General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 20160708

After nine months of intense workouts and meal plans to get into the strapping shape of vine-swinging jungle hero Tarzan, Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard found a fitting way to decompress with his famous father, veteran Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard.
Afternoon traffic came to a halt for 20 minutes to make way for a heart being taken from Lilavati hospital in Bandra to Fortis Hospital in Mulund on Friday. The heart, intended to be transplanted into...
After Rs 251 smartphone, Ringing Bells plans to launch LED TV
+After Rs 251 smartphone, Ringing Bells plans to launch LED TV
Andhra plans biggest port-cum-industrial corridor project at Machilipatnam
An international group of researchers has pinpointed the sensor plants use to sense electric fields. A beneficial side effect: their work could contribute to the understanding of how the Ebola virus enters human cells.
+An international group of researchers has pinpointed the sensor plants use to sense electric fields. A beneficial side effect: their work could contribute to the understanding of how the Ebola virus enters human cells.
Apple to boost organ donation after Steve Jobs 'excruciating' wait for a liver transplant: Health app preloaded on every iPhone and iPad will allow users to sign up
A woman MBA student went missing on Thursday evening even as she was staying in a lodge here for her month-long in-plant training.Police said B. Subashree (22), a second year MBA student from Peruvila...
BAE Systems, the London-based defence firm, announced its plans ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow. The ground breaking concept would greatly speed up the production process. BAE also announced its concept for rapid reaction craft with hyperspeed engines (bottom right).
BJP plans Statewide stir, seeks CBI probe
Both the SLS and the Orion vehicles are still in development, while the trajectory design is in a preliminary phase – as the launch vehicle and spacecraft plans continue to mature.
British Business Secretary meets Tata Steel management on UK plants
CCEA okays Axis Bank plan to raise foreign investment to 74%
Boeing shoots a plane into the air like a rocket
China unveils huge military plane
Clip-Air: How pod planes could change travel forever
Verizon overhauls data plans
Verizon overhauls its data plans
+Chewed plants help detect viruses in wild mountain gorillas, monkeys
China's huge Y-20 freighter plane is part of a massive program to modernize China's armed forces.
Cipla Biotech, a subsidiary of the company, will construct the plant at a special economic zone in Durban and will commence production in 2018
Cipla to invest Rs 590 cr for biosimilar plant in South Africa; shares gain 1.3%
Cipla to set up biotech plant in South Africa
Corporation to plant 3,500 saplings across Shivamogga city
Could drones shooting peanut butter treats from the sky save America's rarest ferret? Bizarre plan to wipe out plague revealed
CPI(M) opposes plan to set up coal tar distillation plant in Sultanpur
CREDAI to plant 1 lakh saplings at UoH
Crisis plan to combat cyber attacks
Dallas suspect claims to have planted bombs: Police Chief
Dy.SP case: BJP plans protest march
Exide Life launches term plans with return of premium
FILE - This July 16, 2010, file photo shows Apple's Tim Cook, left, and Steve Jobs, right, during a meeting at Apple in Cupertino, Calif. Apple wants to encourage millions of iPhone owners to register as organ donors through a software update that will add an easy sign-up button to the health information app that comes installed on every smartphone the company makes. CEO Cook says he hopes the new software, set for limited release in early July 2016, will help ease a critical and longstanding donor shortage. He said the problem hit home when his friend and former boss, Apple co-founder Jobs, endured an ¿excruciating¿ wait for a liver transplant in 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
+Fluorescence-Brillouin imaging reveals that plants regulate the mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix in response to light.
Government plans to open 3 of them in Tiruvallur district
Govt has plans to inject Rs 450 billion ($6.7 billion) in the banks through March 2019
Govt plans to clean 10 iconic places under Swachh Bharat mission
+Govt plans to clean 10 iconic places under Swachh Bharat mission
+How plants sense electric fields
Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited will take up plantation of 1.5 lakh saplings on July 11 as part of the State wide ‘Haritha Haram’ programme. This will be in addition to the four lakh saplings planted sin...
+[In Depth] Panel slams plan for human research rules
Kajaria Ceramics board meets for amalgamation plan
London's crazy plan for an elevated airport
London's crazy plan for an elevated airport: Scrapped 1931 design reveals a dangerous wheel-shaped runway at King's Cross
Marking completion of 19 years of NTPC, Simhadri, Raising Day celebrations were organised at Deepanjalinagar on Friday.A morning walk was organised in the township for the residents, followed by plant...
Metro Rail to plant 1.5 lakh saplings
NASA managers are closing in on a mission trajectory plan for the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that is set to debut in 2018. Mike Sarafin, NASA mission…
NASA managers are closing in on a mission trajectory plan for the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that is set to debut in 2018. Mike Sarafin, NASA mission manager for the first Orion/Space Launch System (SLS) mission, recently provided an early look at an outline of launch events and a high-level status of the process of designing the trajectory for the maiden flight.
NATO leaders geared up today for a long-term standoff with Russia, ordering multinational troops to Poland and the three Baltic states as Moscow moves forward with its own plans to station two new divisions along its western borders.
Netanyahu has instructed that the plane parts be handed over to Egypt
New Growth Plan for Online Lenders: Layoffs
+New Growth Plan for Online Lenders: Layoffs
New research in mice indicates that a drug commonly used to suppress the immune system in recipients of organ transplants may also reduce tissue damage and neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury. Rapamycin, which is an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway, has a variety of cellular functions and is known to possess both immunosuppressant and anti-tumor properties.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. jurors ordered DuPont on Friday to pay an additional $500,000 in punitive damages to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical used to make Teflon at one of its plants, according to a lawyer for the plaintiff.
+NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. jurors ordered DuPont on Friday to pay an additional $500,000 in punitive damages to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical used to make Teflon at one of its plants, according to a lawyer for the plaintiff.
NTSB says Delta plane landed at wrong airport
Officials have resolved to plant 3,500 saplings in the city limits during the monsoon season to enhance the green cover. They made the decision at the meeting of the Shivamogga City Corporation held i...
One lakh saplings planted simultaneously along the Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway
Plan to acquire 500 acres of land each in Ernakulam, Thrissur and Ozhalapathy-Kannambra
+[Plant Science] Location, location, S-acylation
PM @narendramodi and his young friends plant a sapling of African Mahogany, in Mozambique
PR chambers of A.P., TS plan Chalo Delhi
Protein plan
Ranbir’s special plan to dodge media!
ROME (Reuters) - The bodies of nine Italians killed by Islamist militants who stormed an upmarket restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital last week were brought to Rome in a military plane on Tuesday.
+ROME (Reuters) - The bodies of nine Italians killed by Islamist militants who stormed an upmarket restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital last week were brought to Rome in a military plane on Tuesday.
Rowdy-sheeters plant saplings
Singareni plants 21,000 saplings
Steps to rectify flaws in sewage plant
Swachh Bharat Mission: Govt plans to clean 10 iconic places
Tata Steel looks at e-auction to secure iron ore for Kalinganagar plant
The company is discontinuing its existing regular term plan and replacing it with the ROP as there is more demand for ROP plans
The entry-level projects include ghat and crematoria construction/repair, river front beautification, installation and repair of sewage treatment plants.
The Finnish Army filmed its troops blasting artillery cannons into the remote countryside in Rovajärvi, Lapland.
The government’s intention in drafting a plan to expand girivalam path may be good but it should realise this is a holy path and there are people who deem cutting trees as cutting their own self, said...
The Japanese mobile internet company plans to start a transportation service that uses self-driving buses, its latest push into autonomous driving.
The Lions Clubs International will celebrate its centenary in 2017 and chalked out an ambitious plan of ‘Centennial Service Challenge’ to reach out to 100 million beneficiaries in the four areas of vi...
The open offer from Aniruddha Mehta, Gauri A Mehta and Umiya Holding Pvt Ltd to the shareholders of Mro-Tek will open on Friday. They plan to acquire up to 48.58 lakh shares of Mro-Tek Realty (former...
The plan to deploy the U.S. Thaad system in South Korea by late next year, meant to counter the threat from North Korea, comes over strong objections from China and Russia.
The POD PLANES that could transform air travel
The POD PLANES that could transform air travel: Radical concept craft may mean you never have to queue at the airport again
The project, developed Switzerland's Federal Polytechnic Institute, aims to transform the way people and cargo travel, with an airplane consisting of a single flying wing *shown bottom left). Capsules carrying passengers or freight can (shown bottom right) then be attached to this wing. With its autonomous capsule, the size of a railroad car - about 98 feet (30 metres) long (diagram shown top) and 30 tons heavy - its design is compatible with rail tracks while also fitting into a conventional airport.
There will be power shutdown in the following areas between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on July 12 as the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation plans to undertake maintenance work at its Samayanall...
The second phase of Haritha Haram, the tree plantation drive aimed at planting 4 crore saplings across the district, got off to a spirited start with people from all walks of life enthusiastically par...
The second phase of the government’s ambitious mass plantation programme begins on an encouraging note across the State
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) authorities planted over 21,000 saplings as part of the Harita Haram programme at its mines region in Ramagundam-3 coal belt in Karimnagar district on F...
The UK’s official inquiry into the 2003 Iraq invasion blows away the flimsy justifications offered by Blair and Bush, but it offers no explanation of their obsessive pursuit of war
To plant over 32,800 wine palm saplings in the second phase of Haritha Haram
Tourism Department chalking out plans to improve basic facilities
+Transplant drug may provide benefits after spinal cord injury
US House blocks sale of planes to Iran
Vaccine-maker Green Signal plans IPO
Verizon to Raise Cost of Monthly Wireless Plans
+Verizon to Raise Cost of Monthly Wireless Plans
Verizon wants to give customers more control over their monthly data plans, but that control will come at a price.
Visa service provider BLS International plans BSE listing; to open 500 centres
What was he thinking? Plane passenger stopped at Stansted with iPhone case shaped like a gun
When Lauren Higgins tried to sign up for Spotify's premium plan on her iPhone, she was irked that the music service asked for $13 a month, $3 more than the gift subscription she had given her boyfriend.
+When Lauren Higgins tried to sign up for Spotify's premium plan on her iPhone, she was irked that the music service asked for $13 a month, $3 more than the gift subscription she had given her boyfriend.
With the latest update on Google Maps on Android (coming soon to iOS), you can now plan road trip with multi-stop directions.
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: A Division Bench of the Hyderabad High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice P.V.Sanjay Kumar on Friday said that the petitions pending in the court regarding the bifurc...
A group of advocates on Friday met Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and urged him to initiate action under the Contempt of Court Act against a man who had met the Chief Justic...
Car repair and servicing startup Pitstop has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Alex Chua, chief operating officer of Singapore-based Goldbell Group; and the founder of Moglix, Rahul Garg
+Car repair and servicing startup Pitstop has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Alex Chua, chief operating officer of Singapore-based Goldbell Group; and the founder of Moglix, Rahul Garg
City police chief David Brown told reporters Friday that officials 'saw no other option' to avoid any further danger after sniper fire killed five Dallas officers.
Consulting and outsourcing company Accenture said Chief Executive Pierre Nanterme was diagnosed with colon cancer and is currently recovering from a surgery.
