Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) Thousands of people, cutting across class and political barriers, gathered at Rabindra Sadan auditorium here on Friday to pay their last respects to eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi who…
Beijing, July 29 (IANS) World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan said here on Friday that the risk of Zika virus infection at the Olympic Games, set to begin on August 5 in Brazil, is…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Singapore-based Creative Technology on Friday launched a new Aurvana ANC headphone with noise cancellation feature for users to comfortably enjoy long hours of music, movies or games. The Rs 10,999…
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Indian equity markets traded in the red on Friday prompted by profit booking and negative global cues. Both the key indices traded lower during the mid-afternoon trade session as heavy selling…
Toronto, July 29 (IANS) Going through hard times in a relationship? A recent study suggests that thinking about the future might help you to maintain a healthy relationship as it helps to overcome conflicts and…
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) Dissatisfied with the Kolkata Police for calling the mysterious death of Aabesh Dasgupta an “accident”, the family of the teenager on Friday knocked on the doors of West Bengal Chief Minister…
Leading audio company Aditya Music has acquired the music rights for Supreme hero Sai Dharam Tej’s ‘Thikka’. Sunil Reddy has directed the film and Thaman has composed the music. The movie is being produced…
By Arul Louis Philadelphia (US), July 29 (IANS) An Indian American, Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, stood out in his pink turban among a group of US military veterans at the Democratic National Convention stage to…
Manila, July 29 (IANS) The Philippines is slated to host the next Miss Universe pageant, Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo announced. The pageant will be held on January 30, 2017, CNN Philippines quoted her as saying…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Microsoft has so far equipped more than 7.7 lakh government school teachers with IT skills across 12 states in India under its Project Shiksha programme launched in 2003, the tech…
By Imran Khan Patna, July 29 (IANS) First, Indian scientists successfully introduced the delectably sweet and juicy litchi, till now a summer fruit, to south India, making it available in winter too. Now, another set…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The government is hopeful of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill being passed during parliament’s ongoing monsoon session and has listed it on the Rajya Sabha’s agenda next week,…
Panaji, July 29 (IANS) The Goa government on Friday admitted to a drop in fish catch this year in the state on account of a decline in the haul of sardines. “A shortfall is observed…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal will attend a 10-day Vipassana course at a meditation centre in Nagpur. During the course, Kejriwal will have not have access to newspapers or television….
Washington, July 29 (IANS) An in-house data analytics tool recently employed at The New York Times office is not only pulling in data from multiple sources and presenting it at one place in a simplified…
Los Angeles, July 29 (IANS) Late pop icon Prince — who was found dead from an overdose in April at the age of 57 — will be honoured at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis…
Agartala/Guwahati, July 29 (IANS) Banking services were badly affected in the northeastern region on Friday as most of the major banks remained closed due to an employees’ strike. The striking employees are protesting the proposed…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Opposition parties on Friday staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha over incidents of atrocities against Dalits and the recent thrashing of two Muslim women in Madhya Pradesh by cow…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Director Anurag Basu says that the delay of his forthcoming project ‘Jagga Jasoos’ won’t affect its response at the box office if it has been made well. Basu says Katrina…
San Francisco, July 29 (IANS) US-based A10 Networks, an application networking and security company, on Friday announced the acquisition of Appcito — a provider of Software-As-A-Service (SaaS)-based, multi-cloud Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions. The acquisition…