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Rio De Janeiro: The 129th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started officially got with a ceremony at the Cidade Das Artes in Rio de Janeiro. In his opening speech on Monday night, IOC President Thomas Bach paid tribute to the extraordinary work and efforts deployed by the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the […]

Bengaluru: Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, a division of Wipro Enterprises Ltd., on Monday announced it has acquired Israel-based aerospace firm H.R. Givon for an undisclosed amount. “The acquisition will help us to broaden product portfolio, expand global footprint and forge deeper customer ties in the aviation and aerospace industry,” the city-based company subsidiary said in a […]

Tokyo: There is a huge region around the centre of the Milky Way galaxy, which is devoid of young stars, an international team of astronomers has found. “The current results indicate that there has been no significant star formation in this large region over hundreds of millions years,” said one of the study authors Giuseppe […]

Sydney: Researchers have found hammerhead sharks to be just like lazy human swimmers by choosing to swim on their side in a bid to conserve energy, a study published in the journal Nature Communications showed. An international team of scientists observing endangered great hammerhead sharks in Australia, Belize and Bahamas originally thought one of the […]

New Delhi: Chinese technology company Lenovo on Monday launched two devices — K5 Note with theatreMax technology and an enhanced version of Vibe K5 Plus with an array of supported devices — in India. The Lenovo K5 Note starts at Rs 11,999 for 3GB varient and Rs 13,499 for the 4GB varient. The device is […]

New Delhi: Chinese internet and ecosystem conglomerate LeEco on Monday said it is all set to launch its “super TVs” on August 4 in India. “It is expected that LeEco will be offering large screen TVs at disruptive prices. With the launch of TVs, LeEco will be expanding its reach in the India market by […]

Los Angeles: Singer Britney Spears has revealed that she has “never” met “Bad blood” hitmaker Taylor Swift. The 34-year-old star has admitted she would rather sit next to singer Katy Perry over Swift because she claims they haven’t met one another before, although her meeting with the “Rise” singer in the past was only brief, […]

Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar, who will be seen in the role of a naval officer in his upcoming film “Rustom”, says he envies people who wear uniforms and that wearing a uniform brought about a change in his style of walking. “When I’m getting ready, I wear my navy trousers and a banyan inside, till […]

Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan says that Hollywood should not be a benchmark for success in the Indian film industry, and that our industry should not ape them, but retain our culture. At the launch of the Filmfare cover featuring him, here on Monday, Varun said, “I don’t think it should be a benchmark; it’s wrong. […]

Mumbai: Actress Diana Penty on Monday said that she initially thought of playing roles similar to her role in her debut film “Cocktail”, but then decided to challenge herself and hence chose a completely different character in the film “Happy Bhag Jayegi”. “I have a certain sensibility. I get bored very easily so when I […]

Aizawl: The Mizoram government has taken preventive measures to thwart the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis following reports of the disease in neighbouring Manipur, officials said here on Tuesday. “Senior health department officials met here on Monday and decided to take rapid preventive measure across the state,” an official of the health department said. He said […]

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has called upon the BJP leadership to "relieve" her from her present responsibilities in keeping with the "party's laudable tradition‚" of leaders who turn 75 vacating their posts

New Delhi: The government on Monday sought Parliament’s nod for additional spending of Rs 1.03 lakh crore, though the cash outgo will only be Rs 20,948.26 crore. “Approval of Parliament is sought to authorise gross additional expenditure of Rs 1,03,013.74 crore. Of this, the proposals involving net cash outgo aggregate to Rs 20,948.26 crore and […]

Rio de Janeiro: Indian hockey team’s performance director Roelant Oltmans has complained about poor facilities for both men and women players at the Olympic Village here. In several e-mails to India’s Chef de Mission Rakesh Gupta on Sunday, Oltmans, also the men’s team chief coach has asked for more tables, chairs and TVs. “For athletes […]

Lonavla: Brett Lee starrer “UnIndian” and Pankaj Kapur’s much-talked-about drama “Toba Tek Singh” are among the over 45 films to be screened at the debut edition of the Lonavla International Film Festival, to be held here next month. The offerings at the gala will be a mix of short films by Indian and international filmmakers […]