Dallas attack suspect wanted to kill white people, says police chief David Brown
Fadnavis expands Cabinet, Sena chief gives it a miss
Financial services provider Computer Age Management Services has appointed Anuj Kumar, an IBM veteran, as Chief Operating Officer with immediate effect. To be based in Chennai, Kumar will report to NK...
Florida Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown and her chief of staff were indicted Friday for their roles in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent education charity, the Justice Department announced.
Former chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) Pradeep Kumar will head a two-member panel that will examine the processes followed by banks while restructuring a loan or selling bad assets after taking ha...
Former PepsiCo Chief Executive Roger Enrico dies at 71
Iraq PM sacks Baghdad security chief after deadly bombing
Iraq PM sacks security chief after Baghdad bombing
Iraq PM sacks security chiefs as new attack kills 40
Microsoft announced a revamp of its sales organizationafter Kevin Turner, the company chief operating officer, took a job as head of Citadel securities unit.
Microsoft on Thursday announced a shake-up in its top ranks, including the departure of long time chief operating officer Kevin Turner for a new job.
+Microsoft on Thursday announced a shake-up in its top ranks, including the departure of long time chief operating officer Kevin Turner for a new job.
NATO chief says helping partners armed forces is crucial
‘Offer’ to Chief Justice: advocates seek action
Police Chief Kevin Scott gives an update on the condition of the Ballwin, Missouri officer who was shot on the side of the road during a traffic stop.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Friday said displaying the image of broom along with that of Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) was not an inadvertent error committed by AAP but a “deliberate polit...
"Ive heard no one talking about backing off an inch" from commitments to the NATO alliance, US Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein said.
Ralph Pini, the company's chief operating officer and general manager for devices, said the Classic has long surpassed the average lifespan for a smartphone.
RBI chief: Gokarn, Patel, Mohan in the reckoning
RJD chief Lalu Prasad celebrates 69th birthday with fanfare
Road repairs scam: BMC chief engineers held; sent to police
Sena men burn effigy of Mumbai BJP chief over 'demon' remark
Sen. Ted Cruz, Donald Trump's former chief rival for the GOP nomination, will speak at the Republican National Convention later this month, the Texas senator told reporters the two met Thursday in Washington.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray skips swearing in function
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackerey was absent at the swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Bhawan
The Iraqi premier sacked three Baghdad security chiefs following a devastating bombing in the capital, his office said today, hours after another attack to the north left 40 dead.
The Office of Chief General Manager (CGM) of Andhra Pradesh Telecom Circle of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will start functioning from Vijayawada soon following the creation of Telangana Teleco...
The sniper — who was later killed by the police — said he wanted to "kill white police officials," according to the city’s police chief.
Troop adjustment in Afghanistan keeps U.S. commitment to Afghans - U.S. defense chief
Twitter Asia chief Shailesh Rao resigns
+When red evokes mischief
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Car-Free Sundays, an initiative of
Collector’s initiative to ensure free concrete houses for gypsies
Mohalla Sabhas initiative through Mission Swaraj
Progress Software has introduced Innovation Initiative, a programme to encourage its engineers to come out with out-of-the-box ideas and solutions. Announcing that its start coincides with the visit ...
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U.S. has the highest car crash death rate despite progress, CDC says
Prices have gone up by 29% to Rs 45,000 per candy on slow sowing progress
Progressive budget, says Group of tech companies
Progress M-19M docks with ISS despite antenna issue
Progress Software aims to encourage innovation
Progress Software gives its staff one day a month for ideation
The Group of Technology Companies (GTech), the industry body of information technology companies in Kerala, has welcomed the Budget, calling it progressive and forward looking. The recommendations...
The programme was rolled out in four Progress labs, including its development center in Hyderabad
The tribunal said TTZ Authority, set up to monitor progress of implementation of various schemes to protect Taj Mahal, has failed
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7 housing colonies in Delhi to see redevelopment
+An epigenetic mechanism is involved in development of autoinflammatory diseases
Aranmula MLA Veena George said here on Friday that the new government’s budget would boost the development of the Aranmula Assembly segment.The budget has mad an allocation of Rs.25 crore for construc...
Budget to boost Aranmula development, says MLA
Engineering technician Don Holman is running the $100,000 vegetable project at the Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts.
Gurgaon Development Authority in the works?
In a clear indication of growing involvement of Chinese companies and corporations in the development of infrastructure projects in Andhra Pradesh, a meeting with high-level delegation of China Railwa...
In a recent development that may create more problems for the government over Mallannasagar issue, a case was filed alleging forced registration with Toguta police here on Friday.The police said that ...
Industry bodies and captains hailed the budget as aimed at social development, besides giving a fillip to health, education, infrastructure and tourism sectors.The State council of the Federation of I...
In this June 22, 2016 photo, Don Holman, an engineer at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Mass., adjusts a vertical rack under LED grow lights as kale and other lettuces sprout inside a refurbished shipping container. Holman is testing the idea of growing vegetables hydroponically in a shipping container that could be put on board a submarine to provide fresh vegetables to sailors. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Jade Global opens development centre in city
Jade Global sets up development centre in Hyderabad
Jade Global Software on Friday opened its development centre in Hyderabad.CEO Karan Yaramada said the company was investing on enhancing existing offerings and adding new facilities to ramp up its IT ...
Marco Wu, CEO of Shenzhen Yeefung Automation Technology Co Ltd, poses with a laser-guided "parking robot", at a research and development centre in Shenzhen, China June 29, 2016. Picture taken June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
NABARD implementing Integrated Tribal Development Project in 18 hamlets
No development philosophy: BJP
Rani Channamma University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, on Friday. The MoU pertains to areas such as teaching, resear...
Road to development: Where there's will, there's a way
“The company has already communicated to its top managers that Sharma is leaving the company,” a person familiar with the development said.
The housing sector is all set to get a boost this year with banks coming forward to sanction home loans in a big way as part of the development of Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh. As per ...
The sister cities of Chennai and Chongqing are all set to focus on solid waste management, monorail, education and development of automobile manufacturing.Chongqing Mayor Huang Qifan met Chennai Mayor...
The Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited has organised the Crafts Expo at Meera Mahal near the railway station here.The exhibition by Poompuhar, Salem, with its exhibits on handicraf...
The US is playing down concerns that its deployment of a missile defense system in South Korea will set back Chinese cooperation in countering North Korea's development of nuclear weapons.
Trade and industry has lauded the State government’s focus on infrastructure and industrial development in its maiden budget. “The allotment of ₹5000 crore for various infrastructure projects signals ...
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Adequate land for project not acquired, say people who oppose work
At least 11 infrastructure projects have been held up for several years due to hurdles in acquiring defence land
Bar parties from using public funds to project symbols: HC
Boost to tourism projects
Comes down on Centre's decision to allow two major projects in short distance, says Vizhinjam will be impacted
Do your groundwork about the project, its developer, his overall credibility and the track record of previous projects
Enayam port: a booster for maritime trade or a redundant project?
For two of its projects in the smart city project, Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Limited has sought citizen participation. For the “Make Your City Smart” contest, designs should be subm...
Gautam Rode starts work on his new project
German lawmakers voted to limit the expansion of renewable power, in response to concerns that efforts to promote green energy has resulted in too many projects.
+German lawmakers voted to limit the expansion of renewable power, in response to concerns that efforts to promote green energy has resulted in too many projects.
Govt launches Ganga projects
Lions Clubs to launch projects worth Rs. 12 cr in TS
‘Good quality, personal touch make a project sell’
Mytrah Energy bags mandate for solar projects across four States
Once this pilot project is completed, the govt will carry out a similar cleanliness drive at the remaining 90 places
+[Policy Forum] The Genome Project-Write
Ray of hope for stalled projects
Russia stands to miss out on six medals at Rio 2016 if its track and field athletes remain barred from competing, according to new projections.
Sadbhav Infrastructure Project has emerged as the lowest bidder for a ₹1,008-crore road project in Karnataka, the company said in an exchange filing. The company had made a bid of ₹1,154 crore as cost...
Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited
SLSWC MA approves Rs 543.26 crore of industrial projects
Tata Steel has no exclusive iron ore mine for the Kalinganagar project
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will be taking the process of implementing Mohalla Sabhas forward through ‘Mission Swaraj’ – a State-Level Project Management Unit.The decision was made by the Cab...
The airline said the banks did not lend money on time for projects that could have helped in revival of the airline
The company is also focussing on executing current projects in hand in its systems integration business and has exited the lower margin services business, it said.
The Consumer Protection Association of Kanniyakumari district has appealed to the Kerala government to support the proposed Enayam port project, which recently got the Union Cabinet’s nod.In a stateme...
The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed seaport in the southwestern tip of Tamil Nadu that entails an investment of over Rs.27,500 crore will be ready in two to three months, said Union Min...
The ‘First Approach to Criticality’ in the second reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project commenced at 7.52 p.m. on Friday and the reactor is expected to attain criticality within the next 48 hour...
The proposed Kanhangad-Kaniyooru railway line that provides the easiest access to Bengaluru from north Kerala has been earmarked Rs.20 crore in the 2016-17 budget.The rail project was shelved after th...
The section of photographic film shows Lunar Module Eagle's projected descent path as it approached the moon's surface.
The state-run Sidbi expects to provide credit guarantee to more than 500 projects
The target according to Mr. Naik is to grow faster in the IT and technology services segments, with one of the key reasons being that these businesses can provide "a huge cushion against our exposure to the projects business".
The Visakhapatnam beach road from here to Bhimli will be developed at a cost of Rs 200 crore to promote tourism as a part of the smart city project, according to municipal commissioner Pravin Kumar.H...
Vizag to develop beach road under smart city project
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A $100 million representation of Noah's Ark opened to ticket holders Thursday in Williamstown, Kentucky, but critics say the religious enterprise shouldn't have received government tax breaks.
According to senior state government officials, the Gujarat government paid salaries and pensions worth Rs 29,000 crore in 2015-16
A day after the Army withdrew from the premises hosting four government schools and junior college at J.C. Nagar, the festive mood continued. Sweets were distributed to the students and parents on Fri...
A day after the Congress accused the BJP-led government of giving a bonanza of Rs 46,000 crore to telecom firms, most stocks fell about 3%. Market experts, though, called it a knee-jerk reaction
After several of its notices to Budhia Singh went unanswered, the Odisha government on Friday said it would wait for the prodigious runner to return to the Bhubaneswar Sports Hostel and chase his dre...
A group of nine persons, including six women, who suffered infection after undergoing cataract surgery in the Mettur Government Hospital recently and later admitted to a private hospital in Coimbatore...
Alleging irregularities in auctioning of Sadavarti Satram lands, CPI national secretary K. Narayana said that the State government had given away the property at throwaway prices, without transparency...
Ambedkars grandson Prakash lashed out at the BJP-led Maharashtra government over the "deteriorating" law and order situation after the demolition.
A quick round up of the day’s top three stories: 5 cops killed in Dallas shooting, AAP MLA charged with molestation and Government to examine Zakir Naik’s...
Arecanut growers, under the aegis of Janata Dal (Secular) will take out a 35km long padayatra from Anaveri village to Shivamogga city on July 10 and 11 to pressurise the Union government to take neces...
As consumers wait to see the cheapest smartphone at its scheduled launch in the capital on Thursday, its Noida-based makers have made another pitch for the government's support to make their loss-making venture "work for millions" who don't own such a phone.
