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Toyota Fine-Comfort Ride Concept to Debut at 2017 Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota claims that the car has a cruising range of 1000km and that a hydrogen refuelling stop should take just three minutes.
No Excuses for Foreign Officials Meeting Dalai Lama, Says China
China considers the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, to be a dangerous separatist. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning monk says he simply seeks genuine autonomy for his Himalayan homeland.
Missing Pak Journalist on Trail of Indian Engineer Found After 2 Years
Zeenat Shahzadi, a 26-year-old reporter of Daily Nai Khaber and Metro News TV channel, went missing on August 19, 2015, when some unidentified men allegedly kidnapped her while she was en route to her office in an auto-rickshaw from her home in a populate...
Four Foreign Firms in Contention For Submarine Project P-75(I)
It is set to be the first defence acquisition project to be launched under the ambitious 'Strategic Partnership' model which aims to rope in private firms to build military platforms like submarines and fighter jets in India in partnership with foreign en...
Madras High Court Seeks Report on Probe Into Multi-crore 'Bitumen Scam' in Tamil Nadu
In his PIL, G Balaji, an RTI activist, alleged that state highways department officials in collusion with contractors had "cashed out" Rs 800 crore to 1,000 crore during 2014-16 in the procurement of bitumen by taking advantage of variations in its price.
Workers at Tata Steel's Dutch Arm Oppose Thyssenkrupp Merger
Works council chairman Frits van Wieringen said that, after viewing the two companies' memorandum of understanding, he was concerned they intend to dissolve the Dutch subsidiary, which would strip away legal protections, and then lay off workers.
500 Long-distance Trains to Run Quicker From Next Month
The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services.
HTC U11 Successor to Launch on Nov 2
HTC looks set to launch its next device on November 2 and it might just be an upgraded version of the HTC U11.
Thanks to Weather and Alert Administration, Kolkata Celebrates Pleasant Diwali
According to West Bengal Pollution Control Board, data collected from four key locations it was rated as ‘Good’ in two places.
J&K Police Rescue 'Mentally Challenged' Man Branded as Braid-chopper
The victim, identified as Wasim Ahmad Tantray, was rescued by the police team, he said, adding Tantray is "reportedly mentally challenged".
Madhya Pradesh Villagers Allow Hundreds of Cows to Trample Them in Bizarre Diwali Ritual
Not just that, in case any of these villagers sustain minor injuries, they are treated with cow urine and dung, which they say has medicinal qualities to heal these injuries.
NASA Extends Dawn Mission at Dwarf Planet Ceres
A priority of the second Ceres mission extension is collecting data with Dawn's gamma ray and neutron spectrometer, which measures the number and energy of gamma rays and neutrons.
GPAT 2018 Online Application Process Starts Today at aicte-gpat.in; Last date 18th December 2017
The last date for applying for the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) is 18th December 2017.
EU Lawmakers Agree to Strengthen Privacy Rules For WhatsApp, Skype
The rules aim to provide a level playing field between telecoms firms and online players such as WhatsApp, Google and Skype. Currently, only telecoms companies are subject to the ePrivacy law.
George W Bush Condemns Bigotry in a Veiled Attack on Donald Trump
Asked whether the speech was aimed at Trump, a spokesman for Bush said the long-planned remarks echoed themes the 43rd president had discussed for years.
SOTY Completes 5 Years; KJo and His Favourite Students Get Together To Celebrate
Karan Johar's Student Of The Year marked the debut of Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra, three of whom have carved a niche for themselves in Bollywood.
