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Swearing during physical tasks increases performance: Study | Use of profanities during energy intensive tasks like weight lifting and cycling boosts performance, psychologists have found. When people repeatedly cursed during a half-minute bike challenge, their peak power rose by 24 watts on average, according to the study. Further, in a 10-second grip task, the swearers were fou... |
Kapil Mishra sacked from AAP govt after siding with Vishwas | The AAP government in Delhi on Saturday sacked Kapil Mishra as the Water Minister, days after he sided with senior party leader Kumar Vishwas, who has been vocal against the party. Following this, Mishra claimed he would "expose" certain AAP leaders' involvement in a scam. An official said Mishra was removed after he s... |
Paytm CEO alleges HDFC deleted the app from customer's phone | Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma has alleged that an HDFC Bank representative manually deleted the digital wallet app from one of its customers' phone. An incident shared by Sharma hinted that this move by HDFC was aimed to promote its own app PayZapp. Paytm's Senior VP Deepak Abbot tweeted, "In all my app uninstall anal... |
Scientists propose new theory for formation of Earth's crust | Conventional theory holds that Earth's crust was formed by volcanic activity. However, Canada-based McGill University scientists have proposed that some crustal components settled on the surface from the steamy atmosphere that prevailed at the time. Scientists melted silicate materials in simulated ancient atmospheric ... |
Fukushima leak gave everyone an X-ray's worth of radiation | Everyone on Earth got radiation equivalent of an X-ray from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, a first-ever global survey claims. Over 80% of the radiation was deposited in oceans and poles, so people got minimal exposure and don't need to worry, said the lead researcher. The nuclear fuel leaked after a 9.0 earthquake... |
J&K: Videos of militants torturing 'informers' surface | Videos showing members of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen torturing people for allegedly being police informers has surfaced on social media. In one of the videos, one can see the alleged militants questioning a man and then shoving his head inside a bucket of water. Another video shows the hair of two people being cut... |
Indian stabbed to death in US in alleged hate crime | A 32-year-old Indian, Jagjeet Singh, was stabbed to death by unidentified persons outside a grocery store in California, US on Friday. Singh was a staffer at the store where he had an argument with an American man, who then left the store 'mouthing racist abuses', Singh's kin said. Singh was attacked after he went out ... |
SC issues notice to Centre, Army Chief over Sahayak system | The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Defence Ministry, the Army Chief's office, and the Maharashtra government over the death of Roy Matthew, who had exposed the misuse of Army's Sahayak system. The apex court also agreed to hear a plea seeking to abolish the Sahayak system. Notably, the petitioners have sought... |
85-yr-old dies while attempting to be oldest Everest climber | Nepal's 85-year-old mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan died on Saturday at the Mount Everest base camp while attempting to become the oldest person to climb the world's tallest peak. Sherchan, in 2008, at the age of 76 had become the then oldest climber to scale the peak. However, 80-year-old Japanese national Yuichiro M... |
2 civilians, policeman killed in militant attack in Kashmir | At least three people, including a policeman and two civilians, were killed in a militant attack while a terrorist belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in the retaliatory firing on Saturday night in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The police were heading to Srinagar-Jammu National Highway to clear the tr... |
Comedian to be investigated over sexual joke on Trump | American comedian Stephen Colbert will be investigated by the Federal Communications Commission over his sexual joke about US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Colbert during his show said, "The only thing [Trump's] mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's c**k holster." Interestingl... |
400 birds killed after flying into skyscraper during storm | Almost 400 migratory birds were killed after flying into a Texas skyscraper during a storm, US officials said on Friday. Houston Audubon's Conservation Director Richard Gibbons added that the birds, which belonged to over 20 species, might have mistaken the skyscraper's lights for the sun or moon. There were only three... |
