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Paris: The co-pilot of the Germanwings A-320 appears to have deliberately crashed the aircraft killing 150 passengers and crew on board, a French prosecutor said on Thursday. The action of first officer Andreas Lubitz “can be analysed as his intention to destroy the aircraft”, prosecutor Brice Robin said at a press conference in Marseille on […]

Sydney: A crestfallen Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said opener Shikhar Dhawan’s dismissal was the turning point in the cricket World Cup semi-final against Australia, which his team lost by 95 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Thursday. Dhoni said Dhawan was settled in the middle and stroking the ball well till during […]

Berlin: German budget airline Germanwings announced on Thursday morning that it could neither confirm nor deny media reports that a pilot of its A320 flight was locked out of the cockpit before the plane crashed in southern French Alps. “We have not received any information from the authorities leading the investigation and, therefore, can neither […]

Beijing: A new Ebola vaccine has been found to be safe in the first phase one trial based on the 2014 strain of the virus. The experimental vaccine, developed by the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology and the Tianjin CanSino Biotechnology, also provokes an immune response in recipients, noted the study published in the journal The […]

New York: Drinking raw milk, instead of pasteurised milk, can increase your risk of getting food-borne illness by over 100 times, warns a new study. These food-borne illness that consumption of raw milk can cause include diarrhoea, vomiting, cramping, fevers, and sometimes more serious consequences such as kidney failure or death, said the study published […]

Washington: Under its ambitious Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), NASA will test a number of new capabilities by the mid-2020s needed for future human expeditions to deep space, including Mars. In a statement, NASA also announced that it has increased the detection of near-Earth asteroids by 65 percent since launching its asteroid initiative three years ago. […]

Mumbai: Indo-Canadian YouTube sensation Lilly Singh, famously known as Superwoman, met filmmaker Rohit Shetty and actor Varun Dhawan on the set of their film “Dilwale” during her Mumbai visit. Singh paid a visit to the set earlier this week. However, Shah Rukh Khan, of whom she’s a huge fan and whom she had met last […]

New Delhi: Singer Justin Bieber’s infamous ‘roast’, hosted by Kevin Hart, will hit Indian television on April 1, just months after the controversial All India Backchod’s ‘roast’ with Bollywood actors Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh. Bieber’s ‘roast’ will be aired in India on April 1 on Comedy Central, within 24 hours of its US telecast. […]

New Delhi: India’s latest auction of spectrum for telecom operators attracted among the highest bids by global standards at $18 billion. But for an industry in heavy debt and low in revenue per subscriber, the question: Are auctions in the interests of customers and industry? The latest auction fetched the exchequer somewhat more than the […]

Panaji: The search is still on for two Indian Navy personnel who went missing after the crash of a Dornier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft, an officer said on Thursday. Navy sources said one of the vessels in the search and rescue operation has detected a large metallic object suspected to be the fuselage of the ill-fated […]

Sydney: Australia thrashed defending champions India by 95 runs in the second cricket World Cup semi-final here on Thursday to enter the tournament’s title round. Australia will face New Zealand in the final on March 29 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Chasing an imposing target of 329 runs, the famed Indian batting line-up was never […]

Accra: Ghana has sought greater Indian investments, noting that its favourable business climate has lured many Indian entrepreneurs to the West African country in the past decade. Ghanaian Minister of Trade And Industries, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, said that Indian investments would boost growth. The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) said that it had registered 512 Indian […]

Chennai: Actor Vishal Krishna Reddy’s upcoming Tamil actioner is titled after superstar Rajinikanth’s 1983 blockbuster “Paayum Puli”. This is the second time Vishal has named his movie after the superstar’s film. Last year, Vishal’s Tamil thriller “Naan Sigappu Manithan” was also named after a Rajinikanth film. The makers of “Paayum Puli” announced the title on […]

Washington: Ebola is more likely to be fatal for children under five, an international team of scientists led by Imperial College London and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday, a media report said on Thursday. The team analyzed data on Ebola cases in children under 16 during the current outbreak in Guinea, Liberia […]

Mumbai: Actor Jason Statham, who is gearing up for his forthcoming action thriller film “Fast and Furious 7”, says it is “full of testosterone” and will go “down and dirty” — just the way fans want to see it. “’Fast & Furious 7′ is full of testosterone. We get down and dirty with bare knuckles. […]