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Washington: Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of the planet condensing as ice, say NASA-funded researchers, revealing the freezing effects of its shadow during daily eclipses on the moon’s volcanic gases. Io is the most volcanically-active object in the solar system. “This is the first time scientists have […]

Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government on Tuesday proposed to rename West Bengal as “Bengal”, dropping “West” from its name, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee said. “For the sake of the people of the state, its heritage and culture as well as to promote and protect its interests at the national level, we have proposed to […]

New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday fixed August 4 for pronouncing the quantum of punishment for Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of the 2010 Hindi film ‘Peepli Live’, convicted for the rape of an American woman. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain reserved his order after the defence and prosecution concluded their arguments on the quantum of […]

New Delhi: Ahead of taking up the GST bill in the Rajya Sabha, the government on Tuesday circulated the amendments to the draft leislation among the members of the house. Some members, however, demanded that the bill should be circulated again as there were new members in the house, to which government agreed. The bill, […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked young Indian civil servants to remain “fearless” and “frank” during their interactions with the senior officers. Modi addressed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the 2014 batch before they start their three-month attachment as Assistant Secretaries to the central government. “Officers should not to be overawed […]

Shimla: In a setback to the state government, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal case registered against state cricket body chief and BJP MP Anurag Thakur on charge of encroaching land to construct the Dharamsala stadium. It also set aside the chargesheet framed by the chief judicial magistrate of Dharamsala against […]

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. […]