New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Over 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution globally with China and India being the worst-hit, a report claimed. According to the report,…
London, Sep 9 (IANS) Children with emotional parents are more likely to be successful, a study has found. The research found that a caring and emotionally attentive environment is liable to be a long-term game-changer….
London, Sep 9 (IANS) While the link between lifestyle and genetic factors with diabetes is well established, researchers have now found that long-term exposure to higher levels of traffic-related air pollution may also put you…
By Haricharan Pudipeddi Chennai, Sep 9 (IANS) Filmmaker A.R. Murugadoss, who enjoys a high success rate among his contemporaries in Indian cinema, says he always thinks from the viewpoint of the audience while helming a…
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Actor Pankaj Dheer, who has been part of the small screen industry for almost three decades, says content on Indian TV is regressive. Asked if the content on TV is regression…
London, Sep 9 (IANS) When young teenagers reach puberty, both girls and boys tend to experience a rapid drop in the number of calories that they burn, finds a new study. The research, that also…
Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) The authorities on Friday foiled a scheduled press conference here by senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, officials said. Geelani had called a press conference at his uptown Hyderpora residence…
Los Angeles, Sep 9 (IANS) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron will be partnering with production banner Participant Media on a new untitled film that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in…
Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) There was utter bedlam in the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Friday as opposition legislators jostled with marshals near the speaker’s podium and uprooted the mike. One of the television cameras near…
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) German Angelique Kerber will become the new women’s singles World No.1 replacing long-standing incumbent American Serena Williams when updated rankings are released on Monday, September 12. “Congratulations to Angelique on…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) NASA on Thursday launched its first mission to bring back samples from a potentially dangerous asteroid that could collide with Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft…
Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) The importance of coastal security became evident after the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008, Home minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. Singh was speaking on the sidelines of an Indian…
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma has complained to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about alleged corruption in Mumbai’s civic body and wondered if these were the “achhe din” (good days) he had promised. Kapil,…
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) A daylong shutdown on Friday to protest release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu has disrupted normal life across Karnataka. With buses, taxis and autos staying off roads, movement of people…
Phnom Penh, Sep 9 (IANS) A court in Cambodia began trial of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha on Friday for his “refusal to appear” in a prostitution case. Security has been tightened at the court…
Chennai, Sep 9 (IANS) The smash hit number “Thalli pogathey” from filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon’s upcoming Tamil-Telugu bilingual romantic drama “Accham Yenbathu Madamaiyada” will be shot in Bangkok over the weekend. Starring Simbu and Manjima…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) A local court on Friday acquitted a 41-year-old woman who was accused of forcing her husband to have sex with her, the first case in the country for a wife to…
Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal’s car was involved in a minor accident on Friday near Jalandhar on the second day of his Punjab tour, police said. The Toyota…
Hyderabad, Sep 9 (IANS) Akhil Akkineni, younger son of Telugu megastar Nagarjuna, will get engaged to city-based designer Shriya Bhupal here on December 9, according to a reliable source. “The families have decided to get…
Tokyo, Sep 9 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said the nuclear test conducted by North Korea was unacceptable and would be protested. Abe also said that Japan would liaise closely on the…