‘Golden age' of Opec has passed and Russia will not join cartel, says energy boss      

A video of Amitabh Bachchan explaining the meaning of Hindu Vedic mantra's had gone viral yesterday but what caught our attention today was a video of Big B serving Gujarati food to the guests at the wedding of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal at their residence in South Mumbai.

NEW DELHI: Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), a telecom department's wing has blamed the state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's (BSNL) implementation partner Vihaan Networks Limited (VNL) for using substandard technology in a government-aided Northeast telecom connectivity initiative, a charge which is though denied by the Gurgaon-based firm."Anything in the name of home-made technology should not be deployed in a government project unless it meets international standards," USOF administrator Sanjay Singh told ETTelecom, adding that the department was very transparent and much concerned about the quality.Singh further added that there was a serious petition saying mala fide selection of firms and that has also sought the court's intervention to scrap the project.The USO-funded initiative being driven by state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) involves installation of 2,817 mobile towers in the rough terrain of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam's two districts— Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, with VNL deploying 1,893 sites and Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL) 924 mobile towers in Assam.The spat between the two escalated after a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan on behalf of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the Supreme Court, and a subsequent letter from a lawmaker Ninong Ering ...

Continuing with her sizzling form, Indian badminton star P V Sindhu breezed into the summit clash of the World Tour Finals for the second successive time after prevailing over 2013 world champion Ratchanok Intanon in a tense semifinal here Saturday.

iOS 10 reached 14.45% of eligible devices in the first 24 hours of its release. In comparison, iOS 9 was on 12.60% of eligible device within 24 hours of it being released for all users.

At least six civilians were killed and nearly two dozens injured in firing by security forces in J&K's Pulwama following an encounter that left three terrorists and a soldier dead on Saturday, according to news agency Associated Press. Earlier in the day, a security personnel was killed and three terrorists were gunned down following an encounter in the district.