What makes our decisions morally just or objectionable? It is the brain activity that is responsible for the dif..
Donald Trumps personal lawyer urged the Treasury Department not to hand over the US President''s tax returns to ..
Pulitzer Prizes were awarded to news organisations that uncovered instances of malfeasance and outright fraud in..
Zheng Mengzhu, China''s first test-tube baby, gave birth to a boy on Monday, according to the Peking University ..
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Monday warned of the risks Japan faces due ..
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has mounted a counter-intelligence operation that aims to bar Chinese ..
An Indian student has invented robots to help the United Arab Emirates (UAE) become greener, including a cleaner..
An expedition team, assigned to remeasure the height of the world''s tallest mountain peak, left for Mount Evere..
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Wednesday said it made 1,322 industrial units switch to PNG fuel..
With an upswing of about 4 per cent in vote share, as reported in recent polls/surveys, can the Congress tide ov..
The Supreme Court on Monday increased voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) from one EVM per Assembly segment..
India has a national election in April-May. This election is critically important because of the climate change ..
Barely a week away from when the world''s largest democracy goes to the polls, the fake news factories on Facebo..
Aiming to empower businesses with deep learning capabilities, Intel on Tuesday launched the second generation of..
Abandoning a long-standing policy of allowing white supremacy to thrive on its platform, Facebook has banned pra..
Ahead of the upcoming April Fool''s Day, a prank going viral on the micro-blogging site Twitter is getting users..
Facebook has removed 2,632 Pages, Groups and accounts that were engaged in coordinated inauthentic behaviour fro..
Artisans from various Indian states displayed traditional handicrafts at an event here, aimed at expanding their..
The schedule of the group stages of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is out with all eight te..
Manohar Parrikar, who passed away at his private residence on Sunday evening after a prolonged battle with pancr..
The board of IT player Mindtree will meet on Wednesday to consider a share buyback programme to avert the hostil..
It was not only the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Army that were pressed into action against Pakistan after the..
From deputing seasoned campaigners to fight the tough battles in far-off districts, to nominating turncoats in t..
India''s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 2.93 per cent in February from 2.74 per cent..
US President Donald Trump has hit back at the media attention he generated when he appeared to flub Apple CEO Ti..
Admitting that the web has created opportunity for cheats, promoted hatred and made all kinds of crime easier to..
Aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, reach Mars and beyond, NASA has proposed a budget of $21 billion - ne..
Distinguished scientist A.K. Mohanty, who is Director, Physics Group at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)..
Google paid $105 million to two of its former executives, including one of Indian-origin, after they were accuse..
Four per cent Indian users were attacked by banking Trojans in 2018, a new report by cyber security firm Kaspers..
Customs authorities at an airport here on Monday seized 12 kg of gold bars from a toilet of a Bangladeshi aircra..
In a move to further boost regional air connectivity, the Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval to extendi..
In this national election year, the concept of a universal basic income has become a political football. The opp..
Fifty nine Nobel laureates have written letters to the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan urging them to "def..
An Indian-American teenager has been conferred with the 2019 National STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and..
A Democratic House committee chairman has demanded key documents and interview potential witnesses from the Whit..
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday announced he will not attend a meeting of the Organisat..
The Centre has not received any official confirmation from the Mamata Banerjee government regarding the withdraw..
Despite the addition of healthy foods such as salads and sprouts to the menu, fast food is less healthy today th..
Leaders of various political parties on Thursday called on the parents of Wing Commander Varthaman Abhinandan, I..
The Delhi High Court on Thursday reiterated that the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of the National He..
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will begin their second summit here on Wednesday w..
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday refused to accept the resignation of Foreign Minister Mohammad Jav..
Pakistan has closed its airspace for commercial flights, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Wednesd..
It was the moment for the Indian Tricolour to fly high as the student team from Faridabad-based Manav Rachna Ins..
Rolls-Royce will be showcasing itspowerful India partnershipand technologicalprowess at the upcoming Aero India ..
The Central Scientific-Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) of Rostec Corporatio..
