Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) A brilliant five-wicket haul from pacer Pat Cummins helped Australia take control of the ongoing second Test against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday. On Day Three, Australia first bundled out the Black Caps for 146 and then ended the day with[Read More…]
Mogadishu, Dec 28 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and several others injured in a suicide blast that hit at a security checkpoint near a busy crossing on the outskirts of the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, an official said. Government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar told Xinhua news agency that[Read More…]
London, Dec 28 (IANS) Libra, a cryptocurrency project championed by Facebook, has failed in its current form, according to the President of Switzerland. As Libra is seeking approval in Switzerland, the comment from Swiss President and Finance Minister Ueli Maurer suggests that Facebook and other stakeholders will have to rework[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANSlife) Long gone are the days when styling short hair were a bane. Be it mid length hair or lobs, short hairstyles are trending among the Generation-Z rapidly. Samay Dutta, Director – NOIR, the Luxury Blow Bar suggests how to accentuate those short tresses to make[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Filmmaker Meghna Gulzar’s next offering “Chhapaak”, starring Deepika Padukone, will also feature some real acid attack survivors. The film will narrate the story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. “The decision to cast real acid attack survivors was fairly an organic one because we had the[Read More…]
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) Proton therapy leads to significantly lower risk of side effects for cancer patients when compared with traditional radiation, researchers have found. For the findings, published in the journal JAMA Oncology, researchers from University of Pennsylvania analysed if the cancer patients going through radiation therapy alongside[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANSlife) Delhi/NCR has been hit by a severe cold wave. The temperature is expected to drop further in the coming days. Dr Tarun Sahni, Senior Consultant, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals elaborates on quick tips to bear with the dropping temperatures. During winters, the body heat usually experiences[Read More…]
Dublin, Dec 28 (IANS) Andrew Dunbar, best known for being the body double for Theon Greyjoy, who was played by Alfie Allen in the hit series “Game of Thrones”, is no more. The Portrush native, who was in his thirties, died on Christmas Eve at his Belfast home, reports Belfast[Read More…]
Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) Left-arm pacer Trent Boult will return back to New Zealand after the completion of the second Test against Australia after he suffered another injury on Saturday. Thus, he will not be able to participate in the third and final Test beginning January 3 at the Sydney[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANSlife) New Years usually brings about a tide of resolution-making – and despite the reluctance that might surround it, fitness still reigns king as the top resolution for most of the people. It’s a fresh start, a clean slate, a time to promise yourself to be[Read More…]
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) Huawei is expected unveil the successor to its foldable smartphone Mate X — the Mate Xs — at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 and now the device has received a certification from the Chinese 3C regulator which reveals that it will be capable of 65W[Read More…]
Mogadishu, Dec 28 (IANS) Several people were killed and many others injured on Saturday in a car bomb explosion at a check-post near a busy crossing in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, officials said. Federal government spokesperson Ismael Mukhtar Omar tweeted that an explosion near the crossing that connects Mogadishu[Read More…]
Agartala, Dec 28 (IANS) The Tripura Gramin Bank (TGB), first among India’s 45 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), in the 19 consecutive years has posted a net profit of Rs 44.43 crore in the first half of the current fiscal and envisaged to cross Rs 10,000 crore business in 2019-20, a[Read More…]
London, Dec 28 (IANS) Floor plans of the UK’s Mi6 or the Secret Intelligence Service’s central London headquarters were lost by building contractors during a refurbishment, the media reported. The BBC said that the missing plans were not classified or intelligence documents, but the pages did hold sensitive details on[Read More…]
United Nations, Dec 28 (IANS) The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution condemning human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya community and other minorities in Myanmar, it was reported on Saturday. The UN resolution was passed on Friday by a total of 134 countries in the 193-member world body,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANSlife) Unveiling its first standalone, Marks & Spencer Lingerie & Beauty store at Pacific Mall, Dehradun had quite the crowd. Making it the brands 90 th store in the Indian Market it brings the much-loved stylish and innovative lingerie and an edited beauty offering. Celebrity Richa[Read More…]
Bangkok, Dec 28 (IANS) A member of a rescue team that saved 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand last year has died from an infection he picked up during the operation, officials said on Saturday. Petty Officer Beirut Pakbara, a Thai Navy Seal, contracted[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANSlife) There are multiple erogenous zones in the female body. However the most sensitive, enigmatic and a source of great speculation is perhaps the ‘G-spot. Despite the very fact that its very existence is considered debatable by some; many may consider intercourse to not be completely[Read More…]
Panaji, Dec 28 (IANS) The main opposition party in Goa, the Congress, on Saturday demanded an SIT probe by a retired High Court judge into the mysterious deaths of two Andhra Pradesh youngsters outside the Sunburn Klassique EDM festival venue in North Goa on Friday evening. “The two deaths should[Read More…]
San Francisco, Dec 28 (IANS) In its biggest female streamer acquisition so far, Facebook Gaming has announced an exclusive streaming deal with Corinna Kopf — an Instagram star and vlogger and is also a member of David Dobriks hugely popular Vlog Squad. Kopf, a famous digital influencer with millions of[Read More…]
By Yajurvindra Singh Captain Virat Kohli’s final statement on Indian cricket at the end of the year was so true. He said, “2019 is one of India’s best years in cricket barring those 30 minutes at the World Cup.” If one reflects on the performance of Indian cricket in 2019[Read More…]
Centurion, Dec 28 (IANS) South Africa opening batsman Aiden Markram has been ruled out of the remainder of the four-Test series against England after sustaining a fracture to his fourth left finger in the ongoing match at the SuperSport Park. In a statement, Cricket South Africa said that the injury[Read More…]
BY SUMIT KUMAR SINGH New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) From carrying out air strike at terror camps in Pakistan to creation of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) post and also from witnessing ‘fidayeen’ attack in Kashmir and to shooting down of a Mi-17 V5 helicopter in a friendly fire, 2019[Read More…]
Honolulu, Dec 28 (IANS) The remains of six people onboard a helicopter that crashed while returning from a sightseeing tour in Hawaii have been recovered, authorities said. Seven individuals, one pilot and six passengers, including two children, were on board the chopper, reports Xinhua news agency. The authorities said they[Read More…]
Hajipur (Bihar), Dec 28 (IANS) A Congress leader was shot dead by bike-borne assailants on Saturday morning in Bihar’s Vaishali district, the police said. Criminals carried out the incident on Cinema Road here. According to the information, Rakesh Kumar was on his way to gym when assailants fired at him[Read More…]
