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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) “It’s not only police lives that matter. All lives matter,” a new jury was told as it weighed afresh evidence against an Alabama police officer charged with using excessive force on…
From ‘Bonaalu to Baanalu’ – a unique Dasara celebrations in Atlanta by Telangana American Telugu Association (T.A.T.A). Where on the earth outside India could you imagine celebrating Dasara Festival with food cooked onsite by volunteers…
Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) managing committee on Friday appointed vice president Dilip Vengsarkar to look into the controversy concerning Indian cricket team director Ravi Shastri and Wankhede Stadium curator Sudhir…
Hyderabad, Oct 30 (IANS) American consumer goods major Proctor & Gamble said on Friday that it is keen to set up a planning centre in Telangana that will cater to its operations in entire South…
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court will look into a plea for a ban on websites carrying jokes on Sikhs, as a lawyer-petitioner told the apex court on Friday the community was projected…
Los Angeles, Oct 30 (IANS) Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra’s international TV series “Quantico” has run into a legal hassle. A lawsuit has been filed against producer Mark Gordon, claiming that the idea for the American…
The 14-year-old son of Tamil comedian Vivek died after battling dengue fever at a private hospital in Chennai. Vivek’s son Prasanna Kumar was admitted in SRM Institutes for medical science at Vadapalani and was under…