Lasith Malinga becomes first to take 150 wickets in IPL | Mumbai Indians pacer Lasith Malinga has become the first bowler to complete 150 wickets in the IPL. He reached the landmark during the match against Delhi Daredevils on Saturday, in which he claimed two wickets. Malinga has played for MI since the inception of the league in 2008, playing 105 matches and recording four ... |
Turkish Airlines offers laptops to business-class travellers | Turkish Airlines on Saturday announced that it will offer laptops to business-class passengers on US and UK-bound flights. The laptops will be secure and protect users' privacy by "automatically deleting" personal data, Turkish Airlines added. The move comes after the UK and US banned travellers from several Muslim-maj... |
J&K witnessed normalcy under Manmohan Singh: Congress | The Congress on Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir witnessed normalcy under the tenure of ex-PM Manmohan Singh. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy has been a failure and a disaster. He has no road map in engaging with Pakistan," said Congress leader Anand Sharma. "Singh's tenure saw a record arrival of tourists in Kashm... |
Powerhouse of cells 'mitochondria' run at 50ºC: Study | Scientists have discovered that mitochondria, known as the powerhouse of cells function at a temperature of 50°C, much hotter than body average of 37°C. Mitochondria convert oxygen and nutrients into ATP (cells' primary energy source). Scientists used 'fluorescent thermometers', temperature-sensitive dyes that bind w... |
South Asia Satellite a commitment India adhered to: PM Modi | A day after the launch of the GSAT-9 satellite, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the launching of the South Asia Satellite was "a dream and a commitment" which India has adhered to. Replying to a user, the Prime Minister further tweeted, "Through science, we can transform the lives of the poor and marginal... |
Chennai road caves in, second such instance in a month | A portion of road near Taylor's road-EVR junction in Chennai caved in on Saturday morning, forming a large crater. Chennai Metro Rail officials have said the accident was not caused by their work as the underground work in the stretch was completed almost two years ago. Earlier, a portion of Chennai's Anna Salai road h... |
'Mother' should not be used to describe a bomb: Pope | Pope Francis on Saturday criticised the naming of the US military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as the "Mother of All Bombs", saying the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon. "A mother gives life and this one gives death, and we call this device a mother. What is happening?" the Pope added... |
Video: Venezuelan military vehicle ploughs into protesters | A video of a Venezuelan National Guard armoured vehicle ploughing into a crowd of demonstrators has surfaced online. The video shows the vehicle running over a protester, who survived after being dragged from beneath the vehicle by other protesters. Around 37 people have been killed and over 700 others have been injure... |
Man City move to third place with 5-0 win in Premier League | Manchester City registered a 5-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday to move to third place in the Premier League. David Silva opened the scoring within two minutes with City's quickest strike this season, before a prolific second half wherein the hosts added four more goals. The win was City's biggest at home since th... |
Real Madrid, Barça top La Liga to keep title race alive | Real Madrid joined Barcelona at the top of the table with a game in hand, after both teams won their respective La Liga encounters on Saturday. Real thrashed Granada 4-0 with James RodrÃguez and Ãlvaro Morata getting a brace each. The trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar scored for Barcelona as the Catalans ... |
Google was warned 6 yrs ago of attack targeting 100 cr users | American researcher Andre DeMarre had published a post in 2011 detailing the phishing technique used this week to target 100 crore Gmail users. DeMarre claims Google awarded him a "modest bounty" for warning about the exploit, but refused to carry out his suggestion to mitigate the risk. The scam let attackers pose as ... |
What have been the major achievements of ISRO? | India's first satellite Aryabhata was built by ISRO and launched by the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1975. India's first lunar probe 'Chandrayaan' was launched by the organisation in 2008 while India became the first Asian country to reach Mars orbit with 'Mangalyaan' in 2014. ISRO created a world record by launching 104 ... |
Bihar ministers rent out bungalows for parties at â¹3L a day | As per reports, Bihar ministers have been renting out their official bungalows for private functions, including marriages and parties, for nearly â¹3 lakh per day. "There is an empty field behind my house. When people need it for marriages, I let them use it. I don't take money from anybody," said one of the accused m... |
