.6 degrees Celsius The weatherman has forecast dry weather and shallow to moderate fog at isolated places […]

Flipkart expands benefits for sellers under 'Growth Capital' programme

Books on Hero, Flipkart, HDFC in race for Gaja Capital Prize

3:20 pm December 9, 2020

New Delhi: Books on HDFC Bank’s digital revolution and the journeys of Flipkart, BigBasket and Hero are among the six works shortlisted for the Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2020. Instituted by equity firm Gaja Capital last year, the Rs 15-lakh prize is awarded annually to celebrate the best non-fiction books on contemporary Indian business. The shortlisted books are ”HDFC Bank 2.0” by […]

Scientists decode outcome of unmitigated spread of COVID-19

3:17 pm December 9, 2020

Boston: Scientists have analysed the spread of COVID-19 among people in Manaus, Brazil, where more than 70 per cent of the population was infected within seven months of the novel coronavirus arriving in the city, findings which shed light on what may happen if the disease spreads unmitigated. Brazil has experienced one of the world’s […]