New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress leader and former Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday demanded a “high-level inquiry” into the alleged leak of sensitive information related to combat and stealth aspects of India’s Scorpene…
New York, Aug 24 (IANS) In an effort to give electric car drivers more km per minute of charging, engineers led by an Indian-origin researcher have designed a thin plastic membrane that stops rechargeable batteries…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime will have an inflationary impact, leading to increase in tea prices, Tata Global Beverages’ Chairman Cyrus P. Mistry said on Wednesday. “GST…
Madrid, Aug 24 (IANS) Reigning Spanish League and Cup Champions FC Barcelona have kicked off the football season in an impressive style with a 5-0 aggregate win over Sevilla in the Spanish Supercup and a…
Geneva, Aug 24 (IANS) Sepp Blatter, who has stepped down as the world football governing body FIFA’s president for corruption, will file his final challenge against the six-year ban on Thursday. The 80-year-old Swiss has…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The information allegedly leaked on the Scorpene submarines being built in India includes technical manuals of the boat, as also details like its acoustic signature and levels of noise radiation,…
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) Indian equity markets, after a volatile trade session on Wednesday, provisionally closed on a flat note with a positive bias. Healthy buying was witnessed in healthcare and oil and gas stocks….
New Delhi: Actress Priyanka Chopra during UNICEF #FairStart campaign, in New Delhi, on July 5, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra’s mother Madhu Chopra is not making an acting…
Dhaka, Aug 24 (IANS) Bangladesh police have confirmed that the DNA samples of all six terrorists killed in a military operation following the Gulshan cafe siege, have matched with their relatives. “DNA samples of the…
Madrid, Aug 24 (IANS) Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has credited Zinedine Zidane’s appointment as Real Madrid head coach as the catalyst for “one of the best seasons” of his illustrious football career. Reports in…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has greeted people on Janmashtami, conveying his “warm greetings and good wishes” here on Wednesday. “I convey warm greetings and good wishes to all my fellow countrymen…
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) It takes Parag Tyagi six hours everyday to get into the ‘Brahmarakshas’ avatar for TV show “Brahmarakshas — Jaag Utha Shaitaan”. The actor says working with prosthetic is a challenge. Parag…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Surrogacy Regulation bill, 2016, which aims to regulate surrogacy and safeguard the rights of surrogate mothers. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting…
By Charlie Moloney As many as 78 per cent of the 18,452 inhabitable villages the government set out to provide with power have been “electrified”. However, 92 per cent of the 10,072 newly-electrified villages include…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 24 (IANS) The impending Rio Paralympics could be facing its most serious financial crisis to date but the Games’ Director of Media and Communications, Craig Spence, remains confident about its success….
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The leaked data on the Scorpene submarine may threaten its stealth element, former Indian Navy chief, Admiral Arun Prakash said on Wednesday, adding it has to be first established how…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) There has been no Indian casualty in the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that rocked Italy on Wednesday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said citing the Indian embassy in Rome. “Massive earthquake…
Budapest, Aug 24 (IANS) Russian weightlifters Dmitry Lapikov and Khadzhimurat Akkayev have tested positive for banned drugs in the latest retests of samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the press service of the International Weightlifting…
Mumbai: Actors Jacqueline Fernandez Tiger Shroff and Australian actor Nathan Jones during the screening of film A Flying Jatt and promotion of Swachh Bharat campaign in Mumbai on Aug 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai: Actors…
Sydney, Aug 24 (IANS) Following targeted raids on the Australian east coast, authorities have arrested 34 Malaysian nationals for working illegally in the agriculture sector. Following information from the community, authorities on Tuesday raided a…