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New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The second edition of Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Pen to Publish contest announced on Thursday six self-published e-book authors as winners across genres in English, Hindi and Tamil languages. The six winners, in long-form (more than 10,000 words) and short-form (between 2,000 to 10,000[Read More…]

London, May 2 (IANS) Researchers in the UK have found cocaine, pharmaceuticals and pesticides in all samples of freshwater shrimp in a rural area of eastern England. Scientists from King’s College London and the University of Suffolk tested the exposure of freshwater shrimp to different micropollutants at 15 different sites[Read More…]

By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) is considered one of the most lucrative tournaments in the world. But even the premier T20 league needs to be promoted and advertised. And the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) kept aside Rs 50[Read More…]

Agartala, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday removed the returning officer of the Tripura West seat, where polling was held on the first phase on the Lok Sabha elections on April 11, an official said. “The Election Commission removed the returning officer of the Tripura West seat Sandeep[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Johnson & Johnson to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation each to patients affected by its faulty articular surface replacement (ASR) hip implants. Justice Vibhu Bakhru’s direction came while hearing Johnson & Johnson’s plea challenging the Ministry of Health[Read More…]

Lucknow, May 2 (IANS) Even as the top leadership of Congress and SP trade charges in the heat of elections, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday addressed a meeting of the Samajwadi Party, organised in Unchahar in Rae Bareli. The meeting had been organised by SP MLA Manoj[Read More…]

Hong Kong, May 2 (IANS) Chinese authorities are using a mobile phone app to collect vast amount of data for illegal mass surveillance and arbitrary detention of Muslims in the western Xinjiang region, said a Human Rights Watch report on Thursday. The report, “China’s Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The NCLAT on Thursday reversed its own interim order to allow lenders with exposure to IL&FS and its group companies to classify them as non-performing assets (NPAs), in line with RBI norms, but restrained them from moving to recover any dues from the beleagured group[Read More…]

Los Angeles, May 2 (IANS) Rapper-actor Jaden Smith might play rapper Kanye West in an anthology series. Showtime network is currently developing a limited half-hour anthology series that would star Jaden as young Kanye, a source familiar with the project told cnn.com. The first season of the show, “Omniverse”, would[Read More…]

Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) With less than 24 hours left for Cyclone Fani to make landfall in neighbouring Odisha coast, the West Bengal government and civic bodies on Thursday worked on war footing to cope with the storm set to travel across state starting early Saturday. The state government and[Read More…]

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission to decide on the remaining nine complaints made by the Congress against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah for allegedly making hate speeches or violating the Model Code of Conduct. The[Read More…]

Panaji, May 2 (IANS) Michael Lobo, Deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, here on Thursday, said he was waiting for his party BJP to appoint him Chief Minister, and added he would not join the contest for the Speaker’s post even if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced him[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Actress Sonali Bendre says she spent an entire night crying when she was diagnosed with cancer, and her husband and director Goldie Behl helped her cope up with the news. Last July, Sonali shared that she was diagnosed with a “high-grade cancer”. She underwent treatment in[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Actress Parineeti Chopra says it is difficult to find a true friend in Bollywood, and she is glad that she found one in actor Arjun Kapoor. The actress opened up about her equation with Arjun in an episode of Voot’s “Feet Up with the Stars Season[Read More…]

London, May 2 (IANS) Gavin Williamson, sacked as Britain’s Defence Secretary by Prime Minister Theresa May for allegedly disclosing plans to allow Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei to help build the UK’s 5G network, has denied leaking any information from the National Security Council. His comments have come amid calls for[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) A Bollywood biopic on Kargil war hero Vikram Batra has been officially titled “Shershaah”, the film’s lead actor Sidharth Malhotra has confirmed. “Excited to play Vikram Batra, a real-life hero on screen! Titled ‘Shershaah’! Shooting begins soon,” Sidharth tweeted. Actress Kiara Advani, who features in the[Read More…]

Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Bollywood star Arjun Kapoor who features in “Indias Most Wanted” — an upcoming film based on a real-life event of a terrorist — says terrorism has no religion and as an individual he puts humanity before religious identity. When the teaser of the film was launched[Read More…]