Woman gets 7-year jailterm for filing false gangrape case | A woman has been awarded 7-year jailterm by a Haryana court for filing false gangrape case against her family members, including her husband. While the woman claimed that she was forced to marry her rapist and was repeatedly raped by him and her brothers-in-law, the court acquitted the accused in 2015 and found her gu... |
Nine arrested over Sukma Maoist attack that killed 25 jawans | The security forces have arrested nine persons from Chhattisgarh's Sukma district in connection with the Maoist attack that claimed the lives of as many as 25 CRPF jawans. The attack took place on CRPF's 74th battalion when they were assisting the local population in road building and clearing activity in the district. |
Puducherry L-G Bedi working as BJP agent: Mahila Congress | All India Mahila Congress General Secretary Nagma has alleged that Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi was functioning "like a representative of the BJP". Nagma questioned as to why Bedi did not clear files related to several welfare measures sought to be implemented by the Congress government in the Union Territ... |
How much profit does Porsche make on every car? | German automobile manufacturer Porsche made an average operating profit of over â¹11 lakh on every car it sold last year. The Volkswagen brand delivered over 2 lakh of its vehicles and posted an operating profit of nearly â¹28,000 crore. In comparison, Porsche rivals Daimler and BMW made about â¹3.2 lakh per vehicle... |
2 farmers beaten up in Greater Noida over cow slaughter row | Two farmers were allegedly beaten up in Greater Noida on the suspicion of cow slaughter, the police said. The two men were taking a cow to their home when the incident happened, the cops added. One of the accused was arrested and a manhunt was launched to nab others. The victims said they had received the cow as a gift... |
FICCI training Lucknow women to work as chauffeurs | The FICCI Ladies Organisation is training women in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow to become professional drivers, in view of the growing demand in the city. The women will initially be working as part-time drivers in FICCI, to get sufficient practice. They will later be assisted in getting commercial driver's licenses, enabli... |
Andhra bans use of blue beacons, hooters by officials | Aiming to end VIP culture in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday banned the use of blue beacons and hooters on cars belonging to dignitaries. According to the new order, only emergency and disaster management vehicles will be permitted to use blue beacons. These beacons are generally used by police and... |
Nine Odisha ministers resign ahead of Cabinet reshuffle | As many as nine ministers in the Odisha government tendered their resignation on Saturday ahead of the pending reshuffle in Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Cabinet. Earlier, the state Assembly Speaker had also resigned and it was reported that he might be inducted into the Cabinet. Notably, Patnaik thanked all the mi... |
Muslim family donates its land for a temple in Bihar | A Muslim family in Bihar has reportedly donated its land, which it had purchased for â¹12 lakh a few months ago for setting up a business, for the upgradation of a temple. "It is a gesture for communal harmony. We have decided to donate land for a good cause. All religions are the same," one of the family members said... |
Government names new CEOs for PNB, six other banks | The government named new chief executives for seven state-run banks on Friday, at a time when regulators are trying to clean up record bad loans in the sector. The banks which will have new bosses include Punjab National Bank and Indian Overseas Bank. Usha Ananthasubramanian, currently PNB's CEO, will move to become th... |
IBM loses â¹24,400 crore in valuation as Buffett drops stake | Shares of tech giant IBM dropped on Friday by around 2.7%, wiping $3.8 billion (over â¹24,400 crore) from its market capitalisation. This came after billionaire Warren Buffett announced his Berkshire Hathaway, IBM's largest shareholder, has shed a third of its stake in the company. "I don't value IBM the same way that... |
What is the need to gossip: Malaika on link up with Arjun | Actress Malaika Arora, when asked about reports suggesting that she is dating Arjun Kapoor, responded by asking, "What is the need to gossip?" "Everybody is laughing, happy and talking to us. Talk about [the event]...I think that's more interesting, right?" she added. Earlier, Malaika had denied the dating rumours and ... |
