New York, Oct 2 (IANS) Foods containing high levels of fructose, such as processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages, may damage the liver’s ability to properly burn fat, warns a new study. “The most important takeaway of this study is that high fructose in the diet is bad,” said lead study[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan says he does not belong to any religion. On the Gandhi Jayanti special episode of “Kaun Banega Crorepati”, host Big B will be seen sharing an anecdote with the sociologist Bindeshwar Pathak. “My surname ‘Bachchan‘ does not belong to any religion[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Three railway stations in Rajasthan — Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura — have topped the list of the Railways’ cleanliness survey unveiled on Wednesday by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal here. Jaipur was placed at numero uno spot, followed by Jodhpur and Durgapura in the ranking of[Read More…]
Kochi, Oct 2 (IANS) With just a day left for the residents of the Maradu flats complex, set for demolition, to move out matters have reached an impasse as the owners have announced that they are not moving out as the alternate accommodation promised by the Ernakulam district authorities is[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) As more and more Indian enterprises, small and medium businesses (SMBs) and startups begin their Cloud journey, securing the data is paramount and for global cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks, automating the security systems via Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities can thwart[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 2 (IANS) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday led a silent ‘padyatra’ in Uttar Pradesh’s capital here as a mark of respect to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. With thousands of Congress workers from across the state, Priyanka said before embarking on the yatra[Read More…]
Seoul, Oct 2 (IANS) North Korea may have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a move that came just hours after Pyongyang said it would resume nuclear talks with the US, reports said. South Korean officials said a missile launched near the port of Wonsan flew about 450 km[Read More…]
By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Slowly and steadily, former cricketers are entering the field of administration in Indian cricket as was proposed by the Lodha Panel in its recommendations to the Supreme Court. With elections on in the various state bodies, quite a few former players have[Read More…]
Lahore, Oct 2 (IANS) Pakistan have recalled Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal and Faheem Ashraf for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka beginning Saturday. Ahmed last featured in a T20I in June 2018 against Scotland, while Umar’s last appearance in the same format was in September 2016 against the[Read More…]
By Ahana Bhattacharya Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) He creates live magic for the stars with the power of his pen, and he now aspires to have some limelight on himself. Thirty five-year-old scriptwriter Siddharth Dey’s expertise lies in scripting world tours and live gigs for the likes of Salman Khan,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) On the 150th anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Congress’ Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday launched a veiled attack on the ruling BJP, saying the country is being taken towards their “own direction” in the name of Mahatma Gandhi even though “those doing[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Bollywood producer Shailendra Singh kicked off a unifying rally to mark the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. He aims to spread Gandhi’s message of love and unity through the One India My India Rally. Kick-starting this purposeful journey on Wednesday, Singh will travel over 7000 kilometres[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 2 (IANS) Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav boycotted the assembly session and led his party leaders and workers to the Gandhi statue at the GPO Park here and offered floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on Gandhi Jayanti on Wednesday. The Samajwadi party members, who had boycotted the special[Read More…]
Kabul, Oct 2 (IANS) At least five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in a NATO-led coalition drone strikes in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. “The coalition pilotless planes fired missiles on two militants’ compounds in Wazir Tangai locality of Khogyani district on Tuesday, killing five[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has conducted raid at the accounts section of the DCP office in Outer Delhi in connection with alleged financial crimes, amounting to lakhs, police said here on Wednesday. The raid has been confirmed by Special Commissioner (EOW),[Read More…]
Visakhapatnam, Oct 2 (IANS) The class has been stamped in the maiden appearance itself and it will now be all about building from here on as Rohit Sharma drove, cut and flicked his way to his maiden hundred as an opener in the second session of the first Test between[Read More…]
Bangkok, Oct 2 (IANS) The total number of refugees has increased in Southeast Asia over the last year and a half, the United Nations refugee agency said in a report released on Wednesday. Most of the refugees are Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in Myanmar, according to the United Nations[Read More…]
Jerusalem, Oct 2 (IANS) Israeli Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit opened on Wednesday a series of pre-indictment hearings to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of possible criminal indictments over corruption cases, according to Department of Justice. Netanyahu will not attend the hearings and will be represented by a team of about[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (IANS) Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has decided to invite a reputed medical institution to run its state-of-the-art 500-bed medical institute set up in Odisha’s Talcher. After the Odisha government expressed its inability to run the Mahanadi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (MIMSAR), the company has taken[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) Twitter and Tweetdeck have gone down for a large number of users mostly in Canada, Japan as well as in India. “We’ve been experiencing outages across Twitter and TweetDeck. You might have had trouble Tweeting, getting notifications, or viewing DMs. We’re currently working on a[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Oct 2 (IANS) Actress Linda Hamilton has returned as sci-fi icon Sarah Connor after 28 years in “Terminator: Dark Fate” even though she never thought shed be coming back as the popular character. “Terminator: Dark Fate” reunites Oscar-winning filmmaker James Cameron with original franchise stars Hamilton and Arnold[Read More…]
Panaji, Oct 2 (IANS) The practice of bursting fire crackers during Gandhi Jayanti celebrations will be discontinued by the state government, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday. Gandhi was a true environmentalist and bursting fire crackers is not in sync with good environment practices, the Chief Minister said.[Read More…]
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) In what may be called the biggest ever marathon of spacewalks since the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) was completed in 2011, astronauts aboard the space station plan to conduct 10 of them during the next three months. The station crew will replace some[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The infighting within the Congress in Haryana has landed at interim party chief Sonia Gandhi’s doorstep. Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar is going to protest on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. Tanwar is miffed at the ticket distribution[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Actor Vaquar Shaikh, who is seen in the TV show “Vidya”, is enjoying playing a negative character. He says that such characters take the story forward. “Even if you want to, you can’t ignore this character. A negative character is the only character which brings changes[Read More…]
