A woman, who calls the shots in office, cooks for her husband who is also her junior at the workplace. Is that thought “demoralising” or “sexist”?
Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel’s new ad, which presents a working woman cooking for her man, has stirred up outrage on Twitter. But adman Prahlad Kakkar says it’s perfectly valid and there’s nothing wrong in the content.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the loss of lives in landslide in Pune and directed that all possible help should be provided to the affected people.
He also directed Home Minister Rajnath Singh to rush to Pune to take stock of the situation, a PMO statement said.
“The Prime Minister has condoled the loss of lives in the landslide and directed all possible efforts to help the affected people,” the statement said.
80 personnel of National Disaster Response Force have reached the spot for relief and rescue operations, it noted.
A recent study has revealed that 80 percent of women edit their summer snaps before posting them on any social media sites in order to appear more stunning. The study further revealed that majority of women share photos that flaunt their slimmest angles online and delete any unflattering photos irrespective of other people present in the snap, due to the pressure to look “perfect”, the Daily Star reported.
Paddy Doyle, endurance athlete, has managed to earn 212 world records, mostly for running cross-country with weights on his back. The 49-year-old ex-paratrooper has bagged over 31 world records this year, and from the total 212 records, many of them were recognized by half a dozen global bodies, including 63 Guinness World Records, the Daily Star reported. Doyle said that he can’t be built like a fridge and so he has to keep his weight down because he competes in endurance challenges, where one has to have discipline.
Canadian Treasury Board says Chinese spies hacked into the systems of a top Canadian government research organization.
According to the BBC, the government said that the computer infrastructure of the National Research Council was breached by a “Chinese state-sponsored actor”.
The breach was confirmed by one of Canada”s spy agencies.
However, the report was dismissed by the Chinese embassy in Ottawa, who deemed the allegation as “groundless”.
India will be looking to erase memories of their loss to Australia when they face-off against South Africa in their last group match for a place in the semi-finals of the men’s hockey competition of the 2014 Commonwealth Games here Thursday.
Against South Africa, it is a do-or-die match for India as a win will help them finish among the top two in the group and qualify for the semi-final.
Former soccer star David Beckham has been voted the best male celebrity ‘suit wearer’ in a new poll.
The 39-year-old managed to grab the top position, beating off competition from American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake and actor George Clooney to top the poll by Institchu.co.uk, a way of ordering a custom-tailored suit online.
The online suit tailor asked 520 women to choose the male celebrity they thought looked best in a suit, with Beckham topping the poll as over a fifth of respondents voted for him, reports contactmusic.com.
Superstar Salman Khan’s “Kick”, which released ahead of Eid, crossed the Rs.100 crore mark on the fifth day after its release.
“#Kick day-wise actuals: Fri 26.40 cr, Sat 27.15 cr, Sun 30.18 cr, Mon 14.41 cr, Tue 28.89 cr. Total: ? 127.03 cr nett. India biz. WOW,” trade analyst Taran Adarsh posted on Twitter Wednesday.
Another industry expert Komal Nahta confirmed that the movie has raked in over Rs.100 crore.
Starring Jacqueline Fernandez with Salman, “Kick” has been debut-directed by Sajid Nadiadwala, who has for years entertained movie buffs with his film productions.
The Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the budget for the national capital by a voice vote.
The task, normally carried out in the Delhi assembly, had to be taken up by the parliament as the state is under president’s rule.
“The Lok Sabha is taking up the budget as it is a constitutional necessity,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Lok Sabha.
On July 18, Jaitley had presented Delhi’s Rs.36,776 crore budget for fiscal 2014-15 in parliament, proposing a new specialty hospital and 100 ambulances for accident victims, while keeping tax rates unchanged.
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Gokul Chandra Pati was Wednesday appointed Odisha’s new chief secretary, an official said.
Pati, a 1978 batch IAS officer, who was on central deputation and serving as the union secretary for defence production in the defence ministry, succeeds Jugal Kishore Mohapatra who went on central deputation.
Pati, 58, is scheduled to take charge Aug 1.
The government has also effected a reshuffle at the senior level of the state bureaucracy, the official of the general administration department told IANS.
Data networking and telecommunications equipment company Nokia Networks India won 12 key deals with top operators in the first half of the year, the company said here Wednesday.
“The recent strong quarter supported by a healthy sales growth and 12 key deals in the first half of the year reflects and assert our leadership position in the mobile broadband infrastructure and managed services in India. The new reinvented Nokia is at the brink of unique opportunities to be a leader in technologies for a connected world,” Sandeep Girotra, head of India region, Nokia Networks said.
Members of the Rajya Sabha Wednesday complained that “stale food” was being served to them in the parliament canteen, and said a few members fell ill because of it.
Raising the issue in the house, Janata Dal-United leader K.C. Tyagi said two members – Samajwadi Party’s Ramgopal Yadav and Jaya Bachchan – fell ill after consuming food in the parliament canteen, and asked the government to look into it.
