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Priyanka's Baywatch gets 15% rating on movie review site | Priyanka Chopra's debut Hollywood film Baywatch, which is set to release in India on June 2, currently has a 15% rating on American review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. With 46 reviews, the critic consensus states, "Baywatch takes its source material's jiggle factor to R-rated levels, but lacks the original's campy ... |
Tom Cruise confirms 'Top Gun' sequel | Actor Tom Cruise has confirmed that a sequel to his 1986 film Top Gun is "definitely happening". Cruise added, "It's true... I'm going to start filming it probably in the next year." Last year, producer Jerry Bruckheimer had tweeted a photo of himself with Cruise, where he wrote that he discussed Top Gun 2 with the act... |
Vivek gifts new house to acid attack survivor on her wedding | Vivek Oberoi has gifted Lalita Bansi, an acid attack survivor, a new house on the occasion of her marriage to her fiancé Ravi Shankar. Vivek called Lalita "a true hero" as she has given hope to acid attack survivors to live their lives like normal human beings. Lalita's lehenga was designed by fashion designer duo Abu... |
Pitting me against Deepika, Aish at Cannes is foolish: Sonam | Sonam Kapoor has said that comparisons to Deepika Padukone and Aishwarya Rai at Cannes are foolish. Stating that comparisons are not in her hands, she added, "It's what the media is doing, so they have to decide whether it is fair or unfair." She further added media is pitting women against each other, whereas, they sh... |
Telugu actor booked for 'women only fit for sex' remark | A case has been registered against Telugu actor Chalapathi Rao by the Hyderabad police following a woman's complaint over the actor's "women are only fit for having sex with men" remark. Chalapathi has been booked under sections 354A (4) and 509 of the Indian Penal Code, which deal with sexual harassment and insulting ... |
Startup raises â¹25 cr for robots that pick up and park cars | French startup Stanley Robotics, which is building robots that pick up cars at the entrance of parking lots and park them, has raised â¹25 crore from Elaia Partners, Bpifrance and Idinvest Partners. The automated parking system can also double park cars depending on when the owner is expected to return. The system is ... |
Samsung Galaxy S8 'airtight' iris scanner fooled by hackers | A hacking group has demonstrated how Samsung Galaxy S8's iris scanner, which Samsung claims provides "airtight security", can be fooled. The group took a photo of the target from five metres away and printed a close-up of the eye. They successfully unlocked the S8 after placing a contact lens on the eye's printout to r... |
Man says SpaceX fired him for telling Musk about false tests | Former SpaceX technician Jason Blasdell has claimed that he was fired for complaining about "falsified" rocket safety tests to the startup's CEO Elon Musk. Blasdell alleges that managers pressured technicians to deviate from test procedures and sign off on tests of rocket parts that hadn't been conducted according to p... |
Nissan car knocks down woman in demo of anti-collision tech | A Nissan Rogue car recently knocked down a female emcee during a demonstration of its anti-collision feature in China. The car's Intelligent Brake Assist system is supposed to sound an alarm on detecting a potential collision and automatically brake to prevent a rear-end collision. The emcee escaped with minor injuries... |
Jack Ma teaches tai chi to entrepreneurs for â¹9.4 lakh | Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's Founder and billionaire Jack Ma has launched courses for entrepreneurs on the philosophy of tai chi, a form of martial arts, according to Chinese media reports. Ma teaches six classes over three days a year with the course reportedly costing 100,000 yuan (â¹9.4 lakh). The billionaire... |
1 Dalit man dead in caste clashes in Saharanpur, UP | A man from Dalit community was killed in fresh violence in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district between the Dalit and the Thakur communities. The clashes erupted following BSP chief Mayawati's visit to the area. The state government has announced â¹15 lakh compensation to the kin of the dead. Twenty-four people were al... |
I-T dept attached properties of â¹600 crore under Benami Act | The Income Tax Department on Wednesday said it has identified more than 400 benami transactions under the new Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016, which came into effect from November 1, 2016. Further, the I-T department has provisionally attached properties in over 240 cases. The market value of the ... |
