J.K. Rowling’s death fears
Los Angeles, Nov 4 (IANS) “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is worried she will die before she finishes writing her new children’s books. The 50-year-old is busy working on new material and revealed she has…
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TAM’s Super Singer Was a Huge Success and Now Get Ready for Dasara/Diwali Celebration on November 7th, 2015
TAM’s super singer Competition had super energy and was a super success. Congratulations to Kalyani Reddy for the novelistic idea and TAM president Mr. Srinivas Kukatla, TAM board and executive committee and cultural committee for…
Men! Share Daily Chores to Enjoy More and Better Sex
Toronto, Nov 3 (IANS) The men with the broadest smile on their face may actually be toiling a little harder than you. Researchers have found that those men who offer fair contribution to household chores…
Uber Driver Gets Life Term for Rape
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav who raped a woman executive on December 5 last year was awarded life imprisonment till death by a court here on Tuesday. Additional Sessions…
Indian-American Teen Wins Atlanta ITF Tournament Finals
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) An Indian-American teen may soon feature in International Tennis Federation (ITF) top 200 rankings after she won the girls’ singles and doubles titles at the 2015 Atlanta ITF tournament. The…
India’s Largest Tech Incubator Attracts 130 Startups Even Before Launch
Hyderabad, Nov 2 (IANS) Creating a buzz even before its formal launch, T-Hub, India’s largest technology incubator, is almost completely booked, attracting over 130 startups from across the country. The facility, claimed to be only…
Moody’s Raises Indian Bank Sector Outlook to ‘Stable’ from ‘Negative’
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Moody’s Investors Service on Monday upgraded its outlook for India’s banking system to “stable” from “negative” based on expectation of a lesser growth in banks’ bad loans in future. The…
Tax Evasion Will Be Difficult When Information Exchange Comes: Jaitley
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said with real-time global automatic exchange of information system coming into effect in a couple of years, tax evasion and money laundering will become…
Indian Wins Grant to Study Deadly Skin Cancer
Photo by Mike Spencer for Boston University Photography New York, Nov 2 (IANS) An Indian-origin researcher in the US has won a $150,000 grant to study genes linked to the deadly melanoma skin cancer, a…
Police Post ‘Rape Joke’ in England, Case Probed
London, Nov 2 (IANS) An internal probe was launched by Merseyside police in North West England after its Twitter account was used with a fan likening defeat in a football match to a rape. The…
Lamar Odom to Be Discharged from Hospital?
Los Angeles, Nov 2 (IANS) Basketball star Lamar Odom will reportedly be discharged from hospital in the next 10 days. The basketball star is currently being treated at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre here following a…
You Click 2,000 Selfies a Year
London, Nov 2 (IANS) In today’s selfie-obsessed world, how many self-portraits do you think an average youngster snap in a year? Well, more than 2,000 selfies a year, according to a new study. The study from…
Russian Aircraft Disintegrates in Midair Before Crash
Cairo, Nov 2 (IANS) The Russian aircraft disintegrated in midair before it crashed over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on Sunday. Ahram said an official with Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee said…
China Amends Law to Make Male Rape a Crime
Beijing, Nov 1 (IANS) The sexual assault on men is now a crime after China effected an amendment to the criminal law. Indecent or sexual assault on others, men or women, now carries a minimum…
Is Polygraph Testing a Futile Exercise?
London, Nov 1 (IANS) Police often resort to lie detector or polygraph test to find out the truth in certain high-profile cases. But is the test really useful? No, says a British psychology researcher. “Polygraph…
Taylor Swift Accused of Stealing ‘Shake It Off’
Los Angeles, Nov 1 (IANS) Singer Taylor Swift has been accused of stealing one of her biggest hits “Shake it off”. Singer-songwriter Jessie Braham is suing the pop star claiming that her song is a…
Doctor Convicted of Murder in US
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) A female doctor in Los Angeles has been convicted of second-degree murder for the drug-overdose deaths of three patients. Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng, who has a clinic in Rowland Heights, was convicted…
Lindsay Lohan’s Brother Held for Faking Parking Placard
New York, Oct 31 (IANS) Actress Lindsay Lohan’s younger brother Michael Lohan Jr. was arrested for using a fake “Official Business” parking placard in Manhattan’s Gramercy neighbourhood. Michael was arrested on Thursday, reports radaronline.com. State…
Dr. Dre, Ice Cube Sued for Defamation
Los Angeles, Oct 31 (IANS) Jerry Heller, former manager of American hip hop group N.W.A, has filed a defamation suit over “Straight Outta Compton”, claiming that the biographical drama film portrayed him in the bad…
Gujarat’s First Baby-Step to Tap Geothermal Energy Yields Results
Gandhinagar, Oct 31 (IANS) As part of its explorations for geothermal energy, the Centre of Excellence in Geothermal Energy (CEGE) at the Gujarat-based Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) has found success by drilling the state’s…