CHUCKLE: Ola Just Trolled Uber Real Bad On Twitter
Ola, India's largest taxi-hailing app maker, today went after rival Uber on Twitter. It all started with a friendly exchange of tweets between TaxiForSure, another taxi-hailing app that Ola owns, with...
View ArticleDelhi Budget Highlights: Free Wi-Fi In Villages, CCTV Cameras In All...
NEW DELHI -- The Aam Aadmi Party-government in Delhi today presented its first budget, calling it the"country's first Swaraj budget," a document with crowdsourced ideas on how to spend and allocate the...
View ArticleN-disarmament: Tiny Island Of 70,000 People Takes India To Court
NEW DELHI: A year ago, a tiny island republic in the Pacific Ocean - Marshall Islands - with a population of 70,000 made an impassioned plea to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking...
View ArticleMiley Cyrus Has Been Named 2015's Sexiest Vegetarian By PETA
Singer Miley Cyrus has been named the Sexiest Vegetarian of 2015 by animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The news was announced on the organisation's website...
View ArticleMumbai Drunk Driving: No Bail For Corporate Lawyer Jahnvi Gadkar
MUMBAI — A court on Friday rejected the bail application moved by 35-year-old corporate lawyer Jahnvi Gadkar who is accused of mowing down two persons here on June 10 under the influence of alcohol....
View ArticleChennai Road Caves In, Yet Again, Due To Ongoing Metro Construction
A road caved in on Friday due to metro construction work that is underway near General Hospital in Chennai, ANI reported. Worryingly, this is not a one-off incident in the city, where a spate of such...
View ArticleCafé Coffee Day Files Draft Prospectus For $181 Million IPO
The firm behind Café Coffee Day, India's biggest homegrown coffee chain, has filed a draft prospectus with regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise as much as 11.5 billion rupees ($181...
View ArticleIndigo Airlines Expected To File $400 million IPO Next Week
India's biggest airline IndiGo is set to file prospectus next week for a domestic stock market listing that is expected to raise as much as $400 million, three sources with knowledge of the matter...
View ArticleUh-Oh! Domestic Airlines Might Start Charging Flyers For Check-In Baggage
Aviation regulator DGCA is likely to take a call shortly on allowing domestic airlines to charge for check-in baggage while providing incentives for passengers who travel light. The Directorate General...
View ArticleCountries Where Same Sex Marriage Is Legal
America erupted in joyous celebrations on Friday after the Supreme Court in a pathbreaking decision ruled that it is now legal for all Americans, no matter what their sexual orientation is, to marry...
View Article7 Times Indians Had The Perfect Response To US Supreme Court's Marriage...
The US Supreme Court on Friday handed same-sex couples a major victory -- the right to marry the people they love -- and paved the way for many countries in the future to allow equal rights to...
View ArticleIndia Recalls New Zealand Envoy Ravi Thapar After Allegations That His Wife...
NEW DELHI — Indian High Commissioner in New Zealand Ravi Thapar has been "posted back" to New Delhi following allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member and a detail investigation is being...
View ArticleHow To Get The Rainbow Filter On Your Facebook Display Picture
You may have noticed that your timeline on Facebook is flooded with profile pictures of friends that now have rainbow filters. The rainbow flag is a powerful symbol of hope and inclusion for the LGBTQ...
View ArticleRishi Garg, Twitter's Top Indian-Origin Executive, Resigns
NEW YORK — A top Indian-origin executive at micro-blogging site Twitter has resigned, the latest in a recent string of departures from the company including that of CEO Dick Costolo. Rishi Garg, the...
View ArticleRajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Leaves Delhi Without Meeting BJP Top Brass
NEW DELHI — Embattled Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today attended a NITI Aayog deliberation here but left the capital without meeting either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or BJP chief Amit...
View ArticleAre You An Assistant Editor? This Song Will Call Out To You
If you see the IMDb filmography of Mark Adams, you will realize what prompted him to dedicate a song to his profession. Adams sang a ballad to the post of Assistant Editor and painted a pretty accurate...
View ArticleDisillusioned AAP Volunteer Sunil Lal Sends Legal Notice To Arvind Kejriwal...
LUCKNOW — The AAP logo's designer who has quit the party has served a legal notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for still using the logo for which he holds the copyright. Sunil Lal told IANS...
View ArticleIndia Recalls Top New Zealand Diplomat Ravi Thapar Amid Allegations Of...
NEW DELHI — High Commissioner for India in New Zealand, Ravi Thapar, has categorically denied he is leaving because of allegations that his wife assaulted a member of his domestic staff. He said he...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn From This Academic's Hands-On Approach To India's...
India’s sanitation mission, Swacch Bharat, which aims to eliminate open defecation by Mahatma Gandhi's 150th anniversary in October 2019, needs all the help it can get. Only 36 percent of Indians have...
View ArticleAgra Police Arrests 109 Miscreants For Public Urination
In an unprecedented intervention for sanitation, the Agra police arrested 109 people who were urinating at railway stations, and sent them to jail for 24 hours. They were also fined up to Rs500 for...
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