Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj, who wanted to be a dancer, says it was her fathers decision to put her into the cricket. Raj shared interesting facts from her…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) In the time when every television channel is running its own singing reality shows, singer Bhavya Raj says that most of them have given a platform to underground singers but…
Greater Noida, July 18 (IANS) At least three bodies were retrieved on Wednesday from the debris of two residential buildings that collapsed on Tuesday evening in a village in Greater Noida — one of the…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) not to take any coercive steps against the former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar till Friday. The former Jawaharlal…
London, July 18 (IANS) Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter — the “Meghalayan Age” — the onset of which was marked…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the government was committed to reservation for weaker sections and that no individual or organization can take it away. Rajnath was responding to…
Guwahati, July 18 (IANS) Former VHP leader Pravin Togadia arrived here on Wednesday despite the Assam government banning him from holding any public meeting or addressing the media for two months in and around the…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Classical dancer Sonal Mansingh, stone artist Raghunath Mohapatra, RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha and former MP Ram Shakal along with three elected members from Kerala on Wednesday took oath as members…
San Francisco, July 18 (IANS) Facebook-owned Instagram is reportedly working on a non-SMS, two-factor authentication system that would work with security apps like Google Authenticator and generate a special login code in case of theft…
San Francisco, July 18 (IANS) In line with its global Cloud infrastructure expansion plans, Google has revealed its first private trans-Atlantic subsea cable project designed to bring high-bandwidth, low-latency and highly secure Cloud connections between…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the state government and civic authorities on plea seeking construction of baby feeding…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Online ticketing platform BookMyShow on Wednesday said it has raised $100 million in Series D funding round led by private equity firm TPG Growth. The round also saw participation from…
Singapore, July 18 (IANS) HP Inc on Wednesday unveiled its “Z” line-up of entry workstations for high-performance jobs at an event here. The devices will cater to product designers, architects, creative professionals, original equipment manufacturers…
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS) The Japanese Parliament on Wednesday approved an amendment to the anti-smoking law that will prohibit smoking in bars, restaurants and public spaces for the first time after a long debate in…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Amid an ongoing tussle with Lt Governor Anil Baijal, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the Delhi government was paralysed because it could…
Yangon, July 18 (IANS) Two of Myanmar’s domestic airlines — Air Bagan and Apex Airlines — have stopped their operations, surrendering their air operator’s certificates (AOC) to the authorities, the national media reported on Wednesday….
New York, July 18 (IANS) Think twice before handing over a smartphone to your teenager as new research warns that adolescents who frequently use digital devices are more likely to develop symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS) Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta on Wednesday joined his new team, Japan’s Vissel Kobe, for a new football season after participating in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Iniesta, who was officially…
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) The Goa government has banned the import of fish from neighbouring states until July end in the wake of a controversy over the use of formalin in fish consignments, Chief Minister…
Kabul, July 18 (IANS) Militants loyal to the Islamic State captured and beheaded a senior commander of the rival Taliban on Wednesday amid fierce fighting between the two groups in Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province, a government…