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Rahul Gandhi promises a national free medicine scheme
Will fight BJP, RSS with 10 times more v...

Will fight BJP, RSS with 10 times more vigour: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi said today he had quit as Congress president and had left it to his party to find a successor soon, taking responsibility for a second straight national election defeat. “Accountability is critical for the future growth of our party. It is for this reason that I have resigned as... read more »

Facebook says it’s ‘working’ to resolve ...

Facebook says it’s ‘working’ to resolve outages across WhatsApp, Instagram...

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved. Earlier in the day, many users globally were not able to send and receive images, videos and other files over its social media platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram, and... read more »

Ahead of Meeting With PM Modi, Trump Say...

Ahead of Meeting With PM Modi, Trump Says India’s Tariff Hike Unaccep...

A day before Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan, the US President said he looked forward to speaking with Modi about a recent increase in its already high tariffs against the United States. Taking to Twitter, Trump said: “I look forward to... read more »

Claim Settlement of Life Insurance Compa...

Claim Settlement of Life Insurance Companies – Everything You did not...

We live in a country where there is no social security cover. Therefore, purchasing a life insurance plan becomes the only option for securing your family’s future financial security. The primary purpose of buying a life insurance plan is that it comes in handy in case of an emergency. It acts as... read more »

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Nepal makes diplomatic efforts to remove EC's flight ban

Nepal makes diplomatic efforts to remove EC’s flight ban

Kathmandu – Nepal is making diplomatic! efforts to persuade the European Commission to revoke its recent decision to ban all Nepali airlines from entering the European airspace, government... read more »

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

UN Security Council extends sanctions on Liberia

United Nations – The UN Security Council Tuesday extended by another year the sanctions on Liberia in connection with the country’s civil... read more »

Iran demands lifting of oppressive sanctions

New US sanctions unconstructive: Iran

Tehran – Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said Tuesday that the sanctions against Iran are “oppressive” and should be... read more »

China allegedly withholds residence visas for NYT, Bloo...

China allegedly withholds residence visas for NYT, Bloomberg reporters

Beijing – China has been reportedly withholding residence visas for the New York Times (NYT) and Bloomberg reporters over the agencies’ investigative... read more »

Singapore PM urges country to not tarnish image of R...

Singapore PM urges country to not tarnish image of 'law-abiding' Indians

London – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged Singaporeans to not ‘tarnish’ their view of migrants. The comments from Loong... read more »

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Tata Motors bags orders for 928 buses under JnNURM scheme

Tata Motors Tuesday said it has received another order to supply 928 Tata Marcopolo built buses to the State Transport Authorities in South India. The order comprises 487 units bagged from Karnataka... read more »

Sesa Sterlite drops after SC ruling on Goa iron or...

After reversing intraday losses, key benchmark indices once again slipped into the red in afternoon trade as European stocks dropped in early trade... read more »

Kotak Mahindra Launches First Bank-agnostic Funds Trans...

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) has announced the launch of KayPay, the world’s first bank agnostic payment product for Facebook users to send money to each other... read more »

Gold moves up by 0.55 pct on global cues

Tracking a firming global trend, gold prices rose 0.55 per cent to Rs 27,119 per ten gram in futures trade today as speculators enlarged positions. At the... read more »

Reliance Industries gains over 2% on strong Q2 results

RIL shares up nearly 3%

MUMBAI: Oil & gas major Reliance IndustriesBSE 0.34 % gained over 2 per cent in early trade after reporting better-than-expected earnings for quarter ended... read more »

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Cricket

Tendulkar is much more than strokeplay and statistics

Tendulkar is much more than strokeplay and statistics

By Veturi Srivatsa Sachin Tendulkar is on the home stretch, playing his last two Test matches of an amazing career spanning almost a quarter century. Not many legends may have had the luxury of a... read more »

Shane Warne says Tendulkar `best batsman of his generation`

Warne says Cook’s `negative captaincy` could...

London – Former Australian spinner Shane Warne has said that he thinks Alastair Cook’s negative captaincy will be the main reason why... read more »

Jadeja fined for using offensive language against Watso...

Jadeja fined for using offensive language against Watson in Bangalore ODI

Sydney – Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja was fined 10 percent of his match fee for an over-the-top send-off of Shane Watson after taking his wicket in the... read more »

Kohli becomes No. 1 ranked ODI batsman for first time

Virat Kohli is Indian Sportsperson of 2013

Islamabad – India’s Virat Kohli’s outstanding form in one-day internationals has lifted him to the top of the ICC Batting Rankings in ODIs,... read more »

Tendulkar prepares hard for his final Eden outing

Tendulkar is much more than strokeplay and statistics

By Anurag Dey Kolkata – Preparing for his last outing at the iconic Eden Gardens, legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar was a picture of focus and... read more »

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Entertainment

Kim gifts mini Lamborghini to daughter

Kim gifts mini Lamborghini to daughter

Los Angeles – Socialite Kim Kardashian bought a mini Lamborghini for her daughter North West on X-mas. The 33-year-old gifted her six-month-old daughter, with fiance-rapper Kanye West, a... read more »

