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Government announced the launch of an online information guide, Vikaspedia

New Delhi –  Government today announced the launch of an online information guide, Vikaspedia, for social sectors, and software tools to develop internet-based content in local languages. “Vikaspedia is part of democratisation of information. Earlier, for some information people had... read more »

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Smartphone sales growth expected to slow...

Smartphone sales growth expected to slow in 2014: Gartner

Growth in global smartphone revenue is expected to slow this year as cheaper devices hit the market and weigh on average selling prices, research firm Gartner said on Thursday. With demand in mature markets such as North America and Europe easing, top smartphone makers Samsung and Apple are... read more »

HTC to launch cheaper smartphones to ret...

HTC to launch cheaper smartphones to return to profit

Smarting from growing losses, Taiwanese phone maker HTC Corp says it will expand its range of cheaper products as it fixes off-target marketing for its premium smartphones. The company that has long prided itself as a purveyor of upscale, feature-loaded products says it needs to sell more mid-tier... read more »

Apple wins appeal in Google’s Motorola iPhone patent case
Apple buys back $14 billion in stock : T...

Apple buys back $14 billion in stock : Tim Cook

Apple has repurchased $14 billion worth of its stock in the last two weeks after disappointing first-quarter results, the Wall Street Journal reported quoting chief executive Tim Cook. Cook told the paper in an interview that Apple was “surprised” by the 8% decline in its shares on... read more »

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13 dead in China firework plant explosion

CHANGSHA – Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and one more remained missing after an explosion at a firework plant in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday, local authorities... read more »

Israeli Army kills suspected murderers of Jewish t...

Jerusalem: Two Palestinians suspected of having kidnapped and murdered three Jewish teenagers in June have been killed in an exchange of fire with... read more »

Lawyer: Uighur scholar in China gets life sentence

BEIJING – An outspoken scholar who championed China’s Uighur minority was convicted of separatism Tuesday by a Chinese court and sentenced to... read more »

1,30,000 Syrian refugees reach Turkey fleeing IS

ANKARA, Turkey: The number of Syrian refugees who have reached Turkey in the past four days after fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants now totals... read more »

Two killed in explosions in China’s Muslim-domina...

Beijing: At least two persons were killed and several others injured in a series of explosions in China’s restive Muslim-dominated Xinjiang... read more »

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Arun Jaitley pitches India story, finds takers in fund managers

NEW DELHI: Asserting that India’s macroeconomic parameters are sound, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that foreign investors are looking for alternatives to China when it comes to... read more »

AP targets double digit growth in 2015-16: CM

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said the state is targeting a double digit growth in Gross State Domestic... read more »

To clear Rs 14,000 cr dues to farmers, govt wants mills...

New Delhi – Aiming to clear cane arrears worth about Rs 14,000 crore to farmers, the Centre today directed cash-starved mills to compulsorily export 4... read more »

Uber’s China rival Didi Kuaidi may join Ola fundr...

MUMBAI: The Uber vs Ola war is about to get more intense, and maybe even spill beyond the streets of India. Didi Kuaidi, China’s largest taxi-aggregator... read more »

RBI’s job is to keep inflation low at all times, ...

MUMBAI: Despite the clamour for a rate cut to boost the stagnating economy, Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has made it clear that the central bank... read more »

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Ravi Shastri says, there’s no reason why India can’t ...

New Delhi: Team India’s director of cricket, Ravi Shastri gave pep talk in the hope of instilling confidence in the squad before leaving for the demanding tour of Australia on Friday. One of... read more »

Yuvraj Singh still hopeful of comeback into Indian...

New Delhi: Despite not having played international cricket for quite some time, star all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is still harbouring dreams of playing... read more »

Ready to lead a young side, says confident Virat Kohli

New Delhi: After leading Indian cricket team to a One-Day International series whitewash against the touring Sri Lankan side, stand-in skipper Virat Kohli... read more »

Mudgal report: BCCI backs N Srinivasan; Meiyappan, Kund...

Chennai: The BCCI today decided to hold its much-delayed Annual General Meeting on December 17 even as it stood firmly behind embattled President-in-exile N... read more »

Virat Kohli can be the best player in the world, says A...

