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I was victim of '1,000 Russian agents': Hillary Clinton | US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has claimed that 1,000 Russian agents had spread disinformation about her on sites such as Facebook during the 2016 election which led to her defeat. Clinton also accused then-Republican candidate Donald Trump of guiding Russians in "weaponising" information against her. |
Philippines friendly-fire kills 10 soldiers in war on ISIS | Ten soldiers were killed and eight others were injured after the Philippines Air Force mistakenly struck army positions in the city of Marawi held by militants loyal to the Islamic State. The Philippines Defence Ministry said that further air strikes might be suspended. At least 129 people, including 89 militants have ... |
30,000 condoms stolen from sex toy company | A sex toy company in Las Vegas has claimed the "horniest criminals in world history" stole merchandise worth over $9,000 (â¹6 lakh), including 30,000 condoms, 48 kegel beads, and 33 prostate massagers. Sex toy company Lelo said, "The good news is that with 30,000 HEX condoms it's 30,000 times less likely that these mi... |
Jio showing prepaid customers as postpaid in J&K: Airtel | Airtel has demanded license cancellation of Reliance Jio in Jammu and Kashmir over allegations that the network wrongly classified 95% of its subscribers as postpaid customers, thereby flouting security norms. Airtel claimed that this is purely being done for economic gain and competitive advantage, at the cost of nati... |
I wish there was an autotune for acting: Shruti Haasan | Actress Shruti Haasan has said that just like there is autotune to improve the quality of song recordings, there should be an autotune for acting. She added, "That would make everyone win the best acting award immediately." Shruti further said that though 'sur' can be corrected, acting can't be photoshopped. |
Twitter reacts to HC judge's remark on peacocks not having sex | Twitter users responded to Rajasthan HC judge's statement that peacocks don't have sex to reproduce, but drink tears. A user tweeted, "So, if any #Peacock now has intercourse to reproduce, should it be considered contempt of court?" Another tweet read, "Just because their name is "Peacock" doesn't really mean that they... |
Should've saved for dowry instead of IIT: Dead IITian's dad | The father of PhD scholar, who was found hanging from the fan at IIT-Delhi on Tuesday, said, "It was a mistake to educate my daughter and send her to IIT." He further said, "I should have saved all the money for her dowry." The PhD scholar was married and her family has accused her husband of demanding â¹20-25 lakh do... |
Boy, mother, father appear for class 12 exams together | A boy Biplab (18), his mother Kalyani (32) and father Balram (42) from West Bengal's Nadia district took the class 12 exams together this year. All three studied the same subjects in the same school. Biplab alone took tuitions, and taught his father and mother after they finished ploughing. He and his mother passed whi... |
Police release video showing drunk Tiger Woods during arrest | Police in Jupiter, Florida, have released footage showing golfer Tiger Woods in an inebriated state during his arrest for Driving Under Influence earlier this week. Woods is seen taking a failed sobriety test, stumbling and swaying while walking on a line. He was found asleep in his Mercedes, which was parked at the ro... |
Wrestler Babita Phogat posts tweet against beef eaters | Wrestler Babita Phogat has tweeted her views against beef eaters, saying cows are being eaten in a country where the first "roti" is offered to the animal. The tweet has been retweeted over 2,000 times and liked by more than 3,000 people. Notably, a Rajasthan High Court judge asked the government on Wednesday to declar... |
Scientists successfully recover DNA from 3400-yr-old mummies | Scientists have successfully recovered and analysed ancient DNA from 151 Egyptian mummies dating from 1400 BC to 400 AD. Researchers claim the study as a first when complete genome-wide data was recovered from three individuals. The genomic study revealed modern Egyptians shared more ancestry with sub-Saharan Africans ... |
Black holes swallow stars as a whole: Study | US-based scientists have made another study agreeing with Einstein's General Relativity Theory that black holes swallow stars as they get close enough. Researchers looked for 'transients', things that glow for a while and then fade, which would suggest black hole star collisions. The absence of transients' observations... |
My achievement will inspire J&K youth: UPSC rank 10 holder | Jammu and Kashmir's Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat, who ranked tenth in the UPSC's civil services examination 2016, said that his achievement will inspire the youth of the Valley to make a career in the field. Terming it as a "good opportunity to serve the country", Bhat added, "Everything is well within your reach if you are de... |
