THIS WEEK PRINT EDITION
SC reserves order on Cauvery river water-sharing dispute
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a batch of cross petitions by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,...
SPORTS
Ronaldo, Messi lead 2017 FIFA World XI nominations
Amsterdam: Star forwards Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi led the 55-man list of FIFA World XI nominations announced by FIFPro here on Wednesday.A total...
Duleep Trophy match Day 2 washed out
Kanpur, Sep 20: Rain washed out the second day of the day and night Duleep Trophy cricket match between India Green and India Blue...
Will take a duck in 100th ODI if Australia win at the end: Smith
Kolkata, Sep 20: On the eve of playing his 100th One-Day International (ODI) at the Eden Gardens against India, Australia skipper Steve Smith said...
HEALTH
Cranberries may help cut urinary tract infections
London, Sep 20 (IANS) Doctors can prescribe cranberry products as the first line of defence against repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs), a study has...
Exposure to pet, pest allergens in infancy may cut asthma risk
New York, Sep 20 (IANS) Children exposed to high indoor levels of pet or pest allergens during infancy are likely to have a lower...
Smokers with HIV more at risk of lung cancer than AIDS
New York, Sep 19 (IANS) People living with HIV who adhere to antiretroviral therapy but smoke tobacco cigarettes are more likely to die from...
LIFESTYLE
Prep your skin with natural ingredients for festive season
New Delhi, Sep 20 : Nothing can beat the goodness of homemade face masks which are made from natural ingredients like bananas, papayas, oats,...
Manish Arora, Zoya associate for Paris Fashion Week
New Delhi, Sep 19 : Zoya, the Diamond Boutique from the House of Tata, on Tuesday announced a collaboration with eminent fashion designer Manish...
Get right jewellery for fall-winter season
New Delhi, Sep 19 : Go big on head ornaments and a bracelet bling as far as jewellery is concerned in the fall-winter season,...
SCI-TECH
Facebook suspending accounts of Rohingya activists: Report
San Francisco/New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Facebook is reportedly removing posts and suspending accounts of activists who are documenting the "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya...
Epson launches new photo printer at Rs 19,999
Bengaluru, Sep 20 (IANS) Expanding its 'PictureMate' photo printer series, digital printing solutions major Epson on Wednesday launched 'PM520' which offers border-less printing up...
LG launches Q6+ for Rs 17,990 in India
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) LG Electronics on Wednesday launched an upgraded version of its 'LG Q6' device titled 'LG Q6+' with 4GB RAM...
BUSINESS
P2P lending platforms to be RBI-regulated NBFCs
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IANS) The crowd funding mechanism of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms will be treated as non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and as such,...
Package soon to boost economy; no cuts in fuel rates: Jaitley
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday hinted at a package of measures to boost the economy, while virtually ruling...
SBI Life IPO: Anchor investors invest Rs 2,226 crore
Chennai, Sep 20 (IANS) The Rs 8,400 crore Initial Public Offering by private insurer SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd that opened on Wednesday is...
6 killed in Bangladesh textile factory fire
Dhaka, Sep 20 (IANS) At least six people were killed on Wednesday in a fire that broke out in a textile factory near the...
Two more men arrested over London Tube blast
London, Sep 20 (IANS) Two more men were arrested on Wednesday over last week's terror attack on a London Tube train, taking the total...
CINEMA
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CINEMA
Mexican President activates emergency rescue plan
Mexico City, Sep 20 (IANS) The Mexican president on Wednesday said his priority is to rescue people still trapped under the debris of collapsed...
As night falls, rescue workers search for survivors of Mexico quake
Mexico City, Sep 20 (IANS) Alberto Montes de Oca stood patiently in the shadows of a once leafy residential street in Mexico City's Del...
UPDATES
NEWS
Hurricane Maria lashes Virgin Islands, eyes Puerto Rico
Washington, Sep 20 (IANS) Hurricane Maria, the powerful category-5 storm, has slammed into the US Virgin Islands lashing the archipelago with rain as Puerto...
US resumes premium processing of H-1B visas
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) The US has resumed the premium processing of all H-1B visa petitions subject to the fiscal 2018 cap, five months...
SCI-TECH
Hitachi launches new digital solutions firm Vantara
San Francisco, Sep 20 (IANS) Global tech major Hitachi Ltd on Wednesday launched a new company Hitachi Vantara to deliver data-driven solutions for commercial...
Snapchat still scores over Instagram in US
San Francisco, Sep 20 (IANS) Even as Instagram is breaking all records in terms of user growth, Snapchat still has a bigger share of...
WhatsApp rejects Britain’s request to access encrypted messages
London, Sep 20 (IANS) Facebook-owned WhatsApp has reportedly rejected the British government's request to access encrypted messages that the authorities had made in the...
Account information requests jump 55% from India: Twitter
Washington/New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Between January and June, the Indian government made 261 account information requests -- a 55 per cent increase from...
Google may launch new Pixelbook at $1,199
San Francisco, Sep 20 (IANS) Google is likely to launch a high-performance Chromebook called Google Pixelbook at a starting price of $1,199.Pixelbook will come...
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COMMUNITY
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DIASPORA
Indian American Congressman gets key role in Democrats’ task force
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has been appointed to a leadership role in the Democratic Party's new task force on...
US young scholar award for Bengaluru-born Google geek
Bengaluru, Sep 12 (IANS) Bengaluru-born 28-year-old Google research scientist Ananda Theertha Suresh in New York has won the Paul Baran Young Scholar award for...
Indian origin men plead guilty in US call centre scandal
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Four Indian-origin men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges for their roles in a massive telephone impersonation fraud...
Indian man commits suicide in Sharjah
Sharjah, Sep 8 (IANS) A 60-year-old Indian man allegedly committed suicide here by hanging himself at his home, a media report said.The man identified...
Indian-origin boy of 14 youngest to fly single-engine plane
Sharjah, Sep 7 (IANS) An Indian-origin teenager based here has become one of the youngest pilots to fly a single-engine aircraft, a media report...
NEWS
Afghan president calls for long-term strategy against entrenched terror
United Nations, Sep 20 (IANS) Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has called for international action and a long-term strategy to counter the terrorist organisations...
