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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of those who lost their lives in the Assam and Rajasthan floods."PM Narendra Modi announced Rs two lakh each for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives in the floods in Assam and Rajasthan," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a tweet.The PMO also announced Rs 50,000 each for those seriously injured.The floods in Assam have claimed the lives of over 50 persons while more that 15 have diedin Rajasthan .

 Actress Charmme Kaur on Wednesday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana's Excise Department probing the Hyderabad drug racket case.Accompanied by her lawyer and bouncers, Charmme reached Abkari Bhavan, the office of Prohibition and Excise Department, around 10 a.m. She went there from the sets of "Paisa Vasool" of Puri Jagannadh who was questioned in the case last week.A four member-team of women officers questioned the actress on her alleged links with Calvin Mascrenhas, the kingpin of the racket.On a petition by the actress, the Hyderabad High Court had directed that she should be questioned by women officers between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.The court also asked the SIT not to collect Charmme's blood, hair and nail samples without her consent. It, however, rejected her plea to allow the presence of her lawyer during the questioning.The officials hope to gather significant clues from Charmme. She is the seventh celebrity from Telugu film i

COURT ASKS SIT NOT TO COMPEL CHARMME TO GIVE SAMPLES The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday directed Telangana excise authorities probing the drug racket not to compel actress  Charmme Kaur  to give her blood, nail and hair samples for analysis. The court order came on Charmme's petition a day before she is to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for questioning.However, the court dismissed Charmme's plea to direct SIT to question her in the presence of her lawyer.The actress' lawyer Vishnuvardhan Reddy told reporters that the court also directed officials to quiz her between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. It observed that if necessary the officials may call her again  for questioning SIT was also directed to include a woman officer in the team of officers which will question her.Reddy said Charmme would inform the SIT the place where she would like to be questioned. She had earlier informed SIT that she will appear at its office.Summoned for questioning, the

Nara Rohith’s #RN15 in Pavan Mallela direction is titled as BALAKRISHNUDU. On the eventual coincidence of Nara Rohith’s birthday, producers released BALAKRISHNUDU first look, title and motion poster today. “BALAKRISHNUDU is a perfect title for Nara Rohith in this well written commercial script helmed by Pavan Mallela. Our hero is sporting six packs body first time in career and these scenes shot will please the movie lovers. BALAKRISHNUDU is a commercial masala with action, romance and beautiful songs composed by Mani Sharma. Shooting of the film is in final stages as the crew is presently in Norway for shooting the songs. BALAKRISHNUDU is set for a September release. Regina Cassandra is the heroine while Ramya Krishna is donning a commendable charac

   In a bid to bridge the trust deficit berween a rider and driver, cab-hailing app Uber on Tuesday announced a new 'Driver Profile' feature to detail who the man behind the wheel is. "At Uber, we are introducing a way for riders to know their driver partners better. We believe it will have a positive impact on furthering trust between riders and driver partners," said Apurva Dalal, Head of Engineering, Uber India, in a statement. Meanwhile, driver partners can customise their profile by adding personal information like the languages they speak, hometown, city recommendation and even a fun fact about themselves.  Riders, on the other hand, can now learn more about the person behind the wheel by tapping on the p hoto. There have been some incidents in the past where riders have reported bad experiences with drivers.

A Japanese woman has died of a tick-borne disease caught from a cat, in what is thought to be the first such mammal to human transmission, the media reported on Tuesday.Japan's Health Ministry said the woman in her 50s had been helping a weakening stray cat when she was bitten, reports the BBC.Ten days later, she died of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), which is carried by ticks.With no tick bite detected, doctors assume the illness must have been contracted via the infected cat.SFTS is a relatively new infectious disease emerging in China, Korea and Japan, the BBC reported.The virus is said to have fatality rates of up to 30 per cent and is especially severe in people over 50.According to local media reports, SFTS first occurred in the country in 2013.The ministry said the latest death was still a rare case but warned people to be careful when in contact with animals in poor physical condition.Globally, tick bites are widely associated with transmitting L

