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All three services are ready to defend the country: Army Chief

New Delhi, Jan 011 (ANI): Newly appointed Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane paid tribute at National War Memorial on January 01. Expressing his gratitude, General Naravane said, "I pray to Waheguru ji to give me courage and strength to perform my duties as the chief of Army Staff. All three services are ready to defend the country." He further added, "Our priority will be to be operationally prepared at all times. We will pay special attention to respect human rights."

Army Chief pays tribute at National War Memorial

New Delhi, Jan 01 (ANI): Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane paid tribute at National War Memorial on Jan 01. Army Chief General Naravane also received guard of honour. General Manoj Mukund Naravane took charge as 28th Chief of Indian Army on Dec 31. General Naravane succeeded General Bipin Rawat.

Watch: ITBP jawans celebrate New Year in Auli

Auli (Uttarakhand), Jan 01 (ANI): Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans celebrated New Year in Uttarakhand's Auli. Jawans danced on songs with full enthusiasm. The entire country is celebrating New Year 2020.

Children who consume whole milk are at lower risk of being overweight: Study

New Delhi, Jan 01 (ANI): A review study has found that children drinking whole milk had 40 per cent lower chances of getting overweight or obese as compared to the ones who drank reduced-fat milk. The study was conducted by analysing 28 other studies from seven different countries involving the exploration of the relationship between children who drink cow's milk and their risk of being obese or overweight. None of the 28 studies involving a total of 21,000 children of up to the age of 18-years showed that children drinking reduced-fat milk had lower odds of being obese or overweight. On the contrary, 18 studies suggested that children that consumed whole milk had a lesser likelihood of being overweight or obese.

Watch: CRPF jawans dance to celebrate New Year in Raipur

Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Jan 01 (ANI): Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans celebrated New Year in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. Jawans danced on songs with full passion and enthusiasm. The entire country is celebrating New Year 2020.

Several parts in India celebrate New Year 2020

Mumbai; Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh); Amritsar (Punjab); Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) Jan 01 (ANI): People celebrated New Year 2020 in a grand way at Gateway of India in Mumbai. Mumbai was lit up on the occasion of New Year. Fireworks display was observed at Gateway of India. Meanwhile, in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal and Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, people also welcomed and enjoyed New Year while dancing on several songs. On New Year 2020, devotees visited at Golden Temple to celebrate the occasion and also took blessing from the lord. The entire country is celebrating New Year 2020.

Skip Siri, Google Assistant and get directions in your own voice

New Delhi, Jan 01 (ANI): A new tool lets you use your voice to get directions so you don't have to rely on existing voice assistants such as Siri or Google Assistant. Called 'My Car, My Voice', the new tool is built into Cerence - a voice software already powering vehicles from Toyota, GM, Audi, Chrysler, and BMW, Mashable notes. To customise, a person needs to speak a series of sentences into the Cerence app in your infotainment system. Once you create a voice clone, it can read any text out loud.

Under-construction building collapsed in Delhi's Trilokpuri, 8 rescued

New Delhi, Jan 01 (ANI): An under-construction building collapsed in Delhi's Trilokpuri area on December 31. All the eight people, who were trapped, have been rescued. Further details are awaited.

Watch: Locals flock to Chandigarh's Sec-17 to celebrate New Year

Chandigarh, Dec 31 (ANI): Locals flocked to Sector-17 in Chandigarh ahead of New Year 2020. People were seen enjoying traditional dance performances on drum beats.

Artist creates miniature art inside bottle to wish everyone on New Year

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Dec 31 (ANI): A miniature artist has created a masterpiece ahead of New Year 2020. L Eswar Rao has made an art inside a bottle and wrote 'Welcome 2020 Happy New Year'. It took 4 days for the artist to create this amazing piece of art. He has made it using waste plastic fibers and by recycling it. L Eswar Rao hails from Odisha's Khudra district.

Delhi govt renames Pragati Maidan as Supreme Court metro station

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): While addressing a press conference, Manish Sisodia, Delhi Deputy CM informed that Pragati Maidan metro station will be renamed as Supreme Court metro station. "Mukarba Chowk will be named as Shahid Vikram Batra Chowk. Metro station near Supreme Court that was called Pragati Maidan, will now be called Supreme Court Metro Station. Badarpur-Mehrauli Road will be named as Acharya Shri Mahapragya Marg," said Manish Sisodia.

