India, Russia sign agreement for two more units at Kudankulam
“We have had discussions with many countries, but Russia has emerged as the only country with which we have successfully collaborated in the atomic power sector,” said Indian Ambassador Pankaj Saran.
Pakistan summons Indian Deputy High Commissioner over LoC firing
Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday summoned Deputy Indian High Commissioner J.P. Singh and lodged a protest over ceasefire violation along Line of Control.
TTV Dhinakaran gets bail in EC bribery case
AIADMK (Amma) deputy general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran and his close aide Mallikarjuna were granted bail by special court in the Election Commission bribery case on Thursday. The duo were alleged to have attempted to bribe certain officials of the Election Commission for allotment of 'Two Leaves’ symbol to the Amma faction.
Chennai Silks building set to be demolished soon
A day after a fire almost destroyed a seven-storeyed building that housed Chennai Silks in the city, preparations are underway to raze what's left of the building under the inspection of revenue officials. Four floors of the building collapsed at around 3 a.m. in the morning today.
Narayana Murthy asks senior executives to take pay cuts to stop IT layoffs
IT companies can protect the jobs of youngsters if senior executives take pay cuts, said Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy. He added that the industry has dealt with the issue several times in the past.
LIGO strikes again, detects third binary black hole merger
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors in the U.S. have detected yet another merger of two black holes on January 4, 2017. Named GW170104, this signal marks the third confirmed detection of gravitational waves coming from a binary black hole merger.
Ramachandra Guha quits as BCCI administrator
Mr. Guha, informed a Vacation Bench of Justices M.M. Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta that he has resigned from his post and has discussed the issue with the committee's chairperson and former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai.
While the onset of southwest monsoon has brought cheer to many, data shows many parts of India has received deficient rainfall for the period of March to May 2017.
Mahesh Babu's 'Spyder' teaser out
Spyder, a spy-thriller directed by A.R. Murugadoss and starring Mahesh Babu, is scheduled to hit screens in September 2017. As a prelude to the much-awaited film, Mahesh Babu released a short teaser clip and soon it sent fans and kept Twitteratti hooked to it.
