India

Can drinking six cups of coffee a day slash early death risk?

Drinking six to seven cups of coffee per day could extend your life by as much as 16 percent, a new study has revealed.

Jul 3, 2018

Explore Hydrogen-run buses over electric: Supreme Court to Delhi government

It's been 20 years since the Supreme Court directed conversion of all public transport buses, taxis and auto rickshaws CNG to reduce the deteriorating quality of air in Delhi. But according to a bench of Justices, hydrogen-run buses are more cost effective.

Jul 3, 2018

Reham Khan shares beard-wearing photo on Twitter; top Zimbabwean cleric slams Imran Khan's ex-wife

Imran Khan's former wife Reham Khan was slammed on social media for being insensitive after she posted a beard-wearing photo in a cleric's attire on Twitter.

Jul 3, 2018

Bad weather hits Kailash Yatra; 1 dead, over 1,000 stranded in Nepal

According to the External Affairs Ministry, there are about 525 pilgrims stranded in Simikot, 550 in Hilsa and another 500 in Tibet side.

Jul 3, 2018

Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi receives rape threat on Twitter against minor daughter, approaches police

The Twitter user @GirishK1605 threatened to rape Priyanka Chaturvedi's minor daughter. He later deleted the tweet but was lambasted by the Congress spokesperson and her party members.

Jul 3, 2018

PNB fraud: Interpol issues red corner notice against fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi

Interpol notice will now allow the agency to arrest the jeweller in all 192 member nations, as India looks to recover Rs 13,500 crore that the businessman scammed from Punjab National Bank.

Jul 3, 2018

Delhi mass suicide: Occultist and accomplice detained, macabre details continue to pour in

Since the investigation began on July 1, the officials have come across several aspects in the case. The officials found 11 bizarre pipes protruding out of a wall and pipes are reportedly placed in exactly the same way that the bodies were found hanging, almost symbolising each one of them.

Jul 3, 2018

Sanju box-office collection day 4: Ranbir Kapoor film inches closer to Rs 150 crore mark on Monday

Ranbir Kapoor and Rajkumar Hirani's Sanju has collected approximately Rs 25.35 crore net at the Indian box office on Monday, taking its four-day total collection to Rs 145.41 crore net in the domestic market.

Jul 3, 2018

Bigg Boss Tamil 2 Vote: How to save your favourite contestants in week 3?

Cast your vote to save your favourite contestant among Ponnambalam, Thadi Balaji, Mumtaz, Nithya Balaji and Ananth Vaidyanathan who are facing elimination this week on Bigg Boss Tamil 2.

Jul 3, 2018

Mumbai rain Live: 6 injured in Andheri bridge collapse, train services to resume after 3 pm

Heavy rains in Mumbai have brought down a part of the Gokhale bridge at the Andheri station. The bridge is known to connect Andheri East and Andheri West stations and is used by thousands of commuters on a daily basis.Five people sustained injuries and rescue operations are on.

Jul 3, 2018

New revolutionary treatment of noninvasive radiation beam for the heart

A new treatment enables noninvasive mapping of cardiac arrhythmias with electrocardiographic imaging and noninvasive delivery of precise ablative radiation therapy.

Jul 3, 2018

Neymar to win World Cup, Oscar double? Twitter reacts to Brazilian's theatrics during win over Mexico

Neymar was brilliant on Monday, July 1 as he led Brazil into the quarter-final of Fifa World Cup 2018 but his theatrics on-field overshadowed his performances.

Jul 2, 2018

Fifa World Cup 2018: Neymar stars as Brazil reach quarters, 7th straight R16 exit for Mexico

Neymar opened the scoring and provided Firmino in Samara as Brazil comfortably beat Mexico 2-0 to progress to the last-eight of Fifa World Cup 2018.

Jul 2, 2018

Global Economy: Asian factories lose momentum even before Trump's tariffs kick in

Asian exporters lost momentum last month even before tariffs on U.S. and Chinese goods kick in this week, pressuring regional factory activity in a worrying sign the Trump administration's "America First" protectionist policies could derail global growth.

Jul 2, 2018

19,569 languages spoken in India: Census

The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution has 22 languages and there are 99 languages which are not in the schedule along with the category of "total of other languages" which includes languages spoken by less than 10,000 people.

Jul 2, 2018