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Hyderabad drug racket has so far arrested 19 accused and not ruled out some more arrests.It so far questioned 27 people including five from Telugu film industry, officials said on Monday.They have not ruled out further arrests in the racket, which was busted early this month and caused a sensation following startling revelation that the accused were selling drugs to school and college students and even Tollywood celebrities.Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department's Director, Enforcement, Akun Sabharwal, who is heading the probe, told reporters that SIT had so far registered seven cases and arrested 19 people.Puttkar Ronson Joseph alias Johny Joseph, belonging to entertainment industry, was arrested on Monday and narcotic substances were recovered from his possession.Sabharwal said they were acting as per law and following all guidelines of the Supreme Court in questioning the people connected with the case.He denied t

 Ram Nath Kovind, who got elected recently and was a former BJP member and an RSS activist, was on Tuesday sworn in as the 14th President of India. Chief Justice J.S. Khehar administered the oath of office to Kovind in the presence of outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament's Central Hall. Immediately after the oath taking ceremony, Kovind, 71, exchanged the chair with Mukherjee to take over the top constitutional post of India - as the head of the state and supreme commander of the Indian Armed forces. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and outgoing Vice President M. Hamid Ansari and MPs were present in the Central Hall. Kovind, former Bihar Governor, is the second Dalit President of India after K.R. Narayanan .

The world football's governing body announced all doping tests collected at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, held in Russia this summer, resulted negative "FIFA today announced that the analyses of all doping tests conducted for the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 have yielded negative results," the statement from FIFA said. The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, also known as the Tournament of Champions, was held between June 17 and July 2 in four cities across Russia, namely at Spartak Stadium in Moscow, St. Petersburg Stadium, Fisht Stadium in Sochi, and the Kazan Arena in Kazan, reports Tass news agency. The trophy of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup went to reigning world champions Germany after they defeated the ambitious team from Chile 1-0 in the extra time of the tournament's final on July 2 in Saint Petersburg.

Five-year-old boy kidnapped from east Delhi has been rescued and a couple living in the neighbourhood arrested for the crime, police said on Sunday.Police said Asadul Islam and his wife Riksona kidnapped the boy on Friday from Seemapuri area and were demanding Rs 8 lakh from his mother to release him.They were arrested from Surya Nagar on Saturday evening when Islam was in contact with the boy's mother to tell her about the location where the ransom amount was to be delivered, Deputy Commissioner of Police Nupur Prasad said.The woman had filed a police complaint on Friday evening about the kidnapping."Police investigation revealed that a ransom call was made by the kidnapper -- later identified as Islam -- to the woman about his demand for Rs 8 lakh to free the boy. Islam also threatened her that the boy will be killed if she approached police," Prasad said.The officer said the ransom deal was settled at Rs 3 lakh and Islam told the woman to hire an auto-rickshaw and

:The Central Command of the Indian Army will celebrate Kargil 'Vijay Diwas' on Wednesday through a series of functions and celebrations, a defence spokesperson said on Monday. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated all over India on July 26 every year to commemorate the emphatic victory in the Kargil War against Pakistan and honour the war heroes.  It was on this day in 1999, the Indian Army successfully took control of posts in extremely difficult and treacherous high altitude and glaciated terrain across the Himalayas in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, after fighting for 60 days. Functions to pay homage to the gallant martyrs would be held in all stations across the seven states under the area of responsibility of the Central Command.  These will be followed by felicitation of participants of Kargil War, 'veer naris', parents of martyrs, veterans and widows. In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would pay homage to the

   Facebook-owned WhatsApp is now on a hunt for a professional who can help the company monestise the instant messaging app. According to a blog by a company executive, WhatsApp is seeking an exceptional individual to lead the product development for WhatsApp's monetisation efforts."If you are a leader who has demonstrated experience in building products, has an empathy for both consumers and businesses, has a strong bias for action, want to understand and unlock the potential of WhatsApp to serve millions of businesses, we would be excited to hear from you," the blog read."WhatsApp is a start-up environment where you'll be expected to roll up your sleeves and work collaboratively with engineers, designers and other cross-functional partners. You'll expect to push the boundaries of what's possible in a mobile app, while sharing in our healthy obsession for quality and attention to detail," it added.The job description said it will be a full-t