Old pictures of Aishwarya from Miss World days shared online | Old pictures of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan from her Miss World days have been shared online on the official Instagram page of Miss India. In one picture, she can be seen in a golden swimsuit while in the other picture, she is wearing jeans and a crop top. "Rare pictures of former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan," read th... |
Russia blocks Chinese social media app WeChat | Russia has blocked access to Chinese social media app WeChat for failing to give its contact details to country's communications watchdog. Access to China's most popular social media platform has reportedly been restricted since Thursday. Last year, Russia blocked US social networking site LinkedIn for violating a law ... |
Centre has evidence of ISI funding J&K separatists: Madhav | BJP leader Ram Madhav on Saturday said there exists documental evidence of separatist leaders in the Kashmir Valley getting funds from Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI. "They are taking money from Pakistan to create unrest in Valley and make innocent ordinary people of Kashmir scapegoats in their anti-national design... |
CRPF deserter who slammed Home Min in FB video surrenders | CRPF personnel Pankaj Misra, who had deserted the force after posting a Facebook video ranting against Home Minister Rajnath Singh after the recent Naxal attack in Sukma, surrendered in Delhi on Saturday. Misra, who lost one of his relatives in the attack, was asked by the Delhi High Court to surrender after he claimed... |
Road in martyr's village gets repaired ahead of CM's visit | The Tarn Taran district administration in Punjab undertook road repair work in martyr Paramjit Singh's village ahead of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's visit. A helipad has already been made in the village while a parking area is being prepared. Paramjit Singh was martyred in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch in ... |
Pak minister blames Indian SIM cards for exam paper leak | A Pakistani minister has claimed that Indian SIM cards were used to leak question papers of intermediate-level exams on social media in Sindh province. This comes after the Physics question paper was circulated 40 minutes before the exam was due to begin. "Because of our relations with the neighbouring country, all age... |
Ex-SC lawyer alleges mother harassed by Jet Airways staff | Kawaljit Singh Bhatia, a former advocate at the Supreme Court, has alleged in a Facebook post that his mother was harassed by Jet Airways officials at the Delhi International Airport on May 3. Bhatia added that his mother had a blackout and suffered an injury in the process. The airline, however, has denied the allegat... |
Mahadalit women stopped from entering temple in Bihar | A Mahadalit woman in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district has filed an FIR alleging that she and other women from her family were recently prevented from entering a temple. The woman, Usha Devi, further claimed that they were thrashed for registering the FIR on Friday. The priest of the temple, however, has claimed that no suc... |
France fights to keep Macron email hack from distorting poll | France sought to keep a computer hack of presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign emails from influencing the outcome of the election with a warning on Saturday that it could be a criminal offence to republish the data. The data leak emerged as polls predicted a comfortable win for Macron over far-right presid... |
Vanuatu tribe dismayed over UK Prince's retirement | A tribe in Vanuatu was shocked and dismayed to discover that Britain's Prince Philip, the man they revere as the son of a local mountain god who will one day return to them, has retired from public life. The tribal people pray to the 95-year-old Prince daily, asking for his blessings on the crops that make their poor c... |
Hamas elects Ismail Haniyeh as new political chief | The Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, on Saturday elected Ismail Haniyeh as the new leader of its political wing. Haniyeh will replace Qatar-based veteran leader Khaled Meshaal, who had been in charge of the political wing for the past 10 years. The announcement comes after Hamas softened its stance towards Israel ... |
US Navy drops spy charges against officer in plea deal | The US Navy abandoned efforts to convict a Taiwan-born Navy officer of spying for Taiwan, striking a plea deal on Thursday that instead portrays him as willing to reveal military secrets to impress women. However, the officer admitted that he lied to his superiors about flying to Taiwan and failed to disclose friendshi... |
Indian-origin girl scores 162 IQ points to surpass Einstein | Rajgauri Pawar, a 12-year-old Indian-origin girl from England, has scored 162 points in the Mensa IQ test, two points higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Pawar, who appeared for the test last month, has been invited to join the British Mensa IQ Society. The 12-year-old is one of only 20,000 people... |
