Dhaka, July 17 (IANS) The Bangladesh government on Sunday held a meeting with authorities of all private universities in the country against the backdrop of several of their students being linked to militant outfits. The…
Itanagar, July 17 (IANS) Congress legislator Pema Khandu was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh here on Sunday. The 37-year-old legislator was administered the oath of office by acting Governor Tathagata…
Mexico City, July 17 (IANS) Despite Adolf Hitler using the 1936 Olympic Games to showcase Nazi propaganda, the competition was a success from the technical and sporting point of view. The Games of the XI…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Singer Darshan Raval of “India’s Raw Star” fame has now composed a new single “Ab phir se jab baarish” and considers this to be a turning point in his career. Darshan…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest assembly elections in Gujarat if “people ask for it,” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. “The party does not contest polls….
Tokyo, July 17 (IANS) Japan police on Sunday began the interrogation of a man who claimed he jumped from a North Korean ship and swam ashore clinging to a plastic container, the BBC reported. According…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (IANS) Acclaimed filmmaker Priyadarshan, who has spent 34 years in the film industry and has done 91 films in various languages, is set to begin a new career as a teacher, which…
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) He has made Bollywood stalwarts like Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Hollywood stars Kevin Spacey and John Travolta sway to his steps….
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The condition of eminent littérateur Mahasweta Devi, who is on life support, continues to be critical, one of the doctors attending on her said here on Sunday. “Her condition continues to…
Naomi Watts By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) “Pushpa”, a vibrant account of Danish designer turned writer Inger Solberg’s experiences in India since over 15 years, is set to be adapted for the…
By Moushumi Mohanty Honda began working on distancing itself from heavy rare earth metal usage in motors about a decade ago — a journey that reached a significant milestone this week. The automaker, along with…
By Vikas Datta Occurrence of the unexpected and the unlikely doesn’t only work for literary genres like horror, and mystery, let alone fantasy and science fiction, but comedy too. Though much of comedy’s effect is…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the government has saved over Rs 350 crore in building five flyovers across the national capital since the Aam Aadmi Party…
Tokyo, July 17 (IANS) While it is widely accepted that an asteroid impact caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs and other life forms, researchers have been stumped by the process of how. In other words,…
London, July 17 (IANS) Australia has called for a free trade deal with Britain following its exit from the European Union (EU), the BBC reported on Sunday. In a phone call to the new Prime…
By Gokul Bhagabati New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The team of women journalists who turned the badlands of Bundelkhand into a hub of rural journalism with the launch of an eight-page newspaper “Khabar Lahariya” 15…
By Gokul Bhagabati New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The team of women journalists who turned the badlands of Bundelkhand into a hub of rural journalism with the launch of an eight-page newspaper “Khabar Lahariya” 15…
New York, July 17 (IANS) Is your kid finding it difficult to memorise lessons at school? Worry not, as feeding cinnamons, a delicious addition to toast, coffee and breakfast rolls might help improve learning ability,…
New York, July 17 (IANS) Researchers have created a comprehensive molecular atlas of brain development in non-human primate that could shed crucial light on what makes human brain development distinct. This analysis uncovered features of…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is preparing a road map for 100 MW (megawatt) concentrated solar thermal (CST) capacity for the next five years in India, a top official said….