Videocon Industries stock plunges by 42% in just three days | Videocon Industries' stock has lost 42% in the last three trading days over bad loan worries. Dena Bank recently announced it had classified Videocon's â¹520 crore loan as a non-performing asset, becoming the first bank to classify Videocon in the bad loan category. Dena Bank's announcement has resulted into some nega... |
Racist customer in Walmart store tells Latina to go back | A video on Facebook shows a shopper hurling racial slurs at black and Latino customers in a US Walmart store. The video shows a white woman pushing a cart and telling a Latina to âgo back to where you came fromâ. When a black woman told the shopper to âstop being ignorant", she used a racist term for her. |
Celina Jaitly pregnant with twins again | Actress Celina Jaitly, who is a mother to five-year-old twin sons, has announced that she is pregnant with twins again. Celina said that she and her husband Peter Haag were initially shocked by the news. "We are God fearing and we feel God chooses special people to be parents of multiple children," she added. |
Elvis Presley's private jet expected to fetch â¹22 crore | A luxury private jet designed and owned by late singer Elvis Presley is expected to fetch up to $3.5 million (â¹22 crore) at an online auction. The 1962 Lockheed JetStarOne, featuring red velvet seats and red carpets, has never been restored and is presently without engines. It has been sitting on the tarmac in New Me... |
Bowlers second-class citizens in white-ball cricket: Bond | Former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond has called bowlers "second-class citizens" in modern limited-overs cricket. "In an era gone by, the pattern was to tee-off in the first 15 overs, build through the middle and then launch a final onslaught. That philosophy has now gone out the window...slow bowlers are resorting to a ... |
Dhoni's emoji most used player emoji on Twitter during IPL | Based on data from the recently concluded IPL 10, Twitter India has revealed MS Dhoni's emoji was the most mentioned player emoji during the tournament. Virat Kohli's emoji was next on the list, with Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina also featuring in the top five. Mumbai Indians was the most mentioned team... |
Rohit Sharma to be vice-captain for Champions Trophy: Report | Batsman Rohit Sharma is reportedly set to be named vice-captain of the Indian team for the Champions Trophy. National selectors, who will travel with the team to England, have selected Rohit for the post and will make the announcement officially in case of an emergency. Ajinkya Rahane was previously made the vice-capta... |
Sherpas' bodies use oxygen more efficiently: Study | Cambridge researchers compared normal climbers' blood to those of Sherpas, a Nepalese ethnic group renowned for their climbing skills and endurance at high altitudes. They found, at low altitudes, Sherpas' body cells use oxygen more efficiently and at high altitudes, a phosphate energy reserve increases, which decrease... |
Cop's wife killer writes 'catch me and hang me' in her blood | The wife of a Mumbai police officer who was investigating the Sheena Bora murder case was found dead on Wednesday, and her killer allegedly wrote in her blood next to her body, "Tired of her. Catch me and hang me." The police reportedly suspected that the officer's son was behind the murder, as he was scolded by his mo... |
IAS officer found dead on road was drugged: Ex-officer | Retired IAS officer MN Vijaykumar has claimed that Anurag Tewari, the IAS officer who was found dead on a Lucknow road, had food laced with drugs to induce a heart attack or shoot up his blood pressure. Vijaykumar claimed a Karnataka government scam was the reason behind Tewari's killing. He added that similar attempts... |
Is this 'Digital India', asks Twitter user on IRCTC outage | As the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website and app were down for over six hours due to maintenance today, a Twitter user posted, "What is this? Is this Digital India?" Another user tweeted, "Dear Mr Prabhu @IRCTC_Ltd running down from longtime.Request u 2 get it done fast.ideally any bug re... |
Jail term for stealing egg in Brazil longer than corruption | A Brazilian woman who stole an Easter egg for her children was sentenced to three years, two months and three days in prison, a jail term which is longer than what is awarded to corruption culprits, according to reports. The penalty is "absurdly" disproportionate to the crime, which did not involve violence, damage or ... |
Trump discusses 'madman' Jong-un with Duterte in leaked call | US President Donald Trump had told his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte in a phone call last month that he is prepared to use force against "madman" Kim Jong-un over North Korea's nuclear issue, according to a leaked transcript. Trump further told Duterte that he hoped the "good guy", Chinese President Xi Jinping... |
