Rio de Janeiro, Nov 5 (IANS) Palmeiras coach Alexi Stival has said the Manchester City-bound Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus is close to recapturing his scoring form after a seven-game goal drought. The 19-year-old, who until…
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday inspected Bhalswa landfill and said the dumping site is one of the major contributor of air pollution in the national capital. “Bhalswa landfill,…
Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) The shoot of upcoming trilingual comedy “Sabash Naidu”, which had to be stopped briefly owing to actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan’s leg injury, will now only resume in January next year, a source…
New York, Nov 5 (IANS) Software robots masquerading as human beings are influencing the political discourse on social media as never before and could threaten the very integrity of the 2016 US presidential election, researchers…
Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) For Bollywood’s multifaceted celebrity Farhan Akhtar, performing a gig in front of a live audience gives an adrenaline rush comparable to that one gets from skydiving. In GQ’s November 2016 issue,…
Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) Government-owned Punjab National Bank on Saturday said it has posted a net profit of Rs 549.36 crore for the quarter ended on September 30. In a regulatory filing in BSE, the…
By Lina Ashar Every moment can be a learning and mind expansion moment if parents and educators put their minds to it. The childs direct and indirect environment can be used as a learning platform….
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday hit back at criticism of the 24-hour ban imposed on Hindi news channel NDTV India, saying that “freedom of press…
Srinagar, Nov 5 (IANS) A militant was killed and a soldier injured on Saturday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. “Security forces surrounded the Dubjan forest area following information about a group…
By Arul Louis New York, Nov 5 (IANS) California Attorney General Kamala Harris is set to become the first Indian American elected to the US Senate in next week’s election, having built up a commanding…
Lucknow, Nov 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday denied any rift within the ruling Samajwadi Party and said all party leaders will “unitedly” fight the 2017 assembly elections on the SP…
Mosul (Iraq), Nov 5 (IANS) The Islamic State jihadis have built huge defences at the entrances to the besieged Mosul city and blocked off roads with military reinforcements, satellite pictures have revealed. Friday had witnessed…
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) Hit by the Note 7 fiasco, Samsung Electronics has now decided to recall about 2.8 million top-loading washing machines due to risk of impact injuries. The affected washers are manufactured between…
New York, Nov 5 (IANS) Increased stress can cause changes in brain’s reward centre, which may then lead to a rise in alcohol consumption, a study, with implications to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), has found….
Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) Actor Purab Kohli hopes his forthcoming TV show “P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke” rescues the Indian television industry. “If ‘P.O.W.’ does well, it will change the face of Indian television because I…
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Chinese internet and technology conglomerate LeEco on Saturday announced that it has touched Rs 350 crore in revenue during the Diwali sale in October. During the month of October, LeEco…
Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Raghava Lawrence, who will be producing and also starring in the yet-untitled Tamil remake of Rajinikanth’s 1982 film “Moondru Mugam”, says it will be an honour to star in the…
Jakarta, Nov 5 (IANS) Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday condemned the violence in Friday’s protest by Islamist groups against the governor of Jakarta, who has been accused of blasphemy. Around 50,000 people took part…
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said banks have to recover their loans to boost private investment and domestic private investment should pick up. Speaking at a debt recovery…
By Veturi Srivatsa There are similarities between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur, though both belong to different political parties fighting each other…