Jaydev Unadkat produces hattrick maiden in final over | Rising Pune Supergiant pacer Jaydev Unadkat bowled the Indian Premier League 2017's third hat-trick maiden over in the final over of RPS' match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. Unadkat, whose hat-trick was IPL 2017's third hat-trick, ended with figures of 5/30. He now joins James Faulkner as the only second bow... |
India says satellite is its gift to South Asia | India on Friday launched a communications satellite as a gift for its South Asian neighbours such as Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan to share. However, Pakistan said it was working on its own satellite and did not sign up to make use of the satellite. The participating countries will be offered television services and co... |
Prince Philip's full royal title is 133 words long | The royal title of Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, is as long as 133 words. Some of the titles and honours have been earned by the Prince, while some were gifted to him and other titles are a combination of the two. The 95-year-old Prince is to retire from his public duties this autumn. |
106-yr-old ship has turned into floating forest in Australia | The SS Ayrfield ship, which was originally built in 1911, has become a floating forest in Homebush Bay in Sydney, Australia. The 1,140-tonne ship is covered with mangrove trees and has branches coming out from the sides of it. The ship was previously used during World War II as a transport ship. |
How did the tradition of tossing graduation caps originate? | It is believed that the tradition of tossing graduation caps was introduced by the US Navy in 1912. At the US Naval Academy's graduation, the Navy gave the newly commissioned graduates their officers' hats for the first time. As the officers no longer needed the midshipmen's caps, they had been using for four years, th... |
HC rules in favour of Jimmy's Veerey Ki Wedding in title row | The Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of Jimmy Sheirgill starrer 'Veerey Ki Wedding' over Sonam Kapoor starrer 'Veere Di Wedding'. "[The judge] didn't find any misuse or deceit... given that the story and cast were different," said director Ashu Trikha. Earlier, Anil Kapoor had moved the court to stop the makers of... |
Shivpal didn't tell me before announcing new front: Mulayam | Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday said his brother Shivpal Yadav did not speak to him before announcing his new secular front. No one in the family or party wanted a split in the 25-year-old party, he added. "As for the front, he has simply given a statement. I will talk to him, pacify him," Mul... |
Muslim League removes women wing chief for praising BJP | The Indian Union Muslim League on Saturday removed its women wing Vanitha League's state president Kamarunnisa Anwar from the post for praising the Bharatiya Janata Party. "I wish the BJP will be able to do good for the people and the state's development. We have expectations in this regard," she had said. However, she... |
3 Indian-origin scientists elected fellows of Royal Society | As many as three Indian-origin scientists have been elected fellows of the Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. The scientists are Krishna Chatterjee (University of Cambridge), Yadvinder Malhi (University of Oxford) and Subhash Khot (New York University). The society announced t... |
Panchayat fines man for kissing girl; She wants to marry him | The panchayat in Bihar's Ibrahimpur village asked a man to pay a compensation of â¹20,000 to a girl whom he kissed twice on the cheek without her consent when she was returning home. However, the girl refused to take compensation and said, "He (the accused) has earned me much disrepute in the society and he will have ... |
Bengaluru man survives after wife shoots him thrice in car | A woman from Bengaluru, Hamsa (48), shot her husband, Sairam (53), thrice in their car before the man managed to flee and board a bus. However, Hamsa chased down the bus but was later handed over to the police by passengers of the bus. Notably, Sairam was taken to a hospital and he survived following a surgery. |
Village in PM's constituency 1st in UP to get RO plant | Ramana village in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi has become the first in Uttar Pradesh to have an RO (reverse osmosis) plant to purify water. Purified water is now available in the village for â¹5 for 20 litres that locals can buy, officials said. The money charged would be used for... |