+As consumers wait to see the cheapest smartphone at its scheduled launch in the capital on Thursday, its Noida-based makers have made another pitch for the government's support to make their loss-making venture "work for millions" who don't own such a phone.
Ashish Shelar said his analogy was twisted by media to create tension in the government
As many as 24 students of the Government Higher Secondary School in Karasanur were injured when a swarm of honey bees attacked them during the prayer session on Friday.The students were rushed to the ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in Syria's Idlib province while at least 25 died when rebels shelled government-held areas of Aleppo city on Friday, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army, a war monitor said.
+BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes killed 23 people at a holiday spot in Syria's Idlib province while at least 25 died when rebels shelled government-held areas of Aleppo city on Friday, the last day of a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army, a war monitor said.
BJP lambasts Mamata government for 'not checking' border crimes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A commercial data transfer pact provisionally agreed by the EU executive and the United States in February received the green light from EU governments on Friday, the European Commission said, paving the way for it to come into effect next week.
Centre seeks a report from State government
Change agents in government
Colombia’s long-running war ends after 52 years, and the country’s future now hinges on the government’s promises to enact land reforms and permit rebels to participate in politics. By JOHN CHERIAN
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has reacted sarcastically to the criticism over he sharing dais with Islamic preacher Zakir Naik stating that the BJP government at the Centre was more bothe...
Congress on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government on the issue of black money after reports about unearthing of Rs 2,240 crore banking-hawala scam came into light.
Consumerism got a body blow on Friday when the LDF government imposed a ‘fat tax’ in its maiden budget, which is likely to be implemented by other State governments.“The budget packed a punch on the f...
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha member Nalin Kumar Kateel, on Friday, urged the government to immediately arrest persons who have been named by late Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) M.K. Ganapathy f...
District-level counselling for admission to government and private industrial training institutes would be held at Tiruchi Government ITI at Tiruverumbur from July 11. Counselling for admissions for T...
e-Governance – Reforming Government through Technology
Government agency scanner on car recalls
Government holds minority stake in these firms through SUUTI, an offshoot of erstwhile UTI
Government is expected to go ahead with the strategic divestment in public sector units (PSUs) within the next six months besides closing down sick firms that are beyond revival, NITI Aayog Vice Chai...
Government leader in the House of Representatives Christopher Pyne said the government had won 74 seats in the House of Representatives and is likely to win another three as vote counting continued.
Government school in Kothamangalam deserves better infrastructure
Haryana government has decided to provide "smartphones" to the deocy customers sent by the authorities to the centres alleged to be involved in the business of illegal sex determination and female foeticide, in an effort to ensure effective ...
He said the impropriety took place during UPA regime and they are questioning the current government
He said the present government had managed to overcome several crises and turn these into opportunities through innovation
However, to secure his hold on the next government, Malcolm Turnbull has already begun negotiations with other players
In a first, government places a bulk order with them for weaving fabric for school uniform
It is fine to cite various statistics on the production and consumption of pulses and cereals (“Feeling the pulses pinch”, July 7). The crucial point is that the UPA government maintained the price l...
“Kerala government should support Enayam port”
Meant to boost irrigation, small water bodies in Jharkhand seem to have become death traps, and politics is brewing over them with the Congress targeting the BJP government.Digging up of water bodies ...
Narendra Modi said his government is working in a campaign mode to create 500 million new jobs by 2022.
New regulations on online advertising are targeting a wide-range of practices from email to videos, affecting businesses from e-commerce to social media, as China government tries to get a hold of a fast-moving segment of the internet.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton disputed a scathing assessment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that she was "extremely careless" with classified government secrets, saying on Friday she relied on the judgment of her subordinates at the U.S. State Department.
+NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton disputed a scathing assessment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that she was "extremely careless" with classified government secrets, saying on Friday she relied on the judgment of her subordinates at the U.S. State Department.
Opposing the Education Department's move to transfer their favorite teacher, students of the Government Lower Primary School at Kempegowdana Doddi on the outskirts of Ramanagaram launched a roadblock...
"The state government has aimed at spreading the wireless telecom services, particularly in the remote areas," CM Kalikho Pul
Raghuram Rajan’s exit following a fusillade from Subramanian Swamy raises questions about the government’s approach to key issues. By V. SRIDHAR
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Seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy, the Dakshina Kannada unit of the BJP has demanded that the government a...
Several BJP leaders, including MP Shobha Karandlaje, MLAs R. Ashok, S. Muniraju and B.N. Vijayakumar, MLC Ashwathnarayan, staged a protest on Friday morning against the state government with regard t...
Special Investigating Team is investigating government land grab cases by VIPs in the periphery villages of Chandigarh in Mohali district.
SUCCESSIVE governments at the Centre and the States have tinkered with the education system without seeing beyond their noses (Cover Story, July 8). While the number of e...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will pay an extra $300 million to help develop Afghanistan's security forces, the government said on Friday ahead of a NATO leaders' summit in Warsaw, where tenuous security in Afghanistan will be a central discussion topic.
+SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will pay an extra $300 million to help develop Afghanistan's security forces, the government said on Friday ahead of a NATO leaders' summit in Warsaw, where tenuous security in Afghanistan will be a central discussion topic.
Telugu Desam Party MLC Silpa Chakrapani Reddy lambasted Opposition leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday for alleging corruption to the tune of Rs. 1.45 lakh crore in the Chandrababu Naidu government...
Ten states sued the federal government today over rules requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms conforming to their gender identity, joining a dozen other states in the latest fight over LGBT rights.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Thursday announced that it was looking to crowd-source administrative experts to make up for the shortfall in manpower, which it has accused the Centre of engin...
The AAP government had alleged that it is unable to function as most of its decisions are either annulled or modified by the Centre.
The Apex Court also directed the government to hold a meeting with the major search engines and petitioners in the case.
+The Apex Court also directed the government to hold a meeting with the major search engines and petitioners in the case.
The Bombay High Court on Friday came down heavily on the state government for not implementing its 2014 order to raise the remuneration payable to judicial members of consumer forums in the state.Gove...
The bulk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Naveen Patnaik government has attracted over the years is in uncertain territory
The Centre has asked Prasar Bharati to compose a special melody on the Swachh Bharat Mission, to be aired by national broadcaster AIR as part of the government’s effort to make the flagship programme...
The Delhi government has decided to hire retired bureaucrats to conduct an inquiry into cases of alleged irregularities in various departments.The Vigilance Department has invited applications from re...
The district administration has advised Public Works Department and local bodies to involve non-government organisation and welfare associations to weed out prosopis juliflora from water bodies.Distri...
The district administration with the support of various government departments will conduct a two-day mass contact programme for fishermen in Chombal, Koyilandy and Puthiyappa harbours from July 13. T...
The Ernakulam Maharaja’s College’s efforts to become a centre of excellence utilising the state-of-the-art technology have got a major push.The autonomous institution is among the five government coll...
The fight between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh turned ugly on Tuesday with the former alleging plagiarism by the latter while submitting online details with the Union government on `Ease of Doing Business' rankings
+The fight between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh turned ugly on Tuesday with the former alleging plagiarism by the latter while submitting online details with the Union government on `Ease of Doing Business' rankings
The Government has invited merchant bankers to help it sell minority stakes in 51 companies, including RIL, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and L&T, and is looking at exiting them within three years.
The government has made it clear that its first preference would be for an economist to take up the post
The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted bail to Patidar (Patel) pro-reservation agitation leader Hardik Patel in two sedition cases slapped by the State Government on the condition that he woul...
The influx of asylum seekers arriving in Germany has slowed in recent months but still surpassed 220,000 during the first half of this year, government figures showed.
+The influx of asylum seekers arriving in Germany has slowed in recent months but still surpassed 220,000 during the first half of this year, government figures showed.
The Leave verdict in the United Kingdom has spotlighted the despair and anger of its working class that have their origins in the multiple burdens successive governments imposed on it. But the deeper meaning of the vote that was informed by a campaign of fearmongering and disinformation is unclear. By PARVATHI MENON in London
The Maharashtra government asked Mumbai Police to probe Naik’s speeches that reportedly instigated at least one of the terrorists involved in last Friday’s Dhaka attack that killed 23 people.
The Odisha Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) here on Friday alleged that the intake capacity of the government-run engineering colleges in the State had been increased in violation of st...
The Pradhan Mantri Surakshat Martitva Abhiyan (PMSMA) would commence in all the government hospitals in the district on Saturday.The scheme is meant to bring down the maternal mortality rate, provide ...
The proposed expropriation is only a first step in deciding what to do with the empty building, which the government fears could become a neo-Nazi pilgrimage site.
The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has urged the government to speed up construction of buildings for Anganwadis in the State.An official release issued here quoting Sobha Koshy, Chai...
The State government is gearing up to usher in Goods and Services Taxes (GST) through modernisation of the Commercial Taxes Department and imparting training to officials.Presenting the revised budget...
The state government will soon release comprehensive automobile and MSME policies
The Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam has called for exclusive budget for agriculture by the Central and State governments.At its meeting here to commemorate Farmers’ Day earlier this week, the Sangam said...
The telecom sector has become everyone's favourite whipping boy these days. A day after the Congress accused the BJP-led government of giving a bonanza of ~46,000 crore to the telecom companies, most stocks fell about three per cent.
To implement the programme for mass sterilisation and vaccination of street dogs to prevent the spread of rabies in the Gurgaon division, the Haryana Government has signed a memorandum of understandin...
Turnbull lost the government's comfortable majority in the House of Representatives in Saturday's election
Twenty persons sustained injuries in an accident involving two government buses near Kurusilapet in Tirupattur on Friday.One of the buses was plying from Tirupattur to Poongulam and another bus in the...
WHILE issuing a series of directions to the Central and State governments to provide drought relief to affected people in 12 States, before breaking for the summer vacation in May, Justice Madan B.
With a view to putting in place advanced infrastructure in all government engineering colleges and 52 government arts and science colleges, the budget has set aside Rs.500 crore from the special fisca...
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At the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, Uber will be offering VIP shuttle service for delegates and top party leaders. They won't, however, be doing the same for Republicans in Cleveland.<img src
Australian Lawmaker Says Conservatives Won Election, But Vote Count Continues
+Australian Lawmaker Says Conservatives Won Election, But Vote Count Continues
Bill Cosby's trial on sex assault charges can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge ruled, and Cosby's accuser, Andrea Constand, won't have to testify in person at a pretrial hearing
Texas Lt. Gov: I am worried we won't have policemen
Delhi vs Centre: SC won't hear AAP govt's plea
First Sonia, then Rahul now Priyanka, but wont change much for Congress: BJP on UP polls
General Says U.S. Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan Won't Hamper War Effort
+General Says U.S. Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan Won't Hamper War Effort
His film "Taste of Cherry" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
INLP won’t withdraw case against actor
The good news for soccer star Lionel Messi is that he won't be going to jail for defrauding the Spanish tax authorities. The bad news is that he's been fined $2.3 million.
U.S. troop cut won't impact mission in Afghanistan - U.S. general
+U.S. troop cut won't impact mission in Afghanistan - U.S. general
US troop cut won't impact mission in Afghanistan: US General
WARSAW (Reuters) - NATO took command of a U.S.-built missile shield in Europe on Friday after France won assurances that the multi-billion-dollar system would not be under Washington's direct control.
