2016 - April

Amnesty International backs decriminalization of prostitution TN opposition stages walkout during budget New lending rate formula to make loans cheaper Truck sales may be impacted by freight corridors People earning above Rs.50 lakhs under IT Dept lens India-EU summit concludes with improved bilateral relations Madhya Pradesh will soon have a Happiness Ministry Autism Awareness Day: UN calls for inclusive societies Obama thanks the world for nuclear security cooperation Indirect tax collection surpasses Rs.7.04 lakh crores DCB starts Aadhaar based ATM Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Azerbeijan calls 'unilateral ceasefire' Oil giant Saudi Aramco to invest in India Government lowers spectrum fee, telcos to save Rs.3,200 crore Policemen get life sentence in Pilibhit encounter ruling World’s first white tiger sanctuary opened Set top boxes may become interoperable Non-EU Tier 2 visa holders start 'Stop 35K' campaign Court approves BP's $20 billion oil spill settlement Xiaomi leads Rs.170 crore investment in Hungama Facebook rolls out AI-based technology for visually-impaired RBI to give more licenses to differentiated banks Google celebrates 120th anniversary of first Summer Olympics Google launches health cards in India Worldwide executions highest in 25 years Eight Indians feature in Forbes' Power Businesswomen list Jungle Book gets U/A rating; invites ridicule from all and sundry France bans paying for sex Rajasthan becomes first to pass titling law India numero uno in Credit Suisse emerging consumer scorecard Colombia: Court refers gay marriage issue to Congress Airtel signs Rs.3,500 crore spectrum deal with Aircel Saudi King gives the nod for Saudi-Egypt Bridge Govt set to create a single point military adviser Nuclear Fuel Complex sets new world record Environmentalists criticize the Draft Wetland Rules 2016 World Bank cuts East Asia and Pacific growth Austrian Govt to seize Hitler’s birth house Two Indian students stabbed to death in Ukraine Airtel gets final license for payment bank Massive fire engulfs textile godown cum residential building in Bhiwandi SC chides RBI, says big defaulters escape while farmers driven to suicide Premier Futsal League ropes Virat in India, US may sign logistics support pact Billionaire pledges $100mn to send spaceships to other galaxy Facebook launches chatbots for Messenger Supreme Court agrees to hear plea on fresh FIR against Mayawati Commuters covering faces while frisking not permitted: CISF PM to launch National Agriculture Market today NITI Aayog pushes for a solar equipment manufacturing policy Kobe Bryant signs off from the NBA India tops the remittance recipient chart again UN celebrates Ambedkar’s 125 birth anniversary Government replaces the board of IGNCA Delhi govt bans chewable tobacco India, US to jointly check offshore tax evasion Czech Republic poised to be renamed as 'Czechia' Compat stays Holcim-Lafarge merger Shilpa Shinde files police complaint against CINTAA Inflatable module to be installed in ISS Hema Malini gets prime Andheri property for Rs.1.75 lakh Oracle, Alphabet’s Google fail to settle lawsuit

Nagaland passes online gaming law TCS denies IP infringement in $940 Million Epic case 882 tribal students died in residential schools during 2010-15 Next energy revolution to happen in a decade Reliance Jio starts operations of 8,100-km submarine cable system Indonesian government backs talks on '65-66 atrocities Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs wants to build test city Centre working to resolve Punjab foodgrain issue Taliban begins spring offensive in Kabul: 28 dead, 300 injured Trump campaign under fire for ISI links 2016 Pulitzer prizes announced ECB and PCB played with my career: Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria Meddling mother from 'Everybody Loves Raymond' no more! Centre rolls back EPF withdrawal restrictions following protests PM Modi visits Katra (J&K) LinkedIn unveils exclusive mobile app for students ISRO scientists build artificial heart pump US lawmakers want Modi to address US Congress SC asks states to remove religious encroachments on footpaths Djokovic, Serena win the Laureus World Sports awards Jaitley asks UN to recognize drug-terror nexus World Press Freedom Index released, India ranks 133 ISRO low-cost launch vehicles damaging US space companies Women allowed to enter Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik Scientists develop new way to predict Indian monsoon Indians featuring in TIME's '100 Most Influential People' Anti-slavery advocate-Harriet Tubman to feature on US currency World leaders to sign climate agreement on Earth Day Sri Sri: IS can only be dealt with militarily World Book Day being celebrated across the world Nitish Kumar formally takes over as JD(U) president Punjab's political parties may not get campaign in Canada Dutch journalist arrested for criticising Erdogan Water Bill to help conservation efforts soon Energy efficiency to cut power forecast by 60GW India's Mairaj gets silver at Rio shooting World Cup 21 countries may eliminate malaria by 2020 Far-right party wins 1st round of Austrian elections Leicester's Mahrez wins PFA Player of the Year Nepal begins reconstruction in 11 quake-hit districts US releases annual report on freedom of navigation operations Ukraine marks 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster CPCB lists Mumbai as most noisy city, Lucknow and Hyderabad follow 3D optical illusions as speed breakers India 'not yet ready' for intelligence sharing with US Visakhapatnam biodiesel facility still on fire Govt to spend Rs.553 crores to tackle pollution Inquest jury blames police for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster Nadal wants his drug-test results made public Rajasthan's plug and play policy to boost manufacturing India faces a severe job shortage: UNDP Facebook swells to 1.65B users and beats Q1 estimates with $5.38B revenue Govt bans importing dogs for commercial purposes Regulatory framework for P2P lending 'Laser wall' activated along Indo-Pak border Unique IDs for companies soon 2 Turkish journalists jailed for publishing Charlie Hebdo cartoon 7 magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu Japan abandons multi-million dollar black hole satellite US Vice President's surprise visit to Iraq US Military disciplines 16 for error during Kunduz-airstrike BJP up in arms against Bobby Hakim's 'mini-Pakistan' comment Claude Shannon’s 100th anniversary, Google celebrates with doodle