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Eight workers injured in bamboo scaffolding collapse in Thane

Four of them, who were seriously injured, were rushed to the Thane Civil Hospital.

At least eight construction workers were injured, half of them seriously, when a scaffolding of bamboo poles erected for painting work in a housing complex here crashed Monday, officials said. The incident took place late in the morning in the Balkum area of the city, they said.

Santosh Kadam, chief of Thane’s…

How Ranbir Kapoor, Back In Mumbai, Spent His Sunday

New Delhi: 

Actor Ranbir Kapoor touched down in Mumbai over the weekend and on Sunday evening, the cameras spotted him at a football ground with cousins Armaan and Aadar Jain. For over a month, Ranbir was in the US, where his dad Rishi Kapoor is currently undergoing medical treatment, but what exactly he’s being treated for has still not been disclosed. Ranbir and his mother Neetu had…

Bhavye Suneja, Pilot From Delhi, 31, Was Flying Indonesian Lion Air Plane That Crashed Into Sea

Lion Air Plane Crash: Delhi’s Bhavye Suneja was working with Lion Air for the past 7 years.

New Delhi: 

The pilot of an Indonesian plane that crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta was an Indian national. Bhavye Suneja, 31, was a Delhi resident. He joined the Indonesian carrier, Lion Air, seven years ago.

The aircraft was commanded by Captain Suneja and co-pilot Harvino with…

Lenovo K9, Lenovo A5 to Go on Sale in India Exclusively via Flipkart From November 1

Lenovo K9 and Lenovo A5 are the Chinese phone maker’s latest smartphones for the Indian market launchedearlier this month, just in time for the Diwali festive season. While availability was not announced at the time of launch, Flipkart has now revealed that the Lenovo K9 and Lenovo A5 will go on sale exclusively via its portal starting 12am on November 1. Interestingly, Flipkart is hosting its…

Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite Ibuki-2 launched from Japan

Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite Ibuki-2 launched from Japan (JAXA)

A Japanese rocket carrying the United Arab Emirates’ first locally made satellite has lifted off from a space center in southern Japan. The KhalifaSat Earth observation satellite was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency from its Tanegashima Space Center.

The H-2A rocket also is carrying an Ibuki-2…

Japan Launches Satellite To Monitor Greenhouse Gases

Tokyo: 

Japan’s space agency on Monday launched a rocket carrying a satellite that will monitor greenhouse gases, as well as the first satellite built entirely in the United Arab Emirates.

The nation’s H-IIA rocket lifted off Monday afternoon at 1:08 pm (0308 GMT) from the Tanegashima Space Centre, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

About 16 minutes later, it sent a…

NASA’s Hubble Completes First Science Operation After 3-Week Hiatus

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has returned to normal operations and completed its first science observations after a three-week hiatus owing to a failed gyroscope.

The observations were of the distant, star-forming galaxy and were taken in infrared wavelengths with the Wide Field Camera 3 instrument.

The return to conducting science comes after successfully recovering a backup gyroscope, or…

Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat says troops looking into reports of snipers entering Kashmir Valley

Army chief General Bipin Rawat

Army chief General Bipin Rawat Monday said the Army was looking into reports of snipers entering the Kashmir Valley to target defence personnel. Three defence personnel were killed in sniper attacks by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists since mid-September, prompting the law enforcement agencies to re-calibrate their strategy to thwart such strikes by the…

Sri Lanka Caught In Power Vacuum, Says Ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ousted Sri Lanka prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he commands the majority in Parliament. (File)

Colombo: 

Ousted Sri Lanka prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Monday that his controversial sacking has left the country in a power vacuum and demanded that parliament be allowed to end a standoff with the president.

“At the moment there is a vacuum, no one is in full charge of the…

Flipkart Diwali Sale Starts November 1, Offers and Deals Previewed

After the end of the Festive Dhamaka Days sale, Flipkart hasn’t wasted much time to announce yet another sale week, this time calling it the Flipkart Diwali Sale. This sale will go on from November 1 to November 5, and will offer deals and discounts on various smartphone and related products. Smartphones currently listed include Realme 2 Pro, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Honor 9N, and more, while Lenovo A5

Now, learn on WhatsApp how to run a small business in India

WhatsApp and CII will conduct on-ground training across India for SMEs to explain the features and best practices on its messaging platform. (Reuters)

The Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApphas joined hands with Confederation of Indian Industry for providing training to entrepreneurs and small media enterprises (SMEs) across India by using ‘WhatsApp Business’ app to help them grow…

Petrol Diesel Rates Prices Fall On October 29 Fuel At Cheaper Rates Today Check What It Cost

Fuel prices had earlier witnessed a relentless hike in the country.

Fuel prices witnessed a downfall on Monday across the four metro cities for twelfth straight day. The oil marketing companies (OMCs) slashed rates of petrol and diesel by 30 paise per litre and 20 paise per litre, respectively, in Delhi as compared to the Sunday prices. In the national capital, petrol price stood at Rs 79.75…

India One Of The Fastest Growing Economies, Says Prime Minister Narendra Modi In Japan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Japan on Saturday to attend the India-Japan annual summit. (File)

Tokyo: 

India is going through a massive transformative phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he invited the Indian community in Japan to contribute in building a “new India”.

PM Modi, who arrived in Japan on Saturday to attend the 13th India-Japan annual summit, detailed India’s…

UN Chief Urges Parties To Exercise Restraint In Sri Lanka

United Nations: 

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has expressed great concern over Sri Lanka’s deepening political crisis and called on the country’s government to respect democratic values and constitutional provisions and process.

A constitutional crisis has gripped Sri Lanka since President Mathripala Sirisena’s sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday, and appointed former…

Startup India: How PM Narendra Modi’s pet mission fares 2 years later; reality check

 A decline in funding for companies at the seed stage is a major challenge in front of the sector, NASSCOM report adds. (Image: Narendra Modi/Twitter)

With much fanfare, Prime Minister Narendra Modilaunched Startup mission in January 2016 with an aim to fund new startups. As the mission nears two years of completion, here is a reality check how it fared during this period. A recent report…