Canberra, Aug 2 (IANS) Australians have considerably increased their support for same-sex marriage in the last decade, a report has found. The wide-ranging survey found that 67 per cent of women and 59 per cent…
San Francisco, Aug 2 (IANS) Responding to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as to why Twitter is hiding its daily active user (DAU) growth, the company said “the absolute number of DAUs is less…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Ace designer Rohit Bal’s collection — including a newly-introduced cock motif — became talk of the town after he showcased it at the just-concluded India Couture Week…
Silchar/New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Santosh Mohan Dev died on Wednesday at a hospital here in Assam, family said. He was 83. “Nothing could have prepared me for…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Irrfan Khan is joining hands with producer Ronnie Screwvala for a brand new project under the banner RSVP. The acclaimed actor says he is excited to collaborate with Screwvala. “I’m excited…
London, Aug 2 (IANS) A masterpiece by Pablo Picasso, one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century, is on display at Duff House, a Georgian mansion in Aberdeenshire. Picasso’s Les Soles that went…
Bengaluru, Aug 2 (IANS) Income Tax (IT) sleuths on Wednesday began conducting raids at the official residence of Karnataka Power Minister D.K. Shivakumar and at a private resort near here where 44 Congress lawmakers from…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US wishes to sit down and hold dialogue with North Korea, but only if the Communist nation gives up its pursuit of nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson…
Srinagar, Aug 2 (IANS) A youth injured in clashes with the security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, succumbed in a hospital on Wednesday, police said. Akeel Ahmad Bhat injured in Tuesday’s clashes succumbed in…
Patna, Aug 2 (IANS) At least 14 bogies of a goods train derailed in Bihar’s Kaimur district on Wednesday, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Mughalsarai-Howrah route, officials said. No injuries were reported. The accident…
San Francisco, Aug 2 (IANS) Better than expected iPhone sales led to Apple posting a quarterly revenue of $45.4 billion — up seven per cent YoY (year-over-year) — for the third quarter of 2017. These…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 32,641.58 points, touched a…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning here on Wednesday, with the minimum temperature recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, normal for the season. “The sky will remain generally cloudy and there is…
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Apple has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2017, with profit rising to $8.7 billion, nearly 12 per cent higher than in the same…
Los Angeles, Aug 2 (IANS) Hollywood actor George Clooney’s Foundation will contribute $2.25 million to sponsor seven schools in Lebanon, which could help over 3,000 Syrian refugee children back to school this year. This project…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Families of Indian National Army sent in their appreciation to the actors of the film “Raagdesh” , which is based on three freedom fighters Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Sehgal, Gurbaksh Dhillon,…
Srinagar, Aug 2 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir police approached the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi and asked them to claim the body of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) divisional commander Abu Dujana, killed by the security forces on…
Beirut, Aug 2 (IANS) Lebanon has vowed to defeat terrorism as the country marked the Army Day after a two-year absence of the celebration due to the presidential vacuum. President Michel Aoun stressed on the…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Christopher A. Wray as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Wray, with a 92-5 vote, replaces James Comey who…
Los Angeles, Aug 2 (IANS) A man fired multiple gunshots outside the Consulate General of China in Los Angeles in the US before shooting himself dead. The shooting was reported on Tuesday around 6 a.m….