How has India's performance been in ICC Champions Trophy? | India have played the ICC Champions Trophy in all the previous seven editions and won the tournament in 2013, while finishing as joint-winners with Sri Lanka in 2002. India had won the 2013 edition without dropping a single match. The 2017 edition will be the first major ICC tournament for Virat Kohli as the captain of... |
What products contributed to Patanjali's â¹10,561 cr revenue? | Baba Ramdev-founded Patanjali became India's second biggest consumer goods maker, reporting a revenue of â¹10,561 crore in the 2016-17 fiscal. The company earned the most from cow's ghee, which contributed â¹1,467 crore. Its toothpaste contributed â¹940 crore to the turnover, while Ayurvedic medicines contributed â... |
Who is Nandini KR, topper of UPSC Civil Services Exam 2016? | Nandini KR, who hails from Karnataka and has topped the Union Public Service Commission's Civil Services Examination 2016, is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS). She is currently on probation at the National Academy of Customs, Excise, and Narcotics in Haryana's Faridabad. Nandini holds a civil engineering ... |
Microsoft Co-founder builds largest plane to launch rockets | Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen on Wednesday unveiled the world's largest aircraft with a 385-foot wingspan, capable of launching rockets. Allen took six years to build the aircraft called 'Stratolaunch', which can carry up to 250 tonnes of cargo. The plane will work as an airborne rocket launcher, giving rockets a he... |
NASA to launch 1st-ever mission to 'touch' the Sun by 2018 | NASA is launching an unmanned spacecraft named 'Parker Solar Probe' to the Sun on July 31, 2018. The mission to "touch" the Sun would reach within 60 lakh km of the solar surface, eight times closer than any man-made object before. The mission would study why Corona, Sun's outer atmosphere (17 lakh ºC) is hotter than ... |
World's largest accelerator data to be translated for piano | Researchers associated with CERN are working on a project to translate data generated by the Large Hadron Collider, world's largest particle accelerator, into piano music. Researchers hope the "musification" process could reveal patterns and concepts missed during traditional scientific analysis. The musical notes comp... |
Most probably my best cover yet: Sonam on Vogue's June cover | Actress Sonam Kapoor, who has featured on the June cover of fashion magazine Vogue India, has said it is probably her best cover yet. She can be seen wearing a printed shirt dress and a denim jacket with bronze studs and an embroidered print on the collar, both from Gucci. The issue also features the country's best-dre... |
Ramachandra Guha resigns from SC-appointed BCCI admin panel | Cricket historian Ramachandra Guha has resigned from BCCI's four-member Committee of Administrators, which was appointed by the Supreme Court in January to implement the Lodha panel recommendations in the Board. Guha sent his resignation to CoA Chairman Vinod Rai, citing personal reasons. The Supreme Court has asked Gu... |
BJP Tribal worker gets coolers, LPG before Amit Shah's visit | A BJP tribal worker in Gujarat's Chhota Udepur district got a new toilet facility, a wash basin, an LPG stove and a couple of coolers from the party before BJP President Amit Shah's visit. The worker, Popatbhai Rathwa, had dinner with Shah on Tuesday night, as part of the latter's strategy to connect with the masses. |
Musk to quit Trump's council if US leaves Paris climate deal | Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday took to Twitter to announce he will quit US President Donald Trump's advisory council if Trump withdraws from Paris climate deal. Musk currently advises Trump's Manufacturing Jobs Initiative and the Strategic and Policy Forum. Trump is yet to make the decision public on wheth... |
AIIMS 2017 online paper leaked, claims Vyapam whistleblower | The AIIMS entrance test paper for this year was leaked during the exam, according to allegations by whistleblower Dr Anand Rai, who had exposed the Vyapam Scam. The screenshots of the test, which was held in two slots on May 28, were leaked during the first slot. The paper was leaked from MC Saxena College in Lucknow, ... |
'Cheapest phone' Freedom 251 makers get bail in fraud case | The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Managing Director Mohit Goel and Sumit Kumar of Noida-based company Ringing Bells that claimed to make the world's cheapest smartphone 'Freedom 251'. The two were arrested in February after a Ghaziabad-based distributor alleged that the company had 'defrauded... |
