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…
April 2017
Don’t want to work with Aamir on fiction TV: Sanjeeda Sheikh
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…
Google CEO Pichai doubles his pay package
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…
Asean leaders’ summit opens in Manila
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….
Melania Trump helps open garden in children’s hospital
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…
Apple stops paying royalties to Qualcomm
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…
Press freedom declines in US: Report
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…
Who will stop the BJP? No one in sight
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…
Artificial pancreas found safe and effective for kids
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…
Chinese FM meets Tillerson, discuss bilateral ties
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…
Trump era: 100 days of turns, TV & twitter!
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…
EU to discuss Brexit without UK
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,…
CEO Jack Dorsey buys $9.5 mn in Twitter stock
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…
Kim Jong-un disrespected China with new launch: Trump
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…
‘Guilt-free commercial dialogue writing of Salim-Javed a rarity now’
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…
Deportations slow under Trump
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…
Partly cloudy Saturday morning in Delhi
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…
Kejriwal accepts mistake, says will introspect and correct
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…
US man sentenced to 100 years for assaulting elderly woman
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…
Friendly fire may have killed US troops in Afghanistan
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…