Consider Airlifting 108-Foot Hanuman Statue to Remove Congestion, Says Delhi High Court

New Delhi: Anguished over illegal constructions in the national capital, the Delhi Great Court on Monday suggested to the local authorities to consider "airlifting" the 108-foot Hanuman statue in central Delhi to remove the encroachments around it.Observing that entire skyscrapers have been relocated...

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Gurugram hospital sends parents Rs 18 lakh bill after woman dies of dengue; health minister JP Nadda looking into matter

Gurugram: In a shocking case, the parents of a seven-year-old girl, who have died of dengue after undergoing treatment at the Fortis Hospital in Gurugram, were allowed to take their daughter's dead body after paying the exorbitant expenses of Rs 18 lakh.Citizens of West Delhi's Dwarka, the parents of...

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Skoda To Start Production Of Electric Vehicles By 2020

In addition to producing electric cars, the Mlada Boleslav plant will also be manufacturing electrical components for plug-in hybrid models of several Volkswagen Group brands as early as 2019. Skoda also said that its first electric model will be launched in 2019 and it will become the Superb plug-in...

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Indian Scout Bobber To Be Launched At India Bike Week

Unveiled in July this year, the Indian Scout Bobber is the newest offering from the American motorcycle maker and will be launched at India Bicycle Week 2017 on November 24.Indian Motorcycle will be launching the 2018 Indian Scout Bobber in the country on November 24, 2017. The company has lined up the...

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Mahindra opens Detroit's first car-making plant in 25 years, $230 mn unit to create 250 jobs in US

Washington: Mahindra on Monday opened its fresh manufacturing plant with an investment of $230 million in the world's car capital Detroit which got its initial automotive production facility in 25 years.The new plant will create 250 new jobs in the US."It is pretty rare and amazing," said Michigan Lieutenant...

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Mumbai Man Cleared To Fly Homemade Aircraft, Names It After PM Modi

A resident of Mumbai, Amol Yadav sold his house and spent Rs. 4 crore to build a six-seater airplane on a rooftop of a building in Kandivali.MUMBAI: Amol Yadav may be just one man but he has managed to do what many of India's larger enterprises haven't been able to. The journey wasn't easy but at the...

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Trump Sets North Korea Back On State Sponsors Of Terrorism

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday announced that his administration has re-designated North Korea while a state sponsor of terror, a move aimed at increasing pressure on Pyongyang a decade after the George W. Bush administration eliminated the rogue nation from the list.Trump made his decision...

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Germany Bans Children's Smartwatches Over Spying Concerns

Germany's telecoms regulator said on Friday it was banning the sale of "intelligent watches" that can be used by parents to check on their children, saying the products violated Germany's strict surveillance laws.The Federal Network Agency said it had already taken action against several firms that sell...

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Airtel Partners Ericsson on 5G Wi-fi; Ericsson Demonstrates 5G Technology in India

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson Friday said it has partnered with Bharti Airtel for 5G technology for the telecom giant's India functions."We have MoUs (agreements) with 36 operators globally. In India, we have recently tied up with Bharti Airtel for 5G technology," Ericsson Senior Vice President...

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UIDAI to allow banks to hire private data entry operators and enrollment machines for Aadhaar centres

The UIDAI has provided some "relaxation" to banks in the procurement of enrolment devices and hiring private data entry operators because of their Aadhaar centres, and hopes that banks will offer such services at stipulated 10 percent of the branches "at the earliest", its CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has...

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British finance minister announces plans to have driverless cars working in UK roads by 2021

British finance minister Philip Hammond is definitely to announce $99 million funding for Artificial Intelligence and plans to put driverless cars on UK roads by 2021, in his budget speech about Wednesday.Google self-driving prototype car. ReutersGoogle self-driving prototype car. ReutersHammond will...

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SBI will start using blockchain technology for ‘smart contracts’ and KYC from next month

State Bank of India has announced that it will start integrating blockchain technology in products starting next month as part of a beta test. According to the announcement, the company will roll out blockchain-enabled ‘smart agreements’ from the following month as an open public beta.Representational...

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Egg prices hit a high, now as costly seeing that chicken

Egg prices have gone through the roof, so much so that at current retail rates of around Rs 7 per piece, it could be more worthwhile for people to eat chicken instead.Poultry farmers in the Pune region are now selling eggs at Rs 585 for every 100 pieces, which translates into a price of Rs 6.5-7.5 a piece...

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