Lionel Messi's 21-month jail sentence for tax fraud confirmed | Barcelona forward Lionel Messi's 21-month jail sentence for tax fraud has been confirmed by Spain's Supreme Court. Messi and his father were sentenced last year, the appeal for which has now been turned down. However, the two are unlikely to go to jail, since Spanish law allows sentences under two years to be served un... |
Tata Motors cuts up to 1,500 managerial jobs | Tata Motors on Tuesday said it has reduced its managerial workforce by up to 1,500 people domestically as part of an organisational restructuring exercise. The management, however, said blue collar jobs have not been impacted. With this move, Tata Motors joins a number of firms in the IT sector where the estimated numb... |
Taiwan court first in Asia to recognise gay marriage | Taiwan's constitutional court on Wednesday ruled in favour of recognising same-sex marriage on the island, the first such ruling in Asia, according to reports. Adding that current marriage laws violate the constitutional rights of same-sex couples, the court gave the country's parliament a period of two years for laws ... |
China downgraded by Moody's for the first time in 28 years | Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday downgraded China's credit ratings for first time since 1989, saying it expects the economy's financial strength to erode in coming years as growth slows and debt rises. Moodyâs reduced the rating to A1 from Aa3, while also changing the outlook to stable from negative. However, C... |
â¹1000 cr Mahabharata film faces protest from pro-Hindu group | Kerala-based group Hindu Aikya Vedi has threatened to stall the release of a film tentatively titled Mahabharatham, which is being made on an estimated budget of â¹1000 crore, unless its title is changed. The group president said it cannot be named after the epic as it is not based on Vyasa's Mahabharata, but is an ad... |
Governor of UK's central bank fooled by prankster in email | Bank of England Governor Mark Carney fell victim to an online prankster who got him to joke about one of his predecessors' supposed drinking habits. The prankster, who was posing as Chairman of the central bank's court, Anthony Habgood, also got Carney to accept an invitation to a "soiree". Carney later dismissed his c... |
Dhoni, Yuvraj the strongest pillars of Team India: Kohli | Speaking ahead of the Indian team's departure for the Champions Trophy, captain Virat Kohli said that veteran players MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh are the strongest pillars of the Indian cricket team. On being asked about his personal form and motivation ahead of the tournament, Kohli said, "I would never play for redempt... |
I would stop if I knew US was angry: KickassTorrents Founder | The alleged founder of torrent website KickassTorrents Artem Vaulin in a recent interview said, "I'm not crazy...If someone came to tell me the United States was angry with something I do, whatever it was, I would stop." Vaulin, who was arrested in July 2016, was released on nearly â¹70 lakh bail last week, but his pa... |
Uber's accounting error kept NY drivers underpaid for 2 yrs | Uber has admitted that an accounting error kept tens of thousands of drivers in the New York City underpaid since November 2014. The ride-hailing startup is now working to pay affected drivers an average of about $900 (around â¹58,000) each. Uber realised its mistake early last week when it was rolling out a new prici... |
Militants take priest, churchgoers hostage in Philippines | Philippine militants who have pledged allegiance to ISIS have taken a priest and several worshippers hostage at a church and vowed to kill them if government forces unleashed against them are not recalled, reports said. This comes after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao after the militants laid... |
Video: Cows enter shopping mall in Russia | A video of cows strolling through a shopping mall in the Russian city of Surgut has emerged online. The cows can be seen entering the mall from the parking lot via automatic glass doors while customers laugh in the background. According to reports, the shopkeepers were unhappy with the incident. |
Father-son duo turn car into a working 'Transformer' | A father-son duo in Russia have remade a VAZ-2110 Lada car into a robot inspired by the Transformers movies. The pair reportedly worked on the project for six months and also added fully-functioning guns to the car. "We plan to build another two cars, based on the same concept. We already have a lot of quirky ideas," s... |
Fans urge Justin to cancel tour following UK terror attack | Fans of singer Justin Bieber on Tuesday urged him to cancel his upcoming British tour in July, following the suicide bombing at Ariana Grande's recent concert in Manchester. People across social media asked for his appearance to be axed for safety of both his fans and him. The terror attack at Ariana Grande's concert o... |
