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Ratan Tata Dies at 86: A Legacy of Integ...

Ratan Tata Dies at 86: A Legacy of Integrity and Leadership

Ratan Tata, one of India’s most revered business leaders and the former chairman of Tata Sons, passed away at the age of 86 in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. He was admitted following a sudden drop in blood pressure and had been in critical condition before succumbing on October 9, 2024. This... read more »

Netanyahu Under Fire: 'Helpless' Biden Abuses Israeli PM Over Gaza War Strategy
Biden Slams Netanyahu’s Gaza War Strateg...

Biden Slams Netanyahu’s Gaza War Strategy: Tensions Rise as U.S. President ...

In a significant diplomatic rift, U.S. President Joe Biden has reportedly unleashed a barrage of criticism against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ongoing Gaza conflict. Tensions between the two leaders have escalated dramatically, with Biden purportedly referring to Netanyahu as... read more »

Meet the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners: Pione...

Meet the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners: Pioneers in Physics, Chemistry, and Medi...

These are the biographies and achievements of the Nobel Prize winners of 2024: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2024 for their foundational contributions that enable machine... read more »

BJP’s Record Hat-Trick in Haryana,...

BJP’s Record Hat-Trick in Haryana, National Conference-Congress Wins ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a strong victory in the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, winning 48 out of 90 seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the win, linking it to the auspicious festival of Navaratri and the lotus symbol blossoming for a third consecutive term. The Indian... read more »

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Improving ties with India top priority: Sharif

Improving ties with India top priority: Sharif

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Indian High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan during a meeting here Wednesday that his country wants to resolve all contentious issues with... read more »

US hopes India will persuade 'friend' Karzai on troops stay post-2014

US hopes India will persuade ‘friend’ ...

Washington – The United States has expressed hope India would persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead un...

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Islamabad – Pakistan has said it cannot move ahead with the Iran gas pipeline project unless the issue of possible US sanctions is resolved. The comments... read more »

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US ...

Chinese hackers snooped on five EU ministries, says US security firm

London – Chinese hackers reportedly snooped on five European foreign ministries with malware-infected emails over the summer, new research from US... read more »

Syrian chemical weapons destruction might start in Janu...

OPCW urges more support to end chemical weapons

Tokyo – The international chemical weapons watchdog’s head has said the destruction of Syria’s toxic stockpile could begin by late January on... read more »

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J&J buys electrolyte drink Orsl for Rs 750cr

BANGALORE: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has acquired Orsl, an energy drink brand, for Rs 750 crore from city-based Jagdale Industries. Orsl, which has a few variants, is a fruit-based electrolyte... read more »

Don’t harrass taxpayers, I-T officials told

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Friday issued 12 commandments to its field offices, asking them to stick to appointments, address... read more »

Railways to Link Auto Hubs, Says Gowda

VELLORE: Soon, automobile hubs in the country will be lined through an automobile freight train to decongest traffic on road, reduce the carbon footprint and... read more »

One-time income helps Jet Airways sniff profit, loss na...

MIn the same period a year ago, the company reported a net loss of Rs 891 crore. The airline, however, said the better set of numbers is on account of... read more »

Gold, silver at multi-year lows on overseas cues

NEW DELHI: Gold and silver prices slumped to their multi-year lows to trade at Rs 25,800 per 10 grams and Rs 34,900 per kg, respectively in the national... read more »

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Tendulkar bids adieu to domestic cricket in style

Tendulkar bids adieu to domestic cricket in style

Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell game in domestic cricket ended in a manner befitting his iconic stature, as the retiring legend singlehandedly guided Mumbai to a four-wicket win over Haryana in one of... read more »

‘Dawood entered Indian dressing room, offered cars to players’

‘Dawood entered Indian dressing room, offered cars...

Former skipper Dilip Vengsarkar on Monday made a startling revelation about underworld don Dawood Ibrahim entering the Indian team dressing room and... read more »

Waqar Younis says `impossible` to legalize ball tamperi...

