The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive plan to eliminate industrially-produced artificial trans fats from the global food supply by 2023.
Elimination of trans fats is key to protecting
Ever since the launch of Reliance Jio in 2016, telecom sector in India has witnessed a major upheaval, leading to consolidation in the industry.
While Idea and Vodafone are set to join hands in their joint bids to counter Mukesh Ambani-owned Jio, Airtel on Monday completed the acquisition of the Telenor, Indian subsidiary of Norwegian telecom company.
On Monday, Bharti Airtel, and Telenor South Asia announced the completion of their transaction, wherein, Airtel has acquired the operations of Telenor (India) Communications Private Limited.
NEW YORK: India was the largest remittance-receiving country in the world, with migrant workers from the country sending home $69 billion in 2017, according to a report which said remittances to the Asia-Pacific region amounted to $256 billion last year.
The report 'RemitSCOPE - Remittance markets and opportunities - Asia and the Pacific' said India ($69 billion), China ($64 billion) and the Philippines ($33 billion) are the three largest remittance-receiving countries in the world in 2017. Pakistan ($20 billion), and Vietnam ($14 billion) are also in the top 10.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton said his dominant Spanish Grand Prix victory had revitalised him after a difficult start to the season.
Briton Hamilton led from pole and now has a 17-point advantage in the championship over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who finished fourth.
The world champion had struggled for competitiveness in the previous three races, despite a win in Azerbaijan.
"It has been a rejuvenating experience," Hamilton said.
"It's the greatest feeling to come here and have that kind of performance and have a convincing win.
Hannover: Indian shooter Heena Sidhu clinched the gold medal while compatriot P Shri Nivetha settled for bronze in the women's 10m air pistol at the International Shooting Competitions of Hannover (ISCH) ahead of next week's ISSF Munich World Cup.
Heena was in rollicking form in the final where she was tied with France's Mathilde
The finish marks a strong build-up to next week's ISSF World Cup in Munich.
New Delhi: Paytm on Monday introduced automatic recurring payments, a new feature that lets users configure the payments app to pay for periodic recurring expenses automatically.
Similar to standing instructions for bank accounts, the ‘My Payments’ feature can be used for high-value payments for a variety of cases.
“Our customers make regular recurring payments such as house rent, maid/driver’s salary, milk or newspaper vendor payments online. This has led to a major surge in our bank transfer service. We have now simplified these payments with ‘My Payments’ and are expecting 6X growth owing to this rapid shift in consumer behaviour in favour of going cashless,” said Paytm’s senior vice president Deepak Abbot.
NEW DELHI: A woman can lodge a complaint under the domestic violence law against the excesses committed by her ex-husband even after the dissolution of marriage, the Supreme Court has said.
The top court refused to interfere with the order of the Rajasthan high court which held that the absence of subsisting domestic relationship in no manner prevents a court from granting relief to the aggrieved woman.
The high court had passed the order while adjudicating a matrimonial dispute.
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank has put Dena BankNSE -6.50 % under watch by initiating prompt corrective action against it, a move that will place various restrictions on the lender, including on fresh loans and dividend distribution.
Earlier, similar action was initiated against other state-owned lenders -- IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and UCO Bank.
"The RBI has initiated 'prompt corrective action' for Dena Bank in view of high net NPA and negative ROA (return on asset)," the stat
A new version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket that could eventually take astronauts to space took flight for the first time Friday.
Liftoff occurred around 4:14 pm ET out of Kennedy Space Center in Florida -- a day later than originally planned. The Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, as the latest version is called, carried the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 into orbit. The satellite will provide TV, internet and other telecom services to Bangladesh and the surrounding region.
After launch, the first-stage booster of the rocket detached and guided itself back to Earth, where it landed safely on a platform in the ocean so it can be flown once again on a future mission.
Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army the Staff today released the book 'Across the Bench - Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System' by Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan, former Army Commander and Member 'A', Armed Forces Tribunal, Lucknow Bench.
The book deals with military judicial system vis-a-vis command and management issues within the military establishments besides the whole gamut of issues relating to veterans, their families and dependents.