Arpita, Aayush take newborn baby girl Ayat home

Mumbai, Dec 31 (ANI): Salman Khan's sister Arpita got discharged from hospital after giving birth to a baby girl on December 27. Aayush and Arpita were spotted outside the hospital with their newborn and 3-year-old son Ahil. Family members and friends visited hospital to meet the new member of the family. Couple has named the baby girl Ayat.

Watch: Sydney heads towards New Year 2020

Sydney (Australia), Dec 31 (ANI): Australia's Sydney celebrated New Year 2020 in a grand way. City of Sydney was lit up on the occasion of New Year. Fireworks display was observed near the Opera House.

SMS?service to be restored in Kashmir from today midnight

Jammu, Dec 31 (ANI): While addressing a press conference in Jammu on December 31, the Principal Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Rohit Kansal said, "The SMS service will be restored in the Kashmir valley from midnight on Tuesday (December 31)." All network and landline connections were suspended across Jammu and Kashmir on August 05, in view of security concerns in the region following centre's decision to abrogate article 370 that granted special powers to the region. Back on October 14, postpaid mobile services were restored in the remaining parts of JandK. The central government had abrogated article 370 and also bifurcated the former state into Union Territories (UTs) of JandK and Ladakh. The new UTs came into being October 31.

'It's a step towards bringing peace, prosperity in region': Army Chief on abrogation of Article 370

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on December 31 that abrogation of Article 370 is a step towards bringing peace and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir. "Post the abrogation of Article 370, there has been definite improvement in the situation on the ground. Incidents of violence have seen a marked decline, this augurs very well for population of Jammu and Kashmir. It's a step forward towards bringing peace and prosperity to the region," said new Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane while talking to ANI.

'Swami' like him should treat everyone equally: Kharge on CM Yogi's tweet

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Office tweeted in reply of Congress General Secretary in Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra jibes (saffron clad saint). The tweet said, "Those who inherited politics and engaged in politics of appeasement, forgetting about the nation, would hardly understand the meaning of public service." While speaking to media in the national capital on December 31, the veteran leader of Congress party Mallikarjun Kharge said, "Naturally, he is a 'swami' and 'tyagi'. Being a saint he should treat everyone equally. Why does he hate Muslims, Minorities people and Dalits? Why there are reports of lynching in his state and why rapes are increased in his state?" "In UP, these people are realising that Priyanka Gandhi is becoming more popular and she is taking people's cause and redressing their grievances," he added. "They don't like all this as they know that they will be exposed," Kharge further stated.

Parineeti Chopra misses chiffon saree while posing in Austria

New Delhi, Dec31 (ANI): Actor Parineeti Chopra took to her Instagram and shared a picture of her posing in Austria. She captioned, "Didn't find a chiffon saree in my bag but I played some Yash ji songs in my head". The actor will be next seen in the biographical drama 'Saina'.

B-town celebs greet fans on New Year

Mumbai, Dec 31 (ANI): Bollywood celebrities wished New Year to their fans in advance. Ananya Panday, Bhumi Pednekar, Esha Gupta, Jackie Shroff wished their fans ahead of the coming year. Jackie Shroff also suggested fans not to drink and drive on the New Year eve. Bollywood actors, Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Taapsee Pannu also greeted their fans.

Fire breaks out in car at Hyderabad petrol pump

Hyderabad, Dec 31 (ANI): A major fire broke out in a car at a petrol pump in Hyderabad on December 31. The fire broke out in the vehicle while filling fuel in it. Firefighters rushed to the petrol pump to douse the flames. No injuries have been reported so far. Further investigation is underway.

Sensex tumbles by 304 points on last day of 2019

New Delhi, Dec 31 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices closed in the red on December 31 as lacklustre trading amid mixed global cues pushed investors towards profit booking on the last trading day of calendar year 2019. The BSE SandP Sensex closed 304 points or 0.7 per cent lower at 41,254 while the Nifty 50 slipped by 87 points at 12,168. Experts said the market is likely to remain range-bound in the absence of any major triggers. Except for Nifty metal and realty, all sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the negative zone with Nifty media tumbling by 1.46 per cent, private bank by 0.65 per cent and IT by 0.78 per cent. Among stocks, Zee Entertainment was the top loser with a fall of 3.57 per cent to Rs 292 per share.