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Digital era spelling doom for Hindi pulp-fiction books

New Delhi: Rajan Iqbal, a bookseller at the New Delhi Railway Station, vividly remembers "those days" when Hindi pulp fiction books were his stall's bestsellers. Today, he struggles to sell even a single copy in a day and blames the internet for "killing the reading habit and diminishing the business of pocket books".

Neeraj Pandey is honest filmmaker: Rana

Mumbai: Rana Daggubati, who will be seen in Neeraj Pandey's "Baby", says he is a huge fan of the filmmaker's work.

Vibrant Gujarat: Aditya Birla Group to invest Rs.20,000 crore

Gandhinagar: The Aditya Birla Group will invest Rs.20,000 crore in Gujarat to increase capacity of various existing facilities in a state he has a "personal bias" towards, Kumarmangalam Birla said here Sunday.

Gene couple that boosts stress disorder identified

People who carry two specific genes are at greater risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), shows new research, suggesting that even heredity influences a person's risk of developing the debilitating mental disorder

Bangladesh cricketer Rubel Hossain gets bail

Dhaka: Bangladesh cricketer Rubel Hossain was Sunday granted bail by a Dhaka court after his previous petition was rejected by the metropolitan magistrate's court in a case filed by model-actress Naznin Akter Happy.

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Odisha alerts health institutes on swine flu

The Odisha government has asked all the medical institutions in the state to be vigilant against swine flu, H1N1 virus, after a middle-aged man tested positive

NASA to launch drought-tracking satellite this month

Washington: A new satellite expected to be launched this month will improve drought monitoring around the world, the US space agency said in a statement.

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I'm very shy: Priyanka Chopra

Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra has played bold characters onscreen, but says she is a shy person.

India today is land of opportunities, says Modi

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that his government was trying to revive the economy, and told global investors that India today was a land of opportunities.

Odisha to supply solar power to tribal schools

Bhubaneswar: Schools and hostels being run by Odisha’s Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes development department will soon be given solar power-based electricity supply. Realising the difficulty in ensuring an uninterrupted electricity supply to schools and hostels located in the state’s inaccessible areas, the Odisha government has decided to set up solar-panel based electricity facilities for […]

Gene mutations put some smokers at pancreatitis risk

New York: Gene mutations in some people who drink and smoke put them at an increased risk of developing chronic pancreatitis, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine in the US said. Smoking and drinking are known to be strong risk factors for chronic pancreatitis but not everyone who smokes or drinks damages […]

Have utmost good faith in Maxwell: Cricket Australia

Sydney: Australia have reposed faith in enigmatic cricketer Glenn Maxwell and backed the all-rounder to come good in the impending 2015 World Cup. Maxwell, a destructive right-arm batsman and a handy off-spinner, was included in Australia’s 15-man squad for the mega event Sunday despite a string of mediocre performances in the ongoing Twenty20 Big Bash […]

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World should be a better place to live: Modi

Gandhinagar: “All of us want planet earth to become a better place to live,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday. Addressing the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit, he said: “This event is perhaps the biggest gathering on earth where a budding entrepreneur has opportunity to see the president of the World Bank. “And where a young […]

Make in India win-win opportunity: Kerry

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” programme is a win-win opportunity for the world, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. Kerry told the 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summit that began here that he considered it a privilege be at the summit as Gujarat was the “home state of your visionary prime minster. […]

Vanishing star used to measure space-time warp

Washington: In an interstellar race against time, astronomers have measured the space-time warp in the gravity of a binary star and determined the mass of a neutron star — just before it vanished from view. The international team measured the masses of both stars in binary pulsar system J1906. The pulsar spins and emits a […]

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