Beyonce, Jay Z splurge on champagne

Beyonce Knowles and Jay Z

Los Angeles – Celebrity couple Beyonce Knowles and Jay Z spent almost $100,000 on champagne for fellow revellers at a nightclub in Atlanta,... read more »

Rs.100 crore divorce settlement false: Sussanne

Rs.100 crore divorce settlement false: Sussanne

Mumbai – Sussanne Roshan Saturday denied a media reports saying her divorce from Hindi movie star Hrithik Roshan is a Rs.100 crore settlement and said... read more »

Sonakshi Sinha says not `slave to fashion`

Sonakshi Sinha says not `slave to fashion`

New Delhi – Sonakshi Sinha has said that she is not a slave to fashion. The 26-year-old actress said that she like’s mixing and matching and creating a... read more »

Who will win ‘Bigg Boss – Saath 7’?

Who will win 'Bigg Boss - Saath 7'?

New Delhi – All eyes will be set on the grand finale of “Bigg Boss – Saath 7”, where four celebrities – Gauhar Khan, Tanisha... read more »

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`Jealous` man `gouges out` wife’s eye with bare hands

`Jealous` man `gouges out` wife’s eye with bare hands

Melbourne – A Chinese woman, who had left her abusive husband months ago, was rushed to the hospital after he saw her with her new beau and gouged out her left eye with his bare hand out of... read more »

Biggest dating turn-offs revealed

Biggest dating turn-offs revealed

Washington – Wondering why your date never called you back after the first outing? Chances are you might have turned him or her off in one way... read more »

Now, `eat your way skinny` with dumbbell cutlery set

Now, `eat your way skinny` with dumbbell cutlery set

Washington – Have you gained weight this festive season? Replace your silverware with the dumbbell cutlery set. The dumbbell cutlery set helps you build... read more »

Stars’ most hair-raising tress changes

Stars' most hair-raising tress changes

Los Angeles – Celebrities like Beyonce and Anne Hathaway flaunted shocking hairstyles in 2013. From pixie to dirty blond, they raised many an... read more »

Snail gel now the popular way to banish wrinkles

Snail gel now the popular way to banish wrinkles

London – With people becoming familiar with anti-ageing properties of snail gel, it is rapidly getting accepted by British women who want to look... read more »

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Narendra Modi woos investors at Hannover Messe, seeks strong Indi...

Hannover: Promising a stable business environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wooed German investors saying opportunities in India are “seamless” and huge for a vibrant... read more »

AAP hits back at BJP for protests outside Arvind K...

New Delhi: Hitting back at the BJP over its protests outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence against the road rage incident,... read more »

Satyam verdict: Ramalinga Raju, the man who knew too mu...

A special court in Hyderabad found all the ten accused in the Satyam scam guilty of cheating, forgery, destruction of evidence and criminal breach of trust.... read more »

8 years later, court finds Satyam’s Raju, 9 other...

A special court in Hyderabad today convicted former chairman B Ramalinga Raju and other nine accused following a seven-year trial. Sentencing in the case will... read more »

Killed red sander ‘smugglers’ taken off bus...

The Andhra Pradesh police version of events with regards to the killing of 20 red sanders smugglers in Chittoor district has received a crippling blow after a... read more »

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Politics

Quest for funds takes Virbhadra to PM's doorstep

Quest for funds takes Virbhadra to PM’s doorstep

By Vishal Gulati Shimla – Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s quest for funds to take debit-ridden Himachal Pradesh out of economic inertia has brought Shimla closer to Delhi. On an average,... read more »

Modi attacks Congress, Gandhis for rising prices

Modi attacks Congress, Gandhis for rising prices

Aj! mer – BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday blamed the Congress for rising food prices and said the situation... read more »

BJP only ahead in corruption, says Rahul

BJP only ahead in corruption, says Rahul

Banswara (Rajasthan) – Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday accused the BJP of ignoring the poor and said the only thing the opposition party is... read more »

Keep off cricket, Thackeray tells politicians

Keep off cricket, Thackeray tells politicians

Mumbai – Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray! Thursday urged all politicians to keep off cricket for the betterment of the sport. Thackeray’s comment... read more »

Rape of women is another form of terrorism: BJP

Rape of women is another form of terrorism: BJP

Allahabad – Stepping up its attack on Tehelka magazine editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday described rape of... read more »

