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New York: Nearly one in every nine men and about one in 30 women are at risk of experiencing sudden cardiac death, most before the age 70, finds a study. Sudden cardiac death claims thousands of lives each year. It mostly occurs in people with no prior symptoms of cardiovascular disease. “Sudden cardiac death has […]

Sydney: Researchers, including one of Indian origin, are developing a new flying technique for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones that will help the machines visually coordinate their flight and navigation just like birds and flying insects do. The drones will be able to do their work without human input, radar or even GPS satellite […]

New Delhi: Industry chamber Assocham said on Monday that it has offered to set up a national data bank from the billions of e-transactions for use for India’s strategic needs, as well as by common citizens. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said in a release here that it has written […]

Mumbai: Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan is making her acting debut with a short film titled “Playing Priya”. She says the experience of facing the camera was “awesome”. “I always wanted to act but never thought that I would enjoy it so much. The whole experience was just awesome,” Sunidhi said in a statement. The fantasy […]

Mumbai: Actress Anushka Sharma was not in Bengaluru to meet test skipper Virat Kohli unlike media reports. It has been reported that, Anushka, who is currently waiting for the release of her forthcoming film “Sultan”, had taken some time out from her busy schedule to meet Indian cricketer Virat Kohli in Bengaluru. However a statement […]

Mumbai: Actor producer Aamir Khan, who will be seen portraying the role of a 55-year-old man in his upcoming film “Dangal”, says he wanted to do this film only after he was 60. Revealing the whole story behind doing “Dangal”, Aamir said: “When I read the story I just loved it. This story made me […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to reshuffle his council of ministers on Tuesday and induct nine new faces in what will be the first such major exercise since he took over the reins in May 2014, party sources said. “Cabinet expansion tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11 a.m.,” Principal spokesperson and Director General […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on pleas for lifting its ban on registration of diesel cars with engine capacity of 2,000 cc and above in the NCR even as the central government argued for it as while opposing imposition of any environment cess. Seeking the modification of the apex court’s […]

Washington: Get ready for the biggest space event of the year as NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will end its nearly five-year journey to arrive at Jupiter on Tuesday to study the gas giant like never before. Once in Jupiter’s orbit, the 1,600 kg spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming […]

Chandigarh: Braveheart flight purser late Neerja Bhanot was conferred the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award’ at a function at the House of Commons in London, a spokesman said here on Sunday. The award, instituted by Sanksriti Yuva Sanstha — a Jaipur-headquartered NGO with an international presence, was received by Neerja’s brothers Akhil and Aneesh Bhanot at the […]

New Delhi: The inaugural IBC National meet will see boxers Siddharth Varma of Maharashtra and Dilbagh Thakran of Haryana in the Super Welter Weight competing against each other for their maiden title fight in an eight-round contest on July 16. The Indian Boxing Council fight programme is scheduled to take place before the headline fight […]

Beijing, July 3 (IANS) Installation was completed on the world’s largest radio telescope on Sunday as the last of 4,450 panels was fitted into the centre of the big dish. Hoisting of the last triangular panel to the reflector, which is the size of 30 football fields, began at 10.47 a.m. and lasted about an […]

Noida: Popular singer Adnan Sami, who is of Pakistani descent, says he has always loved Delhi as a city, but after receiving his certificate of Indian citizenship this year, the Indian capital has become a significant part of his personal life. Sami was born in Britain and was earlier a Canadian citizen. Earlier this year, […]

Baghdad: Two suicide car bomb attacks at two crowded commercial areas in the Iraqi capital early on Sunday killed 84 people and wounded more than 130 others, officials said. One attack took place in Karrada-Dakhil district when a suicide bomber detonated his car bomb at a crowded thoroughfare in south central Baghdad, Xinhua news agency […]

Moscow: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has suspended Russia’s 2012 Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova pending a probe into doping abuse during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the athlete told TASS on Friday. “A letter has just come: the IAAF has suspended me starting today from all competitions for the time of the […]