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has sought the support of state chief ministers for the effective a..
Highlighting the risks in the poorly-regulated cryptocurrency market, death of entrepreneur Gerald Cotten in Ind..
Monaco''s technology and investment companies can significantly benefit from the Indian growth story, President ..
Highlights of Interim Budget for 2019-20
January 26, 1950 was a momentous day, which seldom comes in the life of a nation. This day our beloved motherlan..
National Girl Child Day is observed every year on January 24 to celebrate girl children and to bring the focus o..
Free speech is facing a threat in India sprouting from "religious motivations, political biases and social judgm..
To understand what was at the core of Operation Shakti, IANS caught up with its centrifuge Praveen Chakravarty t..
A new age which requires new tools. The realities that the digital and social embrace has brought about makes on..
The first meeting of the BJP Delhi unit''s core group held on Saturday evening to stratagise on the Lok Sabha po..
With Indian firms losing millions annually owing to cyber attacks, key leadership across industries are now in a..
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh and the Centre have publicised the construction of over 1,20,000..
In a renewed push for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge use cases in th..
Hundreds of hoardings carrying the images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi ..
It is strange how I never thought of Naseeruddin Shah as a Muslim until now when his religious identity is being..
A delegation of young Hindi film actors and filmmakers like Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari me..
Eminent academic and former economic adviser to the Kerala government, Gita Gopinath has taken over as the Inter..
India''s GDP (gross domestic product) is estimated to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2018-19 compared to 6.7 per cent a..
Helicopter and cable car services to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine were suspended on Saturday due to heavy snowfa..
The BJP has made a valiant attempt to project a ''win in the face of electoral defeat in the Madhya Pradesh, Raj..
Australia are not used to losing a series at home and India have never won one Down Under ever since the two cou..
Even as strong headwinds - soaring jet fuel prices and low yields - induced financial turbulence, the country''s..
Time was when truck drivers from the north, given the abundant production of tomatoes in Jharkhand, would purcha..
The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS) has given his clearance - a must for the commercial run of any n..
Ram Avatar and Kota Ramadevi are farmers in the agrarian country that is India, living thousands of kilometres a..
Many consider Dulquer Salmaan, who set foot in Bollywood this year with the road movie "Karwaan", to be the best..
India has been dancing to the beat of "Cha-Cha-Cha" with every cup of tea consumed and every soul comforted by t..
PC and printing major HP Inc is witnessing tremendous growth in the Indian market across product lines and, in 2..
Cloud major Oracle, which is seeing high demand in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), telecom..
Renowned "MasterChef Australia" 2017 Runner up Ben Ungermann, who is in India for the Johnnie Walker Gourmet Exp..
Given the potential for abuse of the fast advancing facial recognition technology, governments across the world ..
Indian software major HCL Technologies on Friday said it was buying IBM Software Products for $1.8 billion (Rs 1..
There has been a communication gap in conveying the government''s welfare measures in Rajasthan and this has bee..
Ruling BJP ally, IPFT, will restart its agitation from Wednesday to press for its decade-old demand for a separa..
Elephant deaths on railway tracks may be averted when a sensor built by a professor at the Indian Institute of T..
As tech companies the world over face an acute crunch of skilled workforce in the field of Cloud computing, reta..
British writer and artist Edith Durham had once said: "There is a peculiar pleasure in riding out into the unkno..
The market has plenty of wireless headphones, but it is only a few brands that actually offer quality music for ..
Consumer-grade drones are effective tools for monitoring marine species across multiple sites in the wild, sugge..
Opening his campaign in Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Chief M..
Targeting the lack of development and rising corruption in Mizoram during the Congress rule, Prime Minister Nare..
Divorces are always messy, but none have so much at stake as the separation of Britain from the European Union (..
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is auditing the impact of the controversial demonetisation on the Indi..
In November 2012, a tigress and her two cubs began a journey from their home in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Utta..
Driven by demand for a skilled workforce in emerging technologies such as cyber security, Internet of things (Io..
