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Ufa (Russia): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in the Russian city of Ufa for the BRICS and SCO multilateral summits. “Changing gears – from Central Asia to BRICS/SCO. PM @narendramodi arrives in Ufa,...

Bhubaneswar: Poor sanitation practices, such as open defecation, are affecting pregnancy outcomes of Indian women, especially premature birth, says a study. The research, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, studied pregnancy outcomes in two rural...

Baghdad: An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced 24 people to death over charges of killing about 1,700 soldiers when the Islamic State (IS) militants seized the city of Tikrit, the capital of Salahudin province, in...

Bengaluru: Employees of Starter Motors and Generators (SG), a division of Bosch, will protest the company’s plan to sell the unit, a union leader said on Wednesday. S. Prasanna Kumar, MICO Karmikara Sangha Naganathapura (MKS-N)...

Toronto: Treadmill work stations can make office work a lot more comfortable as they can help reduce neck and shoulder muscle pain associated with computer work, says a new study. “Even though office workers may...

Washington: NASA is set to release a new book ‘Benefits for Humanity’ that will showcase how research aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is helping improve lives on the Earth while advancing NASA’s ambitious human...

Jaipur: Film Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini, who was injured in a car crash in Rajasthan that also killed a two-year-old girl, on Wednesday blamed the girl’s father for the accident, prompting a relative...

Chennai: Filmmaker Selvaraghavan is planning to release his upcoming Tamil thriller “Kaan”, which features actor Silambarasan aka Simbu in the lead, in Spanish, French and Portuguese among other international languages. “Kaan starring @iam_str will be...

Bengaluru: A brilliant half-century by Thirush Kamini lifted India to a nine-wicket win over New Zealand and enabled them to take the five-match women’s One-Day International (ODI) series 3-2 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here...

New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will organise a three-day scouting workshop starting from Sunday in Goa under renowned scout Derek Bragg, it was announced on Wednesday. All of AIFF’s regional scouts will...

New Delhi: When you fall ill or want to seek medical advice, who do you turn to? Your family doctor or the neighbourhood medico, of course. But, say experts, you may have now another possibility:...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board (OKVIB) to prepare a road map to generate 60,000 jobs in the next four years, said an official on Wednesday. The Micro,...

New York: Childhood stress may have a bigger influence on weight gain by women than stress during adulthood, says a study. Interestingly, the study that appeared online in the journal Social Science & Medicine found...

Toronto: Treadmill work stations can make office work a lot more comfortable as they can help reduce neck and shoulder muscle pain associated with computer work, says a new study. “Even though office workers may...

New Delhi: About 86 million more rural Indians have been counted as illiterate than the 2011 census data found. This is revealed by the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC), which counted 315.7 million Indians...

Washington: Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal has been mocked on Twitter for posting a photo of himself holding and admiring a weapon while at a campaign stop in Iowa last week. “My kind of campaign...

New Delhi: Continuity in treatment and the help offered by NGO-run homes for free stay during medication of children fighting cancer are the focus of a documentary film made by a cancer survivor here to...

London: A British Tamil batsman died after being hit by a ball on the chest while turning up for Manipay Parish Sports Club in division three of the British Tamil League. Bavalan Pathmanathan was playing...

Mumbai: The cast of TV show “Comedy Nights With Kapil” has teamed up with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India for a brand-new campaign to promote the adoption of homeless cats and...

Muzaffarnagar: A 27-year-old married woman was allegedly gangraped by two persons who also filmed the act in Shamli district, police said today. The victim’s husband lodged a complaint and alleged that his wife, who worked...