Author: IANS

New York, July 30 (IANS) Bullying bosses are not just bad for the morale and well-being of employees — they can also be bad for workplace safety, reveals a study. According to the study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, the researchers surveyed 589 airline pilots and 468 manufacturing[Read More…]

Melbourne, July 30 (IANS) Cricket Australia has revamped the domestic one-day tournament structure for the upcoming 2019-20 season. On Tuesday, it announced the fixtures of the 50-over domestic competition which will now be played in three parts, the first part — Marsh One-Day Cup — will commence on September 21.[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) An MLA of the Congress and two from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra on Tuesday quit their seats and are likely to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress’ Kalidas Kolambkar, the MLA from Wadala (Mumbai) and NCP’s Vaibhav Pichad (Akole) and Shivendra[Read More…]

By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Hitherto, the thousands of Indians who had migrated to Britain in the wake of the partition of the sub-continent had lived in silence, perhaps wanting to bury the ghosts of the past as they sought to make a new life. Two years[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act on payment of interim compensation to complainant during the pendency of the case will have no retrospective application. Section 143A was inserted in NI Act in September 2018 to reduce[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan surprised actors Aahana Kumra and Viineet Kumar Singh by visiting them on the sets of Netflix’s “Betaal”. Aahana took to Twitter and shared a selfie of herself along with Shah Rukh, whom she described as the “most charming man”. She captioned it:[Read More…]

Chandauli, July 30 (IANS) Khalid, the 15-year-old boy whose family had alleged that he was set ablaze by four men when he refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram” here, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. Khalid was set on fire in Chandauli on Sunday and had been admitted to the[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed uproar over a road accident in Uttar Pradesh in which the Unnao rape victim was critically injured and two others killed, with the Congress seeking a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah. When Speaker Om Birla allowed a discussion[Read More…]

Bengaluru, July 30 (IANS) Fintech start-up Open, which offers a business banking service for SMEs and start-ups in partnership with banks, have announced a strategic partnership with Visa – the global leader in payments technology – to enhance their business banking proposition for SMEs. The partnership will enable Open to[Read More…]

Wellington, July 30 (IANS) Former Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera will be helping New Zealand batters in their upcoming Test series in the island nation. The 42-year-old, who will join the Black Caps coaching staff, has been brought in to assist Kiwis as they prepare for their first assignment of[Read More…]

Washington, July 30 (IANS) As the three-day Gilroy Garlic Festival in the US state of California was winding down at the weekend, a 19-year-old opened fire with an AK-47 style semiautomatic rifle, killing a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a man in his 20s and injuring 12 others, the[Read More…]

Thane, July 30 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy and his father were killed in a landslide in Maharashtra’s Thane early on Tuesday as heavy rain lashed the district, police said. Around 1 a.m., some boulders and huge chunks of earth suddenly broke loose on the hillock and came tumbling down on[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar is not in line with Sunil Gavaskar questioning the role of selection committee and the continuation of Virat Kohli as India captain following the team’s World Cup exit in the semi-finals. Gavaskar has questioned why Kohli has automatically continued in his[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) OPDs in government hospitals across the country will be shut on Wednesday as part of protests against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill which doctors say will encourage quacks. As a mark of protest against the Bill which was passed in the Lok Sabha on[Read More…]

Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) You may find it hard to digest, but brands are not slipping on the opportunity of gaining from the banana movement of actor Rahul Bose. With Bose freaking out at being charged Rs 442.50 for two bananas by JW Marriott in Chandigarh, the industry is responding[Read More…]

London, July 30 (IANS) Real and fake smiles can be tricky to distinguish, but researchers have now developed a computer software that can spot false facial expressions. By analysing the movement of the smile across a person’s face, the software can determine whether or not the expression is genuine, said[Read More…]

San Francisco, July 30 (IANS) To let users customise and personalise their home screens, Apple is adding a feature that would let people resize app icons on iPads and iPhones. With new bug fixes, the company has released the fifth beta version of iOS 13 to developers. The company also[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said heinous crimes are on the rise in the national capital and the Central and city governments need to develop a concrete action plan to tackle the situation. “Heinous crimes are on the rise in Delhi and particularly[Read More…]