Bezos saved Washington Post by buying it: Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos saved The Washington Post newspaper by buying it in 2013. "I think a lot of people, a lot of his peers and friends, thought â why would you buy this ancient medium called a newspaper?," she said, adding that, "Newspapers like the Post still drive news." |
Bikers steal 150 Jeep Wranglers worth â¹29 cr by hacking keys | A biker group has stolen 150 Jeep Wranglers worth over â¹29 crore from California, US, by hacking the cars' keys. The bikers arranged every stolen car's Vehicle Identification Number and accessed Jeep's database. It helped them to get the code used to access the chip inside the key as well as the design of the physica... |
Swiss village bans photos of scenery as it's too 'beautiful' | The Bergün village in Switzerland has banned people from taking pictures of its "beautiful" scenery so people do not feel "unhappy" while viewing them online. It announced, "It is scientifically proven that beautiful holiday photos on social media make the viewers unhappy because they cannot be there themselves." Offe... |
Trump's 'covfefe' a secret message for the Russians: Hillary | After US President Donald Trump's viral "covfefe" tweet, Hillary Clinton said, "I thought it was a hidden message for the Russians." Clinton also tweeted, "People in covfefe houses shouldn't throw covfefe," seemingly referring to the phrase, "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Trump, who had called her cro... |
Thereâs no denying that I do spend time with Sidharth: Alia | Actress Alia Bhatt has said that there is no denying that she does spend time with actor Sidharth Malhotra. "I am very happy going to parties with him and being spotted at lunches with him. But I do the same thing with my other friends as well... But Sidharth is and will always be special," added Alia. |
Team India goes for Japanese dinner before Champions Trophy | BCCI has released a video showing Indian team players and support staff going for their first official team dinner ahead of the Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma introduces players, support staff and fans in the video as the team walks to a Japanese restaurant in London. Ravindra Jadeja, Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwi... |
Ganguly, Warne bet on Eng-Aus Champions Trophy match | Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne placed a bet on the upcoming England-Australia Champions Trophy clash on June 10. While Ganguly said England are the better team, Warne rooted for Australia. Warne then said that Ganguly would have to wear the Australia jersey and buy him dinner if Australia won, while he would do the sam... |
Shane Warne sledged me for 10 years, says Sourav Ganguly | Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said Australian spinner Shane Warne sledged him continuously for 10 years. "We were playing for different counties and he would sledge me. Even when it was Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, he would start sledging me from the toss itself," said Ganguly. Warne replied say... |
FIR against Rajasthan shopkeeper for Tricolour on shoe boxes | An FIR has been filed against a Rajasthan shopkeeper for using the Tricolour on shoe boxes in his shop. A man saw the boxes, took photographs and posted on his Facebook account, and also lodged the FIR. Police officials who later visited the shop found the shopkeeper guilty under Section 2 of Prevention of Insults to N... |
Gambhir files case against Delhi bar for using his name | Cricketer Gautam Gambhir has filed a case in the Delhi High Court against a bar in the city for using his name. The bar uses the tagline "by Gautam Gambhir", with the owner also reportedly being named Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir, a teetotaller, said the public is being misled into believing that the bar is owned by the cri... |
Picnicking tourists will get 'wet', warns Italian Mayor | Florence Mayor Dario Nardella has warned tourists they will "get wet" for disrespecting decorum by eating food at historic sites, like Basilica of Santa Croce and Basilica of Santo Spirito. Italian authorities will hose down the sites' steps around lunchtime. Nardella said, "If they sit down, they'll get wet. Instead o... |
China tells Emirates to follow One China policy | Emirates revealed that it has been "instructed by the Chinese government" to "follow the One China policy," in a leaked email asking Taiwanese crew to swap their Taiwanese flag pins for Chinese ones. Although Emirates called the email an "error," it singled out Taiwanese staff in a later email. Last year, Emirates dire... |
ISIS-linked militants using kids as fighters in Philippines | ISIS-linked militants have been using children as soldiers to fight the Philippine Army, according to reports. The militants are recruiting orphans, particularly those whose parents have been killed during combat, reports added. Notably, about 130 people have been killed in the violence which erupted last week after a ... |