UP to rope in private doctors to treat at govt hospitals | The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to ask private doctors to voluntarily treat at government-run hospitals and community and primary health clinics across the state. Notably, the health department is facing a shortage of around 7,000 doctors, including 1,800 specialists, in the state. States like Karnataka have a... |
20-year-old stages her own abduction to get â¹10L from father | A 20-year-old engineering student from a Noida institute reportedly staged her own kidnapping with the help of three male friends on Friday to get â¹10 lakh from her father as 'ransom'. Later, the police became suspicious and nabbed all the accused after three transactions took place from woman's account and some amou... |
Spare drivers to drive drunk customers home in Kolkata bars | Kolkata police has directed bar owners in the city to get potential drunk drivers tested before they leave premises, and keep a pool of spare drivers to drive home customers found unsuitable for driving. The city police also asked bar owners to take the assistance of cab aggregators like Ola and Uber for putting an org... |
Taliban seizes Afghan district in spring offensive | Taliban militants on Saturday captured a district near Afghanistan's Kunduz city after announcing their annual spring offensive last week, officials said. Security forces were pulled out of the district to avoid further civilian and military casualties after over 24 hours of heavy fighting, officials added. The insurge... |
Revolutionary guards tried to sabotage nuke deal: Iran Prez | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday accused the country's revolutionary guards of attempting to sabotage its nuclear agreement with the West by testing ballistic missiles with anti-Israeli messages written on them. However, the Armed Forces responded that the missile programme had no connection to the nuclear de... |
Website to send ashes of those killed by Trumpcare to GOP | After the House Republicans passed an Obamacare repeal bill called the American Health Care Act, a Washington DC college student created a website called Mail Me To The GOP. The website offers to send cremated remains of people to Republican lawmakers if they die due to the Act. Notably, the Act offers states the abili... |
Prince Philip's most famous comments and clangers | Britain's Prince Philip who retired from the public eye recently was known for his public gaffes. He once said, "When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife." He also told a 13-year old who wanted to go to space that he was too fat to be an astronaut. |
'Likes' on Trump's tweets fall | Tweets by US President Donald Trump are getting fewer 'likes' now than those from January. Approximately 62% of Trump's tweets posted in the first 50 days of his term gathered over 1 lakh likes, while just 10% of his tweets over the following 51 days crossed that threshold, according to a Bloomberg analysis. |
Kanye West deletes Instagram and Twitter accounts | Singer Kanye West has deleted his Instagram and Twitter accounts, without explaining the reason behind his decision. Last year, West was hospitalised in Los Angeles for what doctors referred to as "temporary psychosis". This came after his wife Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint by masked men in Paris in October. |
Tiwary run-out after he and Dhoni get stranded at same end | Rising Pune Supergiant's MS Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary got stranded at the striker's end on the last ball of the second-last over against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. Dhoni, playing on 27 from 19 balls, ran the first run before calling out Tiwary to abort the second run. Tiwary reached the same end as Dhoni's before Bh... |
Ban on Ghana player following racism complaint withdrawn | The ban on Italian Serie A side Pescara's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari has been rescinded by the Italian football federation. Muntari, who was handed a one-match ban, had left the field after being booked during Pescara's Serie A fixture for complaining about the racist abuse from the stands. "I was being treated... |
Unadkat's last over hattrick hands Pune fourth straight win | Rising Pune Supergiant defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs to register their fourth straight win in IPL 2017 on Saturday. Siddarth Kaul's four wickets helped Hyderabad restrict Pune to 148/8 in the first innings. Needing 13 runs from the last over, Hyderabad fell short of the target as pacer Jaydev Unadkat bowled a... |
UP people now irritated with Yadav family feud: BJP | Reacting to Samajwadi leader Shivpal Yadav floating a new front, BJP on Saturday asserted that the people of Uttar Pradesh are now irritated with the SP family feud. It is a never ending dispute and shows that their political ideology has stooped to a new low, it added. Shivpal Yadav had announced the formation of 'Sam... |
