Day: August 21, 2018

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked state commissions to contribute towards relief funds for flood-hit Kerala that is witnessing its worst deluge in nearly a century, chairperson Rekha Sharma said on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a meeting of the state cabinet, which decided to seek a special package from the Centre under the centrally sponsored schemes, including the latter’s flagship rural employment programme MNREGS.

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) in India is set to introduce its first ever Ideathon, a 30-hour nonstop hackathon to address and solve brand challenges.

With over 10 lakh people still in relief camps in Kerala, their homes devastated by the savage monsoon that has claimed 223 lives since 8 August, ‘Onam’ and Bakrid are going to be a subdued affair this year.

Two Bangkok-bound air passengers were detained for questioning by the police at the airport here today after they claimed they had explosive devices in their baggage.

Income tax raids took place at one of the prominent real estate and construction companies in the city this morning.

The Supreme Court today said that the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections and stated that it should be applied in direct polls only.

Pasumpon Makkal Kazhagam at its third State general body meeting held in Thiruporur on Sunday passed a resolution asking the State government to bring back the history lesson on Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar in school textbooks, which has been removed.

Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara admitted that he was under pressure to score runs and credited his county stints for providing him the confidence to bat in English conditions and overturn his poor form during the third Test here.

With a market share of 29.7 per cent, nearly one out of three smartphones sold in India were Xiaomi devices in Q2 2018. The quarter also marks the first time a smartphone brand shipped nearly 10 million units within a single quarter.