US official struggles to answer question on Saudi democracy | A US State Department official took a nearly 20-second pause after a reporter asked him about the government's criticism of the Iranian elections and its silence over the lack of such a democratic process in Saudi Arabia. Notably, Saudi Arabia has been a monarchy ruled by the Al Saud family since the kingdom was founde... |
Karnataka's Nandini KR tops 2016 Civil Services Exam | The results of the Civil Services Examination 2016 were declared by the Union Public Service Commission on Wednesday. The top three positions were secured by Nandini KR, Anmol Sher Singh Bedi and Gopalakrishana Ronanki respectively. A total of 1,099 candidates were recommended for appointment based on the written exami... |
Petrol price increased by â¹1.23/litre; diesel by â¹0.89/litre | Oil companies on Wednesday increased the price of petrol by â¹1.23/litre and the price of diesel by 89 paise/litre. Non-branded petrol and diesel in Delhi will now cost â¹66.91/litre and â¹55.94/litre, respectively. "The current level of international product prices of Petrol & Diesel and INR-USD exchange rate warra... |
Our plane almost crashed but me, my husband are alive: Sunny | Actress Sunny Leone has revealed that she and her husband were on their private plane, when it almost crashed owing to bad weather, while adding, "We're alive." She narrated the incident on Twitter, where she said they were heading back home from a remote place in Maharashtra. She tweeted, "You know it's bad when the p... |
Three females among top ten UPSC rank holders | After the results of the Civil Services Examination 2016 were declared by the Union Public Service Commission on Wednesday, three females were listed among the top ten rank holders. While the examination was topped by Karnataka's Nandini KR, Saumya Pandey was ranked fourth, and Shweta Chauhan secured the eighth rank. |
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in 1945 plane crash: Govt | Responding to an RTI query on Subhash Chandra Bose, the Central government has said Netaji died in a plane crash in 1945. The Ministry of Home Affairs further clarified that man named Gumnamibaba or Bhagwanji, who was rumoured to be Bose reportedly living incognito in Uttar Pradesh till 1985, was not the nationalist le... |
How much do top bosses of India's biggest IT firms earn? | Tech Mahindra CEO CP Gurnani received â¹165.6 crore in FY15 and â¹45.3 crore in FY16. Further, Vineet Nayyar, who was Executive Vice Chairman of the company till August 2015, made â¹299.4 crore in total in the two fiscals. In FY17, Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka earned â¹45.1 crore, while former TCS CEO and current Tata ... |
Hermès bag becomes world's costliest by selling for â¹2.43 cr | A diamond-encrusted Hermès handbag, which was sold at an auction for â¹2.43 crore ($377,000 approximately), has become the world's most expensive bag. The 'Himalayan Niloticus Crocodile Birkin 30' is encrusted with diamonds and white gold is used for the buckle and Hermès padlock. One or two Diamond Himalayas are ma... |
I'm not PM or Priyanka, how can I react to the row: Big B | Actor Amitabh Bachchan, when asked questions on the row over Priyanka Chopra wearing a dress while meeting PM Modi, said, "I am neither PM, nor Priyanka Chopra. How can I answer them?" Earlier, users on social media had slammed Priyanka for "exposing her legs" and sitting cross-legged when meeting PM Modi in Berlin. |
Das retires, Tapan Ray to be Economic Affairs Secretary | Shaktikanta Das retired on Wednesday after 37 years of service at an event in New Delhi. After Dasâ retirement, Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray will take additional charge as Economic Affairs Secretary. Notably, Das has served as Secretary of the Industries Department of Government of Tamil Nadu, Chairman and D... |
Peacock is national bird as it doesn't have sex: HC judge | Urging the Centre to declare cow as the national animal, Rajasthan High Court judge Mahesh Chandra Sharma today said that peacock is the national bird because it doesn't have sex to reproduce. "The peahen gets pregnant by drinking the tears of the peacock. Even Lord Krishna carried the feather of a peacock on his head ... |
Amazon patents label with parachute to drop parcel via drone | E-commerce major Amazon has been granted a patent for shipping labels with inbuilt parachutes that can be used to drop packages being delivered via drones. The patent details how the label could also incorporate shock absorbers and a network of sensors to track the package's descent. Amazon completed its first drone de... |