Tubelight child actor has replaced Madhuri for Salman: Kabir | Director Kabir Khan, while talking about Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit's onscreen bond, has said, "Let's call it evolution; Madhuri has been replaced by Matin (the child actor in Tubelight) now!" He added that it was a coincidence that the slingshot scene with Madhuri Dixit in Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! was recreated with ... |
Shikhar, Hardik, Raina shoot for 'The Kapil Sharma Show' | Cricketers Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan and Hardik Pandya made an appearance on 'The Kapil Sharma Show', later uploading pictures from the shoot on Instagram. Shikhar, who has been on the show earlier, wrote, "Good fun tonight with Kapil, Suresh Raina and Hardik Pandya. Full on masti." Raina posted a selfie with Kapil,... |
Indian team to watch Sachin biopic at special screening | The Indian cricket team including captain Virat Kohli will watch Sachin Tendulkar's biopic "Sachin: A Billion Dreams" together in a special screening in Versova, Mumbai. Earlier this month, Tendulkar also had a special screening for the Indian Armed Forces. Directed by Emmy-nominated James Erskine, "Sachin: A Billion D... |
Days when you canât find a chair: Katrina on workout video | Katrina Kaif, while sharing a video of herself working out at the gym, wrote, "Prep for those days when you can't find a chair. Please do it at the gym it's very fun." Katrina's trainer Yasmin Karachiwala said the exercise is good for strengthening VMO (vastus medialis oblique), a part of the quadriceps muscle at the f... |
â¹10,000 cr transacted in IPL betting in Bengaluru: Reports | As per reports, betting worth almost â¹10,000 crore took place in Bengaluru during the recently concluded tenth season of the IPL. Bengaluru police had conducted raids in the city, seizing â¹31,000 in cash and two mobile phones from one house. Punters reportedly use up to 35 mobile applications and websites for commu... |
When will Real Madrid be presented with the La Liga trophy? | Real Madrid will have to wait till the start of next season to get their hands on the Spanish La Liga trophy, despite winning the league title on the final matchday. Atlético Madrid also had to wait for over three months to be presented with the La Liga trophy after winning the La Liga title. |
World's deepest underwater postbox is on Malaysian seabed | The deepest underwater postbox in the world is located at a depth of 40 metres, on the seabed in Pulau Layang-Layang, Malaysia. Visitors can send postcards stamped with a special postmark and the logo of Malaysia Book of Records. There are several similar postboxes in the world, with a postbox in Vanuatu providing visi... |
Airline paints glacier on flight, flies it over same glacier | Icelandair painted the Vatnajökull glacier on its Boeing 757-200 aircraft and flew passengers over the same glacier during its celebratory flight. The aircraft has been named Vatnajökull after the Vatnajökull glacier, the largest glacier in all of Europe. It features blue lighting, glacier-themed ice creams, serving... |
Couldn't speak English, had inferiority complex: Kejriwal | Addressing government school students who cleared JEE-Main, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal revealed that he had developed an inferiority complex when he went to IIT-Kharagpur as he couldn't speak English. Making the statement after a student asked why English speaking classes could not be provided in government schools, Kejr... |
MIT study compares rivers on Mars, Earth, Saturn's moon | MIT Researchers studied three worlds in Solar System where flowing rivers have carved into the landscape. They found Saturn's largest moon Titan has not undergone any active plate tectonics in its recent past, which was unlike Earth. Further, Titan's topography was shaped such that the percentage of rivers that "appear... |
Indian who was forced by Pak man to marry allowed to return | The Islamabad High Court has allowed Uzma, the Indian woman who had accused a Pakistani man of forcing her into marriage, to return home. The court also ordered that police provide security to her till the Wagah border. The woman in her early 20s had travelled to Pakistan earlier this month and her travel documents wer... |
15 lakh students' data leaked online, available for â¹60k | Personal details of 15 lakh students who appeared for several competitive examinations since 2009 have been leaked online and are available for a price of up to â¹60,000. The leaked details include students' phone numbers, email IDs, and addresses. While the sale of this data is in violation of the law, the source of ... |
