Five books to look forward to in May 2017
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) On an average, at least 40-50 books from leading publishers hit the stands every month. Add to this the vast number of self-published books and you will…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) On an average, at least 40-50 books from leading publishers hit the stands every month. Add to this the vast number of self-published books and you will…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Actors Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh became a household name through their onscreen chemistry in popular 2007 show “Kya Dill Mein Hai”. However, Sanjeeda says the real life couple has…
New York, April 29 (IANS) Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai received a stock award of $198.7 million in 2016, almost double his 2015 stock award of $99.8 million, a media report said. That brought his…
Manila, April 29 (IANS) Southeast Asia leaders gathered here on Saturday to exchange views on how to further strengthen and make the 50-year-old Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) relevant amid challenges confronting the world….
Washington, April 29 (IANS) First lady Melania Trump visited the Children’s National Health System in Washington to help the hospital mark the official opening of a healing garden dedicated to all the first ladies of…
New York, April 29 (IANS) Apple has stopped paying royalties to contract manufacturers for phone patents owned by Qualcomm over an “unresolved issue” — a move that will hit the US-chip maker’s financial results. Apple…
Washington, April 29 (IANS) Press freedom in the US and across the world is at its lowest point in 13 years, according to a new report by the watchdog group Freedom House. The group makes…
By Amulya Ganguli After the resounding victories of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the UP assembly and Delhi municipal elections, the party increasingly appears to be politically invincible. The three parties which offered some…
New York, April 29 (IANS) An artificial pancreas that automates blood sugar control for people with Type-1 diabetes has been found to be safe and effective in a pilot study among young children. The study…
United Nations, April 29 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the sidelines of a UN Security Council ministerial meeting on the Korean Peninsula’s nuclear issue. On…
By Arun Kumar Washington, April 29 (IANS) Donald Trump has been awfully busy since he did the impossible and became the President of the United States a hundred days ago. He was supposed to be…
Brussels, April 29 (IANS) The European Union (EU) countries will meet in Brussels to discuss a joint strategy for negotiations with the UK over Brexit, the media reported on Saturday. Twenty-seven countries will be present,…
San Francisco, April 29 (IANS) After purchasing seven million dollars worth of Twitter stock in February, CEO Jack Dorsey said he has bought another $9.5 million of the company’s stock. Dorsey posted the news of…
Washington, April 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that with the new ballistic missile trial, the North Korean leader has disrespected China, the media reported. “North Korea disrespected the wishes of China and its…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) “Realism” has taken the “cinema” out of dialogues, and the guilt-free commercial dialogue writing of the kind popularised by Salim-Javed, the celebrated scriptwriters of the 1970s and…
Washington, April 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a centrepiece of his administration, but so far his administration has deported fewer people than his predecessor, according to the…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) It was a relatively pleasant and partly cloudy Saturday morning in Delhi as minimum temperature was recorded at 24 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of season, the Met office…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Three days after the Aam Aadmi Party was defeated in the Delhi civic polls, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accepted that he has made mistakes and said “will introspect…
Washington, April 29 (IANS) A young man from the US state of Illinois was sentenced to 100 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually assaulting and robbing an 85-year-old woman, officials said. Another…
Washington, April 29 (IANS) Two US soldiers who died this week during an operation targeting Islamic State (IS) militants in Afghanistan may have been killed by friendly fire, the Department of Defence said. The department…