When Roger Federer saved three match points against Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon quarterfinals Wednesday, you couldn't help but wonder if destiny was on the seven-time champion's side.
Wont police the net for trolling, says Maneka Gandhi
Won't patrol the net: Maneka
You won't believe your eyes! Optical illusion tricks your brain into seeing COLOURS in black and white images
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Britain's Andy Murray tormented Tomas Berdych to claim a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory and reach his third Wimbledon final on Friday, setting up a weekend showdown with Canadian Milos Raonic.
Lawmaker claims victory in close Australian election
Persistent Zen-like Raonic powers to semi-final victory
+Persistent Zen-like Raonic powers to semi-final victory
TORONTO (Reuters) - Milos Raonic has been called the present and future of Canadian tennis for years, and on Friday he realised his potential with a milestone semi-final victory at Wimbledon to cement his status as one of the game's rising stars.
+TORONTO (Reuters) - Milos Raonic has been called the present and future of Canadian tennis for years, and on Friday he realised his potential with a milestone semi-final victory at Wimbledon to cement his status as one of the game's rising stars.
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Check Point estimates that even though 10 million smartphones have been affected by the malware, over 85 million users have downloaded the group's apps.
+Check Point estimates that even though 10 million smartphones have been affected by the malware, over 85 million users have downloaded the group's apps.
Eye surgery: affected persons seek compensation
In the Naxal-affected Sonbhadra district the hamlet of Chorpania stands out as a unique example - this is a difficult forested terrain and for long, people have needed a road.
London's Great Smog of 1952 resulted in thousands of premature deaths and even more people becoming ill. The five December days the smog lasted may have also resulted in thousands more cases of childhood and adult asthma. Researchers studied how London's Great Smog affected early childhood health and the long-term health consequences. The results showed that the Great Smog event of 1952 likely still affects some people's health more than 60 years later.
Power supply to areas under the following electrical sections would be affected on Saturday; College section – between Colombo junction and Convent road, Convent road and Cannon Shed road (9 a.m. to 4...
“There will be no patrolling on the internet. The unit will only respond to complaints made by affected women through email," said the ministry.
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8K Miles Software Services gains on good Q1 results
A NASA-funded study results suggest sustained periods of warmer than usual sea surface temperatures are detrimental to Adélie penguins.
+A NASA-funded study results suggest sustained periods of warmer than usual sea surface temperatures are detrimental to Adélie penguins.
An entire mountain has collapsed in Alaska, sending a huge pile of rocks nearly seven miles down a glacier. The landslide happened on the Lamplugh Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. The 165million tons of rock shows as a large dark mass on the glacier (main). Lamplugh Glacier ends in Johns Hopkins Inlet (inset) and has been weakening in recent years, as a result of global warming. But Colin Stark, a professor at Columbia University, said shifting tectonic plates were largely to blame for this latest landslide.
Experts concerned that primary care screening for melanomas could lead to widespread misdiagnoses or overtreatment can take comfort in the results of a new study that found no such problems.
Eyes on 8K Miles, SI Bank results
IndusInd Bank: results on Monday
IndusInd Bank will announce its March-June results on Monday. Analysts expect the bank to report loan growth of nearly 25 per cent y-o-y, led by strong growth in retail business. Net interest margin ...
Prasad said that Cabinet has approved the revision of pension of BSNL pensioners retired prior to June 10, 2013 resulting in about 9 per cent increase in pay-out.
+Prasad said that Cabinet has approved the revision of pension of BSNL pensioners retired prior to June 10, 2013 resulting in about 9 per cent increase in pay-out.
Q1 Results preview: Banks' profitability to remain subdued
The onions procured from farmers have rotten on account of the rains and resultant humidity
The result would be the highest quarterly profit since the $527.2 million of the second quarter of 2014
When Philadelphia’s baseball team debuted its original mascots—a brother-sister pair straight out of the 18th century, they were kind of a snooze fest. To spice things up, the Phillies commissioned puppet masters Wade and Bonnie Erickson to work with Jim Henson and come up with a mascot befitting the city. The result? The energetic, unpredictable green Phanatic.
Zee Learn surges on strong Q1 results
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AFT dismisses Army HQs petition seeking appeal in SC against pension to handicapped soldiers son
Army cannot use ‘excessive force’ in Manipur: SC
Army, para-military forces cannot use excessive & retaliatory force under AFSPA in Manipur : SC
+Army, para-military forces cannot use excessive & retaliatory force under AFSPA in Manipur : SC
Army, paramilitary forces cannot use "excessive &a...
Army pressed into service to rescue flood hit people in Assam
+Army pressed into service to rescue flood hit people in Assam
Dallas gunman is former U.S. Army reservist
Dallas police shooter a reclusive Army reservist
Dallas cop shooter was Army reservist in Afghanistan
Dallas police on Friday confirmed the gunman who killed five officers in a shooting rampage was a 25-year-old named Micah Johnson, an Army veteran from Texas with no criminal history. "The de...
Finnish army shows you what it's like to be in an artillery barrage
In a massive success for the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police, three terrorists including Burhan Wani, top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, killed in an encount...
>In Assam, the army has been pressed into service on Friday to rescue flood hit people in Jorhat district.
>In Assam, the army has been pressed into service on Friday to rescue flood hit people in Jorhat district.Official sources said that army along with State Disaster Response Force rescued 1 evacuated 1 thousand people.
Police have confirmed the gunman who killed five officers in an ambush in Dallas was a 25-year-old named Micah Johnson, an Army veteran and reported "loner" from Texas with no criminal history.
Sanofi Pasteur and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are joining forces to develop an inoculation against the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can cause birth defects and other neurological deficits. Sanofi announced the research agreement Wednesday.
Supreme Court has said Army and paramilitary personnel cannot use "excessive and retaliatory force" in Manipur.
Syrian army announces 72-hour nationwide ceasefire
Syrian army fire cuts only road into rebel-held Aleppo
The army advanced towards the Castello Road during a 72-hour ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday
The Army general charged with overseeing the U.S. military war effort in Afghanistan said the drawdown of American forces from Afghanistan would still leave commanders with enough capability to effectively prosecute the war.
The main shooting suspect in the deadly ambush on Dallas police was a US Army reservist and Afghanistan veteran who apparently supported violent black militant movements.
The sniper who shot 12 police officers in the US city of Dallas, killing five and injuring many, during a protest decrying police killings of black men this week, has been identified as a former Army reservist equipped for war.
The Supreme Court on Friday said the army and paramilitary forces cannot use "excessive and retaliatory force" in Manipur and such instances must be probed.
US Army reservist in Dallas police ambush aimed to 'kill white people'
While the army has been maintaining a studied silence over the issue, sources said intelligence about infiltration of militants, who managed to escape notice at LoC, was picked up by the local police.
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The Italian Navy retrieves bodies from a migrant boat that sank in the Mediterranean Sea to preserve the memories of those who died. CNN's Lynda Kinkade reports.
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A three-day Yakshotsava will be held at the Sonda Swarnavalli Mutt in Sirsi taluk from July 15.It will be held under the auspices of the Yaksha Shalmala to mark its 13th anniversary, according to a re...
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British futurologist Dr Ian Pearson has predicted sex with robots could outnumber human relationships by 2050. Some experts believe sexbots might be able to tackle serious problems.
How having kids can ruin your romantic relationship
DJ Calvin Harris wrote "100 per cent" of his new song "Ole", which is conjectured to be about his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift's new relationship with actor Tom Hiddleston, says John Newman, who teamed up with him for the track.
Half of men who buy sex are in a relationship
Investigators have explored the theory behind the relationship between musical sound and body movement. Research shows that people tend to perceive affinities between sound and body motion when experiencing music. The so-called 'motor theory of perception' claims these similarity relationships are deeply rooted in human cognition.
+Investigators have explored the theory behind the relationship between musical sound and body movement. Research shows that people tend to perceive affinities between sound and body motion when experiencing music. The so-called 'motor theory of perception' claims these similarity relationships are deeply rooted in human cognition.
King's College London and the University of Limerick carried out one experiment and two surveys to test the relationship with between boredom and political views.
Living around people with opposing political viewpoints affects your ability to form close relationships and accept other perspectives -- and may even change your personality, finds an American national study.
+Living around people with opposing political viewpoints affects your ability to form close relationships and accept other perspectives -- and may even change your personality, finds an American national study.
Relationship rules you should follow
Says US’ special relationship with the UK will survive referendum decision
The bodies of a 75-year-old-woman and her 51-year-old daughter, who were killed on June 13, have been found buried in an eight-foot-deep pit near Outer Delhi’s Begumpur.Strained relations between the ...
This Algorithm Can Predict Relationship Trouble
Top 7 relationship rules you should follow
Trump deplores race relations as campaigns halt
Woman, tantrik arrested for plotting double murder; sour relations blamed
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Dallas police shooting: Suspect told police he 'wanted to kill white people' as 12 officers shot and five dead
DDCA plea against Kejriwal, Azad not maintainable: HC told
Hardik gets bail in sedition cases, told to stay out of Gujarat for 6 months
Hardik gets bail, told to stay out of Gujarat
Meanwhile, Mr. George told reporters that he had not harassed the DySP.
Media personality and judge of "The X Factor UK" Sharon Osbourne has told her daughter Kelly to try dating women.
Micah Xavier Johnson was infuriated, he told police negotiators, by the deaths of black men at the hands of police.
One man told an officer during a Minnesota traffic stop that he was a licensed gun owner, and that he was reaching for his wallet, a witness said.
"Training local forces is often our best weapon against violent extremism, Stoltenberg told a forum of defense and security experts.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Mahishini Colonne told The Hindu that she did not know anything about this.
Suspect reportedly told negotiators that the end was coming and he was going to hurt and kill more people
Swiss rail travelers got a shock this week when a 21-year-old man unzipped himself from a bag placed on a station platform, officials told CNN.
The U.S. Capitol and Capitol Visitor Center are currently on lockdown and those inside are being told to shelter in place.
“We have explored various options to see how things can be implemented speedily and in a cost effective manner,” a senior Niti Aayog official told ET.
+“We have explored various options to see how things can be implemented speedily and in a cost effective manner,” a senior Niti Aayog official told ET.
When Bhishma told Yudhishthira 'Who find sex more pleasurable'
When my daughter, Anna, got home from school the other day, I told her, "We've got to get you new shoes. Take a quick break, and then let's jump in the car."
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A 22-year-old man drowned in Chambal river while two others are feared dead in Sarai Chola area of Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, police said today.
A 28-year-old Delhi youth died here today after string used for flying kite (manjha) got entangled around in his neck and sliced his throat, police said.
A CAG report tabled in Parliament in March said six telecom companies under-reported their adjusted gross revenue by Rs 46,045.75 crore
A case of molestation and eve-teasing was registered here against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal, Delhi Police said on Friday. “A case has been registered for molestation, eve-teasing and intimid...
A Delta Air Lines jetliner with 130 passengers on board landed at the wrong airport in South Dakota, said a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the incident.
A large haul of landmine detonators meant for potential terror activities, was found in an unclaimed car at Jajmau area here, the police said on Friday.The car was found abandoned on the evening of Ju...
