26 Jan 2017

Is sale of sex toys in India legal?

Adult products are openly sold in India however it's unclear whether it's legal to do so.

England win the first T20 against India

England took a 1-0 lead in the T20 series as they chased the target of 148 runs with 11 balls to spare.

Roger Federer reaches Australian Open finals

17 times Grand Slam champion Roger Federer reached the finals of 2017 Australian Open after defeating fellow countryman Stanislas Wawrinka.

Alert Mumbai train drivers rewarded for averting major disaster

Driver Harendra Kumar of Janshatabdi Express, travelling from Madgaon to Dadar on January 24, saw a heavy piece of rail on the tracks near Diva. With the help of his 2 colleagues, the piece was removed.

Rajpath parade highlights: Black Cat Commandos, UAE contingent and more!

Hundreds of people attended the Republic Day parade today, where Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the chief guest.

India honours "unsung heroes," gives them Padma awards

The Padma awards are normally bestowed upon famous personalities.

Rahul Dravid declines honorary doctorate; says wants to earn it

Former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid has turned down a honorary doctorate degree conferred by Bangalore University.

Indian techie sells company for $3.7bn to Cisco

Jyoti Bansal, an IIT Delhi alumnus, has sold his company AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion.

Border security start-up receives funding boost

In a pre-series A funding round, border security start-up CRON Systems raised an undisclosed-amount from VC firm YourNest. YourNest has recently announced the launch of its second fund which was set up in September 2016 with a Rs.300 crore corpus.

India to send expedition to measure Everest

The Surveyor-General of India, Swarna Subba Rao stated that a 30 member team would be dispatched to Mount Everest to assess any changes in height that may have happened after the 2015 earthquake.

DLF

INOX is leading bidder for SRS cinemas

INOX Leisure Limited (INOX) is reportedly the highest bidder for SRS Cinemas.

Upcoming budget could turn India's school education crisis into opportunity

Over 260 million children have enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in 2015-16.

25 Jan 2017

Delhi CM could be targeted on Republic Day

An email addressed to Arvind Kejriwal said that he could be attacked by four men on Republic Day.

6 people lost money to frauds posing as 'bank officials'

6 cases of credit/debit card frauds have been registered by the Azad Maidan police; victims received phone-calls from people posing as bank officials and tricking them into revealing their card-details.

Goa

49 prisoners take over prison in Goa

One prisoner was killed and at least 12 others were injured when over 49 prisoners took over the Sada sub jail in Goa and attempted to flee.