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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. […]

Sydney: Australia captain Michael Clarke won the toss and opted to bat against India in the cricket World Cup semifinal at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground here on Thursday. Both teams have gone in with an unchanged squad. Squads: Australia: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke (Captain), Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, […]

India's largest pharma company Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Wednesday announced the closure of its merger with Ranbaxy Laboratories saying the integration will deliver synergies worth $250 million (over Rs.1,500 crore) in three years

Bhubaneswar: Mideast Integrated Steel Limited (Mesco Steel), the flagship company of Mesco Group, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with South Korean steel maker Posco to use finex technology at its Kalinganagar plant in Odisha, an official said on Wednesday. This will help the Mesco steel venture from producing pig iron into steel-making and […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha government to conduct a fresh inquiry by the Crime Branch into the alleged involvement of BJD MLA Debasish Nayak in molesting and abducting a woman in November 2013. The NHRC directed the State chief secretary and the director-general of police (DGP) to conduct an […]

Scientists have grown the first 3D mini lungs from stem cells. The 3D structures bear greater similarity to the human lung than previously made 2D structures, researchers said