An eight-year-old boy was strangulated to death allegedly by his step-mother in Vijay Vihar area of outer Delhi, police said today.
An oped article in state-run Global Times here today said 'US sanctions against Kim is bullying and ridiculous'
Another area of flight where a short, shallow throttle bucket was discussed was in the pre-SRB separation time-frame to control loads on the SRB forward struts. Mr. Sarafin said whether this will be necessary is still to be determined.
An RAS officer and her sister-in-law were today killed while three others were injured when the car they were travelling in hit a truck near Beawar in Ajmer district, police said.
A resident of the western US state of Utah who was infected with the Zika virus has died, making it the first Zika-related death in the continental United States, officials have said.
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said the police officer had wanted to check the mans documents to establish he was not a threat to embassy security, but was elbowed in the face when he tried to challenge him.
At least 13 Muslims from Kasaragod district, who have been missing for a month now, are suspected to have joined the Islamic State (IS) fighters. Their relatives said they had received messages fr...
At least 25 civilians including four children were killed and 120 others wounded today in rebel shelling of regime-held districts of Syria's Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
At least 40 people were killed and 74 others wounded in an ISIS attack on a Shiite mausoleum in Balad, Iraq, Ministry of Health spokesman Ahmed al-Rideini said Friday.
A Vodafone spokesman declined to comment on specific queries but said the company was open to options such as spectrum sharing, trading, and mergers and acquisitions.
A woman who allegedly conspired with a farmer and an occultist to kill her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, whose bodies were exhumed from eight feet down the ground, in outer Delhi's Alipur area have been arrested, police said today.
Basslet is said to come with its own in-built battery, rated to deliver up to 6+ hours of life and can be charged in less than an hour.
Beijing fears the systems radars would be able to see far into its territory, a BBC report said.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Transport Ministry denied a media report on Friday that it was investigating Tesla Motors Inc for updating driving assistance software without informing authorities, but said it was "clarifying technical issues" on the matter.
+BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Transport Ministry denied a media report on Friday that it was investigating Tesla Motors Inc for updating driving assistance software without informing authorities, but said it was "clarifying technical issues" on the matter.
BREXITEMA sees no side-effect, yetBrexit, which has much of Europe in a tizzy, got the European Medicines Agency (EMA) too reacting. The agency said that its procedures and work streams are not affect...
Cabinet reshuffle was like a directionless game of musical chairs, said JD (U) leader Pavan Verma.
Cadila Healthcare on Friday said in a notification to the exchanges that its Moraiya facility in Gujarat has received an Establishment Inspection Report from the US Food and Drug Administration, which...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that a Utah resident's death last month is the first Zika-related death in the continental United States, the CDC said in an emailed statement.
+CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that a Utah resident's death last month is the first Zika-related death in the continental United States, the CDC said in an emailed statement.
China reported a surprise increase in June foreign exchange reserves on Thursday, but analysts said they could fall again in coming months if the weakening yuan triggers more capital outflows.Even as...
Cotton price traded unchanged on tight supply and good demand from domestic mills. However price was not moved up as foreign market was decreased. Trader said that, because of the weak arrival of the...
Cuba increased the number of athletes who have qualified for the 2016 Paralympic Games to 19, the sports authorities said.
Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, on Friday, said Mangaluru-Bengaluru express trains would run via Shravanabelagola once the new Hassan-Bengaluru new railway line is commissioned. This will dra...
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said on Friday that the African American man suspected of opening fire in the sniper attack which killed five police officers had acted alone.
DALLAS (Reuters) - A black U.S. military veteran of the Afghan war who said he wanted to "kill white people" apparently acted alone in a sniper attack that killed five police officers at a protest in Dallas decrying police shootings of black men, officials said on Friday.
+DALLAS (Reuters) - A black U.S. military veteran of the Afghan war who said he wanted to "kill white people" apparently acted alone in a sniper attack that killed five police officers at a protest in Dallas decrying police shootings of black men, officials said on Friday.
Defence expert P.K. Sehgal, said the attack on the occasion of Eid was ‘expected’ and possibly by homegrown terrorist as a conspiracy by pro-Pakistan opposition party.
Demanding hike in their wages, workers of brassware manufacturing units here staged demonstration in front of the Office of Deputy Commissioner of Labour at Palayamkottai on Friday.The protestors said...
Deutsche Telekom, in a statement, said that Gopalan, after an onboarding period, will assume the duties of Claudia Nemat – who will head the new Technology and Innovation Board department and relinquish responsibility for the Europe segment – effective January 1st, 2017.
+Deutsche Telekom, in a statement, said that Gopalan, after an onboarding period, will assume the duties of Claudia Nemat – who will head the new Technology and Innovation Board department and relinquish responsibility for the Europe segment – effective January 1st, 2017.
DHAKA (Reuters) - A pizza chef killed during a militant attack on a cafe where he worked in Bangladesh's capital city last week was probably in league with the assailants, police said on Wednesday.
+DHAKA (Reuters) - A pizza chef killed during a militant attack on a cafe where he worked in Bangladesh's capital city last week was probably in league with the assailants, police said on Wednesday.
Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Anil Bhardwaj has said one of the core challenges of the communication sector is to enable signal communication reach the speed of light or even more.Dr. B...
DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin on Thursday strongly condemned the Oil Ministry’s decision not to provide LPG subsidy to consumers without Aadhaar cards.In a statement, he said the news that the Centre woul...
Donald Trump on Wednesday said his staff "shouldn't have" deleted a tweet from his account that immediately drew criticism for evoking anti-Semitic imagery.
Escalating his attack on the grand old party, BJP leader Dinesh Sharma said there is nothing left for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh.
Every day, the former CFO said, the three promoters would think up new ideas, many of which would be scrapped in the coming weeks or days and be replaced by other new ideas.
FBI Director James Comey said Clinton as the Secretary of State use multiple devices and he denied that she was subject to a different standard in its investigation.
Federer bows out of Wimbledon: Who said what on Twitter
Five officers were killed in downtown Dallas as crowds protested the fatal shootings of two African-American men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, authorities said.
Following one of the most tense weeks between police and black communities in recent history, several prominent Republicans said most white Americans don't understand the challenges that come with being black in America.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says the Black Lives Matter movement is a "farce" and said Americans who hyphenate their racial backgrounds -- such as African-Americans and Asian-Americans -- "further divide our nation."
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that "normal, white Americans" don't understand "being black in America."
Former Lok Sabha member Lalduhawma said that after being in power at the Centre for two years BJP began to implement its hidden agenda - Hindutva.
German retailer Metro is buying French food services company Pro a Pro from Belgian retail and wholesale group Colruyt, enabling it to expand in Pro a Pro's home market, it said on Friday. While M...
GRAPHIC CONTENT A psychology expert said Diamond Reynolds maintained her calm as she live-streamed the death of her boyfriend because of a change in her brain chemistry.
Hair, worth over Rs. 40 lakh, donated by devotees and stocked in a locked room at the famous Mariamman Temple in Irukkangudi was burgled on Thursday night.The police said that 15 to 18 bags of around ...
Harvard University researchers said they have created an artificial stingray powered and guided by genetically engineered heart cells from rats, an advance in the bioengineering field trying to build better artificial hearts and limbs.
+Harvard University researchers said they have created an artificial stingray powered and guided by genetically engineered heart cells from rats, an advance in the bioengineering field trying to build better artificial hearts and limbs.
He said it took more than a dozen sittings with representatives of the three agencies to overcome obstacles and get the manufacturing back on track
IMF said a further global growth slowdown could derail the euro area's domestic demand-led recovery
Immigration New Zealand said it denied the visas because it did not believe the applicant was really coming to study, or because it did not believe they had enough money to support themselves.
>In Jammu & Kashmir, a local militant was killed in an ongoing encounter in south Kashmir\92s Kokernag area in Anantnag district on Friday evening.Sources said a policeman was also injured in the operation.
Iran continued trying to illegally procure German equipment after forging the landmark nuclear agreement, intelligence officials said, even as the Foreign Ministry in Berlin and the White House played down the reports.
+Iran continued trying to illegally procure German equipment after forging the landmark nuclear agreement, intelligence officials said, even as the Foreign Ministry in Berlin and the White House played down the reports.
Islamic State suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a Shiite Muslim shrine north of Baghdad overnight, killing 40 people, authorities said.
+Islamic State suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a Shiite Muslim shrine north of Baghdad overnight, killing 40 people, authorities said.
"It's pouring here in Bengaluru," our friend said on the phone, even as we sweltered in Kolkata's humid heat waiting for rains that just passed us by
JD(U) leader K C Tyagi said that religious leaders in all communities have increased since BJP came to power
Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) launched a flexi recurring deposit scheme on Friday. S Ravindran, Chairman of the bank, said deposits can be made at customers’ convenience. There will not be a...
Leading fertility expert Allan Pacey, Professor of Andrology at Sheffield University, said couples should 'just get on with it' - and that it only takes 10 minutes for sperm to reach the fallopian tubes.
Lockheed Martin Corp said it expected to reach an agreement soon with the US Defence Department about contracts for the next 160 F-35 radar-evading fighter jets, two long-awaited deals valued at arou...
LONDON (Reuters) - Liberty House Group said it would continue to discuss possible acquisitions of parts of Tata Steel's British business after the steelmaker said on Friday it was putting the process of selling its major assets on hold.
manner, the Bombay High Court on Friday said the civic body seems to be using sub-standard material ...
Market research company GfK said consumer confidence fell to -9 in the aftermath Brexit vote, from -1 in its previous regular monthly survey, marking the steepest decline since January 2011.
More Americans die in car crash each year than other high-income countries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Wednesday.
Naik said the over Rs 1,200 crore to be raised through the offering, which will be the third public issue from the diversified Group, will be deployed for acquisitions.
+Naik said the over Rs 1,200 crore to be raised through the offering, which will be the third public issue from the diversified Group, will be deployed for acquisitions.
Nearly 96,000 refugee and migrant children who travelled to Europe alone in 2015 sought asylum in the European Union, almost four times as many as the previous year, an EU agency said on Friday.
Newt Gingrich said Thursday that if asked, he would feel "compelled to serve the country" as Donald Trump's running mate.
Noel Neill, the first actress to play Lois Lane on screen in the "Superman" film series, has died, her biographer said on Monday.
Notwithstanding defeat in the Assembly election, MDMK will continue to voice its opposition to schemes detrimental to the State, MDMK General Secretary Vaiko said on Friday.Democracy failed before mon...
Obama said there is no justification for the violence and he called the shooters motives twisted
On Congress' opposition to GST, he said he and his team will work to fulfill the responsibilities given to them by Modi
Overcart, a start-up providing returns management and liquidation services to e-commerce firms, on Friday said it has raised $3 million (about ₹20 crore) from JSW Ventures, Omidyar Network, Sattva Ca...
Panagariya said NITI Aayog has also done a report on identifying the units that are sick and may need to be closed down
PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion brand Christian Dior has tapped Maria Grazia Chiuri from Valentino as its next creative head, the first woman to hold the position in its 70 year history, the company said on Friday.
Pepper futures market on Thursday moved up, while the spot prices remained unchanged. Meanwhile, limited activities on the terminal market kept the spot prices steady, traders said. Arrivals at th...
