Tokyo, Dec 19 (IANS) The Japanese government is set to announce a record-high budget of some 96.7 trillion yen ($798 billion) for the next fiscal year. The budget was compiled to cope with the nation’s…
Los Angeles, Dec 19 (IANS) Hollywood actress Sharon Stone is taking legal action against a construction company that she had hired for the renovation of her Beverly Hills home. Stone, who had hired Zuma Canyon…
Los Angeles, Dec 19 (IANS) True Lies actor Tom Arnold has become a father for the second time. The Sin City Saints actor and wife Ashley welcomed daughter Quinn Sophie on Friday afternoon, reports people.com….
Panaji, Dec 19 (IANS) A squabble over a freshly trapped crab resulted in the death of a middle-aged man at Goa’s Dongri, around 10 km from here. Agassaim Police late on Friday charged 32-year-old Sanjay…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said on Saturday that he supports her and his brother-in-law Rahul Gandhi, the party’s vice president, on the National Herald case. “Politics…
Beijing, Dec 19 (IANS) One of the buildings at Beijing’s Palace Museum most closely associated with the imperial era is to undergo a major renovation based on traditional construction techniques, a media report said on…
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) A research team from the US has found a technique that not only increases oil recovery from wells but also sequesters more carbon dioxide in the process. A research team…
Islamabad, Dec 19 (IANS) Better ties with Islamabad could fix Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image in the South Asia region, political experts said here. The analysts on Friday took stock of recent transformations in the…
London, Dec 19 (IANS) Exposure to family violence and lack of affectionate behaviour towards children make them violent, a study reveals. “On occasions adolescents assault their parents because the parents themselves have been violent towards…
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Choreographer Shabina Khan, whose steps for the title track of Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor-starrer “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” went viral, says that working with stars is important. “It is very…
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Interpreting social inclusions and exclusions in a self-defeating way could be the main reason why chronically-lonely teens stay lonely, experts say. According to researchers, they consider any social invitation as…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) After making an action-packed debut in the international small screen space with “Quantico”, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has earned one more admirer in Shiri Appleby. The American actress says she…
Beijing, Dec 19 (IANS) The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, will launch its new digital gallery on December 22, a curator said on Saturday. The digital gallery is located at…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing the annual general meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi on Dec. 19, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi,…
Sydney, Dec 19 (IANS) Little penguins are more likely to work together to hunt schooling prey rather than solitary prey, a new study has found. Group foraging in cooperative animals provides predators with advantages over…
Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh during the Van Heusen GQ Fashion Nights 2015 Day 2 in Mumbai on Dec 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Protests against “Bajirao Mastani” across various cities have left…
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) The body’s ability to harness heat production by converting white fat cells which store calories into beige (good) fat cells that burn energy, can help fight obesity, a new study…
London, Dec 19 (IANS) It took 100 million years for oxygen in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explosion of animal life on the Earth about 600 million years…
Panaji, Dec 19 (IANS) A day after he was booked for verbally abusing a minor girl at a hospital, “O meri munni” singer Remo Fernandes on Saturday claimed that the accusations made against him were…
Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) President Barack Obama took a victory lap highlighting his successes of 2015 from thawing relations with Cuba to halting Iran’s nuclear programme to bringing China, India and Brazil on board for…