Russia had 'derogatory' information about Trump: Report | Russian officials had discussed having potentially "derogatory" information about the then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and some of his top aides during the 2016 election, according to a CNN report. Adding that US intelligence intercepted the communications, the report alleged the Russians believed they had the ... |
UN slams Britain's 'Big Brother' anti-terrorism strategy | The UK's culture of surveillance and suspicion in combatting terrorism is "inherently flawed" and could be promoting extremism rather than combatting it, a UN report has found. The report, which was drawn up before the Manchester attack that killed 22 people, is highly critical of many policies overseen by Prime Minist... |
Death toll in Kabul blast rises to 80 with 350 injured | The death toll from the sewage tanker bombing near the German Embassy in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday has risen to at least 80, with another 350 injured, according to reports. However, no group has claimed responsibility for the blast, which is believed to be one of the deadliest in Kabul. |
Death toll in Sri Lanka floods exceeds 200 | The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said that the death toll from mudslides and floods has exceeded 200, with 96 more people missing. More than 77,000 people have been displaced and over 1,500 homes destroyed since rains swamped the southern and western areas last Friday. However, the authorities said that the water... |
PornHub honours vow to give Russian watchdog premium access | Adult video website PornHub, which was blocked in Russia last year, has honoured its promise to give a premium account to the country's media watchdog if the ban was overturned. This comes after the watchdog's spokesperson joked that PornHub didn't deliver on its promise though the ban was lifted after Pornhub introduc... |
Order Tech Mahindra to stop illegal layoffs: IT staff forum | Forum for IT employees has requested the Maharashtra Labour Commissioner to order Tech Mahindra to stop illegal removal of IT employees immediately, and establish conciliation between the management and staff. However, Tech Mahindra has denied layoff claims, saying, "As a performance driven organisation, we assess empl... |
US has turned into a tragic, dumbass comedy: Robert De Niro | During a commencement ceremony speech at Brown University, actor Robert De Niro has said that the US has become a "tragic, dumbass comedy" under President Donald Trump, and urged students to "work to stop the insanity". De Niro, who has been very critical of Trump, had earlier said that Trump's administration had shown... |
All this talk of nepotism should stop: Suniel Shetty | Suniel Shetty has said that all this talk of nepotism should stop while adding, "If my kids are interested in films because of me, who's to judge?" Talking about how he joined Bollywood, Suniel said, "I never had a godfather in my career. I've never stuck to a successful director to be successful. I did it all on my ow... |
Abhishek to star in Mr. India-like film 'Bachchan Singh' | Actor Abhishek Bachchan is set to star in filmmaker Priyadarshan's upcoming film tentatively titled 'Bachchan Singh', which has been described as something along the lines of Mr. India and The Mask. The film, which has been written by Rumi Jaffrey, is a fantasy fiction film, where Abhishek plays a corrupt cop who turns... |
Army sends back 2 boys from PoK who crossed LoC by mistake | The Indian Army has sent back two boys from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) who had crossed over to this side in Tangdhar sector. As a goodwill gesture, the boys were treated with utmost care and provided with all medical and other administrative provisions during their stay, an Army official said. The boys had crossed... |
Man Utd Europe's most valuable club, valued at â¹22,000 crore | Manchester United has been named Europe's most valuable club with an enterprise value of â¬3 billion (almost â¹22,000 crore) by auditing firm KPMG. Real Madrid was second and Barcelona third, with six of the top 10 clubs being from the Premier League. The enterprise value listed assessed the cost to buy the club, inc... |
Mamata pulls up school for playing Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday pulled up authorities of a private school in Kolkata for playing PM Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' for students. "I heard that the Shri Shikshayatan principal is playing the video of a speech by a political leader in the classrooms and forcing the students to watc... |
Gavaskar cites generation gap for 'Kohli-Kumble rift' | Speaking about the alleged rift between India captain Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble, former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar said there will always be a difference of opinion as the coach had played in an earlier generation. Gavaskar also questioned the veracity of reports, stating, "I'm not sure whether these reports of a... |