The government nominees on the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) are to be paid Rs 1.5 lakh per meeting along with air travel and other reimbursements, according to a decision taken by the RBI.The six-member MPC, constituted last year, has three persons appointed by the government while the others, including the Governor, are from the RBI.The central government appointed members would "receive a remuneration of Rs 1,50,000 for devoting time and work for each meeting of the committee which they attend, and other expenses relating to air travel, local transportation and accommodation as may be decided by the central board from time to time," according to the RBI's latest regulations on the MPC's functioning.The regulations stipulated that all the MPC members will need to observe a "silent period" seven days before and after the monetary policy review meeting for "utmost confidentiality"."Members shall obser

An Indian-American doctor-cum-entrepreneur was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for defrauding his former company's shareholders of more than $49 million. Sreedhar Potarazu, 51, an ophthalmic surgeon licensed in Maryland and Virginia, founded VitalSpring Technologies Inc in 2000 and was its CEO and President and served on its Board of Directors, the US Department of Justice said on its website. Prosecutors said Potarazu provided materially false and misleading information to VitalSpring's shareholders to induce more than $49 million in capital investments in the company.  Potarazu was remanded in custody on Wednesday and will have to forfeit several homes, vehicles and bank accounts. He presented the company as financially successful and on the brink of being sold, quoting major profits when in reality he failed to account for and pay over more than $7.5 million in employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.  Potarazu went to the extent of employing someone t

http://www.suryaa.com/14541-avoiding-smoking-obesity-alcohol-may-increase-life-expectancy.html  People who quit smoking, reduce weight and refrain from heavy alcohol intake are likely to live seven years longer in good health than the general population, a study has showed. The findings showed that people who never smoked and were not obese lived four-five years longer than the general population, and these extra years were free of disability. Further, individuals who also consumed alcohol moderately lived seven more disability-free years than the general population, and had an increased total life expectancy. "The study showed that a healthy lifestyle, which costs nothing, is enough to enable individuals to enjoy a very long and healthy life," said Mikko Myrskyla, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany. In addition, men who were not overweight, had never smoked, and drank moderately were found to live an average of 1

  Nearly two months after reports surfaced saying Google tried to restrict media coverage of a gender discrimination case, the tech giant has emerged triumphant in its fight with the US Department of Labour over supplying pay gap data. According to a report in Engadget late on Sunday, an administrative law judge ruled that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs overstepped its boundaries by asking for as much data as it did when trying to address reported pay disparities between men and women. It said that the Office could not justify why it needed as much info as it wanted, the report said.The Department of Labour had accused Google of systematically underpaying women and the court battle centred on the company's refusal to hand over salary data the government has requested, to which Google replied by saying that the data request was overly broad and violates its workers' privacy.It was alleged that the tech giant tried to dismiss a lawsuit, claiming that a gove

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) NDAs Ram Nath Kovind won the presidential election  defeating opposition nominee Meira Kumar  here on Thursday.

Google is to commence the taking of photos for its Google Street View service in Austria from Thursday following a long break in the process.The US giant showed off one of its cars in Vienna on Wednesday, that will be taking photos for the online service, where users can access 360-degree panoramic views of streets, Xinhua reported.The company had initially begun the process in 2010, despite being hit by a temporary ban from the Data Protection Commission (DKS), when it was found the vehicles were allegedly recording potentially personal data from wireless computer networks as they drove by. The company argued this was unintentional.Though the ban was lifted the following year the company decided not to pursue the process any further. Camera footage from then is also not going to be used, a company spokesperson stated.On July 3 the company registered its intent to begin the process again. To do so it must meet conditions set by the privacy authority that include that only photos m

Counting of votes cast in the July 17 presidential election began on Thursday in Parliament to decide the contest between the ruling NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind, who has a clear edge, and the combined all party Opposition nominee Meira Kumar. The final result was expected by the evening that would decide the successor of President Pranab Mukherjee, who demits office on July 25. There would be eight rounds of counting, and the announcements would be made after every round. Polling to choose the successor to President Mukherjee was held simultaneously at 32 polling stations -- 