India's first woman chief judge of a High Court passes away | India's first woman High Court Chief Justice and Delhi High Court's first woman judge, Justice (retired) Leila Seth, passed away at her residence in Noida at the age of 86. Seth was the mother of noted author Vikram Seth. "Saddened at the passing of Justice Leila Seth. She was a champion of human rights," West Bengal C... |
Billionaire Buffett's stocks made â¹1 lakh crore in a year | Billionaire investor Warren Buffett saw stocks he owns make money over the past year, gaining around $16 billion (over â¹1 lakh crore) in value. According to Fortune, out of the 43 companies Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway currently owns, only seven have risen, whose gain was much more than the losers. These include tech... |
Wipro threatened of drug attack if it doesn't pay â¹500 crore | Wipro has filed a complaint after receiving an anonymous email threatening an attack if it doesn't pay â¹500 crore in bitcoins. Attackers threatened to use a fatal toxin 'ricin'. "It would be used through food served at your cafeteria, disperse it using a flying drone or even on...the toilet paper with which you wipe ... |
World's smallest restaurant seats only 2 at â¹17k per person | The Solo Per Due (meaning just for two), located in Vacone, Italy, is known as the world's smallest restaurant and only accepts two people at a time. The price of a meal at the restaurant is about â¹17,600 (â¬250) per person. The menu is based on fresh locally sourced ingredients like homemade extra-virgin olive oil,... |
Prison hotel in Latvia treats visitors like actual convicts | The Karosta Prison in Latvia has been converted into a hotel that provides visitors an opportunity to "step into the shoes of a prisoner on a dark and dismal night". Under the package, guests can experience prison conditions, including death threats, warning gunfire and verbal abuses. Failure to comply with the strict ... |
It's not like singing belongs to singers only: AR Rahman | Music composer and singer AR Rahman, while speaking on the row between Sonakshi Sinha and Armaan Malik over actors turning into singers, has said that it is not like singing belongs to singers only. "[I]t doesn't matter who is doing what, dedication is what matters," he added. Rahman further said that there is no point... |
Rishi Kapoor, Big B to work together in upcoming film | Actor Rishi Kapoor announced on Twitter that he will be working with Amitabh Bachchan in an upcoming film. He shared a picture of Bachchan and wrote, "Always a pleasure and an honour to work with him. Started reading the script with the team". Kapoor and Bachchan have worked together in films including 'Naseeb' and 'Am... |
India's Shiva Thapa wins silver at Asian Boxing C'ships | Boxer Shiva Thapa won a silver medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Uzbekistan on Saturday, becoming the first Indian to claim three back-to-back medals at the event. Shiva lost the 60 kg final to second seed Elnur Abduraimov, after defeating Olympic medalist Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu in the semi-final on Friday. Wi... |
India thrash NZ to win bronze medal in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup | India's men's hockey team clinched the bronze medal at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, defeating New Zealand 4-0 in Malaysia on Saturday. Rupinder Pal Singh scored a brace to give India a 2-0 lead in the first half, followed by goals from SV Sunil and Talwinder Singh. India had failed to qualify for the final after losing 0... |
Apple files patent to eject water from iPhone using sound | Technology major Apple has filed a patent that details a way to prevent water from damaging an iPhone's earpiece or speaker by ejecting it using sound. The patent explains how the speaker can generate a "tone or acoustic signal" to detect the liquid and then blast it out. The Apple Watch Series 2 also has a similar fea... |
Google X agrees to work on internet access in Andhra Pradesh | Google's experimental research and development unit Google X has reportedly agreed to work with the Andhra Pradesh government to better internet penetration and connectivity in the state. This comes after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu visited the Google X facility in US that has developed Google's d... |
UrbanClap replies to customer's complaint with poem | Home services startup UrbanClap recently responded to a customer's complaint on Facebook, which was in the form of poem, with a rhyme of its own. "UrbanClap, you depraved, unkind start-up...The least of all, I expected you to f*ck up," read the complaint. UrbanClap replied, "We will fight with you...in this battle...To... |