Trump calls FBI probe witch hunt, urges ex-aide's testimony | US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called FBI's investigation into ties between his team and Russia a "witch hunt" after reports alleged that the House Intelligence Committee delayed his former aide Carter Page's testimony. Urging lawmakers to hear his campaign's foreign policy adviser, Trump claimed that Page's te... |
French airport seizes 137 kg 'jihadist drug' for 1st time | At least 137 kg of Captagon, which is dubbed as 'jihadist drug', has been seized for the first time in France at a Paris airport, customs officials have said. Adding that the drug, which is worth over â¹10 crore, was seized in January and February this year, the officials said that half of the cargo was destined for S... |
City refuses to bury or cremate Manchester suicide bomber | Councils, funeral directors, and Mosques in Manchester are reportedly doing 'everything in their power' to stop suicide bomber Salman Abedi's body from being cremated, buried, or laid to rest in the city. Abedi's body is currently kept at a morgue outside Manchester, ahead of a judicial hearing and a final decision on ... |
India's GDP growth slows to 6.1% in Q4 post note ban | India's GDP growth slowed down to 6.1% year-on-year during the January-March period, less than economists' 7.1% estimate, government data showed on Wednesday. Further, government data showed that GDP grew 7.1% in the full financial year 2016-17, slower than the 8% recorded in the previous year. The slump followed the g... |
Censor Board passes Behen Hogi Teri with no cuts | The Censor Board has passed the film Behen Hogi Teri with no cuts while reportedly retaining the scene where actor Rajkummar Rao dressed as Lord Shiva, which people earlier protested against. "Before people come out with 'dharnas' and 'morchas', I wish they respect what the censor board, a government-appointed body, ha... |
What are the latest technological innovations in cricket? | The 2017 Champions Trophy will introduce chip-installed bats which will provide players and coaches data about stroke-play to improve the batsman's game. In 2016, the Ultra-Edge technology was introduced as a component of the Decision Review System to help the umpire judge the impact of ball with the bat. Meanwhile, LE... |
Legs for days: Priyanka in picture with mom | Priyanka Chopra shared a picture with her mother Madhu Chopra, captioned "Legs for days.... #itsthegenes". This comes after Priyanka was criticised on Facebook for wearing a western outfit which showed her legs when she recently met PM Narendra Modi in Berlin. A Facebook user had posted Priyanka should have the "basic ... |
Chopra to star with Rebel Wilson in 3rd H'wood film: Report | According to reports, Priyanka Chopra is in talks for her third Hollywood film titled 'Isn't It Romantic', starring Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth and Adam Devine. Priyanka, who is currently promoting her debut Hollywood film 'Baywatch', has already signed her second Hollywood film 'A Kid Like Jake', as confirmed by the ... |
Priyanka slammed for selfies at Berlin Holocaust Memorial | Priyanka Chopra has been slammed for taking selfies at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial during her recent visit. While a Twitter user posted, "I am f**king dead at Priyanka Chopra taking selfies at the Holocaust Memorial. What is wrong with her", another wrote, "@priyankachopra I used to think of you as a sensible person ... |
Nothing unconstitutional in cow slaughter ban: Kerala HC | The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said there is no need to interfere with the Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughter as it doesn't violate the Constitution. The HC made the statement while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) which sought to quash the notification on ban of sale of cattle for slaughter. |
33 crore gods and goddesses reside inside cow: Rajasthan HC | After asking the Centre to declare cow as the national animal, the Rajasthan High Court said, "It is believed that 33 crore gods and goddesses reside inside the cow." "Cow is the only living being which intakes oxygen and emits oxygen... Drinking cow urine rids one of the sins of the previous life," HC judge Mahesh Cha... |
Railways introduces Buy Now, Pay Later service for bookings | The Indian Railways has introduced 'Buy Now, Pay Later' service for passengers to book tickets online first and make payment for the reservations within a window of 15 days. The facility, which allows passengers to travel after five days of booking the ticket, is available for confirmed, waitlisted, and Reservation Ag... |
