San Francisco, Oct 5 (IANS) Betting big on the best combination of artificial intelligence (AI), software and hardware, Google on Wednesday launched Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, smaller smart speaker “Home Mini”, a…
Las Vegas, Oct 4 (IANS) Stephen Paddock, the gunman who massacred dozens of people in Las Vegas on Sunday, was a high-stakes gambler who wired thousands of dollars to the Philippines — the home country…
Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) Amid persistent speculation that he will take the political plunge, noted actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Wednesday met members of his fans associations here to discuss activities to be carried out on…
San Francisco, Oct 4 (IANS) After revealing last year that a data breach in 2013 affected its one billion user accounts, Yahoo has now announced that all of its users — nearly 3 billion at…
Chennai, Oct 4 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition objecting to the constitution of an inquiry commission led by a retired judge to probe then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J, Jayalalithaa’s…
Panchkula (Haryana), Oct 4 (IANS) Jailed Dera sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s close aide Honeypreet Insan was on Wednesday sent to six days police remand by a court in Panchkula. The Haryana Police had…
Stockholm, Oct 4 (IANS) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for the development of cryo-electron microscopy, which both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules….
Dhaka, Oct 4 (IANS) Around 10,000 Rohingyas are stranded in the no-man’s land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, where they are being aided by the International Committee of the Red Cross, local authorities said on Wednesday….
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) The US House of Representatives has passed a legislation that would criminalise abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for instances where the life of the mother is at risk…
Agra, Oct 4 (IANS) Tourism industry leaders are upset after realizing that Agra — home to the Taj Mahal — does not find a mention in a publication brought out now by the Uttar Pradesh…
Las Vegas, Oct 4 (IANS) Investigators trying to determine what sparked the Las Vegas mass shooting carried out by gunman Stephen Paddock have said the massacre which claimed 58 lives was meticulously planned with the…
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) Rising inflationary pressure prompted India’s central bank, the RBI, on Wednesday to maintain its key lending rates. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s fourth bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2017-18,…
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that it was in America’s national interest to stay in a landmark deal clinched between Iran and six world powers to curb Iran’s…
San Juan, Oct 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said here on Tuesday that authorities in Puerto Rico should be praised for keeping down the loss of life from Hurricane Maria, which is blamed for…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Facing all round severe criticism, the government on Tuesday night slashed the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre — effective Wednesday — which is expected…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya was on Tuesday arrested in London in a money laundering case but later granted bail by a city court there, officials said here. The Enforcement…
Islamabad, Oct 3 (IANS) Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made a comeback on Tuesday as head of Pakistan’s ruling PML-N through a controversial legal reform, more than two months after he was disqualified from holding…
Kochi, Oct 3 (IANS) Malayalam superstar Dileep, arrested for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of an actress, was on Tuesday granted bail by the Kerala High Court. The actor later left Aluva sub-jail here to…
Stockholm, Oct 3 (IANS) Three American scientists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their contribution to detecting gravitational waves — ripples in the fabrics of spacetime…
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), Oct 3 (IANS) Virtually launching the election campaign in Himachal Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the entire Congress party, including its President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi and…