By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to India’s ODI cricket team after a lengthy period earlier this year, and fared average on the performance meter. The cricketer, also…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Three Noida residents, including a woman, were killed when their car rammed into a truck in Kaushambi in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place on the Allahabad-Kanpur…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Mumbai was engulfed by a ‘Maratha storm’ as lakhs of people from the politically powerful community began their first, biggest and final mammoth ‘mook morcha’ (silent procession) here on Wednesday, seeking…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Scientists have developed a new drug that has the potential to strip cancer cells of their “immortality”, a finding that could help in treating patients suffering from one of the most…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Introducing its ‘Q’ series for the first time in India, LG Electronics on Wednesday launched “LG Q6” that sports a wide, 100-degree ‘selfie’ camera for Rs 14,990. The device is…
By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Aug 9 (IANS) As the 17th edition of the Bangalore Fashion Week came to a close here on a much larger scale than before, one could take a moment to trace…
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) Pregnant women exposed to extreme heat may be at increased risk of delivering preterm babies, says a study. Exposure to temperature extremes can adversely impact birth outcomes, including changes in length…
Tokyo, Aug 9 (IANS) The Japanese city Nagasaki on Wednesday marked the 72nd anniversary of the US atomic bombing during World War II, with Mayor Tomihisa Taue insisting that Tokyo joins a treaty to ban…
By Meghna Mittal and V.S. Chandrasekar New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Though demonetisation had some positives, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Bimal Jalan says he would not have approved it had he been…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Bimal Jalan disapproves of incidents of lynching and says there can be no justification for them in a secular country like India. “This…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Negative global cues on the back of geo-political tensions, coupled with heavy selling pressure in healhcare, automobile and banking stocks, pulled the key Indian equity indices lower during the mid-afternoon session…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Global data storage company Western Digital on Wednesday announced its association with film production house Fox Star Studios for the film “A Gentleman, Sundar Susheel Risky”, releasing on August 25….
Lahore, Aug 9 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for Lahore via the historic Grand Trunk Road on Wednesday morning, despite security concerns following a bombing here, the media reported. According to…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday set September 4 to consider a supplementary chargesheet against the Chartered Accountant of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti in connection with an alleged…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) After conducting a cosmic inventory of sorts to calculate and categorise stellar-remnant black holes, astronomers have determined that the Milky Way is home to about 100 million of the enigmatic,…
Gandhinagar, Aug 9 (IANS) Congress veteran Ahmed Patel, who won a fifth term in the Rajya Sabha in a hard-fought battle with the BJP, thanked “loyal MLAs” of the party, the leadership and the workers…
Paris, Aug 9 (IANS) A car rammed into soldiers in Paris suburb on Wednesday, injuring six of them, media reported. The servicemen were struck by the vehicle in the Levallois-Perret area of the French capital,…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said Doklam is “not a serious issue”. Speaking at an event at the Editors Guild, Dalai Lama said the Doklam issue “is…
San Francisco, Aug 9 (IANS) After rolling out ‘Night Mode’ feature for smartphones earlier this year, Micro-blogging platform Twitter may soon bring it to desktops. The ‘Night Mode’ has been seen on desktop in select…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the historic Quit India Movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday remembered the freedom fighters who took part in the movement and urged people to…