Bengaluru, Jan 4 (IANS) Software major Wipro on Monday announced it had elevated its chief executive T.K. Kurien to vice-chairman and promoted chief operating officer Abidali Z. Neemuchwala to fill his place from February 1….
 (Photo: IANS) Vrindavan, Jan 4 (IANS) Celebrating the advent of Chaitnya Mahaprabhu and the 500th year of the discovery of Vrindavan and other shrines associated with Sri Krishna and his consort Radha, pilgrims and ascetics…
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) The cyber cell of the Bihar Police has begun a probe into the use of social networking site Facebook by jailed gangster Santosh Jha, police said on Monday. Jha’s role is…
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) China is considering the establishment of its first counter-terrorism college in Xi’an, the capital city of Shaanxi province, a media report said on Monday. The college, affiliated to the Northwest University…
Bhopal, Jan 4 (IANS) A three-member probe team has been set up here after the body of an elderly woman kept in a mortuary was allegedly nibbled by rats. The body had been kept at…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) South Korean electronics giant Samsung got a patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office related to foldable phones that may have features like a hologram and a…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) Police in California arrested an 18-year-old man, accused of robbery, after he exchanged a Snapchat selfie he took with one of the victims. Police arrested Victor Almanza-Martinez and are searching…
Hyderabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Hyderabad-based startup Bulbulapps, which develops apps for pre-schoolers, on Monday, announced successful funding of its Kickstarter project. Tuk-Tuk goes to Hyderabad, a travel app for kids, has received $2,000 Â from over…
Tokyo, Jan 4 (IANS) At least two million sets of personal data were stolen or feared leaked from 140 companies and other organisations in Japan that were hit by cyber attacks in 2015, the media…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) Spending too much time watching pornography can make you sexually aggressive, new research has found. The analysis of 22 studies from seven different countries found that pornography consumption is associated…
Los Angeles, Jan 4 (IANS) The first Nanjing Massacre-themed museum in the United States, the L.A. Memorial Hall of American Heroes during Nanjing Massacre, has opened in Los Angeles. The memorial hall was inaugurated on…
London, Jan 4 (IANS) The world’s largest database for cancer drug discovery has been updated by adding three-dimensional structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer’s communication networks, reports a study. The updated database, developed…
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) New Year resolutions are not as hard to stick to as people generally assume if you follow a few simple methods, says a psychology lecturer at the University of New South…
New Delhi: BJP MP Kirti Azad addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on Dec 28, 2015.(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A court here on Monday took cognizance of a…
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) The Pakistani government has planned to build a motorway from its Peshawar city to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the media reported. The four-lane road via Jalalabad and Torkham covers 265 km and…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (IANS) Leading private healthcare provider in Kerala KIMS Hospital, headquartered here, on Monday announced the launch of the first genetic disease identification centre in collaboration with Medgenome, India. M. I. Sahadulla, chairman,…
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) While doctors have known for some time that psychological therapy can reduce the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome — a gastrointestinal disorder — in the short term, a new study…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) The IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. will construct southeast Asia’s longest tunnel at Zozi La, spanning 14.08 km, in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said here on Monday. It has been issued…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Justice R.M. Lodha Committee on Monday proposed separate governing bodies for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Indian Premier League (IPL) in a bid…
Agra, Jan 4 (IANS) Security has been beefed up in the Taj city where Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will inaugurate the first ‘UP Prawasi Diwas’ aimed at attracting investment from the NRI community with its…