Tokyo, Jun 1 : Japan’s parliamentary session opened this week with an unusual apology from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his heckling. Abe apologised today for yelling at an opposition lawmaker during her question last Thursday about controversial defense legislation. Abe intervened when Democratic Party of Japan member Kiyomi Tsujimoto was taking several minutes to […]
New Delhi, June 1 : US-based taxi hailing app Uber has appointed Amit Jain president of its India operations. “In this role, Amit will be running all business strategy, operations, and growth in a market of global strategic importance for Uber,” the company said in a statement. Prior to this, Jain was president of Rent.Com, a […]
Milpitas (US), May 31: Her electronic waste is someone else’s treasure. A recycling center in the Silicon Valley is looking for a woman who dropped off an old Apple computer that turned out to be a collectible item worth USD 200,000. The computer was inside boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her […]
Thane , Jun 1: Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant has asked doctors to intensify the organ donation movement in the state. Speaking at the state level function yesterday to mark ‘No Tobacco Day’ here, Sawant asked doctors to start by themselves by filling up forms for organ donation.“There is a dire need for educating masses […]
Jammu : Pakistan’s third ceasefire violation in less than 24 hours has left a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan injured. The betrayal of the ceasefire comes from the Pakistan Rangers on the International Border in Jammu Kashmir’s Kathua district today. The Pakistan Rangers opened fire at Krishnagiri sector, Poonch district a couple of times at […]