Google celebrates Hubert Cecil Booth's 147th birthday

Vacuum cleaner inventor Hubert gets a Google Doodle homage on July 4

For Fourth of July celebration, Google chose to acknowledge the 147th birth anniversary of an English engineer Hubert Cecil Booth, not something related to American independence. Booth has designed factories, suspension bridges, and Ferris wheels but noted for inventing the first powered vacuum cleaner. Jul 4, 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Centre hikes new season common rice purchase price

India is set to announce a hefty increase in the minimum price it promises to pay for key crops later on Wednesday, sources said, as the government looks to woo the country's 260 million farmers ahead of elections due early next year. Jul 4, 2018