Los Angeles, Aug 18 (IANS) A Los Angeles gallery on Friday will host a pop-up exhibition on former NFL star O.J. Simpson. Titled “The O.J. Simpson Museum”, the exhibition will feature a series of items…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) As the festive season approaches, celebrity chef Kunal Kapoor has loads of good news for those who complain that Indian mithai is overly sweet and high on…
Panaji, Aug 18 (IANS) The suicides of two youngsters in Kerala and Maharashtra while playing the Blue Whale challenge, has forced the Goa Police to issue a formal advisory to parents on safeguarding their wards…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Internet overuse has risen to epidemic proportions and people are becoming vulnerable to many neuropsychiatric dysfunctions such as irritation, anxiety, obsessive compulsion, revealed research by a network of doctors, neurobiologists,…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) In order to encourage more inter-caste marriages, the Odisha government on Thursday doubled the cash incentive for such marriages from existing Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. The amount would be…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) “SafeDrive” — an innovative smart car gadget that turns vehicles into “safe, smart and connected” car was launched here on Thursday. Designed, developed and manufactured by Elsys Intelligent Devices, a former…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A teenage girl strangled a day earlier in Rohini was cremated here on Thursday afternoon amid tearful remembrances by kin and neighbours of the studious girl who had won academic…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian Navy on Thursday said it is committed to increasing the role of women in the force with an all-women crew set to circumnavigate the globe next month. The…
Gurugram, Aug 17 (IANS) A special screening of the recently-released Bollywood movie “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha” will be organised for the Panchs (village representatives) and Sarpanchs (village heads) of Gurugram district, an official said on…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Union Government on Thursday launched a campaign urging people to celebrate a pollution-free Diwali, an official statement said. Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the “Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali” campaign…
Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) Thousands of persons queued up on Thursday to get subsidised food at Indira Canteens run here by the Karnataka government, though teething troubles forced many to return disappointed due to there…
Amritsar, Aug 17 (IANS) Partition Museum, a first-of-its-kind in the world, was inaugurated here on Thursday as a tribute to the millions who perished as well as others who survived but lost their homes and…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Concerned at the ‘Blue Whale game’ phenomenon that has taken several lives globally, including in India, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) and the Data Security Council…
By Imran Khan Bagaha/Purnea (Bihar), Aug 17 (IANS) Sundari Devi and her family of seven, including an elderly mother-in-law and children, are struggling to survive along an elevated road here for the last three days….
London, Aug 17 (IANS) A Hindu woman and her Jewish partner have married in what is believed to be Britain’s first interfaith lesbian wedding. Kalavati Mistry and Miriam Jefferson met more than 20 years ago…
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Pakistani Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will be studying in Oxford University. “So excited to go to Oxford!! Well done to all A-level students — the hardest year. Best wishes for…
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) The miniscule Parsi community, accounting to about 68,000 worldwide, on Thursday celebrated the Parsi New Year or ‘Navroz’ here with religious fervor, traditional pomp and feasting. The day started with an…
Havana, Aug 17 (IANS) A bar in Havana which used to be American Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway “hangout” spot and also the birthplace of the classic daiquiri cocktail, is marking its 200th anniversary this year….
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) High-skilled foreign workers are now receiving a higher salary by their US employers, with major tech companies giving out the most lucrative job offers, a study has revealed. The median salary…
Beijing, Aug 17 (IANS) The website of Spanish daily El Pais, which was blocked in China for three and a half years, is again accessible, authorities said on Thursday. The newspaper’s website could not be…