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New York, Feb 5 (IANS) Researchers have revealed that using e-cigarette or vaping may cause breathing and swallowing problem in teenagers. According to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics, a teenage girl with no hint of prior asthma or respiratory illness began to feel hoarseness in her throat and[Read More…]

New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) The case of the death of a four-month-old infant in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh has been termed as a violation of the “Right to Life” under the Constitution by twelve-year-old Zen Gunratan Sadavarte, who was recently awarded the National Bravery Award by President Ram Nath Kovind.[Read More…]

Hyderabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees from various states descended on Medaram in Telangana’s Mulugu district as Asia’s biggest tribal fair, Sammakka-Saralamma Jatara, began on Wednesday. Devotees, mostly tribals, from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and other states are attending the four-day biennial festival at[Read More…]

Lahore, Feb 5 (IANS) PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s treatment is being affected because his daughter Maryam Nawaz is not being permitted to be with him in London, a media report said. In a statement, the Leader of the Opposition in the[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) Sara Ali Khan, Ananya Pandey, Rana Daggubati and Vidhu Vinod Chopra were among celebrities who created waves at the seventh edition of the Under 25 Summit in the city. Others who attended the two day event included names like Abish Mathew, Benny Dayal, Tanmay Bhatt, Faye[Read More…]

Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) With the coronavirus in China wreaking havoc and expected to have implications for this year’s Olympic Games too, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra on Wednesday said that all Indian athletes are well informed about the epidemic. “We are very much on board. We are[Read More…]

Rohtak (Haryana), Feb 5 (IANS) Bowling all-rounder Harshal Patel’s eight-wicket haul in Haryana’s match against Assam has helped him set the record for most wickets for the state in a Ranji Trophy season. Harshal took his tally to 51 wickets on Wednesday which takes him past the previous record of[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Nirbhaya’s mother on Wednesday welcomed the verdict of the Delhi High Court which gave the rapists a week’s time to exercise their legal remedies and hoped that a final death warrant is issued against them soon. “I am satisfied with today’s order but I will[Read More…]

Tokyo, Feb 5 (IANS) Tokyo-headquartered Sony sold 1.3 million smartphones during the holiday season, which is over twice as many as the previous quarter wherein the sales numbers stood at about 600,000. The company announced this in its financial report for the third fiscal quarter (October-December) of 2019. However, the[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Mumbai City FC will be out to consolidate their position in the top four of the Hero Indian Super League when they take on Jamshedpur FC at the Mumbai Football Arena here on Thursday. Currently two points clear of fifth-placed Chennaiyin FC after playing a game[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Vodafone on Wednesday said the outlook for its India telecom joint venture Vodafone Idea remained “critical” and it was seeking relief from the government to pay the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues over a longer period. “In October, the Supreme Court gave an adverse judgment[Read More…]

Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) On the first day of DefExpo2020 on Wednesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held meetings with his counterparts from five countries – the UAE, the UK, the Maldives, Kyrgyzstan and Oman – to strengthen military cooperation. Singh and UAE’s Minister of State for Defence Mohammed Al Bowardi[Read More…]

Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) Emphasising India will a defence manufacturing powerhouse in the coming years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the government has adopted a new strategy known as 3P strategy which stands for Policy, Production and Partnership. “We are focusing on this and it help us to make[Read More…]

New York, Feb 5 (IANS) A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could worsen the impact of ocean acidification on corals, clams, oysters and other marine life with shells or skeletons, says a study. “We found that the ocean’s chemistry would change, with global cooling dissolving atmospheric carbon into the[Read More…]

Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Shrugging off the negativity provoked by the Union Budget, the Indian stocks markets closed sharp for the third straight session on Wednesday, fuelled mainly by a fall in global oil prices. The benchmark Brent crude traded on Wednesday at below the $55 a barrel level, even[Read More…]

Seoul, Feb 5 (IANS) The spread of coronavirus in China is likely to push up prices of semiconductors and display panels, analysts said on Wednesday, amid possible supply chain disruptions of key industrial materials. China, where the outbreak originated, is home to manufacturing facilities of many of South Korea’s major[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday directed the city police to submit a status report on a complaint filed by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat against BJP lawmakers Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Verma for alleged inflammatory remarks. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja will[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A 23-member parliamentary panel on the surrogacy bill has recommended that surrogate mothers should not be restricted to “close relatives” and instead any willing woman should be allowed to be so. The Rajya Sabha Select Committee, chaired by BJP’s Bhupender Yadav, has also suggested omission[Read More…]

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Uma Bharti on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the announcement of the formation of the Ram Mandir Trust. The senior BJP leader tweeted in Hindi: “PM Modi has announced the decision of the Cabinet in the Parliament[Read More…]