New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan’s name figures in this year’s list of possible winners of Nobel Prize in economics brought out by Clarivate Analytics. The economics…
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) A study has shown that severe poverty in the US has worsened in 2016, rising to almost half of all those living in poverty. Severe poverty, which is defined as those…
San Francisco, Oct 7 (IANS) Twitteratti has its occasional bouts of sad moments but October 2 — the day when a gunman massacred 59 people and injured several in Las Vegas — has been recorded…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday welcomed the measures announced by the Narendra Modi government to ease concerns over the Goods and Services Tax as “interim relief to certain sections” but accused…
Chennai, Oct 7 (IANS) Popular southern celebrities Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan and Taapsee Pannu among others on Saturday extended their heartfelt wishes to the newly-weds — actor Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The couple…
San Francisco, Oct 7 (IANS) California state has sued President Donald Trump’s administration arguing that its rollback of a requirement for employers to provide contraceptive coverage to workers is unconstitutional and unlawfully targets women, the…
Tehran, Oct 7 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday “categorically” denied the reports that Tehran is ready to talk with powers over its ballistic missile programme. Iran has repeatedly announced that “its defence programme…
Goa, Oct 7 (IANS) Well-known southern actors Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who have been in a relationship for nearly two years, tied the nuptial knot on Friday here at a ceremony amidst their…
Kasauli, Oct 6 (IANS) BJP leader and former minister Arun Shourie on Friday said he mad made a “mistake” by supporting Narendra Modi to be the Prime Minister. This, he said, was his second mistake…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Facing severe criticism over the implementation of Goods and Services Tax, the government on Friday night announced a slew of measures to ease the concerns of traders, exporters and small…
Hyderabad, Oct 6 (IANS) As many as 12 logistic parks will be developed around Hyderabad, Telangana’s Industry Minister K.T Rama Rao said on Friday. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for two logistic parks, he…
Oslo, Oct 6 (IANS) The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), an official announcement said. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen,…
Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) Filmmaker Maruthi Dasari is on cloud nine with the overwhelming response to his latest Telugu romantic-comedy “Mahanubhavudu”. He says he is thrilled they are able to spread the thought of cleanliness…
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for the first time a test for detecting the Zika virus in donated blood. The Zika virus is transmitted primarily by mosquitos…
Los Angeles, Oct 6 (IANS) Online streaming platform Netflix has raised the monthly price of its most popular streaming plan in the US. The two-stream HD tier is now available for $10.99 per month for…
Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) Theatres in Tamil Nadu on Friday didn’t release any new film following the Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council’s (TFPC) stiff opposition to the additional tax over and above the Goods and…
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is expected to “decertify” the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran and turn it back to Congress for possible renewed sanctions, senior US officials said. Trump is…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Music maestro A.R. Rahman on Friday unveiled a 19-minute music piece titled “The flying lotus”, based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s move to demonetise high value…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Blade Runner 2049”; Director: Denis Villeneuve; Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis Carli Juri, Lennie James, Dave Baustista, Jared Leto; Rating: *** Based…
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) Police in Chicago in the US state of Illinois were investigating into media reports that said the Las Vegas gunman reserved two rooms at a hotel overlooking Lollapalooza music festival crowd…