ASSUMING the Test captaincy against Australia will prove the making of Virat Kohli but cricket’s fragile fabric is threatened if India liquidates a... read more »

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Education will lay the foundation of India's future, says Mukherjee

Education will lay the foundation of India’s future, says M...

Allahabad – President Pranab Mukherjee has said that education being imparted in schools will lay the foundation of India’s future. Mukherjee was speaking at the Jagat Taran Girls Inter... read more »

Education is a long-term investment, says Santosh Desai

Education is a long-term investment, says Santosh ...

New Delhi – Education is a fundamental, long-term investment in an individual’s future, more than the first job that they will get,... read more »

Panel suggests independent authority for higher educati...

Panel suggests independent authority for higher education standards

New Delhi – A committee named to draft rules on distance education on Thursday suggested setting up of an independent authority through an act of... read more »

Jamia: The brave new face of Muslim girls

Jamia: The brave new face of Muslim girls

By Meha Mathur New Delhi – Asma Naseem began her primary education in 1990 in a small village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. Six months after she... read more »

Schools caught in red tape generated by new education m...

Schools caught in red tape generated by new education mandates

For more than a decade, Brockton High School ushered in each fall with a renewed focus on literacy. For the largest high school in Massachusetts, with 4,000... read more »

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Kangana Ranaut now stable after sustaining injury on the sets of ...

Kangana sustained an injury while she was shooting a sword fight sequence with co-star Nihar Pandya. The shooting happened in Hyderabad and the actor was taken to Apollo hospital and admitted at the... read more »

The Kapil Sharma Show: Host Kapil kept Mubarakan a...

The entire Mubarakan cast – Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D’Cruz and Athiya Shetty who were to shoot with Kapil for their upcoming... read more »

Haseena Parkar’s Shraddha Kapoor Won’t Get ...

NEW DELHI: Shraddha Kapoor’s Haseena Parkar is a departure from the genre (romantic films) that the actress generally features in. Shraddha gained... read more »

18th IIFA Awards 2017: Why Dangal Was Ignored In The No...

When the nominations for the 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy or IIFA Awards were announced in May, the Internet swiftly fixated on the... read more »

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan’s poetic tweet hints...

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan set his Twitter followers and others wracking their minds with a Tamil poem that sounded like signaling entry into politics.... read more »

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Rodgers insists Man City favourites to win PL title despite Liverpool's `good show`

Rodgers insists Man City favourites to win PL title despite Liver...

London – Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted that Manchester City are favourites to win the Premier League this season, despite seeing his side beat Cardiff 3-1 and go top of the... read more »

Wenger admits critics `right` to doubt Arsenal's title credentials

Wenger admits critics `right` to doubt ArsenalR...

London – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that the Gunners’ critics are right to doubt their title credentials, according to... read more »

`Special One` Mourinho took a pay cut to rejoin Chelsea...

`Special One` Mourinho took a pay cut to rejoin Chelsea because he `loves` club!

London – Jose Mourinho has revealed he took a pay cut to return to Chelsea as manager because he loves the club, according to reports. According to the... read more »

Wenger plays down `rivalry` with Mourinho ahead of Chel...

Wenger plays down `rivalry` with Mourinho ahead of Chelsea clash

London – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that he has no personal rivalry with Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho, according to reports. According... read more »

Everton move up to fourth in PL with 2-1 win over Swans...

Everton move up to fourth in PL with 2-1 win over Swansea

Johannesburg – England midfielder Ross Barkley scored a brilliant 84th-minute free-kick to earn Everton a 2-1 win at Swansea City that propelled his... read more »

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Gold & Metals

Canada's Detour Gold expects lower cash costs in 2014

Gold lingers around $1,200, taper worries remain

Singapore – Gold held steady on Monday after its biggest weekly loss in a month, but the metal was still at the risk of falling back below $1,200 an ounce as investors fretted over the impact... read more »

Gold price recovers, but ends the week at 3-1/2-year low

Gold price recovers, but ends the week at 3-1/2-ye...

New York – Gold rebounded from an early dip to a six-month low on short covering on Friday, but is still on track for its largest annual loss... read more »

Gold prices losses by Rs. 205 to Rs. 30,160 per ten gra...

