Author: IANS

San Francisco, Oct 25 (IANS) Microblogging site Twitter will never join Libra, CEO Jack Dorsey said at a company media event in New York City. Dorsey replied with a conclusive “Hell no” to the question of its potential membership of the Fcebook-led crypto payments scheme, The Verge reported on Thursday.[Read More…]

Dubai, Oct 25 (IANS) Former Pakistan cricket captain and one of the best left-arm fast bowlers of all times, Wasim Akram is now going to try his hands at acting. He has reportedly signed a comedy film in which his wife Shaniera will also try her luck. According to reports[Read More…]

Bhubaneswar, Oct 25 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced the ‘Odisha-Mo Parivar’ programme to carry out the regional party’s social service programmes. The Odisha-Mo Parivar (Odisha-My Family) programme has been launched to protect the environment, encourage blood donation and help Odias stranded[Read More…]

By Ahana Bhattacharya Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) French-born Spanish filmmaker Oliver Laxe has a high regard for Indian culture and traditions, and for him, coming to India is a sort of homecoming. This year, Laxe’s film “Fire Will Come” was screened at the Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival with[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) The 18 boys and 17 girls from 16 different countries who are currently being trained at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru were in attendance for the Vijay Hazare Trophy final between Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. The Board of Control for[Read More…]

Santiago, Oct 25 (IANS) A UN mission will travel to Chile next week to investigate possible human rights violations in deadly protests that have swept the nation in recent days. The protests in Chile initially came about as a reaction to metro fair hikes, escalating into violence with fires being[Read More…]

Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) Actress Disha Patani has been roped in for producer Ekta Kapoor’s new project titled “KTina”. Ekta on Friday took to Instagram and announced the news among the netizens. “KTINA ka sab ko ‘JAI MATA DI’ ! ( she used to be TINA ab KTINA as K[Read More…]

Shimla, Oct 25 (IANS) To promote ayurveda healthcare, the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Friday approved a policy to provide cost effective Ayush services by upgrading Ayush hospitals and dispensaries. It is the first time that the government has come up with Himachal Pradesh State Ayush Policy that envisages attractive incentives[Read More…]

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Jannayak Janata Party chief Dushyant Chautala, who positioned himself as kingmaker in Haryana politics after his party won 10 seats in October 21 polls, on Friday kept his options open on aligning with the Congress or BJP. “For a stable government, the key still lies[Read More…]

Chandigarh, Oct 25 (IANS) A meeting of the Haryana BJP Legislature Party will be held on Saturday to elect a leader, a senior party leader said on Friday. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. in Chandigarh, BJP National General Secretary Anil Jain said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and[Read More…]

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–Indo-Asian News Service aks/in

Bengaluru, Oct 25 (IANS) Riding on brilliant performances from Abhimanyu Mithun (5/34) and Mayank Agarwal (69*), Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 60 runs through VJD Method in the final of the 2019 Vijay Hazare Trophy played at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. Chasing 253, Karnataka were well on course for[Read More…]

Manila, Oct 25 (IANS) A former Miss Iran on Friday completed a week of being stranded at the Manila airport, while seeking asylum in the Philippines over fears that she would be executed in Tehran on politically motivated charges. Bahareh Zare Bahari, 31, was accused of assaulting an Iranian man[Read More…]

Ranchi, Oct 25 (IANS) Notices have been issued to Jharkahnd Mukti Morcha (JMM)president Shibu Soren and his family members in land acts violation. The notices have been issued in Ranchi, Dhanbad and Bokaro districts of the state by the Additional Collector of the respective districts to buyers and sellers of[Read More…]

Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) The Congress in Uttar Pradesh has been re-energised despite not winning a single seat in the bypolls in 11 constituencies as it has managed to substantially increase its vote share. Its showing in Gangoh and Kanpur’s Govind Nagar seats has boosted the party. In Gangoh, the[Read More…]

Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) The Congress once again demanded the summoning of a special session of the Goa legislative assembly, to pass a unanimous decision to condemn the Centre’s decision to grant a conditional approval to Karnataka’s controversial Kalasa-Banduri water diversion project on the Mhadei river. Addressing a press conference[Read More…]

Darjeeling, Oct 25 (IANS) Known for her passion for walking, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went on a 10-km jog along with senior bureaucrats, police officers and local Trinamool Congress workers in the picturesque northern Bengal hill town of Kurseong in Darjeeling district to raise awareness about environment conservation.[Read More…]

Toronto, Oct 25 (IANS) Skin exposure to ultra-violet B (UVB) radiation from the Sun can alter the gut microbiome in humans — possibly via vitamin D which can help explain the protective role of UVB in inflammatory diseases like Multiple Sclerosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Sun exposure, vitamin D levels[Read More…]

New York, Oct 25 (IANS) Women CEOs do not always have it easy as researchers have found that people are less likely to support an organization after an ethical failure if the business is helmed by a female. Female leaders, however, receive less negativity for general business failures, said the[Read More…]

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Dhaka, Oct 25 (IANS) A woman MP of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League party was expelled from university for allegedly hiring as many as eight lookalikes to write examinations in her place. Tamanna Nusrat is accused of paying the lookalikes to pretend to be her for at least 13 exams. Nusrat[Read More…]