Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Television actress Aishwarya Sakhuja says she is very conscious about her choice of roles, and she prefers characters which project women in a better light. She is also not for characters…
London, May 6 (IANS) A tiny group of cells critical to repairing damage to the testes, which may lead to preserved fertility in men, especially in those receiving cancer therapy, has been discovered, researchers have…
Paris, May 6 (IANS) French presidential frontrunner, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron, has been the victim of a “massive and coordinated hacking operation”, after files purporting to be from the campaign were posted online via social…
By Rajendra Shende On June 15, 1947, the New York Herald Tribune ran a headline that said “Joliot-Curie Rips America for an Atomic Energy Report”. Jean Fr?d?ric Joliot-Curie was a French physicist, a professor, a…
New delhi, May 6 (IANS) In a path-breaking step, the Indian Air Force for the first time is opening the NCC special entry route for women cadets of the Air Wing who hold a C…
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) The second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) has been shut down due to water and steam leakage, an official said on Saturday. The plant’s operator, Nuclear Power Corporation…
Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Priyanka Chopra has penned an emotionally touching note after the Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences of all four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang- rape case. The Indian actress says she…
Moscow, May 6 (IANS) Russia has banned Chinese instant messaging app WeChat, saying its operator failed to register with the appropriate authorities. Vadim Ampelonsky, spokesman of Russian telecommunication watchdog Roskomnadzor, said on Friday: “WeChat did…
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A new mission to Saturn’s moons Titan or Enceladus to find signs of life beyond Earth cannot be ruled out as NASA says it is reviewing 12 proposals for future unmanned…
Paris, May 6 (IANS) A law in France which bans featuring extremely thin fashion models has come into effect, the media reported. According to the law that came into effect on Friday, models will need…
By Amulya Ganguli As in 2004, Sonia Gandhi is again trying to stitch together an alliance against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The objective is to field an opposition candidate for the presidential poll where…
By Vikas Datta His political accomplishments are still worthy of emulation. A successful war leader-turned-outstanding statesman, Marshal Tito showed how to subsume narrow ethnic identities into an inclusive nationalism and temper ideology with pragmatism as…
By Mayank Chhaya Chicago, May 6 (IANS) Thirty years after Chicago-based photographer and writer Victoria Lautman first stepped into the famous stepwells of India, the magic of that experience has not waned. If anything, it…
New York, May 6 (IANS) Too much salt in adolescents’ diet may adversely affect their blood vessels, increasing the risk for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke, during adulthood, a study said. Too…
Dehradun, May 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee was present as the gates of the Bardinath shrine in Uttarakhand opened early on Saturday morning. With this, the annual pilgrimage of the Char Dhaam Yatra became fully…
Moscow, May 6 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed an inquiry into reported hate crimes and a crackdown on gay people in Chechnya, the media reported. On Friday, Putin said he would personally ask…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Over 100 students were admitted to hospitals after a gas leak near a school in south Delhi on Saturday morning, an officer said. “We have evacuated students, teachers and other…
Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday wielded the broom and undertook a cleanliness drive here. He also vowed to make the state open defecation free (ODF) by 2018. Adityanath’s…
Washington, May 6 (IANS) The White House has fired chief usher Angella Reid, the first woman and second African-American to hold the position, the media reported. When the White House residence staff arrived at work…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 24 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…