India

WANT TO HELP PEOPLE EXPLORE INDIA, ONE ROAD TRIP AT A TIME: GAURAV AGGARWAL

16 Mar 2021 02:56 AM IST

Savaari Rentals co-founder Gaurav Aggarwal, in an interview with NewsX, talks about his brand, how it is changing the way people travel, and the mission of his company.

Gone are the days when people would travel once a year: EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Pitti

15 Mar 2021 08:32 AM IST

Prashant Pitti, co-founder of Ease My Trip, in an exclusive interview with NewsX’s special series ‘NewsX India A-List’ spoke at length about the travel industry, the impact of Covid-19 on the travel industry and how his company coped with it. Reflecting on the year gone by, Pitti said, “We had

THE GREAT QUAD VACCINE DIPLOMACY: A FORCE FOR GLOBAL GOOD IN COVID TIMES

15 Mar 2021 08:28 AM IST

Members of the Quad alliance are launching a game-changing vaccine partnership under which India will manufacture US and EU developed vaccines with Japanese and US funding and logistics and distribution support from Australia.

Buckingham Palace to get law firm to conduct Meghan bullying probe

15 Mar 2021 08:26 AM IST

If a report emanating from a UK newspaper is to be believed, Buckingham Palace now plans to hand over the investigation into allegations that Meghan Markle, who had recently given a scathing interview against British royalty, may have bullied staff during her time as a frontline royal with Prince Harry

CHINA WANTS ASTRONAUTS TO STAY ON MOON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME

15 Mar 2021 08:24 AM IST

BEIJING: Once China establishes a lunar research station, its astronauts will stay on the moon for long periods of time as they conduct scientific studies, state media reported on Sunday, citing the architect of China’s lunar programme. China has mapped out a series of uncrewed missions this decade, including the

Covid-19 jumped from bats to humans with ‘very little change’: Scientists

15 Mar 2021 08:20 AM IST

The study finds that for the first 11 months of the pandemic, there has been very little ‘‘important genetic change’’ observed in novel coronavirus.

14 PERSONS KILLED IN MYANMAR PROTESTS

15 Mar 2021 08:19 AM IST

Security forces killed at least 14 protesters in a poor, industrial suburb of Myanmar’s main city on Sunday and at least three people in other parts of the country, according to local media. More than 80 people had been killed and over 2,100 arrested as of Saturday in widespread protests

DETERRENCE TO CHINA: US DEFENCE SECRETARY AHEAD OF INDIA VISIT

15 Mar 2021 08:17 AM IST

Honolulu: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said that he was travelling to Asia to boost military cooperation with American allies and foster “credible deterrence” against China. Austin kicked off via Hawaii, seat of the American military command for the Indo-Pacific region, his first foreign visits as Pentagon chief. “This is

QUAD LEADERS REITERATE COMMITMENT TO ‘FREE & OPEN’ INDO-PACIFIC REGION

15 Mar 2021 08:15 AM IST

‘We are striving to ensure that the Indo-Pacific is accessible and dynamic, governed by international law... In recent years, that vision has increasingly been tested,’ write PM Modi and Biden, along with the Japanese and Australian PMs in an American daily.

Tharoor justifies British Parliament’s right to discuss farm stir in India

12 Mar 2021 01:48 AM IST

After New Delhi summoned the UK envoy on Tuesday over “unwarranted discussion” in the British Parliament on farm stir in India, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor justified the debate, saying that in a democracy you are free to discuss whatever you want. “Just as we, in India, can discuss say the

I WANTED TO MAKE CONTENT THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE SMILE: AD FILMMAKER AATISH DABRAL

12 Mar 2021 01:47 AM IST

NewsX was recently joined by Aatish Dabral, an independent ad film-maker and the founder of The Human Touch for an exclusive conversation where he spoke about his journey and using the online space to remind the world that there is kindness all around. Talking about his journey, Aatish said, “I

BLENDED LEARNING IS THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL LEARNING

12 Mar 2021 01:45 AM IST

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the education system has gone through an unprecedented growth in digital transformation, but experts believe that this is just the beginning.