New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) First splashy full page ads in major Indian newspapers and now a personal piece by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a leading English daily defending Free Basics, the war over…
Mumbai: Actor Rishi Kapoor during the on location shoot of film Chalk N Duster in Mumbai on Oct 23, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and veteran actor…
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) The delay of patients in recognising heart-attack symptoms and seeking the treatment later may increase the damage to the heart, warns a new study. The researchers in this study compared…
Vagator (Goa), Dec 29 (IANS) As fans of electronic dance music (EDM) go crazy at the Sunburn festival in Goa, southern filmstars like Rana Daggubati join the gang to make more noise while the…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) Technology-driven e-tailers from the virtual world are giving a run for the money to retailers in the real world, as they lure away smart buyers with lower prices, heavy discounts and…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) After wearing make-up for outings and parties, your skin tends to lose its shine. Try a cream-based moisturising face wash, and a day after the party spend some time reviving…
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) Ancient monkeys used auditory cues similar to humans to distinguish between low and high sound notes say, researchers, adding that pitch perception may have evolved more than 40 million years…
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) A newly created antibody could treat the decline in muscle mass and power associated with ageing, show results of a phase-two trial by an international research team. The myostatin…
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) In an awkward but mysterious move, singer Miranda Lambert decided to follow her former husband Blake Shelton’s current girlfriend Gwen Stefani on Twitter. Stefani has not returned the favour by…
Palak Lalwani Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) Debutante Palak Lalwani will ring in her birthday this Friday with the release of her Telugu romantic-drama “Abbayitho Ammayi”. She hopes it will bring her good luck and go…
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) A lawsuit has been filed against the makers of TV show “The Big Bang Theory” over the ownership of the song “Soft kitty”. The song has become the show’s character…
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) Amid reports that 20 more Indian students were deported Sunday, this time from Chicago, the Telugu Association of North America (TANA) has advised students from India to come well prepared in…
Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) The Telangana government’s efforts to take information technology beyond Hyderabad and expand to Tier-II and Tier-III cities in the state is set to get a boost with IT bellwether Infosys planning…
New York, Dec 29 (IANS) Marketed as a safer alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, electronic cigarettes could actually damage cells in ways that could lead to cancer, suggests new research. In laboratory tests, the researchers…
Chennai, Dec 29 (IANS) Of the over 200 Tamil films released this year, there were a few that may not have necessarily created an impact at the box office but they appealed to a mixed…
Man about to use asthma inhaler New York, Dec 29 (IANS) People with asthma may be at increased risk of shingles, a common form of painful skin rash caused by the varicella zoster virus, says…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Kerala government’s liquor policy restricting service and consumption of liquor at bars in five-star hotels only. An apex court bench comprising Justice Vikramjit…
Mumbai, Dec 29 (PTI) Despite the art of pickling fading in modern times, there are food enthusiasts who still take pride in dishing out authentic and unique pickles as the Parsi’s ‘Lagan nu Achar’ or…
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (PTI) San Francisco’s city attorney is demanding that Justin Bieber’s music publisher help determine who is responsible for sidewalk graffiti promoting the pop star’s latest album. City attorney Dennis Herrera sent…
Bangkok, Dec 29 (AFP) The favourite dog of Thailand’s ailing monarch has died, days after a man was arrested under the kingdom’s strict royal defamation laws for allegedly making a satirical online remark about the…