Waqar Younis

Wellington – Legendary fast bowler Waqar Younis has said that it is impossible to legalise ball tampering and is calling for uniformity in the rules when... read more »

Big plans in place to greet Tendulkar in Eden Test

Big plans in place to greet Tendulkar in Eden Test

Kolkata – Sachin Tendulkar is likely to be greeted by thousands of spectators wearing his mask or the waving of placards with slogans eulogising the... read more »

Tendulkar to play 200th Test at Wankhede

Tendulkar to play 200th Test at Wankhede

Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium will be hosting the farewell Test for Sachin Tendulkar after the legendary batsman expressed a wish to play his landmark 200th... read more »

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Let's not hatch eggs before they're laid: Nigaar on Gauahar-Kushal

Let’s not hatch eggs before they’re laid: Nigaar on G...

Mumbai – Gauahar Khan’s elder sister Nigaar Z. Khan believes it’s too early to predict whether the “Bigg Boss – Saath 7” winner will marry co-contestant Kushal... read more »

Armaan my best friend: Tanisha

Armaan my best friend: Tanisha

Mumbai – Actress Tanisha Mukherjee, whose proximity with Armaan Kohli during their stay in the “Bigg Boss” house hogged headlines,... read more »

Timberlake hangs himself ‘upside down’ befo...

Timberlake hangs himself 'upside down' before concerts

Los Angeles – Singer-rapper Justin Timberlake hangs “upside down” to prepare himself for his concerts. The 32-year-old is said to have a set... read more »

Kim gifts mini Lamborghini to daughter

Kim gifts mini Lamborghini to daughter

Los Angeles – Socialite Kim Kardashian bought a mini Lamborghini for her daughter North West on X-mas. The 33-year-old gifted her six-month-old daughter,... read more »

Beyonce Knowles and Jay Z

Beyonce, Jay Z splurge on champagne

Los Angeles – Celebrity couple Beyonce Knowles and Jay Z spent almost $100,000 on champagne for fellow revellers at a nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia. On... read more »

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Obesity linked to increasing pregnancy deaths

Obesity linked to increasing pregnancy deaths

Melbourne – A new study ahs suggested that rising obesity is leading to more deaths of pregnant women and an increase in birth defects. According to Associate Professor Rebecca Kimble, data... read more »

Inflatable sex doll launched into space

Inflatable sex doll launched into space

London, December 21: A sex doll has been launched into space by an adult entertainment company. The sex doll named Missy was launched by CNV from... read more »

First human artificial heart implantation takes place i...

First human artificial heart implantation takes place in France

Washington – A French company has claimed to have carried out the first ever-artificial implant of a heart in a human being. France’s Carmat said in a... read more »

20 mins of extra walking every day cuts cardiovascular ...

20 mins of extra walking every day cuts cardiovascular disease risk by a tenth

London – A new study has revealed that walking just 20 minutes extra every day could cuts the risk of cardiovascular episodes such as heart attacks by... read more »

New Good Night ring promises to make snoring history!

New Good Night ring promises to make snoring history!

London – A ring has been invented by Michael Carter-Smith – a saxophonist in the 1960s with rock band Amen Corner – and who claims that it... read more »

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IIT Kharagpur’s innovative campaign to solve student querie...

As seat allocation for engineering institutes begins today under the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), IIT Kharagpur has launched a campaign to solve student queries. Through a website... read more »

Death toll rises to 41

One more person was found dead in the landslide-battered Darjeeling district, taking the toll to 41. The body of Ramesh Rai (26) was retrieved from... read more »

Fake degree case: Tomar sent to judicial custody till J...

A court today extended by 14 days the judicial custody of former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar in an alleged forged degree case. Additional Chief... read more »

“Scared” by number of deaths in Vyapam scam

Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday said she is “scared” by the number of deaths associated with the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh and said there... read more »

Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat assures safety to Char Dham...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday said that each person taking up the Char Dham yatra is the responsibility of the state... read more »

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Rape of women is another form of terrorism: BJP

Rape of women is another form of terrorism: BJP

Allahabad – Stepping up its attack on Tehelka magazine editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday described rape of women as another form of terrorism. “There... read more »

Rahul Gandhi promises a national free medicine scheme

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi promises a na...

Pushkar – Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi has said the UPA would implement nationally a free medicine scheme launched by his party’s... read more »

Narendra Modi shortlisted by Time magazine for ‘P...