“Members are falling ill after eating in the parliament canteen… Ramgopal Yadav and Jaya Bachchan both fell ill after eating there,” Tyagi said.
In line with the recovery in local equities, the Indian rupee today washed out early losses and closed up by seven paise at over two-week high of 60.06 against the greenback.
Fresh dollar selling by exporters too aided the rupee rise while a firm dollar overseas capped the rupee rise.
FIIs had injected Rs 75.04 crore on Monday. The dollar index was up by 0.11 per cent ahead of data expected to show growth in the US economy, and the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting which concludes later today.
Security has been tightened here by police who have mobilised “maximum amount” of force in the wake of a ‘city bandh’ tomorrow called by Kannada outfits to protest against the rising incidents of sexual offences against women and children.
The bandh comes after the public outrage over the alleged recent gang-rape of a six-year-old girl at Vibgyor High school that spilled into the streets and drew all-round condemnation with the government and police coming in for criticism.
For Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, working in Indian filmdom is like an “educative experience” as the country has mastered the craft.
The heartthrob of Pakistan is making his Bollwyood debut with “Khoobsurat” opposite Sonam Kapoor.
“The amount of experience that India has in filmmaking, for me it is an education to understand how systems work because we are re-propping our industry and it would be a valuable contribution,” said the actor, who featured in internationally acclaimed Pakistani movie “Khuda Kay Liye”.
Ukraine Wednesday dismissed Western media reports that Kiev used short-range ballistic missiles against insurgents in the east of the country.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not use ballistic missiles,” National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters during a briefing in Kiev.
Lysenko said government forces “have enough weapons with less power” to use during the military operation to retake cities and towns seized by rebels, Xinhua reported.
A three-year-old boy died after he fell into a pot of boiling sugar syrup, police said here Wednesday.
The child, Dev, was in his mother’s arms when she was hit by an e-rickshaw outside a sweet shop in east Delhi’s Trilokpuri area Tuesday evening, knocking the child off into the pot of boiling sugar syrup.
His mother, Pinky, tried to pull the child out of the pot, and also suffered burns on her hands.
Both were rushed to a hospital, where Dev died of his injuries.
Police said Dev and his mother were on their way to buy milk from the market when the e-rickshaw hit her.
The bypoll to fill the single vacancy in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council would be held on August 21.
The notification for the bye-election would be issued on August four and the last date for making nominations is August 11, a release from the office of state Chief Electoral Officer said here today.
Their scrutiny would take place the next day, it said.
The last date for withdrawal of nominations is August 14 and the polling would take place on August 21, the release said.
Authorities in Britain will soon hold an emergency meeting to discuss the “threat” posed by the Ebola virus that has killed more than 670 people in West Africa, a government official said Wednesday.
“At the moment we don’t think any British nationals (abroad) are affected and we are fairly confident there are no cases in the UK… But it is a threat, it is something we need to respond to and we will be doing so through the Cobra mechanism,” BBC quoted Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as saying.
At least 10 people were killed in the landslide near Pune in Maharashtra Wednesday morning while over 150 people are feared trapped under the debris, the NDRF said.
The accident happened in a village in Pune district of the state around 6 a.m. National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) spokesperson Anil Sharma, citing initial reports, said the landslide was triggered by heavy rain.
“Ten bodies have been pulled out from the debris while over 150 people are feared trapped under the rubble,” he told IANS.
The Gujarat High Court today granted bail to former minister Maya Kodnani, who was convicted and sentenced to 28 years’ imprisonment in the 2002 Naroda Paitya riots case in which 97 people were killed.
The division bench of High Court comprising Justice V M Sahai and Justice R P Dholaria, accepted Kodnani’s application seeking bail on health grounds.
With this, she becomes the the first accused to get bail in the Naroda Patiya riots case.
Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao on Wednesday warned the erring officials of Irrigation Department stern action if they fail to perform their duties.
Investors of Infosys Ltd. Wednesday approved a special resolution appointing Vishal Sikka as new chief executive and managing director from Aug 1 at the company’s extraordinary general meeting here.
Infosys’ outgoing vice chairman and co-founder S. Gopalakrishnan presided over the meeting.
The shareholders also approved Sikka’s appointment as a whole-time director on the company’s board from June 14, 2014, to June 13, 2019, and its decision to pay him a salary of $5.08 million (Rs.30.5 crore) with stock options (equity shares) valued at $2 million (Rs.12 crore) per annum.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and other authorities take measures to curb illegal slaughtering of cows in its limits.
John Kerry, US Secretary of State, will arrive here Wednesday evening. The visit is expected to lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-awaited September visit to the US.
During his visit, Kerry and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will jointly chair the fifth annual India-US Strategic Dialogue at 3 pm on Thursday. This will be followed by delegation-level talks.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told reporters here that both Kerry and Sushma Swaraj will interact with the media after the talks.