No plans to roll back gold import curbs: FM P. Chidambaram

Gold prices extended losses for the second straight session by falling Rs. 205 to Rs. 30,160 per ten grams in the national capital on Friday on sustained... read more »

Gold futures rebound from two-month low, Rs. 28,770 per...

Gold futures rebound from two-month low, Rs. 28,770 per 10 gram

Mumbai – Gold futures rebounded on Wednesday from their two-month low hit in the previous session, though premiums remained high due to lack of stocks... read more »

Gold fell further by Rs. 280 to Rs. 30,400 per ten gram...

Gold fell further by Rs. 280 to Rs. 30,400 per ten grams

Divergent trend was witnessed on the bullion market on Tuesday as gold fell further by Rs. 280 to Rs. 30,400 per ten grams on sustained selling, while silver... read more »

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Health & Fitness

Women on Mediterranean diet likelier to live past 70

Why Mediterranean diet is good for your heart

Washington – New research has provided further evidence of the heart-healthy benefits of the Mediterranean diet, tying the eating plan to lower levels of platelets and white blood cells... read more »

Tuberculosis (TB) : How can it be prevented?

Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne disease that mainly affects your lungs. TB is caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium... read more »

New blood test could predict risk of sudden cardiac dea...

heart attacks

Washington – A researcher has found that a simple blood test can predict a person’s risk for sudden cardiac death. Samuel C. Dudley , M.D., Ph.D,... read more »

Sleep apnoea could lead to elevated blood sugar levels

`Good night`s sleep` essential for brain health

Washington: Researchers have linked sleep apnoea with elevated blood sugar levels, raising fears that people with the condition could be at an increased risk... read more »

WhatsAppitis: Doctors say it’s real and your thum...

The prestigious medical journal The Lancet has declared that ‘WhatsAppitis’ is a credible disease after diagnosing a 34-year-old-patient with “bilateral... read more »

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Gems & Jewellery industry disappointed with the budget

Mumbai – The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) today expressed disappointment and shock at the interim Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, and requested the... read more »

Barrick Gold Corp. posts big loss, slashes gold re...

Barrick Gold Corp, the world’s largest gold miner, reported a big fourth-quarter loss on Thursday as it took a hefty impairment charge, cut... read more »

China’s gold demand surges, tops 1,000 tonnes

China’s gold consumption jumped 41 percent in 2013 to exceed 1,000 tonnes for the first time, an industry body said on Monday, as a sharp slide in... read more »

Gold futures rise 0.49% today to Rs. 28,790 per 10 gram...

New Delhi – Gold futures rose 0.49 per cent today to Rs. 28,790 per 10 grams as speculators enlarged their positions, driven by a firming trend in the... read more »

Gold price rises for 3rd day; up Rs 300 at Rs 30,700

New Delhi: Extending gains for the third day, gold prices rose by Rs 300 to Rs 30,700 per ten gram in the national capital Tuesday on sustained buying by... read more »

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Recipe: Lasagna with meat sauce

Ingredients: – 1 lb ground mutton – 3/4 lb bulk pork sausage – 3 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce – 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste – 2 garlic cloves, minced – 2... read more »

Burned out? Here’s how you can bounce back

All of us reach that point in life when we feel thoroughly exhausted or mentally numb. Experts say that an increasing number of individuals today... read more »

Long-term use of medicines for high BP does not raise b...

4 pence-a-day BP pills can be effective in treating dementia

Washington: A new study to be presented at 2014 American Heart Association Scientific in Chicag reveals that women who consume general blood pressure... read more »

Recipe: Kaju jeera rice

A little experimentation can do wonders, especially when it comes to cooking techniques. While delectable jeera rice has been a great dish, addition of kaju... read more »

Healthy diet helps protect your kidney

Andrew Smyth, MD at National University of Ireland Galway and his colleagues analyzed questionnaires completed by 544,635 participants of the National... read more »

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Middle East

5,000 evacuated from Syrian conflict zone

5,000 evacuated from Syrian conflict zone

Damascus – Over 5,000 afflicted people were evacuated Sunday from a rebel-held Damascus suburb by the army, the Syrian government said Sunday. “The citizens who have been evacuated from... read more »

Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike

Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Rockets launched from south Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday and Israel responded with artillery shells across a... read more »

Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5 Kille...