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Sci - Tech

Washington - An international team of scientists took skin colour measurements from local residents in India to quantify the range and extent of variation in skin pigmentation phenotype and found that one of the important pigmentation genes; SLC24A5, plays a key role in skin pigmentation variation among South Asians. The comprehensive map of the genetic variant associated with light skin further revealed that it is quite wide spread in the subcontinent. “It was interesting to see that the effect of geographical, linguistic, socio-cultural boundaries further shaped by strict endogamy which forms the backbone of the South Asian genetic diversity was so strongly reflected in the complex patterning of this light skin allele,” Chandana Basu Mallick, lead author from University of Tartu, Estonia explained. She said that this study helps in understanding the other possible mechanisms that could have contributed in shaping the existing biological spectrum of human skin colour besides natural selection driven by UV rays and in further understanding of this complex phenotypic trait. Another element of the study involved resequencing of SLC24A5 using diverse set of samples which helped to unveil an important fact; that Indians share the same mutation of SLC24A5 for their light skin as Europeans and belong to the same haplotype background. Mircea Iliescu, co-lead author from the University of Cambridge said that the variable presence of this light skin mutation across India suggests an intriguing interplay between the forces of natural selection and the unique demographic history and structure of the populations inhabiting the Indian subcontinent. This study also provides the first comprehensive estimate of the coalescence time of this allele, which is crucial in the understanding of the evolutionary history of light skin in humans. The study is published in PloS Genetics.

Skin colour variation in Indians linked to genetic diversity

Washington – An international team of scientists took skin colour measurements from local residents in India to quantify the range and extent of variation in skin pigmentation phenotype and... read more »

Future robots’ heart to be powered by pee instead of blood

Future robots’ heart to be powered by pee instead ...

Washington – Researchers have created a new device that is able to pump human waste into the “engine room” of a self-sustaining... read more »

How antidepressants work in brain

How antidepressants work in brain

Washington – A new study has allowed researchers better understanding of how antidepressants work in the human brain – and may lead to the better... read more »

Mars probe’s orbit raised, all systems normal

Mars probe's orbit raised, all systems normal

Chennai – The first of the six orbit raising manouevres for the Mars Orbiter was successfully completed early Thursday morning, the Indian space agency... read more »

Microsoft needs to ‘start up again’ to avoi...

Microsoft needs to 'start up again' to avoid being old, says CEO

Johannesburg – Microsoft needs to reinvent itself to avoid being ‘old and tired’, company’s CEO Steve Ballmer has said. The comments from Ballmer... read more »

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Germany inflict historic 7-1 World Cup rout on Brazil

Germany inflicted a historic 7-1 rout on hosts Brazil on Tuesday to reach the World Cup final as Miroslav Klose became the all-time leading scorer in the history of the tournament. Brazil have never... read more »

ICC Cricket World Cup trophy to visit India this m...

The Cricket World Cup trophy will be in India from July 19-23 during its visit to countries that will participate in the extravaganza to be staged in... read more »

Saina secure Australian Open

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance to lift her second title of the season, winning the $750,000 Star Australian Super Series... read more »

Best yet to come from Germany: Joachim Loew

Joachim Loew insists that the best is yet to come from his side on the eve of Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal against France. Loew’s Germans take... read more »

We don’t care about winning ugly, we just want to...

Brazil striker Neymar has admitted he is happy to win ugly as he looks to take another step towards delivering his country’s sixth World Cup on home soil... read more »

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World

Britain ‘wide open to abuse by freeloading migrants’,...

Britain is “wide open to abuse” by “freeloading” European Union migrants who are exploiting the welfare state, the Foreign Secretary has said. Philip Hammond said that the Government is... read more »

Economy, IS policy, Guantanamo and more: ObamaR...

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared America has turned the page on years of war and economic hardship, in a populist-tinged State of the... read more »

Houthi display of force challenges embattled Yemen lead...

Houthi fighters battled guards at the Yemeni president’s private home and entered his palace on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a turbulent campaign for... read more »

Japan PM Shinzo Abe rushes home to lead hostage crisis ...

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine, China protests

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushing home from the Middle East Wednesday to take charge of Tokyo’s response after Islamic militants... read more »

Sri Lanka: Police raids Mahinda Rajapaksa’s country hom...

Colombo – Embattled former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s country home in the southern province has been raided by police who were looking... read more »

Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes Father For Fourth Time?

Actual Madrid famous person cristiano ronaldo introduced on sunday that he had become a father for the fourth time after girlfriend georgina rodriguez gave delivery to a child lady, Alana... read more »

Golmaal Again Total Box Office Collection: Ajay Devgn’s film Crosses Rs 300-crore ma...

Ajay Devgn’s Golmaal again has end up the most important bollywood money spinner of 2017, as its total collection has surpassed the Rs 300-crore mark at the worldwide box workplace in... read more »

His Asia Trip Winding Down, Donald Trump Meets With Allies?

President Donald Trump is winding down his prolonged Asia experience with an worldwide summit and a trio of meetings with pacific rim allies, inclusive of his host in the philippines who is... read more »

Gujarat Elections 2017: BJP MLAS Keep Fingers Crossed Over Poll Tickets?

New Delhi: Many BJP mlas are stated to be worried that pm modi and party leader Amit Shah can also put into effect their timetested components of denying tickets to sitting contributors to... read more »

Tamil Nadu Rains: Schools Shut In Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepur...

As Rains preserve to lash Tamil Nadu, Schools in Chennai, Tiruvallur and kancheepuram districts will stay closed today. the declaration became made by using collectors of the respective districts... read more »