Burj Khalifa, Eiffel Tower pay tributes to UK attack victims | World monuments, including Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Jet d'Eau fountain in Geneva, were lit up in the colours of UK's Union Jack to pay tributes to the Manchester attack victims. The Orlando Eye in US' Orlando and Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in London were also lit up. Meanwhile, the Eiffel Tower and Empire State Buildin... |
Anti-Terrorism Squad busts fake Army recruitment racket | The Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad along with Military Intelligence Liaison Unit has busted a fake Army recruitment racket and arrested four people for their alleged involvement in the case. As per reports, an amount of â¹1.79 crore has been seized from the possession of the accused, who were involved in the racket fo... |
Sonu Nigam deletes Twitter account after series of 24 tweets | Singer Sonu Nigam on Wednesday deleted his Twitter account after posting a series of 24 tweets. "We've stopped being Humans. We're nothing beyond Proud Muslims, Hindus, Pakistanis, Indians," read one of his tweets. "A woman can endorse a picture of Gautam Gambhir in the front of the Army Jeep, & Paresh Rawal, Criticize... |
India rejects Pakistan's claims of flying jets over Siachen | The Indian Air Force has rejected Pakistan Air Force's claims of having flown fighter jets above the Indian side in Siachen on Wednesday. According to a statement by the Indian side, there was no violation of air space. Earlier, Pakistani media reports claimed that Mirage fighter jets were flown over Siachen and all fo... |
Sachin Tendulkar's biopic made tax-free in Odisha | Sachin Tendulkar's biopic 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' was declared tax-free in Odisha on Tuesday. Odisha's Finance Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera said entertainment tax for the movie has been waived as the cricket legend is a source of inspiration for the youth. The film, which will be released on May 26, was earlier mad... |
We get things wrong: Facebook on leak of internal guidelines | Responding to leak of 100 internal documents about how Facebook deals with controversial content on its platform, Facebookâs Head of Global Policy Monika Bickert said, "We get things wrong, and we're constantly working to make sure that happens less often." She added, "We put a lot of detailed thought into trying to ... |
Vertu relaunches feature phone at â¹2.3 crore | British luxury phone maker Vertu has relaunched its 'SIGNATURE Cobra' feature phone priced at over â¹2.3 crore which is reportedly delivered to customers via a helicopter. The phone features 439 rubies in the shape of a cobra and has emeralds for its eyes. The phone was originally launched in 2006 and has been renewed... |
China's LeEco to fire 70% of its employees in US | Chinese TV and smartphone startup LeEco has said it will lay off 325 employees, or around 70% of its workforce in the US and focus mainly on Chinese-speaking American households. LeEco had launched its US operations in October 2016. This comes a few days after LeEco's Founder Jia Yueting announced he was stepping down ... |
Premji writes to Snapdeal board amid Flipkart merger talks | Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has written to the Snapdeal board seeking clarity on the interests of minority shareholders amid the e-commerce firm's proposed merger with Flipkart. Premji's investment firm PremjiInvest had invested in Snapdeal in 2014. The billionaire businessman has also sought details on plans for a pote... |
Human spine evolved over 33 lakh years ago: Study | Researchers have analysed a 33 lakh-year-old fossil that is considered the most complete spinal column of any early human relative. The fossil called "Selam" is a skeleton of a 2.5-year-old child discovered in 2000, which marked a transition of spinal structure from rib-bearing to lower back vertebrae. Researchers said... |
Ex-ISI official agrees with India on Jadhav's capture | An ex-official of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and a retired Lieutenant General, Amjad Shoaib has admitted that former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav was captured in Iran. Notably, Pakistan has been arguing that Jadhav was arrested in the country's restive Balochistan province last year. However,... |
Dear Pak trolls, I don't miss beef. I've freedom: Adnan Sami | Former Pakistani singer Adnan Sami, now an Indian citizen, tweeted, "Dear Pak Trolls, U keep asking if I miss Beef. I don't miss Beef. I have Freedom. It's a freedom thing-U wouldn't understand! Truly, Moo!" Further, when a Pakistani fan accused him of hurting her ego, Sami replied, "Look deep within yourself...Has not... |
Duterte declares martial law in besieged south Philippines | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law for 60 days in the southern island of Mindanao after about 100 Muslim fighters laid siege to the region following violent clashes with government forces, according to reports. The violence erupted on Tuesday as the army searched for the leader of a militant ... |