Deadly explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut, 5Killed

Mohamed Shattah, Lebanon’s former finance minister, has been killed by a car bomb that exploded in the centre of the capital Beirut along with at least... read more »

UN mission in DR Congo launches attack against rebels

UN mission in DR Congo launches attack against rebels

Kinshasa – The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Thursday confirmed attacks on rebels who reportedly killed at... read more »

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Blast targets bus in Cairo, 5 injured.

Five people were injured, one in a critical condition, when a bomb was hurled at a public bus in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, two days after 14 were killed... read more »

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Gurgaon Police Planted Knife On Bus Conductor, Finds CBI Probe?

New Delhi: The Cbi’s probe into the killing of Pradhyumn has discovered that gurgaon police planted the homicide weapon, a knife, on college bus conductor ashok kumar as they accused him of... read more »

Delhi Air Pollution LIVE Updates: Put Politics Asi...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday reiterated the need for all neighbouring kingdom governments to pitch in and placed aside their... read more »

Kolkata-Khulna Train Service Flagged Off?

Kolkata: A New passenger teach carrier among Kolkata and Bangladesh’s Southwestern Industrial city of Khulna changed into these days flagged off by... read more »

GST Council Meet Begins Today: 4 Things Modi Must Do To...

The GST council assembly is prepared to start today in assam’s Capital Guwahati, while investors and businessmen alike will hope get a few respite because... read more »

Heavy Rains Lash Chennai, Showers To Continue For 4-5 D...

After hot days and water scarcity, chennai finally received Rain. the a whole lot-awaited monsoon, which turned into predicted for weeks now, arrived in... read more »

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Politics

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s aide candidate for lone Legislative Cou...

JD(U) has decided to give its seat in the Bihar Legislative Council to its alliance partner RJD, which is set to nominate Bhola Yadav, a close aide of Lalu Prasad, for the lone vacancy in the Upper... read more »

Dikshit calls for action in Tehelka sexual assault case

Kerala governor Sheila Dikshit’s meeting wit...

NEW DELHI: Amid reports that she may be shunted out of Kerala, governor Sheila Dikshit on Monday met home minister Rajnath Singh. She will also meet... read more »

BJP demands white paper on Mamata Banerjee’s Sing...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded that the West Bengal government should publish a white paper about Chief Minister Mamata... read more »

Manjhi questions Modi’s Jharkhand visit during by...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday questioned the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in neighbouring Jharkhand when bypolls in 10... read more »

Sonia takes pot shots at Modi, says he sold fake dreams

Sonia Gandhi asks party men to be ready for 2014 battle

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday took pot shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying fake dreams were sold by individuals who laid out a trap.... read more »

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Grippity unveils first-ever `transparent dual-side operable tablet`

Grippity unveils first-ever `transparent dual-side operable table...

Washington – Grippity has reportedly unveiled what is touted to be the first-ever transparent dual-side operable tablet. The tablet features a semi-transparent 7-inch 800 x 480 display and is... read more »

More Chinese handset vendors to launch smartwatches in 2014

ZTE,Huawei Chinese handset vendors to launch smart...

Washington – More China-based handset vendors, including ZTE and Huawei, are expected to launch their own brands of wearable smart devices in... read more »

Top 2013 app downloads for Windows

Top 2013 app downloads for Windows and Mac revealed!

Washington –  2013 ended with a lot of tech talk around Apple’s iPhones, Microsoft Surface, battle between PSP 4 and Xbox One, wearable computing and... read more »

Google Glass available to Music All Access users before...

Google Glass available to Music All Access users before public rollout

Washington –  Google has reportedly given a chance to its music streaming service subscribers to get a first-hand experience of its latest wearable... read more »

Sony mulls offering Windows Phone in mid-2014

Sony mulls offering Windows Phone in mid-2014

Washington –  Sony is reportedly mulling over offering a Windows OS based handset in mid-2014. The electronics giant has been making Android devices... read more »

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Now, Osama doc Shakeel Afridi booked in murder case for unauthorized surgery

Now, Osama doc Shakeel Afridi booked in murder case for unauthori...

