Again one more train coaches derail in Odisha which impact traffic, As many as 16 coaches of a fertiliser-laden goods train derailed near Nergundi Station in Odisha on Wednesday. While no loss of life or injury has been reported, the incident affected the rail traffic and the trains have been diverted to alternate routes. This … Read more
You would be able to know about the second biggest diamond now, World’s second-biggest diamond, a 1,109-carat stone unearthed by Canada’s Lucara Diamond Corp, has been sold for $53 million (₹346 crore) to luxury jeweler Graff Diamonds. It was mined at Lucara’s Karowe mine in Botswana in November 2015 and is said to be 2.5-3 … Read more
Very good news for the user frequently using Twitter for promotion of the websites and their businesses, Twitter today announced that it has started testing a bigger 280-character limit for tweets for some of its users, instead of 140. This is the first time Twitter has changed its character limit since it launched 11 years … Read more
Proud moments again for Bollywood Priyanka Chopra, with earnings of ₹65 crore ($10 million), has ranked eighth on the list of the ‘World’s Highest-Paid TV Actresses 2017’ by Forbes. Priyanka, who starred in the American series ‘Quantico’, featured on the list for the first time in 2016. Meanwhile, ‘Modern Family’ actress Sofia Vergara has topped the … Read more
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked first in Hurun India Rich List for the sixth consecutive year. Ambani’s net worth of ₹2,57,900 crore is 50% more than the GDP of the country of his birth, Yemen. Over the last one year, shares of Reliance Industries have gained over 1% every seven days, rising … Read more
Marco Müller, producer of the Iranian film ‘Secret Ballot’, which is alleged to have “inspired” the Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘Newton’, has said the Indian film is not a copy of this movie. Secret Ballot’s director Babak Payami said that “thematic similarities are just that”. The plagiarism row began after ‘Newton’ was selected as India’s official … Read more
Technology giant Apple has been named the most valuable brand for the fifth consecutive year by Interbrand in its Best Global Brands Report 2017. The report estimated Apple’s brand value at $184.1 billion, followed by Google’s at $141.7 billion. Facebook made it to top 10 brands for the first time and witnessed the maximum increase … Read more
Asserting that there will be no compromise in the battle against corruption, PM Narendra Modi on Monday reportedly pointed out that he has no relatives. Reporting on what PM Modi said at the BJP’s National Executive Meet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called for making the BJP an instrument of mass participation, improving the lives of … Read more
Two Indian women have featured on Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women in business outside the US. Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar was ranked fifth and Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank Shikha Sharma was ranked at 21. Group Executive Chairman of Spain’s Banco Santander Ana Botín topped the list. … Read more
There are Only 2 students from government schools have reportedly secured admission to the 22 state-run medical colleges in Tamil Nadu through the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) this year. As many as 30 government school students had secured seats in state-run medical colleges last year. This comes amid protests across the state claiming … Read more
