Toronto, Feb 21 (IANS) Heavy drinkers are at increased risk of developing dementia, a progressive brain disease that generally begins with mild memory loss, suggests the largest study of its kind ever conducted. Alcohol use…
Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that the government would establish a defence industrial production corridor in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 20,000 crore that would also…
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Eight persons, including two women, were killed and three others were injured in a collision between two cars in Telangana’s Wanaparthy district on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place near…
Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) Millions of students in flip flops entered the examination centres in Bihar to appear for the Class 10 boards on Wednesday as shoes and socks were banned this year to check…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday said Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari and his son Rahul were at its headquarters here and were still being questioned in connection with a Rs 3,695 crore…
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) Nearly 40 per cent of over 53,000 cyber attacks in India occurred in the financial services sector during 2017, placing it at the seventh spot in the list of targeted countries…
Jaipur, Feb 21 (IANS) Sitting BJP legislator from Rajasthan’s Nathdwara, who had been suffering form cancer, passed away early on Wednesday in a hospital in Udaipur. He was 58. Singh passed away at 2 a.m….
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 21 (IANS) Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas has presented a three-point peace plan centred on convening an international peace conference by mid-year to resolve the intractable conflict with Israel and…
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Minimum temperatures improved appreciably in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the Met forecast rain and snow across the state beginning Friday. “A Western Disturbance is approaching the state. It is…
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday said that it has arrested a General Manager rank officer of the Punjab National Bank in connection with the Rs 11,300 crore fraud case. “Rajesh Jindal,…
Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday formally began his political journey by first visiting former President late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s residence in Rameswaram. He will be unveiling his party’s name and the…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Asian enterprises, especially those in India and China, are fast adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reinvent their business models and perceive AI as a complete disruptive force, a new Forrester…
While Fox News and Marco Rubio dodge the topic of gun control after a school shooting in Parkland, FL, teen survivors stage protests to call for common sense legislation. Watch full episodes of The Daily…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s advisor V.K. Jain was on Wednesday questioned by Delhi Police in connection with an alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs….
San Francisco, Feb 21 (IANS) In a bid to take on Apple Pay, Google has rolled out a new app called “Google Pay” that replaces its two earlier services — Android Pay and Google Wallet….
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signed an order to ban bump-stock devices or modified guns that enables one to shoot hundreds of rounds per minute and was used by a gunman…
Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party MLA was killed on Wednesday in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur while he on his way to the ‘Investors Meet’ in Lucknow, police said. His…
Damascus, Feb 21 (IANS) At least 250 civilians have been killed by shelling and air strikes in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta in the past 48 hours, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Tuesday….
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 21 (IANS) India has supported a proposal to get the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of nations using force against others without…
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper has been killed in Pakistan ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. BSF spokesman said the Pakistani Army had resorted to sniper firing in…