Bengaluru, Dec 8 (IANS) The tech-savy state of Karnataka will incubate about 20,000 start-ups by 2020 to create six lakh direct and 12 lakh indirect jobs, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday. “We are setting…
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) If you usually dine solo in office, try to change that habit as eating meals with your colleagues may actually boost your productivity, a new Cornell University study has found….
Vatican City, Dec 8 (IANS/AKI) A Vatican court agreed to allow second-in-command and other top advisers to Pope Francis be witnesses in the trial of five people over the leaks of stolen confidential Vatican documents….
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Researchers at University of Washington have developed a new system that can capture the ‘persona’ of a real person out of vast number of images and create a digital model of…
Chennai: An aerial view of flood affected Chennai on Dec 7, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) The catastrophic loss of property and lives due to the floods in Tamil Nadu could cost insurance…
Dhaka, Dec 8 (IANS) Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain secured bail from the Dhaka High Court on Tuesday in a case in which he and his wife stand accused of physically torturing their underage house help….
Los Angeles, Dec 8 (IANS) Actor Charlie Sheen, who publicly revealed his HIV-positive status, claims that his ex-fiancee Brett Rossi’s lawsuit against him is “a case by an extortionist”. In new court documents filed in…
Mumbai: Actor Sanjay Dutt arrives at his Bandra residence after being released on 30 days furlough for his daughter`s nose surgery from Pune’s Yerwada Jail in Mumbai,on August 26, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Pune, Dec 8…
Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) US-headquartered IT company Cognizant, with major operations in Chennai, on Tuesday, announced Rs.260-crore ($40 million) aid for flood relief measures here and assistance as loans, grants to its employees and business…
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Learning, memory, and brain repair depend on the ability of our neurons to change with experience says a new study. Researchers in Italy concluded following a study that exercise may enhance…
Bengaluru, Dec 8 (IANS) Bowing to public and political pressure, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao resigned five months after the watchdog’s police charged his son Y. Ashwin Rao with seeking a bribe from state…
Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) Actor Siddharth, who extended help to the people of rain-hit Cuddalore district, says the conditions there are being exaggerated. And all that people need to do is be concerned, rather than…
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) The Neanderthals, who appeared about 200,000 years ago, are quite distinct from modern humans in the manner in which their faces grow, finds a new study. The results add to…
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) The Pakistani-origin couple who killed 14 people last week in San Bernardino, California, had long been “radicalised” and had practiced at a target range days before last week’s massacre, according to…
Chennai: Actor Radhakrishnan Parthiban involved in flood relief activities in Chennai. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) Life in flood-hit Chennai was slowly limping back to normalcy, with rains stopping on Tuesday morning in Tamil…
Pretoria, Dec 8 (IANS) A South African court on Tuesday granted Paralympian Oscar Pistorius bail as he awaits sentencing after being convicted of murder for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judges of the high…
Palwal (Haryana), Dec 8 (IANS) Nearly 100 people were injured when two trains collided in Haryana’s Palwal district on Tuesday morning due to foggy conditions, police officials said. Unconfirmed reports said that two people, including…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and others to appear on December 19 in connection with a complaint filed by BJP leader…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) The team of Bollywood film “Dilwale”, led by superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has contributed Rs.1 crore to aid flood-affected Tamil Nadu. Lakhs of people were hit due to floods caused by…
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) US Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced on Monday that the US Justice Department opened a probe into the Chicago Police Department’s practices following the release of a video showing a white…