By Raymond Kharmujai Shillong, Oct 3 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) is aggressively upgrading infrastructure on its eastern theatre to boost strategic deployment of advanced assets close to the Chinese border. “The infrastructure development…
Lima, Oct 3 (IANS) Peru are unlikely to man-mark Argentina forward Lionel Messi in the teams’ crucial World Cup qualifier on Thursday, according to Blanquirroja coach Ricardo Gareca. Peru are currently fourth in the South…
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IANS) Chile goalkeeper Julio Junior Borquez wants to use the FIFA U-17 World Cup platform to prove a point and be in the reckoning for senior team call-up. Borquez was voted best…
Las Vegas, Oct 3 (IANS) Stephen Paddock, the shooter who killed 59 people and injured more than 500 at a music concert here, had stockpiled a total of 42 firearms in his 32nd floor hotel…
San Francisco, Oct 3 (IANS) Facebook-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has released a beta version of a new emoji set for Android OS that appears quite similar to Apple’s designs. Apart from Apple, Facebook and…
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), Oct 3 (IANS) With Himachal Pradesh headed for polls later this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched three mega central projects in the state, including laying the foundation stone for…
Sydney, Oct 3 (IANS) If you are finding it hard to get time to do exercise on weekdays, do not give up the habit on weekend thinking it may not yield any benefit. Researchers have…
Berlin, Oct 3 (IANS) Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery is set to be sidelined for weeks by a knee injury, the reigning German top division champions announced. Ribery was hurt during Bayern’s Bundesliga match against…
Buenos Aires, Oct 3 (IANS) Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli has recalled former Real Madrid midfielder Fernando Gago to his squad for the team’s World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador. Gago was one of three…
Paris, Oct 3 (IANS) A total of 20 nominees for Men’s and Women’s Athlete of the Year 2017 have been announced by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) headquartered in Monaco. Men’s 100m world…
Los Angeles, Oct 3 (IANS) A photographer has claimed that rapper 50 Cent lifted his photographs without permission and used them to promote his products on Instagram. In the lawsuit, Christopher Pasatieri, who says he…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices surged during the mid-afternoon trade session on Tuesday as positive global cues, coupled with healthy buying in automobile, consumer durables, and oil and gas stocks, lifted investors’…
Kochi, Oct 3 (IANS) The first phase of Kochi Metro became fully operational on Tuesday with the inauguration of the second stretch of the 18 km route by Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri…
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) A train ran over three youths on Tuesday while they were reportedly clicking selfies on railway tracks near here, police said. The incident took place at around 8.30 a.m. between Hejjala…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will examine whether a High Court can annul a marriage while hearing a plea by the parents of a girl who had…
Teresopolis (Brazil), Oct 3 (IANS) Neymar gave Brazil an injury scare ahead of their final 2018 World Cup qualifiers by limping off the pitch during a training session. Neymar appeared to suffer a knock to…
New York, Oct 3 (IANS) Are you in the habit of missing your breakfast everyday? Beware, you may be at an increased risk of atherosclerosis, a condition in which the arteries tend to harden and…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Actor-entrepreneur Pankit Thakker will foray into direction and production with soon-to-be launched “Showbiz with Vahbiz” chat show with business partner Vahbiz Dorabjee. Asked if the “Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii” actor always…
New York, Oct 3 (IANS) Raising hope of preventing glaucoma, one of the most common causes of irreversible blindness, researchers have used the gene editing method CRISPR-Cas9 to disrupt a mutant gene that is responsible…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) She grew up during India’s fight for freedom under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi and is among the country’s foremost writers with feminist concerns. But Nayantara Sahgal,…