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Modi cabinet reshuffle 2017: Full list o...

Modi cabinet reshuffle 2017: Full list of PM Modi’s Council of Ministers

Among the four bureaucrats inducted into the government, three have been made Ministers of State with independent charge: former Home Secretary R.K. Singh, a Lok Sabha member from Bihar, got Power and New and Renewable Energy portfolios held by Goyal while former diplomat Hardeep Puri secured... read more »

New Ransomware ‘Locky’ Sprea...

New Ransomware ‘Locky’ Spreading Through Email Attachment

The government has issued an alert for a new computer ransomware called ‘Locky’ which is spreading through a wave of emails with attachments. The malware can lock computer files with an encryption program and demand a ransom for them to be unlocked. More than 23 million messages have... read more »

17-year-old Russian girl, alleged master...

17-year-old Russian girl, alleged mastermind of Blue Whale challenge arrest...

A 17-year-old Russian girl has been arrested for allegedly being the mastermind behind the deadly Blue Whale Challenge, that encouraged players to commit suicide. The teenager, who was not identified by authorities, allegedly threatened her victims that she would murder them or their families if... read more »

Ghazipur collapse a man-made disaster &#...

Ghazipur collapse a man-made disaster – Kejriwal blames BJP-ruled MCD

Two persons died in East Delhi after a part of the Ghazipur garbage landfill collapsed on this Friday afternoon, sweeping several people on a road nearby into a canal. Kejriwal on Friday called the Ghazipur landfill collapse a ‘man-made disaster’, questioning the BJP-ruled municipal... read more »

Coal auction vindicates CAG stand: Nirmala Sitharaman

The ongoing auctioning of coal blocks has vindicated the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) criticism of the way the natural resources was allocated by the previous government,... read more »

Vistara launches maiden flight service to Goa

Tata’s full service passenger carrier Vistara Friday launched its maiden flight between New Delhi and Goa and said that it will expand its fleet to six aircraft by April. The airline had... read more »

RIL shares fall; biggest drag on index

NEW DELHI: A day after Delhi Police arrested seven people, including government employees and a former journalist, whom they said ran a scam to steal official documents from India’s... read more »

With $33 billion in royal giveaway, Saudis have ‘nothing to complain about’

European leaders are still battling over austerity. The U.S. Congress is gearing up for another fight over the budget. But in Saudi Arabia, there are no such troubles when you are king —... read more »

Russian opposition leader Navalny given 15 days in custody

MOSCOW: Russia’s leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny was sentenced Thursday to 15 days in custody for handing out leaflets in the subway. A district court in Moscow ruled Thursday that... read more »