New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Heart-healthy diets are naturally low in dietary cholesterol and can help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, say researchers, adding eating one egg a day is not associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Too much cholesterol in blood contributes to formation[Read More…]
By Anand Singh New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests are heating up in Delhi and across several parts of the country but former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is missing the action as he has left for South Korea on an official tour. His sister and[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Actor Sunny Singh finds the hook step of “Mummy nu pasand” in his upcoming movie “Jai Mummy Di” very energetic and lively. The makers of the film will release the first song on Tuesday. The song features the lead pair. The original music is given by[Read More…]
Sharm El-Sheikh, Dec 16 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi received Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort city on Monday. Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Radi said in a statement that Sisi affirmed Egypt’s support to Grossi in his work,[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) “Tere ghata” singer Gajendra Verma has come out with four tracks. These are “Ja ja ja”, “Ab aaja”, “Main aur tu” and “Jaana jaana”, which aim at taking listeners on an emotional ride in the break-up phase of a relationship. “My heart and emotion are fully[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Filmmaker Milan Luthria says actress Tara Sutaria reminds him of Vidya Balan, whom he directed in the 2011 hit, “The Dirty Picture”. Luthria is currently working with Tara on “Tadap”, the Hindi remake of the Telugu hit film “RX100”. “Tadap” marks the Bollywood debut of Suniel[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) “Mission Mangal” is heading to Hong Kong, and Kirti Kulhari, who features in the film’s ensemble cast, is excited. This, she says, proves that a good story can’t be restricted to boundaries. Directed by Jagan Shakti, “Mission Mangal” revolves around the story of India’s Mangalyaan or[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Singer Brijesh Shandilya, who has sung in films such as “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” and “Badhaai Ho”, has released a wedding song titled “Patola” featuring former beauty queen Gayatri Bhardwaj and actor Sahil Anand in the video. Brijesh has sung the peppy track and co-composed it[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Dec 16 (IANS) A group of students at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Monday extended their solidarity to the Jamia Millia Islamia students in Delhi and protested the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). One of the multi-lingual placards carried by the students read ‘students of Jamia Millia[Read More…]
Ranchi, Dec 16 (IANS) Over 62 per cent voting was recorded in the fourth and penultimate phase of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, covering 15 seats across the Deoghar, Giridih, Bokaro and Dhanbad districts, on Monday. According to the Election Commission data, 62.46 per cent turnout was witnessed in the phase[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Snapping a three-day uptick, the benchmark Sensex ended in the red on Monday after hitting a record high of 41,185 intraday. Markets ended lower over concerns of rising inflation, although further losses were capped as the global cues remained supportive. The benchmark oil price index, Brent,[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Dec 16 (IANS) The TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) will be staging the Indo-MIM Bengaluru Open Golf Championship 2019 from December 17 at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course. The race will be on for the top spots in the TATA Steel PGTI Order of Merit[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Popular Irish rock band U2 paid tribute to influential women like Union Minister Smriti Irani, late journalist Gauri Lankesh, late astronaut Kalpana Chawla, and author Arundhati Roy at their first-ever show in India. As the group played their song “Ultraviolet (Light my way)”, photographs of the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) After retail inflation, the prices of essential commodities especially food items such as vegetables showed a massive rise in November on wholesale basis. Accordingly, India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices jumped to 0.58 per cent in November from 0.16 per cent in[Read More…]
Nagpur, Dec 16 (IANS) Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party legislators on Monday continued to protest outside the Maharashtra legislature, demanding an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on Vinayak Damodar alias ‘Veer’ Savarkar. Ensuring that the first day of the legislature’s Winter Session began on a stormy note,[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 16 (IANS) Three Odia film actresses and the daughter of Odisha Health Minister Nabakishore Das have courted controversy for allegedly shooting a video in the prohibited area of Hirakud reservoir in Sambalpur. The video has gone viral on social media after one of the actresses shared it on[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) “Jaani tera naa” fame singer Sunanda Sharma has come up with a new single, “Duji vaar pyar”. Apart from lending her voice, Sunanda also features in the track’s music video. “Every song brings forth an experience worth cherishing a lifetime. ‘Duji vaar pyar’ stirred my soul.[Read More…]
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) There was tension in Jadavpur area in the city’s southern outskirts as BJP activists clashed with the police after the security forces stopped the party rally in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act. The BJP activists broke a police barricade at Bagha Jatin and came to[Read More…]
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Latest intelligence report shared with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) amid ongoing violent protests at various places across the country over Citizenship (Amendment) Act raised doubts on some “political parties” as well as banned extremist and militant Islamic fundamentalist organisations –[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra will be meeting presidents and secretary generals of all the 33 national sports federations (NSF) in the “early part of 2020.” In a notice addressed to all NSFs, Batra said that the meetings will be one on one interactions[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) A day after the violence erupted at the Jamia Millia Islamia here, its students again came out on the roads on Monday, shouting slogans against the Delhi Police and the Citizenship Amendment Act. Female students shouted slogans of ‘Azadi’ (freedom) outside the Jamia campus while[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is not aiming to hold any protest in the national capital as its aim is to ensure peace and law and order in the city, the party’s Delhi unit chief Gopal Rai said. Speaking to IANS, Rai said that none[Read More…]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Three iconic products from Apple have made it to the Time magazine’s most significant 10 gadgets’ of the decade list. These are: Apple iPad (2010), Apple Watch (2015) and AirPods (2016). Google Chromecast (2013), Amazon Echo (2014) and Raspberry Pi (2012) are other innovations that[Read More…]
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Mumbai City FC head coach Jorge Costa has alleged that a referee, officiating his sides match against Bengaluru FC, had called one of his players a monkey following which the All India Football Federation (AIFF) will investigate the matter. Before starting[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Dec 16 (IANS) Singer-songwriter Leona Lewis says she wouldn’t have done well in a band, and enjoys being a solo artist. “When I was about 16 I did audition to be in a girl band, but I didn’t make it! Which is lucky because I don’t think I[Read More…]