Twitter reacts to Kejriwal's tweet about 'surprise' checks | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Tuesday that he will make 'surprise checks' in hospitals to inspect the condition of medicines, consumables and equipment. Reacting to the tweet, a user wrote "Don't touch any buttons on equipments, nahi toh vote BJP ko chala jayega!". Another user tweeted, "Real work ... on Twitter.... |
Photo-clicking app on stolen phone helps police nab thieves | A photo-clicking app on a stolen cellphone helped Ghaziabad Police trace a gang of three alleged robbers. The app clicked pictures of people who tried unlocking the phone, sending them to the owner's email address. The police said an accused, Nadeem, lured his friends into stealing because he had "several girlfriends" ... |
New Reliance Jio tariff plans against TRAI norms: Vodafone | Telecom major Vodafone has claimed in the Delhi High Court that the two new tariff plans introduced by Reliance Jio last month were in violation of TRAI guidelines. Vodafone sought to amend its petition filed earlier this year against Jio's free trial offer of 4G services. Vodafone said it was also aggrieved by TRAI al... |
Amitabh Bachchan meets 103-year-old fan | Actor Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to share photos of himself with a 103-year old fan named Christine. He shared the photos with the caption, "103 yrs old Christine, my fan had wished to see me for years.. today I did ! SO sweet and cute..blessed me too..103 years!!" The actor shared four photos with the fan. |
B'wood got it right after so many yrs: Huma on Cannes fest | Huma Qureshi, while speaking about red carpet appearances at Cannes Film Festival, said Bollywood got it right after many years. "They all looked so beautiful, yet, so different from one another... I don't think anyone went over the top this time," she added. Huma further said she is always excited to know who is weari... |
Zaheer, Sagarika get engaged; Virat, Anushka attend ceremony | Cricketer Zaheer Khan and actress Sagarika Ghatge officially got engaged at a ceremony in Mumbai on Tuesday, which was attended by India captain Virat Kohli and actress Anushka Sharma. The event was attended by numerous cricketers, which included Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Kaif. Actors An... |
Ranveer Singh has rebellious crazy attitude: Priyanka Chopra | Priyanka Chopra listed Ranveer Singh's rebellious crazy attitude among the qualities she would want in her 'dream co-host', in a recent appearance on talk show Live with Kelly and Ryan. She also said that she would want her co-host to have Dwayne Johnson's charm and chivalry, Zac Efron's abs and her Quantico co-star Ja... |
90 kg turtle named Big Don freed on World Turtle Day | A massive sea turtle weighing over 90 kg was released into the Atlantic Ocean off Florida, US, on World Turtle Day on Tuesday. Named 'Big Don', it was being treated for injuries after an encounter with a fishing line. The Turtle Hospital's Bette Zirkelbach said Big Don "will do some dating and we're going to get baby t... |
Ganguly does photoshoot with daughter for jewellery brand | Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has featured in a photoshoot with his 15-year-old daughter Sana for a jewellery brand. Sourav's wife Dona posted pictures of the father-daughter duo from the shoot on her Facebook page, which were also shared by the cricketer himself. Sana wore a deep pink saree while Sourav donned a... |
Twitter user gets 8 of 9 IPL final-related predictions right | Cricket Insider, a Twitter user made nine predictions about the IPL final between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant, out of which eight proved to be correct. The user's predictions included Mumbai Indians setting up between 120 and 130 and successfully defending the total. Cricket Insider also predicted Smith b... |
Over 30 people fall sick on same flight in US | Four people were rushed to hospital and 27 treated for nausea and dizziness after their TUI Fly flight was forced to make an emergency landing at US' Orlando Airport 45 minutes after take-off. It is believed smoke from bushfires had entered the engine, but officials reported that the plane's air quality was normal. The... |
Billionaire in talks for jet faster than speed of sound | Billionaire Robert Bass is in talks with engine makers General Electric, which works with Airbus and Boeing, to build a private supersonic jet that can fly faster than the speed of sound. Bass-backed startup Aerion envisions a plane capable of flying at a top speed of Mach 1.5 over water, while staying under the sound ... |