Narendra Modi shortlisted by Time magazine for 'Person of the Year 2013' title

Narendra Modi is among Time magazine’s shortlisted candidates for its ‘Person of the Year’ title and has emerged as an early favourite among... read more »

Millions vote in Madhya Pradesh

Millions vote in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal – Millions voted Monday across Madhya Pradesh, with the BJP confident of winning another five-year term and the Congress claiming that it was... read more »

Congress will get 140 seats in MP, says Kamal Nath

Congress will get 140 seats in MP, says Kamal Nath

Chhindwara (Shikarpur) – Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on Monday cast his vote and said the Congress will get 140 seats in Madhya Pradesh. He... read more »

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BP of 150/90 new normal for people over 60

Women with low BP look two years younger

London – A study has claimed that women having lowest cardiovascular risk look two years younger than those in other groups. According to the findings of a small study at Leiden University,... read more »

Rocks used to build China’s Forbidden City were transported on ice

Rocks used to build China’s Forbidden City were tr...

London – Researchers have revealed that the huge stones that make up parts of China’s Forbidden City were transported along artificial ice... read more »

Facebook rolls out new `Like` button, sans `thumbs-up`

Facebook's 'high quality' News Feed tweaking decoded!

Washington – Facebook has reportedly rolled out a new `Like` button for its social networking site which is devoid of the earlier thumbs-up. Software... read more »

Mysterious` Google barges to be interactive learning ce...

Mysterious` Google barges to be interactive learning centers

Sydney – The lid upon the secretive barges floating in the San Francisco Bay with Google’s name on top of it has been finally lifted with the search... read more »

Autism can be spotted in eyes of kids as young as two m...

Autism can be spotted in eyes of kids as young as two months

Washington – Eye contact with others declines in 2 to 6-month-old infants, who are later diagnosed with autism, a new study has suggested. The study said... read more »

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Former Brazil defender Andre Santos attacked by fan

Arsenal fans will not have fond memories of Andre Santos, but all will be disappointed to learn of the treatment meted out to the defender in Brazil. Now playing for Flamengo, the left-back bore the... read more »

Sardar banks on Sreejesh to replicate his World Cu...

India captain Sardar Singh is banking on his deputy P.R. Sreejesh to replicate his stellar World Cup performance in the upcoming Commonwealth Games... read more »

Philander fined for ball tampering

South Africa pace bowler Vernon Philander has been fined 75 per cent of his match fee for tampering with the ball during the third day of the first test... read more »

Dunga tipped to return as Brazil coach

Brazil’s 1994 World Cup-winning captain Dunga has emerged as a favourite to replace Luiz Felipe Scolari as coach of the Selecao. The 50-year-old is in talks... read more »

Injury forces Saina to pull out of Commonwealth Games

Saina Nehwal slips to ninth in world badminton rankings

India’s hopes of fetching five badminton medals at the Commonwealth Games suffered a massive jolt on Friday as ace shuttler and defending champion Saina... read more »

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Dulat’s revelations: IC-814 was Vajpayee’s fault, but...

It is India’s great fortune that we have not had a repeat of IC-814 incident. Had another plane been hijacked under similar circumstances, we would have known how much of... read more »

Missing UK schoolgirls, who fled Britain to join I...

A video footage, believed to be of the Bethnal Green schoolgirls, giving glimpse of their life in Syria has surfaced months after they fled Britain... read more »

America’s new military strategy singles out states like...

A sombre report released Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warns of a “low but growing” probability of the... read more »

Twin blasts kill 10 in northeast Nigeria

Two suicide bomb blasts along a highway in northeast Nigeria killed at least 10 people on Thursday afternoon, state police said, the latest in a string of... read more »

Turkish PM denies plans for imminent intervention in Sy...

Turkey has no plans to intervene militarily in Syria anytime soon, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, refuting media speculation about an imminent operation... read more »

Congress Moves Against Modi over Anurag Thakur’s Remark

The Congress party has submitted a privilege motion notice in Lok Sabha against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sharing BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s remarks on social media . The motion... read more »

Quad Countries Call for End to Violence in Ukraine, Gaza, and Myanmar

The Quad countries, comprising the United States, India, Japan, and Australia, have collectively called for an end to violence in Ukraine, Gaza, and Myanmar. They emphasized the need for... read more »

Report on the Indian Union Budget 2024

The Union Budget 2024-25, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23, 2024, marks a significant milestone in India’s economic journey. This budget, the first during... read more »

Latest News on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is shaping up to be highly competitive. Following President Joe Biden’s announcement to exit the race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, the... read more »

Donald Trump Informs Christians They Won’t Need to Vote After Thi...

During a campaign event organized by Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a bold statement to Christian voters, asserting that if they... read more »