Concerned over impact of weak monsoonon food price, RBI on Tuesday decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged but slashed statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by 0.5% to unlock about Rs. 40,000 crore into the system.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, who has for the third time in a row kept the rate unchanged, said there are upside risks to inflation in view of uncertain monsoon and its impact on food production as also volatile international oil prices.
“Harry Potter” fame actor Tom Felton will star opposite Joseph Fiennes in director Kevin Reynolds’ “Clavius”, a biblical tale.
While Fiennes will take on the lead role, it is as yet unclear who Felton will play, reports contactmusic.com.
The movie sees Fiennes play the titular Roman centurion who is ordered by Pontius Pilate to investigate rumours Jesus has risen from the dead and to track down his allegedly missing body.
As he investigates, Clavius’ doubts about the happenings begin to waver when he meets with Jesus’ apostles and other people in Jerusalem.
Superstar Salman Khan, who became popular as Prem thanks to his characters in Sooraj Barjatya’s films like “Maine Pyar Kiya” and “Hum Saath-Saath Hain”, is now celebrating 20 years of their blockbuster hit film “Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!”.
The musical family drama that released on this day in 1994 was hugely successful, with a star cast including Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Mohnish Behl, Renuka Shahane, Reema Lagoo and Alok Nath.
Eating walnuts may help increase sperm count in men and improve its quality, a new study has found.
Scientists at the University of California asked a group of young men in their 20s and 30s to eat 75 grams of walnuts every day for three months.
Walnuts could improve sperm count
The research found that men managed to increase their sperm count and its quality, potentially giving them a better chance of fathering a child, compared with a group of men who avoided walnuts.
Within a year of entering the Indian market with its smartphones, Motorola has taken the fourth place replacing Nokia.
According to a report from the market research firm Canalys, Motorola sold 9.55 lakh smartphones in the second quarter of 2014 and moved ahead of Nokia (bought by Microsoft) which could sell only 6.33 lakh sets.
The market leader in India is still Samsung as it sold 41 lakh phones in the second quarter of 2014.
Micromax and Karbonn stood at the second and third place.
A British minister who was the first Muslim woman to sit in the cabinet has resigned over the British government’s policy on Gaza. She wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: “With deep regret I have this morning written to the Prime Minister & tendered my resignation. I can no longer support Govt policy on Gaza.
Warsi’s parents were Pakistani immigrants and she was made a member of the House of Lords in 2007.
She was appointed to Cameron’s cabinet when his coalition government took power in 2010 and while she initially had a high media profile, her star had dimmed in recent years.
Fiat Group Automobiles India today launched compact car Punto Evo, with an introductory price ranging from Rs 4.55 lakh to Rs 7.19 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
The model will take on the likes of Maruti Suzuki’s Swift, Hyundai i20 and Honda Brio, which are priced between Rs 3.99 lakh and Rs 7.76 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
The petrol versions of the Punto Evo are priced between Rs 4.55 lakh and Rs 6.65 lakh, while the diesel variants would be available between Rs 5.27 lakh and Rs 7.19 lakh.
Essar Projects today said it has bagged a $54 million (over Rs 328 crore) maiden contract from Saudi Arabian national oil company Saudi Aramco.
“The $54-million EPC project involves the upgradation of a Crude Stabilization Unit at Aramco’s Abqaiq Plant, in Shaybah, one of the largest oilfields in the world,” the company said in a statement here.
The scope of work entails engineering, procurement and construction of a crude tank, replacement of crude pumps and associated civil, piping, electrical and instrumentation facilities. The project is scheduled to be completed in 29 months.
The stock markets were volatile today following the Reserve Bank policy that kept the key rate unchanged but reduced SLR to infuse liquidity in the financial system, with BSE benchmark Sensex down over 130 points in the afternoon trade. The Sensex moved into the negative zone following the RBI policy but rose over 108 points after that, only to trade 160 points down later.
In first ceasefire violation this month, Pakistani troops on Tuesday targeted Indian forward posts with small arms and automatic weapons along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting Indian forces to retaliate. “Pakistani troops opened unprovoked small arms firing at forward posts in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir around 11:30 am today,” PRO Defence Lt Col Manish Mehta said here.
The Assam government has allocated Rs 21,006.90 crore to different departments under the Plan head for financial year 2014-15, the state Assembly was informed today.
Of this amount, the government has already released Rs 780.30 crore to the departments, Planning and Development Minister Tanka Bahadur Rai said in a written reply to a query by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MLA Utpal Dutta. The allocation, he said, was made as per the estimates of resources as no meeting has taken place yet between the state Chief Minister and the Planning Commission Deputy Commissioner.
Ingredients:
2 to 2 1/2 cups – grated winter melon/ash gourd/ boodkumbalakai
1.5 cups – sugar
4 to 5 strands – saffron
1/2 tsp – elaichi/cardamom powder
1 tbsp – raisins/cashew mixture
2 + 2 tsp – ghee/clarified butter
Method:
Drain out excess water from the winter melon.
Heat 2 tsp ghee in a pan and roast the grated winter melon until it is coated well with ghee.
Pressure cook the grated winter melon for 1-2 whistles, or until cooked completely.
Transfer the contents to the pan and cook on medium heat until all the excess water evaporates.