We did not copy Snapchat: Instagram CEO | Instagram's CEO Kevin Systrom in a recent interview said that while the photo-sharing platform's 'Stories' feature is "definitely similar" to Snapchat, it hadn't been copied. Systrom added that Instagram was further building on the technology that Snapchat had created. The 'Stories' feature lets users share photos and ... |
Climate change could make cities 8ºC hotter by 2100: Study | Continued global warming and urban heating (replacing greenery and lakes by concrete) could take city temperatures 8ºC higher by 2100, researchers have warned. Cities cover 1% of Earth's surface but account for 60% of global carbon emissions, researchers said. The study of 1,692 largest cities from 1950 to 2015 furthe... |
No cyber attack on Aadhaar biometric data, says UIDAI | The core biometric data of Aadhaar card holders has "till date" not faced any cyber attack, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has said in response to an RTI query. The UIDAI, however, refused to share the latest cyber security assessment of Aadhaar data, citing national security. Notably, the UIDAI c... |
US SC makes it harder to sue police over 'excessive force' | The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a "provocation rule" developed by a San Francisco-based court that gave victims of police shootings an additional route to sue for alleged excessive force. The apex court ruled that police officers cannot be held liable for use-of-force consequences even when they provoke a vi... |
US comedian Kathy Griffin apologises for beheaded Trump pic | US comedian Kathy Griffin has apologised for a photo shoot in which she appeared holding a fake bloodied head that resembled US President Donald Trump. In a video message posted on Twitter, Griffin "begged" for forgiveness and said she had "crossed a line". However, Trump has tweeted, "Griffin should be ashamed. My chi... |
Twitter reacts to Donald Trump's 'covfefe' tweet | After US President Donald Trump mistakenly tweeted the word 'covfefe' on Tuesday night, American TV host Jimmy Kimmel tweeted, "What makes me saddest is that I know I'll never write anything funnier than #covfefe". Game series Need for Speed took a jibe by calling its upcoming game 'covfefe', while KFC said 'covfefe' w... |
Kingfisher House unsold for 5th time despite 38% price drop | For the fifth time, bankers failed to auction Kingfisher House, the erstwhile headquarters of Vijay Mallya-owned and now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, despite a 38% drop in its reserve price since it was first auctioned. The 17-lender consortium led by SBI had lowered the reserve price of the property to â¹93.50 crore.... |
GST will bring in 1,000 new IPOs, says BSE CEO | BSE CEO Ashish Chauhan has said 1,000 companies will list on his bourse over four years. Smaller firms that become tax-compliant due to GST, scheduled for implementation on July 1, would want to go public because they won't have anything to hide. Notably, 74 companies raised $4.3 billion through first-time share sales ... |
Gulshan found it hard to do love scenes with Katrina: Report | According to a source on the sets of The Kapil Sharma Show, Gulshan Grover has revealed it was tough to do romantic scenes with Katrina Kaif in their film 'Boom'. Gulshan added they had to romance in front of Amitabh Bachchan and they practised it many times as they wanted to get the scene right, the source further rev... |
Katrina denies getting Deepika dropped from SRK's film | Actress Katrina Kaif has denied rumours that she got Deepika Padukone dropped from filmmaker Aanand L Rai's upcoming film that stars Shah Rukh Khan. "I don't think any actor in today's day and age is going around putting stipulations on their director," said Katrina. She further refused to confirm whether she was starr... |
Video shows Salman eating his own jeans at Tubelight event | A video showing actor Salman Khan eating strands of threads from his own jeans at a press conference for his upcoming film Tubelight has emerged online. He is seen tearing a part of his ripped jeans, looking around for a while, and then putting the torn pieces into his mouth. "Being Human launches edible jeans," joked ... |
Did Delhi govt schools fare better than private ones? | While claiming that the pass percentage of Delhi government schools for Class 12 board exams is 9% more than the private institutions, Manish Sisodia mistakenly used the All India private schools pass percentage, which is 79.27%, for the comparison. The pass percentage of Delhi private schools is 84.2%, which means the... |
Tennis is full of lesbians, claims 24-time Grand Slam winner | Former world number one and 24-time Grand Slam winner Margaret Court has said "tennis is full of lesbians" and transgender children were work of "the devil". "When I was playing there was only a couple, but those couple that led took young ones into parties and things...what you get at the top is what you'll get right ... |
