New Delhi: Large personal electric devices (PED) like laptops might be banned inside check-in luggage to avoid any fire incident in the cargo of planes, report claimed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in a study submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) stated that fire in PED kept in cargo hold “could lead to…
Jahnavi Parikh was two when her father Piyush Parikh, an IT professional, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. Jahnavi began school in the US and, later when her father moved back to India between 2004 and 2007, he enrolled her in a Mumbai school. Post 2007, she was once again studying in the US. Two…
Rory Stewart says Islamic State members pose a serious danger and ‘the only way of dealing with them will be to kill them’ The only way of dealing with most of the British Islamic State fighters in Syria is to kill them, a British government minister has said. Rory Stewart, an international development minister, said…
In one adrenaline-loaded stunt, 245 people rope-jumped off a bridge in Brazil. As many as 245 people jumped together on Sunday from a 98-foot-high bridge in Brazil in a Guinness World Record attempt at rope jumping. The stunt took place in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo. Although the success of the attempt has not…
Supreme Court steps in on National Anthem row, says no need to stand up in movie halls to prove patriotism. New Delhi: People do not need to stand up in cinema halls to prove their patriotism and “cannot be forced to carry patriotism on their sleeves”, the Supreme Court said on Monday, asking the Centre to…
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) The Union home ministry has collected more than Rs 5 crore so far this year as penalty from NGOs which have failed to file their annual income and expenditure statements on time, an official said. Filing of annual returns by NGOs within the stipulated date is mandatory under the Foreign…
The central adoption body CARA is planning to set up a portal to help prospective parents from outside India track the status of their applications instead of relying solely on their country’s authorised agency. The move will help non-resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) as well as foreign nationals who apply for inter-country…
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third visit to his home state Gujarat this month saw the announcement of projects worth Rs. 2000 crore. The state also had its first “roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro)” ferry service – a Rs. Rs. 650-crore initiative which the Prime Minister inaugurated this morning, calling it his “dream project”. The day ended…
The terrorist group is apparently circulating a photoshopped image showing the Russia 2018 logo hijacked by a gun-wielding ISIS fighter. Football fans across the world and the FIFA World Cup 2018 organisers in Russia, especially, are left worried after a threat purportedly issued by dreaded Islamic State (ISIS) came up on Tuesday October 17, warning…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to wish everyone a happy Diwali. He, however, managed to come in the line of fire of several users for his choice of words. ‘Diwali Mubarak’, Trudeau greeted his 3.71 million followers, with a picture of himself in a black sherwani, lighting a lamp….
