Month: January 2020

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital where injured students from Jawaharlal Nehru University have been admitted following violence at university. Many students have also been admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre.   Priyanka said that one of the students complained to her of getting kicked on his head several times by the police.   “Wounded students at AIIMS Trauma Centre told me that goons entered the campus and attacked them with sticks and other weapons. Many had broken limbs and injuries on their heads”, she added.…

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, while condemning the attack on JNU students compared the incident to 26/11.   Thackeray on Monday said, “The mob attack reminds me of 26/11 terror attack. Students are feeling unsafe, I don’t want to politicise the matter. But the faces behind the masks need to be revealed”.   He further stated that it’s a blot on the government if students don’t feel safe inside the hostel or college premises.   “I want to assure the youth in Maharashtra that I won’t let anything happen to them.…

Xerox Holdings Corp has announced on Monday that it has secured $24 billion in financing for its $33.5 billion takeover offer for HP Inc, a deal that the personal computer maker is opposing.   HP rejected the $22 per share offer in November saying it “significantly” undervalued the company, following which the printer maker took the offer directly to HP’s shareholders.   Xerox has engaged in “constructive dialogue” with many of HP’s largest shareholders, the company’s chief executive officer, John Visentin, said in a letter addressed to HP’s board on…

Violence broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus, prompting the administration to call in police which conducted a flag march.   Post the attack chairman of the Mahindra group Anand Mahindra condemned the attack and said ‘if you’re an Indian, one cannot tolerate armed, lawless goons’.   Anand Mahindra took to Twitter and wrote: “It doesn’t matter what your politics are. It doesn’t matter what your ideology is. It doesn’t…

US President Donald Trump has accused the slain Iranian military leader Qassam Soleimani of being responsible for plotting terrorist attacks in New Delhi.   “Soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion, contributing to terrorist plots as far away as New Delhi and London,” Trump said on Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.   Speaking about the missile strike he ordered to kill Soleimani, he said, “Today we remember and honour the victims of Soleimani’s many atrocities and we take comfort in knowing that his…

After demonetisation in 2016, the Indian Air Force (IAF) transported 625 tonnes of new currency notes to various parts of the country, said former Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa.   The move to scrap the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016.   Speaking at the Techfest event organised by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) on Saturday, Dhanoa said, “When demonetisation took place, we (IAF) took the currency and brought it to you. If one crore comes…

Last month, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva declared 2020 as the Year of Gas for the West African Nation. In line with this initiative, the Minister and the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, led by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will host the third annual Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) which will take place on February 9-12, 2020 in Abuja, Nigeria. The 2020 instalment of the NIPS conference will be anchored by the theme, Widening the Integration Circle:…

According to a list issued by IIFL Hurun of India’s top wealthiest women, HCL Corp’s CEO Roshni Nadar has grabbed the first place. Her net worth is declared at Rs 36, 800 crore.   Followed by the third-generation heir of the Godrej Empire, Smita V Krishna (net Rs 31, 400 crore), Roshni’s mother Kiran Nadar bagged the third position, with an estimated wealth of Rs 25,100 crores.   Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, who founded India’s largest biopharmaceutical firm Biocon Ltd, comes fourth in the list with an estimated wealth of Rs 18,500 crore, while…

World leaders along with Indian PM, Narendra Modi inaugurated the Gandhi Solar Park at the UN Headquarters.   The world leaders also released a postage stamp on Mahatma Gandhi, commemorating his 150th birth anniversary at the program – ‘Leadership Matters: Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the Contemporary World’.   PM was joined by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and world leaders including Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, South Korean President Moon- Jae-In, New Zealand Prime minister Jacinda Ardern, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong and Jamaican Prime Minister…

The Fox & Friends fill-in host Courtney Friel claims Trump ‘propositioned’ her before he became US president. The former Fox News reporter, Courtney Friel has added her name to the list of nearly two dozen women who have accused Donald Trump of making unwanted sexual advances towards them.   Friel claims Trump had told her to come up to his office sometime, so they can kiss as he considered her the hottest one at Fox News. This is contained in Friel’s upcoming memoir, ‘Tonight At 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News’.   Aged…