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Top Sports Stars Express Support For BSF Soldier
A host of prominent sportspersons on Tuesday came out in support of Border Security Force (BSF) soldier Tej Bahadur Yadav over his allegations of poor quality of food served to personnel on the border and corruption among high-ranking officers. Yadav, a constable in the 29th battalion, had posted several videos on social networking platform Facebook showing visuals of poor quality of food provided to BSF soldiers on the Indo-Pakistan border. He had alleged that BSF officers siphon off food supplies provided by the government.....
Modi Meets Swedish Minister, Invites More Investment In Flagship Ventures
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Swedish Education Minister Anna Ekstrom and pitched India's potential for investment in green technology and flagship ventures like the 'Smart Cities' project and 'Skill India'.....
Thane Doctors Halt Surgery To Click Cockroaches
In a bizarre development, doctors in a hospital here stopped a patient's surgery midway to focus on clicking and filming cockroaches roaming freely in the operation theatre.....
25 Killed In Kabul Blasts
At least 25 people were killed and several others wounded in two suicide blasts near a government office along a busy road in the western part of Kabul on Tuesday.....
Interest In Learning Hindi Growing Globally : PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a message on World Hindi Day on Tuesday, said interest in learning Hindi is growing across the world with growing international influence of India.....
Australia Plans To Tax All Digital Transactions
The Australian government plans to tax all online transactions, Treasurer Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as part of a so-called 'tax strike' on the rapidly-growing digital economy.....
Microsoft To Launch New Data Control Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft is launching a web-based account privacy dashboard that gives users control over their data and lets them monitor the information Microsoft services use. ....
Sonam Kapoor 'thrilled' To Star In 'Pad Man'
Actress Sonam Kapoor has been roped in for the upcoming film "Pad Man" directed by R. Balki.....
World Bank Cuts Indian GDP Growth For Fiscal To 7%
In its first projection on India post-demonetisation, the World Bank has lowered the country's GDP growth estimate for this fiscal to 7 per cent, from its earlier estimate of 7.6 per cent made in June last year.....
CPI-M To 'hang' Modi Over Failure Of Demonetisation
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) will hold a special programme in 14 district headquarters in the state where Prime Minister Narendra Modi would face a mock trial and would be hanged.....