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Khyber Agency has registered a murder case against Dr Shakeel Afridi, who helped U.S. in tracking slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden to his hideout in Abbottabad,... read more »

Sri Lankan president calls for national unity

Sri Lankan president calls for national unity

Colombo – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for national unity to defeat any attempt to destabilise the country. Speaking in... read more »

NATO can’t slow down given complex threats

NATO can't slow down given complex threats

Budapest – Given the complex threats of terrorism, wea! pons of mass destruction and cyber warfare, NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Alexander... read more »

Nawaz Sharif assures Afghan negotiators help in peace

Nawaz Sharif assures Afghan negotiators help in peace

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has assured the visiting Afghan High Peace Council President that his government will fully back the... read more »

Pak FIA fails to collect `concrete evidence` against Mu...

Pak FIA fails to collect `concrete evidence` against Musharraf in high treason case

Islamabad – The Pakistan Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) inquiry committee has failed to collect concrete evidence against former President... read more »

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New Zealand prepares for Gayle in World Cup quarterfinal

The undefeated New Zealand squad is preparing to take on Chris Gayle in the World Cup quarterfinals, regardless of any uncertainty over the fitness of the star West Indies batsman. Gayle missed the... read more »

No autographs during play: BCCI

From children to adults, no fan is immune to the thrill of getting an autograph from their favourite sportsperson. In fact, it’s a common... read more »

Maxwell on how to stop Maxwell: Change the rules, put 1...

Q. Glenn, just the celebration when you made the hundred, how much of it was just a weight lifted off your shoulders, I guess? GLENN MAXWELL: Yeah, it was a... read more »

Lalit Modi ousted from Rajasthan Cricket Association

In what appears to be a major shift in the Rajasthan Cricket Association(RCA), a no confidence motion was passed by the members against former Indian Premier... read more »

World Cup 2015: Sourav Ganguly pleasantly surprised by ...

HAMILTON: The surprise package in this World Cup has been the Indian bowling. Nobody gave this attack a chance going into the tournament, especially after the... read more »

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Australia: PM Malcolm Turnbull’s new cabinet sworn in

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s new cabinet was on Monday sworn-in with five women ministers, including Marise Payne who became the country’s first woman defence minister, a... read more »

Thousands left homeless by giant Chile quake

SANTIAGO: More than 9,000 people were left homeless after a powerful earthquake hit northern and central Chile last week, officials have said,... read more »

Fury after Saudi Arabia ‘chosen to head key UN hu...

The United Nations has been criticised for handing Saudi Arabia a key human rights role – despite the country having “arguably the worst record in... read more »

Nepal in turmoil, protest against new Constitution rage...

Protests against the new Constitution in Nepal have intensified with one member of Sadbhavana Party even committing suicide. Nepal Police has also increased... read more »

Alexis Tsipras returns to power to secure Greek debt re...

Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras will return as prime minister on Monday determined to secure debt relief from the country’s creditors in his... read more »

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Apple wins appeal in Google’s Motorola iPhone patent case

Apple’s latest Mac Pro uber easy to repair!

Washington – Apple’s latest Mac Pro appears straight out of a sci-fi flick but it has scored high on repair company iFixit’s reparability scale. The Mac Pro is fairly easy to be... read more »

Apple denies knowledge of iPhone exploit allowing NSA interception

Apple denies knowledge of iPhone exploit allowing NSA interception

Washington –  Apple has reportedly denied that it had any knowledge about the potential exploit in its iPhones that might have helped the US spy agencies to develop backdoor access... read more »

Decoded: How honeybees determine sex

Decoded: How honeybees determine sex

London – The truth behind the unique sex-determination system in honeybees – where males develop from unfertilised eggs and females develop from fertilised eggs – is... read more »

Google partners with Audi to develop in-car Android infotainment systems

Washington – Google has reportedly joined hands with carmaker Audi to develop in-car entertainment and information systems that would function on the search giant’s Android... read more »

Tone deaf can become musical geniuses too!

Tone deaf can become musical geniuses too!

Washington – Researchers have suggested that a little bit of neural tweaking in adulthood, the part of brain that makes understanding music so tough can be fixed. In the study, researchers... read more »