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India’s Fifth Generation Fighter Program: The progress so far

priya December 15, 2018

New Delhi, Dec 15: There are two programs to develop an advanced fighter jet in which India is involved. One is in collaboration with Russia from which India decided to pull out earlier this year but later said it may join the…

India vs Australia 2nd Test LIVE: Aus Start Day 2 at 277/6

priya December 15, 2018

India are playing Australia in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2018/19 at Perth from Friday, 14 December. Click here for live updates.Visitors hold a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series, having won the opening game at Adelaide by 31 runs.India…

Supreme Court Judgment on Rafale Deal ‘Flawed’: Prashant Bhushan

priya December 15, 2018

Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Friday, 14 December, termed Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss all petitions against the Rafale fighter jet deal as ‘flawed’. Earlier in the day, the top court dismissed the petitions seeking a probe in the Rafale deal and said…

Facebook New ‘Bug’ May Have Affected up to 6.8 Million Users

priya December 15, 2018

Facebook apologised on Friday, 14 December, for a “bug” that may have exposed unposted photos from as many as 6.8 million users over a 12-day period through third-party applications. In the latest in a string of incidents on data protection, the leading…

Statue of ‘Racist’ Mahatma Gandhi Removed From University of Ghana

priya December 15, 2018

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been removed from the campus of the University of Ghana, in its capital Accra, after protests from students and faculty. It was removed in the middle of the night on Tuesday, 11 December, leaving just an…

Telangana assembly elections: Defeat sends Congress into introspection mode

priya December 15, 2018

Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) is reviewing the reasons for the party’s defeat in the recent assembly elections in the state. The TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy conducted the review with the candidates at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday for…

Kozhikode: Bomb hurled at office of CPM local secretary

priya December 15, 2018

Kozhikode: A bomb was hurled at the office of CPM local secretary at Purameri near Vadakara in the wee hours of Friday. The LIC office of K.T.K Balakrishnan, who was also the CPM local secretary, has been damaged in the bomb attack.…

Congress continues to pay for Akbaruddin Owaisi’s arrest in 2013

priya December 15, 2018

ADILABAD: The arrest of AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and his subsequently sending him to jail for a month is still haunting the Congress and affecting its prospects in Telangana. It may be recollected that in 2013. during the Congress rule, Mr Akbaruddin…

Mekedatu dam only to save water for Tamil Nadu, says HD Kumaraswamy

priya December 15, 2018

Chennai: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday urged the Tamil Nadu government and the political parties in the state not to block the construction of the Mekedatu dam as it would only help save water for both the states whereas…

Hyderabad breaks 100-year-old record of highest rainfall received in December

priya December 15, 2018

Hyderabad: Hyderabad broke its 100-year -old record of highest rainfall received for the month of December, by registering an average of 46.6 mm (4.6 cm ) rainfall on Thursday night. The last, when the city receive heavy rainfall in December — 1918…