  In an apparent move to compete with Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, Google has launched 'Hire', a recruiting app for small- and medium-sized businesses that also integrates seamlessly with G Suite. "Hire makes it easy for you to identify talent, build strong candidate relationships and efficiently manage the interview process end-to-end," Berit Johnson, Senior Product Manager at Google Cloud, wrote in a blog on Tuesday. 'Hire' integrates seamlessly with G Suite apps like Gmail and Google Calendar that are being used by over three million businesses to drive recruiting efforts.  "With the introduction of 'Hire', customers now have a hiring app alongside G Suite's familiar, easy-to-use tools that can help them run an efficient recruiting process," Johnson added. With 'Hire', businesses can communicate with candidates in Gmail or 'Hire' and emails will be synced automatically in both. Interviews can scheduled in 'Hire'

 Virat Kohli feels that he will not be under any added pressure to perform with Ravi Shastri, considered to be his favourite choice for the post of head coach, back in the team replacing Anil Kumble.India enjoyed a successful spell under Kumble but the leg-spin legend's contract was not renewed amid a supposedly sour relationship with his captain.Now that Kohli and Shastri have come together again, the performances will be further scrutinised.But at the pre-departure press conference ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka, Kohli on Wednesday said that he is not distracted by the off-field drama that surrounded the appointment of the coaching staff which is now Shastri's "core team"."I don't think there is added pressure. What has to happen will happen. Criticism and being criticised is nothing new to us. Whatever is happening off the field doesn't bother us. I do not take any added pressure. I started as a player and you only focus on the series that you hav

The rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has not been glitch-free and has thrown up issues on various fronts, including the entertainment tax, textile and MSME and other sectors, CBEC Chairperson Vanaja Sarna said on Wednesday.Sarna added that the issues will, however, get ironed out over time."The last 18 days of GST have thrown problems, it has not been glitch-free. We have had issues from textile, entertainment tax and micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)," the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) Chairperson said here.She was speaking at an interactive session on 'Transition to GST Implementation' organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).However, she said that no "earth-shaking" hurdles have arisen and the issues that have cropped up "will get ironed out over time".

The ride-sharing company Uber was sued on Tuesday by disability rights groups for discriminating passengers with mobility disability in New York City. In the proposed class-action complaint, Uber was accused of violating New York City Human Rights Law because 99.9 per cent of its more than 58,000 vehicles in the city are unusable by people in wheelchairs, Xinhua reported. "Uber purports to have some accessible vehicles in its fleet, but passengers attempting to use Uber's accessible service face extended wait times, or are still denied access to the service altogether," the complaint said. The 31-page lawsuit was filed in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan by Disability Rights Advocates, a national nonprofit legal center, on behalf of advocacy groups and individuals including the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, Taxis for All Campaign, Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York, Valerie Joseph, and Gabriela Amari. The case followed earlier laws

The first stage of negotiations between India and Russia on developing a fifth generation fighter jet (FGFA) together is over, an official has informed.Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec Corporation, said this on Tuesday, adding that a final decision may be made in the "near future".Asked about the negotiations, on the sidelines of 13th International Aerospace Show MAKS, Chemezov also said the progress was slow as the project and its negotiations are very "complicated"."As for the fifth generation, the work is underway. Stage one of negotiations is over. Now, we are discussing the second stage," Chemezov said."I think that in the near future, all decisions will be made. And the contract documents will be signed," he said.India and Russia had inked an inter-governmental pact for the FGFA project in 2007.In December 2010, India had agreed to pay $295 million towards the preliminary design of the fighter, also referred to as the "Perspectiv

Authorities probing the drug racket in Hyderabad will begin interrogating some of the Tollywood personalities in connection with the case from Wednesday, officials said on Tuesday.The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Prohibition and Excise Department of Telangana will question the artists including some leading actors and actresses over the next 11 days.The SIT has summoned 12 Telugu film personalities for questioning. Officials have served them notices, asking them to appear in person between July 19 and July 30.Well known director Puri Jagannadh is scheduled to appear before the team on the first day. He, however, is likely to send his advocate as he is said to be busy with shooting.Actresses Charmee Kaur and Mumaith Khan are scheduled to be questioned on July 20 and July 21 respectively. As a notice could not be served on Mumaith Khan, a SIT team has rushed to Mumbai, where the actress is shooting for a Telugu reality show.Mumaith, actors Navdeep, Subbaraju and other celeb