The Ministry of Railways has invited recruitment application process for 19,952 vacancies with the Railway Protection Force (RPF). Eligibility criteria – The person should be Matric pass and aged between 18-25 years. The interested candidates can apply by October 14, 2017. The selected candidates will be offered a salary of Rs 5200-20,200 and Rs 2000 as grade pay. General quota – 8901 Scheduled Caste – 3317 Scheduled Tribe – 3363 […]

School of Flavours celebrates CANADA 150 and presents TASTE OF INDIA food festival on August 5, 2017 at Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St W, Toronto M5H 2N2 from 12:00 Noon to 10:00 pm. FREE and family-friendly event perfect for this summer with more than 50 vendors attracting over 10,000 in attendance. Be a part of Bollywood style dances, classical temple dances, bhangra, music, and a live DJ to rock the […]

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday pledged the alliance’s support for Ukraine as it faces a bloody insurgency by pro-Russian separatists in its eastern regions. More than 10,000 people have been killed since a Russian-backed rebellion against the pro-EU government in Kiev erupted in April 2014. Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of smuggling weapons and troops across the porous border, a charge it denies. “Russia has maintained its aggressive […]

The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) on Friday announced the launch of Southern Jewels, a new tour circuit of Maharajas’ Express. “The luxury tour, aimed at the premium segment, will commence from Trivandrum on July 1 and culminate at Mumbai on July 8,” IRCTC Group General Manager SS Jagannathan told reporters. The Southern Jewels tour will cover Chettinad, Mahabalipuram, Mysuru, Hampi and Goa before culminating at Mumbai. […]

A month ago, Himanshu Sharma was asked by his company, Cognizant, to resign. His services were not required any longer, he was told. It came as a surprise to Sharma, who was hired less than a year ago. “I hadn’t expected to lose my job as I was still a fresh hire for them. I was given two options by the company: to either resign and serve the usual notice […]

In a major relief for India, the International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Pakistan to suspend the death sentence of alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav till a final decision is taken. The order was announced by ICJ president Ronny Abraham in a public sitting, 10 days after India approached the UN’s top court for “provisional measure” of protection — an interim relief — in the Jadhav case. In a unanimous […]

RBI Governor Urjit Patel and his deputies have got a big pay hike with the government more than doubling their basic salary to Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 2.25 lakh per month, respectively. The “basic pay of the governor and deputy governors” have been revised retrospectively with effect from January 1, 2016 and marks a huge jump from Rs 90,000 basic pay so far drawn by the governor and Rs […]

Apple has officially announced that its new $5 billion (£4 billion) campus will be open to employees from April. The Silicon Valley tech giant said that it will take over six months to move more than 12,000 staff to the new campus, which is set on a 175-acre site. The ring-shaped facility, which Apple is now calling “Apple Park,” is several months behind schedule. Construction on the main building and […]

US-based Hyperloop One today made a strong pitch for Indian market to move people and goods much faster way using magnetic levitation technology. Offering super fast transportation solution, the company claims to reduce travel time between Delhi and Mumbai to just 60 minutes and Mumbai to Chennai to 30 minutes. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said in New Delhi participating in an event organised by Hyperloop One that, So many new […]

In the last 30 years and more, the information technology industry in India has seen wave upon wave of negative news that threatened to upset the applecart, but the industry has shown resilience and confidence to withstand each wave and grow every year. In doing so, industry leaders have built fortresses of capabilities, ranging from standard applications and infrastructure management to package implementation to engineering and product design, business process […]