Police have arrested two robbers and recovered 38 sovereigns of gold ornaments from them.Police said police patrolling around Cheranmahadevi, Mukkoodal and Pattamadai was intensified following spurt i...
Police said Bhognath (65) had left for the outskirts of his village Kharaita to relieve himself.
Prasad said the absurd charges came as the process was on for sending notices to telecom companies to recover legitimate due
Principal Commissioner of Income Tax G.V. Gopala Rao said the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) – 2016 was a one-time opportunity to declare undisclosed income in the form of assets, cash etc. pertainin...
"We can even have the objective of seeing how we can jointly explore this territory," Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said.
"Zakir Naik should be arrested in a case of treason. Nobody should be permitted to spit venom against any religion," said Acharya Krishnam.
(Reuters Health) – Many people in a recent study said they’d tried to find out what chemicals are in tobacco products or smoke, but most were not familiar with components other than nicotine.
(Reuters) - Tata Steel has put the process of selling its major British assets on hold because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote and surrounding pension liabilities and will now also look at forming a joint venture, the company said.
(Reuters) - Tata Steel has put the process of selling its major British assets on hold because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote and surrounding pension liabilities and will now also look at forming a joint venture, the company said.
REUTERS - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it would investigate some motorcycles made by Harley-Davidson Inc after complaints of brake failure without warning.
ROME (Reuters) - Islamist militants tortured a group of Italians before killing them during an attack on a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka last week, a legal source said on Wednesday.
+ROME (Reuters) - Islamist militants tortured a group of Italians before killing them during an attack on a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka last week, a legal source said on Wednesday.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp and swift protest from neighbouring China.
+SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp and swift protest from neighbouring China.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Friday its second-quarter operating profit likely reached a two-year high, with analysts pointing to strong contributions from its mainstay home appliances and television set businesses.
+SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Friday its second-quarter operating profit likely reached a two-year high, with analysts pointing to strong contributions from its mainstay home appliances and television set businesses.
Seven inmates escaped from a juvenile remand home in Gaya district on Wednesday night. The police said Arun Kumar, superintendent of the remand home, informed the Rampur police in a complaint that th...
Smriti said 'judge me by my work' & I did: Modi
Superintendent of Police, Pithoragarh, R L Sharma said the priority of the rescue workers is to find missing persons.
“Tagore was the turning point of my life,” said lyricist and poet Gulzar as he launched the translations of a few poems of Rabindranath Tagore from Bengali into Hindustani in Hyderabad on Friday eveni...
Telecom regulator Trai today said it would start the process within a month to frame new service quality norms for wireless data.
Ten cops were shot at by the snipers; two suspects are in custody, the Dallas Police Department has said
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday that protesters who fled gunfire in Dallas were "hypocrites" because they wanted police to protect them despite their outrage over recent killings of black men by cops.
: “The allocation of Rs. 50 crore for a permanent venue for the IFFK was very appropriate… The setting up of a Museum at Sivagiri would be a great step forward,” said CPI(M) Polit Bureau member M.A. B...
The attack took place at Lasukugbene, said spokesman Desmond Agwu. "There was a blast (on the) pipeline and my men were exchanging fire with some of the hoodlums," he said.
The bank has said that Rs 794 crore was recovered in small value NPA accounts and Rs 301 crore from accounts of over Rs 10 lakh and up to Rs 1 crore
The board of Hatsun Agro Product will meet on July 15 to consider issuing two bonus shares for every five existing shares held, the company said in a notification to the exchanges. The packaged food p...
The Dallas police use of a robot to kill a man suspected of shooting police officers may have been the first time U.S. law enforcement intentionally used a robot lethally, two security researchers said.
+The Dallas police use of a robot to kill a man suspected of shooting police officers may have been the first time U.S. law enforcement intentionally used a robot lethally, two security researchers said.
The death toll from a devastating ISIS truck bomb in Baghdad has risen to 292 after dozens more of the wounded succumbed to their injuries, Iraqi officials said Thursday.
The eurozone will grow at slower pace in the coming years due to political and economic uncertainty following the U.K. vote to leave the European Union, the International Monetary Fund said.
The International Monetary Fund said it has approved a USD 364 million emergency loan to Ecuador after the country was hard-hit by an earthquake in April.
The Justice KS Hegde Institute of Management will conduct the graduation day ceremony for the 17th batch of MBA students at Nitte in Udupi district on July 9. A press release said Devi Prasad Shetty,...
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) opened its retail outlet in the Visakhapatnam airport here on Friday.KVIC honorary chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said it was the first time the commis...
The NCW said it received a legal response from Mr Khan’s team and is evaluating the next step.
The overnight attack also wounded 50 people, the Joint Operations Command spokesman said in a statement.
The party said Kejriwal does not do anything and passes the buck to the Centre
The pepper prices on Friday remained unchanged on limited activities. There were neither any arrivals nor any off take today. Availability of the material is said to be tight as Tamil Nadu based deal...
The purported conversations were recovered from the laptop of Kumar seized during December 2015 raids, said CBI sources.
The regulator said that it has received requests seeking longer validity for data-packs primarily to address the concern of marginal consumers of wireless Internet.
+The regulator said that it has received requests seeking longer validity for data-packs primarily to address the concern of marginal consumers of wireless Internet.
The revision entails an estimated recurring annual expenditure of Rs 129.63 crore for pensioners and Rs 24.93 crore for family pensioners and arrears from 2013-14 would be Rs 239.92 crore for pensioners and Rs 44.62 crore for family pensioners, an official statement said.
+The revision entails an estimated recurring annual expenditure of Rs 129.63 crore for pensioners and Rs 24.93 crore for family pensioners and arrears from 2013-14 would be Rs 239.92 crore for pensioners and Rs 44.62 crore for family pensioners, an official statement said.
The sale of FASTag, which is a cashless payment mechanism on toll plazas on National Highways, crossed the 10,000-mark in June, said a release. The monthly transaction through Electronic Toll Co...
These actions most negatively affect global strategic stability, the statement said, following the announcement by the US and South Korea that they would deploy the system to thwart potential attacks from North Korea.
The State Department condemned Russian security services Friday for an attack on an American diplomat, the latest incident in what U.S. officials said is increasing intimidation of its personnel.
The suspect also said that he was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people.
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system will be deployed solely to counter the threat from the North, South Koreas defence ministry said in a statement.
The Tiruchengode Town Women Police on Friday arrested P. Mohan (42) on charges of sexually abusing two young girls, for the past two months.Police sources said that the two girls, cousins who were bot...
The Union Health Ministry has initiated a probe into the alleged inflated payments to a legal counsel representing AIIMS, a charge denied by the premier institute, which said it has “zero tolerance” f...
The United States has expelled two Russian officials over an attack on a US diplomat in Moscow last month by a policeman, the State Department said.
The US House of Representatives today passed two legislative amendments that would block US aircraft sales to Iran, a week after Boeing said they entered into a USD 25 billion deal to sell 118 aircrafts to Tehran.
The White House said today that investigators had "ruled out" any links to domestic or international terrorism in the shooting of five police officers in Dallas during a protest against police killings of black Americans.
The workers were lifted up from the pit early on, Firday morning, local authorities said.
The yuan slipped against the dollar on Friday, even after China reported a surprise increase in June foreign exchange reserves, while traders said a weakening yuan could trigger more capital outflows...
This man is one of the suspects in the Dallas shooting, said police
Three Nigerian nationals and two others were today arrested for allegedly supplying drugs to students, police said.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prosecutors believe it would be difficult to bring charges against former top executives of Toshiba Corp over the conglomerate's $1.3 billion accounting scandal, a person briefed on the matter said on Friday.
+TOKYO (Reuters) - Prosecutors believe it would be difficult to bring charges against former top executives of Toshiba Corp over the conglomerate's $1.3 billion accounting scandal, a person briefed on the matter said on Friday.
Traders said that th...
Travancore Devaswom Board member Ajay Tharayil has said that the demolition of the firing platform and shed at Sabaripeedhom by the Forest Department amounted to encroaching upon the ritualistic aspec...
TTD JEO K.S. Srinivasa Raju has asked officials to complete all works pertaining to Krishna Pushkaralu by the month-end.Reviewing the arrangements here on Friday, the Tirumala-based official said that...
Unveiled at the iconic British carmaker’s Gaydon headquarters today, the extreme AM-RB 001 is said to be capable of lapping Silverstone in the same time as an F1 car.
Utah health officials said Friday that the death of an elderly patient at the end of June was related to the Zika virus, the first Zika-related death in the continental United States. The unidentified resident of Salt Lake County had traveled to an undisclosed destination where the virus is circulating.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's No. 2 telecoms operator Netia came under attack from hackers who may have stolen the data of some of its clients, a company spokeswoman said on Friday.
When asked about her absence, Javadekar said she could not come because of 'family reasons'
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When the ship's generator fails, and diver Mark's condition worsens, the crew must head back to port. And a devastated Martin recalls his failed 1987 Republic dive and the crushing effect it had on his life.
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+Atomic bits despite zero-point energy?
Germany Puts Brake on Renewable Energy Expansion
+Germany Puts Brake on Renewable Energy Expansion
Researchers have developed a way to use less platinum in chemical reactions commonly used in the clean energy, green chemicals, and automotive industries, according to a new article.
To cross 1 giga watt wind energy capacity
Unlike in the past, they are looking for passion, energy and skill in candidates
Virtual universes are accelerating dark energy research
Wall Street falls with energy shares, utilities
Wall Street stocks dipped on Thursday as a drop in oil prices dragged down energy shares, while utilities reversed recent gains.
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A 60-year-old tribal farmer of Lingaram Tanda in Kusumanchi mandal died after consuming suspected spurious liquor late on Thursday night. The police identified the deceased as Vadthya Mastan of Lingar...
Ancient bones discovered in Belgium have revealed the gruesome butcheries carried out by Neanderthals more than 40,000 years ago. Researchers say the skeletal remains are the first known evidence of cannibalism among groups north of the Alps, and bodies were likely skinned and cut up, with bone marrow extracted. The Goyet caves have so far produced the greatest amount of Neanderthal remains north of the Alps, providing new insight on the practices of these early peoples; four of the bones found at this site indicate Neanderthals even used the remains of their deceased relatives as tools.
A nine-year-old school girl travelling by her school bus died on the spot when her head hit an electricity pole near Nanthoor Padavu on Friday evening. The girl had reportedly popped her head out of t...
A terrific line-up of events lies ahead for sports loversWIMBLEDON(Men's and Women's Finals)Wimbledon Finals weekend is a special occasion for tennis fans. The Ladies Singles Final to be played later this evening between Serena Williams and ...
Banks had commissioned techno-economic viability studies as well as forensic audits for stressed cases
BlackBerry bids adieu to its Classic roots
Bloated or suffering from IBS? New app uses life-changing diet proven to reduce symptoms to help avoid 'problem' foods
Bodies of 9 Italians killed in Bangladesh attack brought to Rome
+Bodies of 9 Italians killed in Bangladesh attack brought to Rome
Boundaries of all 272 wards across the three civic bodies have been altered
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Thousands of revelers wearing medieval helmets, feathers and striped pantaloons paraded through Brussels on Thursday, in a tradition stretching back over half a millennium.
+BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Thousands of revelers wearing medieval helmets, feathers and striped pantaloons paraded through Brussels on Thursday, in a tradition stretching back over half a millennium.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Thousands of revellers wearing medieval helmets, feathers and striped pantaloons paraded through Brussels on Thursday, in a tradition stretching back over half a millennium.
+BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Thousands of revellers wearing medieval helmets, feathers and striped pantaloons paraded through Brussels on Thursday, in a tradition stretching back over half a millennium.
Noel Neill, actress who portrayed Lois Lane on 'Superman' TV show, dies
Portugal: Europe's best-kept foodie secret
Suspect arrested in San Diego homeless killings
DARPA is to give US soldiers a new 'eye' that lets them explore dangerous areas. Dubbed Virtual Eye, the system uses cameras gather 3D images that are stitched together for a single virtual reality view.
Delhi youth dies as kite string slices his neck
Diet quality: your kids are what you eat, says study
‘Eliminate prosopis juliflora from water bodies’
European shares steadied in early trading on Friday as a rise in mining stocks on the back of firmer metals prices underpinned the market, although some major stock indexes remained set for their wor...
Famed Pakistan philanthropist Edhi dies in Karachi
FODMAP diet made into a mobile phone app to help IBS sufferers
French poet Yves Bonnefoy dies aged 93
Hitomi's last hurrah: Japan's lost 'black hole satellite' sent back a spectacular image of a universe as it died
Hitomi's last hurrah: Japan's lost 'black hole satellite' sent back a spectacular image of a universe as it died
Ian Murdock, the Linux programmer who died under mysterious circumstances after claiming he was beaten by police, hanged himself.
<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/07/18/360BFA9400000578-0-image-m-18_1467913935972.jpg" height="115" width="154" alt="Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star. The inner region sends out clock-like pulses of radiation and tsunamis of charged particles embedded in magnetic fields.
Industry bodies enthused
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami dies at 76
Junk food ads impact child's diet
Kerala industry bodies term budget as positive
Khloe Kardashian is that you? On Tuesday's episode of Maya Rudolph's hit sketch comedy show, "Maya & Marty," Rudolph parodies the youngest Kardashian sister with some help from Jerry Seinfeld.
KSPCB warns of seizing diesel generators if concerns are not addressed
Local bodies may issue bonds
Lower subsidies and higher input costs would impact profitability
Maharashtra: Fadnavis readies for Rs 21,000-cr mega blow
Medieval knights COULD move with all that armour, researchers say
Mercedes H1 sales remain flat on account of diesel ban
Mercedes H1 sales remain flat on diesel ban
NASA Highlights Space Station Research Benefits, Opportunities at San Diego Conference
New York-based Pilo Health has launched a campaign on IndieGogo, aiming to raise $75,000 (£57,374). The robot can have a conversation with its owners, and will learn as he goes along.
Noida: Administration cancels NOC for pool after 9-year-old dies
Of buddies, failure, mom and contentment
Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies
Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies in Karachi
Parents, take note! Researchers have found that parent and child diet quality are related in significant ways, a connection that could lead to better strategies to address obesity and related conditi...
Peeping through school bus window, girl hits pole, dies
Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star.
+Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star.
Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied remnants of a supernova, an exploding star. The inner region sends out clock-like pulses of radiation and tsunamis of charged particles embedded in magnetic fields.
Philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistan's 'angel of mercy', dies aged 88
Police investigating after two people die at Scotland's T in the Park festival
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Clemson University and Carnegie Mellon University, studied African mudskipper fish and a robot modelled on the animal.
Researchers from Oxford University studied animal remains and other artefacts obtained from archaeological sites in southern Africa from the Middle Stone Age.
Roadies winner & actress suffers cardiac arrest
Salman Khans Sultan Gets Rave Audience Reviews
San Diego police on Thursday morning arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a series of attacks on the California city's homeless population, police announced.
Shekhar Gupta: Zakir Naik, the misinterpreter of maladies
Small water bodies in Jharkhand turning into death traps
Sterling steadied on Friday less than two US cents away from a 31-year low, having put in its worst three-weekly perfomance since the currency's 1992 crisis, following Britain's shock vote to leave t...
Sterling steadies after worst run since 1992
Sultan review: This has all the right ingredients of a ‘masala’ potboiler
The mosaics decorate the floor of a fifth century synagogue, revealing images of the Pharaoh’s soldiers being swallowed by massive fish, overturned chariots, and animals of many kinds.
The new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the beating heart of one of the most visually appealing, and most studied, supernova remnants known - the Crab Nebula.
The process by which a mother's diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring's attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation in an unexpected part of the genome, according to research. The discovery could shed light on why many human genetic studies have previously not been able to fully explain how certain diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, are inherited.
+The process by which a mother's diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring's attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation in an unexpected part of the genome, according to research. The discovery could shed light on why many human genetic studies have previously not been able to fully explain how certain diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, are inherited.
The risk for developing devastating Alzheimer's disease may be detectable in healthy adults younger than expected, and new studies reveal how.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Opposition National Conference (NC), and rights bodies in Kashmir on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court directions on the Armed Forces (Special Powers...
This year, a small but noticeable cluster of Kannada films has made audiences all over sit up and pay attention to the stories they are telling
Thomas Perkins, Silicon Valley VC pioneer dies
Trade bodies happy with Kerala budget
Tribal farmer dies after consuming liquor
Two doctors die in road accident
+Two groundbreaking studies reflect new paradigm in breast cancer research
Two persons died on the spot and two were injured when a car by which they were travelling collided with a lorry near Rampur in Molkalmuru taluk of the district here on Friday. The deceased have been ...
Utah resident who had been infected with Zika dies: health officials
+Utah resident who had been infected with Zika dies: health officials
Various petro-products, namely petrol and diesel, are distributed through dealerships allotted mostly to individuals by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs).
WatchLadies Room“Two girls. Six loos. Infinite fun.” That’s what the trailer of this web series produced by Y Films (the “youth wing” of Yash Raj Films) promised. The show features Saba Azad and Shrey...
What I learnt from my experiments with weight loss diets
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District may benefit from the enhanced rubber price stabilisation fund
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He is 59 and has been in the film industry for almost four decades but he still has a "strong hunger" to do better work. Actor-producer Anil Kapoor says that his best work is yet to come.
On Friday, two centres at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market in Yeshwantpur offered to sell tur dal at the wholesale price. Instead of the retail price of Rs. 165-180 per kg, they...
Research led by astronomers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenberg, Sweden, has discovered an unusual swirling jet of cool dense gas produced by a rapidly growing black hole.
Singer Lady Gaga's producer RedOne says her new album is a mixture of "classic" and "futuristic" sounds.
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Both telcos have given new contracts to networking firms Juniper and Cisco to transform their respective legacy backhaul networks into pure so-called 'IP-fied' backhaul networks with latest Internet Protocol (IP) equipment.
+Both telcos have given new contracts to networking firms Juniper and Cisco to transform their respective legacy backhaul networks into pure so-called 'IP-fied' backhaul networks with latest Internet Protocol (IP) equipment.
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A handful of African-American House Democrats on Thursday joined protests outside the Capitol as demonstrators gathered in the wake of two deadly police shootings of black men.
An Inspector with the State Food and Civil Supplies (FCS) department and his mentally challenged son were found dead in his car in Navi Mumbai on Friday morning. Based on circumstantial evidence, poli...
As the deadly shooting rampage in Dallas unfolded, one man was surprised amid the chaos to find out police had identified him as a suspected attacker -- and his photo was plastered all over the internet.
Authorities say that a man is dead after being shot by police Wednesday evening after being pulled over in a traffic stop.
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40 dead in ISIS attack on shrine
Michael Cimino, 'Deer Hunter' director, dead at 77
Sunken migrant boat recovered, hundreds dead inside
Charles and Trey happen across a rare 1972 Dodge Demon driving through the streets of New Orleans. After snagging it for $2,500 they have just one week to transform it into the ultimate 1970's street machine. Not only does Charles have to face the pressure of a looming deadline and a rust ridden vehicle, but he is also hired by a car collector to snag him a new beauty for his collection.
Coimbatore: Baby elephant returns looking for its dead mother
Dad of Ohio girl found dead in crib gets 3 years in prison
Dallas police exchange fire with gunmen after five police officers are shot dead during a protest against police violence.
Dallas police identify the dead suspect in the sniper attack that killed 5 officers as Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, but could other suspects be on the loose?
Dallas shooting LIVE: 5 officers killed, suspect in standoff dead
+Deadly bug strikes in a day
Deadly Tesla Crash Exposes Confusion over Automated Driving
Dead M'luru DSP had a tainted career
Dharamveer Yadav returned from the 'dead'
Dinosaurs were killed off by a 'one-two punch': Deadly volcanic eruption AND an asteroid strike led to their extinction
Donald Trump responded to the deadly police shootings in Dallas by offering his prayers to the victims and their families and by calling for restored "law and order."
Donald Trump responded to the deadly police shootings in Dallas, by offering his prayers to the victims and their families and by calling for restored "law and order."
Farm poll signal: Govt to take back dead land Bill
Heart rending sight: Elephant tries to wake up its dead mother
Heavy rain lashing the Western Ghats in Maharashtra is infusing fresh life in the Almatti reservoir, which witnessed dead storage level during the summer following a prolonged dry spell.Water inflow i...
Heavy rains lashed China leaving around 181 dead or missing. The downpour has brought the country to a standstill halting public transportation facilities. Anhui, Hunan and Hubei provinces have been ...
J&K: Valley on boil after face of new militancy, Burhan Wani, is shot dead
Neanderthals were CANNIBALS and butchered the remains of their dead to use as tools, grisly remains show
'People literally don't feel what's going on. This is the brain on horror': Harvard expert explains how Diamond Reynolds stayed so calm as her boyfriend was shot dead right next to her
Police says shoot dead militant leader in Jammu & Kashmir
+Police says shoot dead militant leader in Jammu & Kashmir
The Classic is dead, and with it goes the old school keyboard
The fact that two rounds were fired from the service revolver of M.K. Ganapathy inside the hotel room where he was found dead has led to questions as to how the hotel staff could have missed the sound...
TRAI extends deadline for comments on in-building access by TSPs
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Consumer Reports says the Galaxy S7 Active, a Samsung phone advertised as 'water resistant' actually isn't - although the standard S7 and S7 Edge passed dunk tests.
FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2016, file photo, a waterproof Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge mobile phone is submersed in water during a preview of Samsung's flagship store, Samsung 837, in New York's Meatpacking District. Consumer Reports says Samsung¿s Galaxy S7 Active malfunctions in water despite being marketed as water resistant, though the regular S7 and S7 Edge models passed. Consumer Reports rates the S7 and S7 Edge phones as ¿Excellent¿ and the Active likely would have joined them. Instead, Consumer Reports isn¿t recommending the model because two phones failed after being submerged in water. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Pakistan's celebrated philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi who dedicated his life to humanity and social services today passed away here at the age of 92 after a prolonged battle with different ailments.
The incident happened on Wednesday past midnight when Hanish, an IT professional, along with five of his friends allegedly trespassed into North Park Hotel.
Tributes to Veena Sahasrabudhe, who passed away recently.
