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August 1, 2017 8:33 AM

ASCI uphelds complaints against 117 misleading advertisements

Advertising sector watchdog ASCI has upheld complaints against 117 misleading advertisements in May this year, including those of Reliance Jio, Airtel, Amazon, Asian Paints, LG among others. <br/><br/>The Customer Complaints Council of Advertising Standards Council of India, ASCI, receiv...

August 1, 2017 8:15 AM

Countering terrorism growing priority for India & US: EAM Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said cross border terrorism directed at India is now recognised as a larger regional and global challenge and there has been growing convergence between New Delhi and Washington to counter it.<br/>&apos; <br/>Addressing India-US forum in New De...

August 1, 2017 8:13 AM

PM Modi invites ideas from public for his Independence Day speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has invited ideas for his address to the nation on 15th August.? In a tweet Mr Modi, has urged people to share their ideas for the speech on the specially created open forum on the Narendra Modi App. Prime Minister said, when he address the nation from the ramparts of t...

August 1, 2017 7:43 AM

PM Modi to inaugurate two-day Rajaswa Gyansangam on 1st September in New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the two-day Rajaswa Gyansangam on 1st September in New Delhi. In a official release finance ministry said, the focus of discussion will be on GST as well as on unearthing black money. This will be for the first time that the tax officers of the state gove...

August 1, 2017 7:10 AM

Terror funding: NIA raids ancestral house of Geelani&apos;s close associate

The NIA has raided the ancestral house of a lawyer Devinder Singh Behal who is believed to be a close associate of Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in connection with routing funds to separatists from their Pakistan-based handlers. An official said, the agency had yesterday searched ...

August 1, 2017 6:14 AM

Cross border terrorism now recognised as global challenge: EAM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said cross border terrorism directed at India is now recognised as a larger regional and global challenge and there has been growing convergence between New Delhi and Washington to counter it.<br/>&apos; <br/>Addressing India-US forum in New De...

August 1, 2017 12:44 AM

Gadkari asks industry players to produce methanol from high-ash coal

Union minister Nitin Gadkari today asked industry players to explore possibilities of producing green fuels like methanol from high-ash coal, officials said.<br/> <br/>The Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister, Gadkari was chaired a high-level meeting of various ministries, por...

August 1, 2017 12:18 AM

SC bans use of five metals in firecrackers

The Supreme Court today imposed a ban on the use of five harmful metals including lead and mercury in firecrackers as they cause enormous air pollution.<br/>&apos;<br/>A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur prohibited use of lithium, mercury, arsenic, antimony, lead metals which are use...

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