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Economy stakeholders urge apex bank to cut lending rates

New Delhi:On the eve of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) bi-monthly monetary policy review, India Inc, stock analysts and even the government have urged the apex bank to cut key lending rates and ease the monetary policy. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (Ficci’s) president Jyotsna Suri has said: “Revival of […]

Mohan Agashe to play PM in 'Yeh Hai India'

Mumbai: Veteran actor Mohan Agashe, who has enacted pivotal roles in “Rang De Basanti”, “Gangaajal” and “Ab Tak Chhappan”, says he will play the country’s Prime Minister in “Yeh Hai India”, co-directed by first-timer Lom Harsh. Agashe told IANS: “There is invariably a certain amount of risk involved with first-time directors. But Lom Harsh’s honesty […]

Five militants killed in Afghan attack

Kabul: Five Taliban militants were killed in an attack on a police station in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. Militants stormed the police station in the provincial capital of Jalalabad late on Sunday night, Xinhua news agency reported. “About six militants were engaged in the attack. The security forces carried out a […]

Pakistan army violates ceasefire twice on LoC

Jammu: Thed Pakistan army on Monday twice violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district by resorting to unprovoked firing at Indian positions. “Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing at our positions in Krishna Ghati sector of LoC twice during the last 12 hours,” Colonel Manish Mehta, a defence spokesman, told […]

See Saturn's spongy moon in new light

Washington: Expect to see some stunning images of Hyperion, Saturn’s odd, tumbling moon – soon as NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its final fly-by of the spongy moon on Sunday. According to the US space agency, the Cassini spacecraft was positioned at a distance of about 34,000 km from Hyperion. Mission scientists hope to see different […]

Girl hacked to death by boyfriend

Thane: An 18-year-old girl was hacked to death by her boyfriend late last night in Diva’s Sadguru Nagar locality, a police official said here today. Police inspector D.M Patil of the Mumbra police station told PTI that the accused who was aged around 20 years has been arrested by the police and charged under section […]

Mumbai marks Aruna Shanbaug's 68th birthday

Mumbai: Nurses of the KEM Hospital today fondly remembered their colleague Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug, who remained in coma for 42 years after sexual assault when she was 25 and died here on May 18. Since morning, scores of nurses visited the tiny room No.4 in the hospital which was Shanbaug’s home as she lay there […]

Won't allow sabotage of Pakistan-China Economic Corridor: Pakistan

Islamabad/Nee Delhi: India’s objections to the 3,000 km-long Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) notwithstanding, Islamabad was firmly committed to the $46 billion project and would not permit any attempt to sabotage it, a key advisor to the prime minister said. Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs and national security advisor to prime minister Nawaz Sharif said yesterday that […]

Imitating moth's flying can help build better drone

Washington: A team of researchers from the University of California – Riverside has used a computer model to simulate mating behaviour in moths that can help develop better drones. Male moths locate females by navigating along the latter’s pheromone (odour) plume, often flying hundreds of metres to do so. Two strategies are involved to accomplish […]

No talks with Pakistan; welcome a proactive PM: Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi: External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday denied any “flip-flop” in India’s policy towards Pakistan and said no talks can be held as long as Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was walking free. In a major press conference, on completion of the government’s one year in office, Sushma Swaraj also discounted any speculation […]

Who is more likely to end up behind bars again?

Melbourne: Former prisoners with a history of risky drug use, mental illness or poverty are more likely to end up behind the bars again, says a study that looked into the health factors that influence repeat offence. The researchers also found that ex-prisoners who are obese, suffer from various chronic diseases or have had a […]

Indian-American scientist finds new way for kidney diagnosis

Washington: In a major success, an Indian-American scientist and his colleague have identified a new, less-invasive method to provide diagnostic information on kidney disease and its severity. They used an optical probe and Raman spectroscopy to differentiate between healthy and diseased kidneys. “There are some molecules that must be responsible for these different Raman signals, […]

Mohun Bagan clinch I-League title

Bengaluru/Kolkata: With just four minutes left on the clock, Nigerian defender Bello Rasaq headed in to hold defending champion Bengaluru FC 1-1 at home and propel Mohun Bagan to the national league title their fourth, and the first after a long wait of 13 years. It all seemed over for the green and maroon brigade […]

Three guerrillas killed in Kashmir

Srinagar: Three guerrillas were killed late yesterday in an ongoing gun battle with the Indian Army in Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Three militants were killed in Tangdhar town near the LoC (Line of Control) in a fierce gun battle with the army. The operation against the militants is still going on,” a senior police officer told […]

New 'designer carbon' enhances battery performance

New York: Scientists at the Stanford University have created a new carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. “We have developed a ‘designer carbon’ that is both versatile and controllable,” said senior study author Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at the Stanford. According to Bao, the new designer carbon represents […]

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