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‘Father of quizzing’ passes away
Futurist, author & thinker Alvin Toffler passes away at 87
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Demolish raised portion of check dam: farmers’ forum
D.H. Pujar and Kumar Samatala, leaders of the Struggle Committee for Land and Shelter, a forum of different organisations and individuals, have called upon people, particularly landless and homeless ...
Discussion Forum
Net neutrality: Broadband forum seeks level playing field
+Net neutrality: Broadband forum seeks level playing field
The screenshots posted by users on the Reddit forum page shows a single song priced for as low as Rs 15, while the complete album is seen with a price tag of Rs 95.
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2 ex-officials of LBI sentenced in multi-nation bribery scheme
Applications invited for PM’s Housing Scheme
BJP to showcase special schemes for AP
Brexit fears make MF investors redeem units from equity schemes in June
Central scheme for pregnant women from today
Kerala announces pension scheme for transgenders
Kerala announces pension scheme for transgenders above 60 years of age
KVGB launches flexi recurring deposit scheme
Lenders are likely to consider Electrosteel, Bhushan Steel and Visa Steel for debt recast under the Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A).
MDMK will continue to oppose detrimental schemes: Vaiko
Rs.1,000 crore comprehensive health-care insurance scheme on the anvil
The board of directors of Kajaria Ceramics will meet on Monday to consider and approve the scheme of amalgamation of Kajaria Securities Pvt Ltd with itself for realignment of current promoters’ shareh...
The scheme is open to both corporates and individuals during pushkarams
Trai proposes 1 year validity for mobile internet schemes
+Trai proposes 1 year validity for mobile internet schemes
Ujala scheme will save Rs 5.5 crore for Goa: CM
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Dil Toh Deewana Hai Movie Review
Free State of Jones Movie Review
Hillary Clintons probe decision based on apolitical review: FBI
Hillary Clinton talks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about her reaction to the Dallas shootings that killed five police officers and the State Department announcing an internal review of her use of a person email server.
Honda BR-V: Expert Review and Road Test
I’d still consider buying Videocon Krypton3 V50JG if it was priced somewhere between Rs 6,000 to Rs 7,000. Here is our full review.
+[In Depth] In Canada, peer-review changes stir outrage
JLF to meet next week to review stressed cases
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Movie Review: Free State of Jones
Movie review: Sultan
Movie Review: Sultan
Movie Review: The Legend of Tarzan
Movie Review: The Secret Life of Pets
Nitish reviews preparation for Prakash Utsav, Satyagrah celebration
Salman fans hurt after reading positive reviews of Sultan
Shorgul Movie Review
Sultan Movie Review
The Centre has launched a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) portal for online monitoring and review of the 645 centres focussing on farm knowledge and research spread across the country and also provide a p...
The Centre has launched a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) portal for online monitoring and review of the 645 centres focussing on farm knowledge and research spread across the country and also to provide ...
The company has received Establishment Inspection Report which indicates closure of inspection points of initial review
'There is need for time-bound review of new IPR Policy'
The Secret Life of Pets Movie Review
Videocon Krypton3 V50JG quick review
While reviewing images taken by Nasa's Spirit rover, alien hunters claim to have spotted a 6-in door that leads to an alien hut. Some speculate this is the home of the alien found in Chile's Atacama Desert.
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I SETTLED in to read this story, an indulgent smile very much on display. After all, Expectation and the Event began much like a parable and was written at a time when the short story as a genre h...
The following is the translation in English of the Tamil short story Sankalpamum Sambavamum written in 1913 by Ammani Ammal.
The 'gay cure' experiments that were written out of history
The 'gay cure' experiments that were written out of scientific history: Full extent of controversial 1970s electric shocks tests revealed
The ‘gay cure’ experiments that were written out of scientific history: Full extent of controversial 1970s electric shocks tests revealed
The lunar map (shown) is being sold in New York on 20 July for an estimated £30,000 ($38,926). It comes with a signed letter from Buzz Aldrin, and a message written on the front. Artefacts from the Apollo, Mercury and Gemini space missions are incredibly hard to come by because, according to law enacted by US congress, they can only be sold if they have come directly from a participating astronaut or if they have a letter of provenance attached. A set of photos of the Apollo 11 crew is also on sale (shown inset).
TRAI on Wednesday extended last date for receiving written comments from stakeholders on Consultation Paper on ‘In-building Access by Telecom Service Providers.
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NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, will host its second Girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12. Fifty sixth through eighth grade students from Cleveland’s surrounding area will participate in a day of STEM fun!
+NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, will host its second Girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12. Fifty sixth through eighth grade students from Cleveland’s surrounding area will participate in a day of STEM fun!
Over 15,000 children to participate in ‘Heritage Fest’ in Hubballi
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A mass campaign to achieve self-sufficiency in vegetable production and a network of agro parks for value addition of crops are the highlights of the agriculture sector in the revised budget presented...
BlackBerry to end production of iconic Classic smartphone
Cipla will invest around Rand 1.3 billion (over Rs 590 crore) to launch a manufacturing facility in South Africa for the production of biosimilars. The company’s “proposed biotech subsidiary in So...
Excavations at the 4MSR site near Binjor in Rajasthan reveal an exclusive industrial production centre belonging to the Early Harappan and Mature Harappan phases. By T.S. SUBRAMANIAN
“Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have revealed that the production on its upcoming season seven will start later that expected. The duo, who made the remarks during a UFC podc...
LONDON (Reuters) - Uncertainty caused by Britain's vote to leave the EU is making LUSH, an English-based retailer of handmade cosmetics, look to continental Europe to protect its production, sales and multinational workforce.
Millers see sugar production dipping to 232.6 lakh t in 2016-17
Prolonged dry weather has taken a heavy toll on the Nilgiri tea production so far this calendar.June was another dry month with the rainfall being less in most agro-climatic zones compared to June 201...
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Latha Rajinikanth, wife of superstar Rajinikanth, in connection with the case of alleged cheating of a post-production unit involved with Tamil movie...
+[This Week in Science] In situ vaccine production and delivery
UP sugar production estimated to breach 75 lakh tonnes in 2016-17
+[Vaccination] In situ vaccine production and delivery
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A Harappan export processing zone
Fresh selling of the US currency by banks and exporters amid foreign fund inflows helped the rupee
German exports fell unexpectedly in May, posting their steepest monthly drop in nine months, while imports rose less than expected, data showed on Friday, in a further sign that weak global demand is...
German exports plunge in May
In line with equity market, the rupee today recovered by 6 paise to end at 67.39 against the American currency on fresh selling of dollars by banks and exporters on ....
Lower oilseed availability, continuous disparity in exporting meals in international market cited as reasons for decline
Nigeria's music scene becomes a cultural export
Oilmeal export down 61% in June quarter
Textile industry seeks export target for each segment
The rupee recovered from its initial losses and ended higher by 2 paise to 67.37 per dollar on fresh selling of the American currency by banks and exporters on the back of lower greenback in the over...
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5 held for possession of illegally imported smartphones in Surat
Amid slight improvement in international import freight, a dedicated import cargo storage area is being established at the Tiruchi international airport.Civil works are apace at the new import cargo a...
Dedicated import cargo storage area coming up
Dumping duty imposed on PTA imports from 5 countries
In the busy life schedule, mental stress is commonly found in people. A human body reacts negatively when in stress. Therefore it becomes important to detect the stress le...
Jairam Ramesh also underlines the importance of evolving consensus over a range of issues
New methods to examine the brain and spinal fluid heighten the chance of early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. These findings may have important implications for early detection of the disease, the choice of drug treatment and the inclusion of patients in clinical trials.
+New methods to examine the brain and spinal fluid heighten the chance of early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. These findings may have important implications for early detection of the disease, the choice of drug treatment and the inclusion of patients in clinical trials.
Priyanka Chopra urges young girls to realise the importance of feminism
Steel industry wants minimum import price regime extended
There are over 30 important technical specifications that such properties must meet
The rupee depreciated 10 paise to 67.49 against the US dollar at the Forex market today due to increased demand for the American currency from importers amid foreign fund outflows. Weakness of the US...
The short-term outlook for the stock of Aban Offshore is bullish. The stock surged 7.6 per cent on Tuesday breaking an important resistance in the ₹218-₹220 zone. This breakout rally was accompanied ...
University of Salford's expert Clare Allely explains the importance of understanding potential stressors or triggers and psychological traits that can help officials predict a soon-to-become killer.
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Embattled biotech company Theranos says that federal regulators have revoked the license of its California blood-testing facility and banned founder Elizabeth Holmes from owning or operating a laboratory for two years.
Govt warns cable operators over broadcast of unlicensed channels
+Govt warns cable operators over broadcast of unlicensed channels
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Although they have valid licences from food regulator and RTOs, they suffer harassment
+Although they have valid licences from food regulator and RTOs, they suffer harassment
Asked to register under the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Act and get licence
The Karnataka govt mandated that to get a licence each company should have a minimum of 100 cabs meeting the specifications
‘Withdraw licence given to bar’
Yeldi Softcom receives semi-closed wallet licence from RBI
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“We have three design phases of the mission trajectory; we’re doing the preliminary mission [trajectory design] phase, then we have a ‘final’ analysis [but] it not the ‘final’, and then we have what called a ‘best-estimate’ trajectory, so we’re in that initial phase.”
A phased relaxation of the ban will see jobs in tank units open to women within a year and infantry jobs opened up later.
Continuous drizzle on Friday failed to dampen the spirit of public representatives and officials in taking up the second phase of Telanganaku Haritha Haram programme in Adilabad district. Forest Minis...
Following two patient deaths last week and another earlier this year, Juno Therapeutics announced Thursday that it is putting its "ROCKET" trial on clinical hold, at the direction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The patients enrolled in this Phase II trial are adults with relapsed or refractory B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to the biopharmaceutical company's website.
Railways will run the Spanish train Talgo at a maximum speed of up to 180 km per hour during the second phase trial on Saturday from Mathura station.The second phase trial will be held between Mathura...
Rs.200 cr. for second phase of NH widening
The Mangaluru City Corporation is at the bottom of the list of city corporations in the State in utilising the Rs. 100 crore sanctioned for building infrastructure under the second phase of the Nagaro...
Verizon is raising monthly prices for its wireless service, a sign the U.S. cellular industry has entered a new phase of stability after more than two years of discounting.
+Verizon is raising monthly prices for its wireless service, a sign the U.S. cellular industry has entered a new phase of stability after more than two years of discounting.
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For funding the construction of 14 cultural complexes in the State, the budget has earmarked Rs.100 crore.These complexes are expected to cost Rs.40 crore apiece and are expected to host theatres, cin...
Will the celebrated new wave in Kannada films bring a break from misogynist jokesand a lack of strong women charactersthat have marked recent films?
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Jawans exchange sweets on border
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Amgen drug appears 'highly similar' to Humira: FDA staff
+Amgen drug appears 'highly similar' to Humira: FDA staff
Guess how much top paid White House staffers make
Clinton says she relied on State staff for classification decisions
+Clinton says she relied on State staff for classification decisions
Hotel staff oblivious to bullets fired in room
Staff shortage to be addressed
Suicide of Gescom staff: sangha seeks arrest of accused
The US Department of Justice accepted the FBIs recommendation on Tuesday to not file criminal charges against Clinton or her staff.
The White House released a list of earned income for 469 White House office staff and it shows that 16 staffers pulled in the maximum yearly salary of $176,461.

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