Scientists model how radiation could support alien life | Scientists have modelled how radiation from rocks could break water molecules and support hydrogen-eating microbes in Solar System's icy bodies. Radiolysis produces molecular hydrogen and oxygen compounds that can react with minerals to create food sources for microorganisms, scientists said. They then applied the mode... |
Wife of Inspector who probed Sheena Bora murder found dead | The wife of Mumbai Police Inspector Dyaneshwar Ganore, who was a member of the investigating team in the Sheena Bora murder case, was found dead inside her house in Santacruz, Mumbai. The body was found in a pool of blood after Ganore returned home around 3:30 am. A suspected murder weapon was discovered and the couple... |
US man attempting suicide 'accidentally' kills girlfriend | A US man, Victor Sibson, has been accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend while he was trying to attempt suicide, according to reports. The bullet passed through his head and struck his girlfriend, who was trying to stop him. Sibson, who pleaded not guilty, has been charged with second-degree murder and will face a ... |
Cities chosen for smart cities project lack basic amenities | Most cities chosen as part of the government's 'smart cities' project lag in basic amenities like infrastructure and governance, a government study has revealed. Data revealed that total slum population in top 20 cities is 18.75%, more than the national average of 17.4%. Moreover, some of the cities lag in drainage con... |
Fly to Europe at huge discounts with MakeMyTrip | MakeMyTrip has launched its annual Great Summer Travel Sale with exclusive deals like â¹9,000 off on flights to Europe and South-East Asia and â¹2,500 off on domestic flights. Customers can also get 60% off on hotels and â¹50,000 off on international holidays. MakeMyTrip's sale is in partnership with Citi Bank, Trid... |
Team once declared after 1 over, lost one-day game in 18 min | English county side Somerset's captain declared the innings after one solitary over in a one-day match on May 24, 1979. The team had a better bowling rate, the criterion for tie-breaking, than their rivals and the tactic was aimed to ensure the team did not lose by a big margin. The match ended in 18 minutes with the o... |
Dubai recruits world's first robot police officer | The Dubai police have officially inducted the world's first operational robot police officer into the force. The 'robocop' is over 5 feet tall, weighs 100 kg and has a facial recognition software with which it can identify offenders. The robot is capable of speaking six languages and people can use its built-in tablet ... |
Google employee-run email lets workers submit complaints | A group of Google employees has been running an email since last October that lets other employees anonymously submit complaints against bias and harassment. Over 15,000 employees have subscribed to the email list called 'Yes, at Google', through which these complaints are brought to notice. Google management says it i... |
World's largest aircraft completes test flight | Airlander 10, the largest aircraft in the world, has successfully completed its test flight in the UK. Dubbed the 'flying bum' over its appearance, the 92-metre-long helium-filled airship can fly at altitudes of 6,100 metres. The â¹210-crore aircraft, which completed its third flight, is capable of staying airborne fo... |
Flipkart signs non-binding term sheet for Snapdeal buyout | Flipkart has moved a step closer to close its merger with Snapdeal by signing a non-binding term sheet with the latter, according to reports. The term sheet was signed over the weekend and Snapdeal, run by Jasper Infotech, has been valued at $1 billion. Snapdeal's biggest investor SoftBank is said to have bought early ... |
Dinos might've survived if asteroid struck secs later: Study | As per scientists who drilled into the dinosaur-killing impact crater, the 66-million-year-old event might've had a very different outcome, if the 14-km-wide asteroid had struck seconds earlier or later. An impact into the Atlantic or Pacific, and not in the shallow Gulf of Mexico, would've caused fewer sulphur clouds ... |
'Atheist' man asks govt to change his name to 'RV155677820' | Rajveer Upadhyay, a 33-year-old autorickshaw driver from Gujarat, has requested the state authorities to recognise him as an atheist and allow him to change his name to 'RV155677820'. Upadhyay reportedly wants to shun his name as people try to ascertain others' religion and caste from names. The alpha-numeric name is a... |
Local body wants â¹2.8 cr fine from Bieber concert organiser | The entertainment department of the Thane District Collectorate has sent a show-cause notice to the organisers of singer Justin Bieber's Mumbai concert and demanded â¹2.8 crore for not providing complete information on sponsors and partners. The local body added the fine was also applicable as more people than permitt... |