Record for highest 10th-wicket ODI stand unbroken for 33 yrs | West Indies players Sir Viv Richards and Michael Holding set the record for the highest 10th-wicket ODI partnership on May 31, 1984, against England. Richards and Holding put up a 106-run last wicket stand, a record which has been unbroken till date. In the process, Richards also set the record for highest percentage o... |
Sania Mirza out of French Open after first round defeat | Former women's doubles world number one Sania Mirza crashed out of the French Open after she and her partner Yaroslava Shvedova slumped to a first round loss against Daria Gavrilova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Wednesday. The fourth seeded Indo-Kazakh pair lost to the unseeded pair 6-7, 6-1, 2-6 in the match that sp... |
North Korean company launches 'iPad' gadget | A North Korean company has released a new tablet-like device called the 'Ryonghung iPad' which lets users read news, edit documents, and use about 40 pre-installed apps. The tablet is claimed to have a quad-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, and a keyboard. A listing for the 'iPad' says it has a "stable" operating sy... |
Scientists discover water structures surrounding DNA | Scientists have reported the first observations of water superstructures surrounding the DNA molecule. DNA is a chiral biomolecule, meaning it is not superimposable on its mirror image. The study "DNA's chiral spine of hydration" found chiral water structures following helical DNA strands. Researchers said the finding... |
Sweden releases 'fully redacted' Assange extradition files | Swedish Prosecution Authority has released documents related to its attempts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. However, the documents were fully redacted, with even the bullet points blacked out. Earlier this month Swedish prosecutors dropped an investigation into rape allegations against Assange, who has ... |
Russia and Ukraine engage in Twitter war | The official Twitter accounts of Ukraine and Russia engaged in a spat after Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to a Ukraine-born queen as 'Russian Anne'. Russia claimed the countries shared a common heritage, to which Ukraine responded with a Simpsons' GIF accusing Russia of being the Soviet Union in disguise. R... |
Where does space actually start? | Space is defined as something that has no air to breathe or scatter light. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale has theoretically demarcated the 'Karman Line' at a 100-km altitude as the boundary where space begins. However, according to NASA, "There is no hard-definable point where space begins... the atmosphere ... |
Five Prime Ministers troll Trump's Saudi Arabia orb moment | Nordic Prime Ministers on Monday trolled United States President Donald Trump's "orb moment" in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, recreating the viral picture with a football. The Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden took the picture during a meeting about UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Norway P... |
Rajinikanth, Haasan pay tribute to late Dasari Narayana Rao | Actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan took to Twitter to grieve the demise of veteran Telugu director-actor Dasari Narayana Rao. Haasan tweeted, "My sympathy and condolences to the family of Daasari NaryaNa rao. His loss is truly a big loss for Telugu cinema." Dasari Narayana Rao passed away on Tuesday in Hyderabad at th... |
Salman to feature in double role in Varun's Judwaa 2: Report | According to reports, Salman Khan will feature in a double role in Judwaa 2, starring Varun Dhawan. Salman will reappear as twins Raja and Prem, the characters he portrayed in Judwaa (1997), after a gap of 20 years, said a source. "His [Salman's] judwaa will come face-to-face with Varun's double role, possibly banterin... |
Vidya Balan to recreate Sridevi's 'Hawa Hawai' in film | Vidya Balan will recreate Sridevi's 'Hawa Hawai' from 'Mr India' (1987) in her upcoming film 'Tumhari Sulu'. Talking about it, director Suresh Triveni said, "I am elated to have such a cult number in the film. It plays a key role...and is not just a remix for the end credits." He said it is a tribute to the original so... |
Donald Trump asks people to figure out meaning of 'covfefe' | In an apparent attempt to diffuse mocking of his tweet in which he mistakenly wrote, "Despite the constant negative press covfefe," Trump has challenged the world to figure out the true meaning of the word 'covfefe'. Notably, following the mistake, some Twitter users joked 'covfefe' was a nuclear code, while others lin... |
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