A six-year-old boy, trapped in a deep borewell since Sunday afternoon on the outskirts of a village in north Karnataka’s Bagalkot district, was seen covered under mud even as a massive operation is on to rescue him, police said Monday.
“The boy (Thimanna) is fully covered under mud with just four fingers of one hand seen through a remote camera lowered into the borewell where he is stuck at a depth of 160 feet,” Inspector General of Police Bhaskar Rao told reporters at the spot.
Two persons have been arrested in connection with a case relating to the appearance of a group photo of some youths wearing T-shirts with ISIS emblem on a social networking site, a top police official said.
Apart from Abdul Rahman, who was arrested on Sunday, Mohammed Rinwan, who allegedly arranged to supply the T-Shirts to the youths, was taken into custody on Monday night.
Both youths have been remanded to judicial custody, Superintendent of Police Mayilvahanan said.
Ingredients
12-15 large green peppers
1 cup besan (chick-pea flour)
1 tsp salt
Water (to mix the batter)
Oil for deep-frying
For the filling:
250 gm potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
2 tsp salt
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp amchoor (dried mango powder)
2 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp asafoetida
2 tsp saunf (fennel seeds), crushed
1 tsp green chillis, chopped
Method
For the filling:
Mix together the potatoes, salt, chilli powder, amchoor, coriander powder, asafoetida, green chillies
How about a world where you do not require power to access your smartphone or tablet or even an eye-wearable device like Google Glass?
Led by an Indian-origin engineer, a team at University of Washington has designed a unique communication system that uses radio frequency signals as a power source and reuses existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide internet connectivity to these devices.
Called Wi-Fi backscatter, this technology is the first that can connect battery-free devices to Wi-Fi infrastructure.
Xiaomi has overtaken Samsung in the Chinese smartphone market within three years to take the top spot, a Canalys report showed.
Xiaomi sold 1.5 crore smartphones in China in the second quarter of 2014 while Samsung could manage to sell only 1.32 crore phones.
Xiaomi holds a 14 percent market share in the world’s biggest cellphone market.
Lenovo is placed close behind Samsung by selling 1.3 crore phones. It has a 12 percent market share in China.
CPI today demanded that the Centre treat the “derogatory” article against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on a Sri Lankan official website as a national issue and not solely as a matter pertaining to the state.
Condemning the article which appeared in a defence website, party’s state unit secretary T Pandian told reporters here that the union government should not think of it as merely a matter pertaining to the state, but take it up as a national issue.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today felicitated differently abled Sarika Jain for her outstanding performance in the Union Civil Services Examination.
“Sarika will be a strong inspiration for many people. She is a real role model for others,” Patnaik said after offering flower, a citation and a shawl to Sarika, who cleared Union Civil Service Examination 2013 in her first attempt by overcoming her disability.
Jain (29), a resident of Kantabanji in Balangir district, cleared the civil service examination two years after qualifying the tough Chartered Accountancy examination.
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London, Aug 5 (IANS) Researchers believe that eating less meat would protect water resources in dry areas around the world.
Reducing the use of animal products can have a considerable impact on areas suffering scarce water resources, as meat production requires more water than other agricultural products, said the researchers.
By reducing the animal product contribution in the diet, global green water (rainwater) consumption decreases up to 21 percent while for blue water (irrigation water) the reductions would be up to 14 percent.
Son killed mother
(Siasat News): A tyrant son who just for Rs. 60,000 brutally killed his 60-year-old mother. This inhumane incident occurred in Sanathnagar where Laxmi was killed by her own son sending shock waves in the locality.
In the meantime inspector Sanathnagar Mr. Ramesh Nayak said that the deceased was the resident of Vidyut Nagar weaker section colony. Her son 23-year-old Shiva was a spoil brat and used to fight with his mother.
If your grandparents take a long to recognise known faces from a fleeting glance, that may well signal their declining intelligence.
The slowing of simple, visual decision-making processes might be part of what underlies decline in the complex decision making that we recognise as general intelligence, says a study.
As the basic ability to make correct decisions based on brief visual impressions declines with age, so does intelligence, said Stuart Ritchie from University of Edinburgh in Britain.
TRAINING AND EDUCATION:
Gradual, conscious training in faith, based on knowledge, is one of the basic factors in standing firm in Islam.
Training in faith is that which fills the heart and consciousness with fear, hope and love (of Allah), as opposed to the dryness which results from ignoring the texts of the Qur’an and Sunnah and devoting too much attention to the words of men.
Training based on knowledge is that which is based on sahih evidence, as opposed to mere imitation and blind following.
Stating that both Congress and BJP follow the same “anti-people economic policy”, CPI-M politburo member Sitaram Yechury today snubbed BJP for bringing in FDI in Insurance Bill which it had opposed during the last UPA regime.
“Congress and BJP both are same. The fact is that Congress is now opposing the FDI in Insurance Bill which it had tried to bring in during its regime, and BJP had opposed that.
This ‘Rakshabandhan’ festival will be special for hundreds of elderly widows of Varanasi as they plan to send 1,000 ‘rakhis’ along with sweets to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made his parliamentary debut in May from this temple town.
The event is part of efforts to bring these women, who have been socially ostracised for ages and kept away from festivals and other celebrations, into social mainstream.