Agri-chemical giant Monsanto rejected another merger offer from Bayer on Tuesday, signaling it is open to proposals from other companies. After Bayer upped its offer from $62 to $65 billion, or $125 per share, Monsanto’s board unanimously rejected it, calling it “financially inadequate,” adding “Monsanto remains open to continued and ... Read More »
Shin Godzilla, the latest installment in Toho Company’s famed creature-feature franchise, will be released by Funimation Films in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The special effects-laden, live-action picture is slated to hit Japanese screens July 29 and western theaters in late 2016. The 29th Godzilla film ... Read More »
The foreign concept of running back by committee has begun to take root with the Chicago Bears, much like the 3-4 defense needed time to grow last year. A franchise deeply seeded in a single dominant back philosophy actually started converting last year to coach John Fox’s belief of wearing ... Read More »
While he wasn’t robbed, kidnapped, or vomited on like some of his Olympic comrades, Andrew Bogut has plenty to gripe about. Last week, the Australian Olympic committee said that the athletes’ village was “uninhabitable,” according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Australian team members have reported a fire, as well as ... Read More »
Days after the end of the Democratic National Convention,Hillary Clinton is ahead of Republican Donald Trump by nearly 3 points in a UPI/CVoter poll released Monday. The Democratic nominee had a 2.9 percentage point lead in the poll conducted seven days through Sunday, with 49 percent support to Trump’s 46.1 ... Read More »
The Army Saturday foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control in northKashmir’s Naugam sector. Two soldiers and two militants were killed in the operation, which was underway till Saturday evening. This is the second infiltration attempt foiled by the Army on the LoC since Wednesday. It comes at ... Read More »
One of the Dalits who had consumed poisonous substance during Dalit protests in Rajkot against Una flogging died on Sunday morning at Ahmedabad civil hospital. Yogeshbhai Sarikhada, the 23-year-old Dalit, belonged to the Anusuchit Jati Vas in Moti Parabadi district of Rajkot. Sarikhada succumbed in Ahmedabad Civil hospital where he had ... Read More »
The government is set to face resistance in passage of the bill which seeks to amend the Enemy Property Act, with major opposition parties Congress, Samajwadi Party, JD(U) and CPI opposing its key provisions. The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill seeking to make changes in the Enemy Property Act, ... Read More »
Through his programme Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi apprised the nation of a new government scheme–Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan– aimed to curb India’s worrying maternal mortality rates. The prime minister said that though India’s maternal mortality rate was declining, there were still many pregnant women whose lives could not be ... Read More »
Maharashtra chief of Samajwadi Party, Abu Azmi said a law along the lines of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act should be enacted for Muslims to protect them from “particular section” of society. “On the lines of the Prevention of Atrocities Act, a similar law should also be ... Read More »
Even as the death toll in the current wave of devastating floods in Assam claimed 26 lives and affected 37 lakh people in the state, union home minister Rajnath Singhon Saturday in Guwahati called for finding long-term solutions to tackle the recurring problem. “Short-term measures are temporary. What we require ... Read More »
Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh will leave for Saudi Arabia soon to assess the severity of the food crisis faced by nearly 10,000 Indians rendered jobless and will explore their possible return, with Saudi authorities assuring assistance. Singh will travel to the Gulf nation in the ... Read More »