Director Zack quits Justice League after daughter's suicide | Zack Snyder has stepped down as the director of superhero film Justice League to support his family following his daughter's suicide in March. Snyder said he hadn't planned on making the news public earlier but as he was required to shoot for the film in UK, he decided to step down. Avengers director Joss Whedon will d... |
Miracles do happen, says acid attack victim on marriage | A 26-year-old acid attack victim, Lalita Bansi, said "miracles do happen", after getting married on Tuesday in Mumbai, adding "who would have thought an acid attack and 17 surgeries later I would find love... it all started with a wrong number". The groom said, "I had to make Lalita believe that she too had the right t... |
What can happen in the Major Gogoi criminal case? | The J&K Police has refused to drop the case against Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi, who had used a Kashmiri man as a human shield. Police can now carry on the investigation, and question him in the army cantonment, under army officers' supervision. However, after the chargesheet is filed, the army can offer to court martial,... |
Mark Zuckerberg visits his old dorm room at Harvard | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who dropped out of Harvard University 13 years ago, visited his old dormitory room 'H-33' on Wednesday. Accompanied by his wife Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg did a Facebook Live from the room, where he showed the room around to the Facebook users. Zuckerberg is set to give the commencement ad... |
Pakistan 'assures' Kulbhushan Jadhav is alive | Pakistan has confirmed for the first time that former Indian Naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav is alive in Pakistan. "I can assure that he is alive," Abdul Basit, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India said on Tuesday, in an interaction with the media. He added that an appeal from Jadhav's mother has been passed to the co... |
India's first underwater tunnel finished ahead of schedule | India's first underwater tunnel, which was built under the Hooghly river for establishing a metro link in Kolkata, has been completed before the deadline. A giant tunnel-boring machine was deployed to dig the underwater tunnel that runs a length of 502 metres under the river. The job was completed in about a month, 50 ... |
23 pilgrims killed as bus falls into river in Uttarakhand | At least 23 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh were killed when their bus fell into the Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand on Tuesday evening, officials said. Seven other persons were also injured in the accident. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a compensation of â¹2 lakh for the kin of the de... |
MP teachers get 'special duties' of serving food at wedding | Over 400 school teachers in Madhya Pradesh were given 'special duties' of serving food at a mass wedding on Monday, by the district education officer. One of the teachers serving food said, "It was humiliating to hear people calling us 'poori wala' or 'sabji wala'." Notably, the wedding was attended by thousands, inclu... |
I'll be told stay in Pak for tweet on chicken biryani: Warsi | Actor Arshad Warsi, while admitting that he is uncomfortable sharing his opinions on social media, said, "I know that even if I tweet that I had chicken biryani for lunch, I'll be told to stay in Pakistan." He added, "Every time you say something, you get trolled for it so badly... That's why I stay away, and I'm happy... |
Wrestler Jinder Mahal mocks USA after becoming WWE champion | Indian-origin wrestler Jinder Mahal mocked USA at his title celebration after defeating Randy Orton to become the new WWE champion. Mahal, who entered the arena doing bhangra along with a dance troupe, said, "Randy Orton is just like all of you...he is just like America. He's on the decline." Mahal then spoke in Punjab... |
Egyptian becomes 1st amputee to swim across gulf in Red Sea | Omar Hegazy, a 26-year-old Egyptian banker, has become the first amputee to swim from Egypt to Jordan. He crossed a 20-kilometre stretch in Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba in under nine hours recently to raise awareness about people enduring mental and physical disabilities. Hegazy lost his left leg two years ago in a motorcyc... |
2003 WC final would've been different if T20 existed: Sachin | Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has said the 2003 World Cup final, played between India and Australia, would have been different if the T20 format existed. "If the same players are given an opportunity, we will approach the game differently...because of introduction of T20...In those days 359 looked a herculean task.... |
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