Bezos most remarkable business person of our age: Buffett | Billionaire Warren Buffett has called Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos "the most remarkable business person of our age." Buffett was talking about Bezos' ability to grow Amazon's retailing and cloud computing divisions both into multi-billion dollar businesses. "To succeed in two different big businesses in a huge way... |
HC allows Saddam Hussain to challenge CBSE to change name | Jharkhand-born marine engineer Saddam Hussain was on Saturday allowed by Jharkhand High Court to challenge CBSE's order to change his name. His application to get his name changed on 10th and 12th certificates was rejected by CBSE, citing non-provision in examination bylaws. Hussain claims he finds difficulty in findin... |
Bengaluru molestation cases rise 417% over decade | According to police data, the incidents of molestation reported in Karnataka's capital city Bengaluru have increased by 417% in the last 10 years from 2006 to 2016. The data revealed that a total of 4,241 complaints were filed between these years. However, the conviction rate stood at 0.37% with only 16 cases reaching ... |
Police save woman attempting to live-stream her suicide | A 32-year-old woman lawyer in Mumbai reportedly planned to jump off the 18th floor of an under-construction building and live-stream the suicide on social media. However, she was stopped from doing so in time as the police reached the spot and persuaded her against it. A resident of a nearby apartment had spotted the w... |
Industrialist's son convicted in 2008 hit-and-run case | A Haryana based-industrialist's son was convicted in a hit-and-run case by a court on Friday. The convict, Utsav Bhasin, had rammed his BMW car into a motorcycle in south Delhi's Moolchand area in 2008, killing one person. He has been convicted of causing death by negligence, which entails a maximum punishment of two y... |
EU head to stop speaking English as 'it's losing importance' | European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that he would stop speaking English because it is "losing importance" and delivered his State of the Union speech in French instead of English on Friday. This comes amid the ongoing Brexit row between European Union officials and UK PM Theresa May who accused the f... |
Emotional connect with Infosys will never go away: Ex-CEO | Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder and former Infosys CEO, said even though he is no longer professionally engaged with the company, the emotional connect will never go away. "Infosys' best interest will always be in my mind," he said. "You cannot emotionally walk away from something...you have built over your lifetime, o... |
I hate those films of Big B that Karan Johar likes: RGV | Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has revealed that he hates those films of Amitabh Bachchan that Karan Johar likes. He made the revelation while interviewing Bachchan, who will be seen in RGV's upcoming film 'Sarkar 3'. RGV further said that he only likes the films in which Bachchan beats up somebody. |
Katrina Kaif shares childhood photo on Instagram | Actress Katrina Kaif took to Instagram to share a photo of herself from her childhood days. She can be seen wearing a black sweater and small hoops in the picture. "Just found this, the 12-year-old me was quite the poser... #iwannabeamodel," the actress wrote in the caption of the photo. |
Royal Enfield engine was used in Rana's 'Baahubali' chariot | A Royal Enfield engine was used to power the battlefield chariot used by actor Rana Daggubati in 'Baahubali'. "[The] chariot was built around a Royal Enfield engine so that it would get... power and speed... It also had proper car steering and a driver," said production designer Sabu Cyril. The chariot also featured a ... |
MI players superstitious about their bus seats: Pollard | Mumbai Indians' Kieron Pollard has revealed that some senior players in the team are superstitious about their seats in the bus. "Two three seats from the back, I sit there as often as possible...We call it superstitious," Pollard said. Sachin Tendulkar reportedly sits on the front left seat while Harbhajan Singh takes... |
IndiGo flight collides with aerobridge at Jaipur Airport | A Delhi-Jaipur IndiGo flight collided with an aerobridge while being marshalled to the parking spot at Jaipur Airport on Saturday. "There was no injury reported to anyone," IndiGo said, adding that it voluntarily reported the matter to the regulator. Recently, an Air India plane was grounded after being hit by a cateri... |
Saffron appeasement impacting law and order: Mayawati to BJP | BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said, "Murder, violence and playing with law and order has become a common sight in the name of saffron appeasement of the BJP government." She added, "It has become a sort of fashion to set new traditions by taking out processions without permission and create violence...the BJP governme... |
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