The Odisha government has secured investment proposals worth over Rs 3,900 crore in the electronics manufacturin..
Given the current economic scenario of India, it would be prudent to have our eyes on the pressing issues that n..
In a fillip to Apple CEO Tim Cook''s big future plans for the Indian market, Apple has appointed Ashish Chowdhar..
The Sunday Guardian Editor Joyeeta Basu on Monday put up a strong defence for former Union Minister M.J. Akbar, ..
Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani said on Monday the group, which has already inv..
Twitter is taking "multi-variable" steps, including the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, to curb the s..
India''s key equity indices oscillated in a thin range during the holiday-shortened week (November 5-9), ending ..
A former Marine has been identified as the gunman of a mass shooting on November 7 in the city of Thousand Oaks ..
Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Monday said it has relaxed norms governing supply of the dry fuel to small consumers, a ..
The sharply depreciating rupee amidst rising global oil prices and the massive foreign funds outflow from the ca..
As per the United States Department of Energy (US-DOE), lighting causes 5-6 per cent of the overall Greenhouse G..
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said it is a major task to ensure that new technolog..
Holy men in Uttar Pradesh on Monday expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court deferring the hearing on the..
The VHP on Monday demanded that the central government enact a law in Parliament''s Winter Session for construct..
The exponential growth of Bengaluru as a major technology hub over the years has lured leading Israeli hospitali..
Microsoft is committed to complying with the law of the land when it comes to data privacy and will honour data ..
The son of murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has arrived in the US after leaving Riyadh with hi..
US President Donald Trump has signed new sanctions targeting the Iranian-funded militant group and political par..
Twitter saw its shares surge 17 per cent after the micro-blogging platform reported revenue of $758 million in t..
An Indian Army soldier and two militants were killed on Friday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir''s Baramulla d..
YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday sustained a minor injury at the Visakhapatam airp..
The Supreme Court appointed third judge, Justice M. Sathyanarayanan of the Madras High Court, on Thursday upheld..
An Indian man was arrested in Thailand''s Phichit province on Thursday for overstaying his visa and for allegedl..
CIA Director Gina Haspel will on Thursday brief President Donald Trump on the investigation into the death of Sa..
Gurugram''s Additional District and Sessions Judge Krishan Kant''s son, who was lying ''brain dead'' in Medanta-..
The Supreme Court will on Tuesday decide on hearing of a batch of petitions seeking recall of a Constitution Ben..
As the effects of climate change on livelihoods become more pronounced, especially for people involved in agricu..
First, the United Nations'' scientific panel on climate change issued a landmark report which painted a far more..
The Pennsylvania-headquartered global maker is expanding its capabilities to meet a strong growth in the Indian ..
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday assured leaders of the SAD that the notification making it mandato..
India is standing on the threshold of a mental health epidemic with a greater number of people affected by menta..
In yet another landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery after striking down a B..
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new telecom policy - National Digital Communications Policy 2018 - des..
Australian scientists said on Friday that they have developed a nano-filter that can clean contaminated water 10..
Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma praised his bowlers after India thrashed arch rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in ..
President Donald Trump on Wednesday insisted that he is interested in hearing the testimony of Dr. Christine Bla..
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday set a deadline by which North Korea must denuclearise, saying that t..
Automation arrived long back in India and the country is now driving Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artifi..
India has endorsed a 24-point programme for revitalising the UN peacekeeping operations that is to become the ba..
Former US National Security Adviser (NSA) Michael Flynn will be sentenced by the end of November, after it had b..
Rohingya refugees'' return to Myanmar''s Rakhine state should be safe, speedy and sustainable, Indian High Commi..
Seventeen people were killed when a mini bus plunged into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir''s Kishtwar dist..
India continues to remain on the White House list of countries that are "major" transit points for or producer o..
An explosion in a coal mine in Pakistan''s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday killed nine labourers and tr..
Amid Indias efforts to get a red corner notice against him, fugitive PNB scam accused Mehul Choksi, in his first..
An Indian-born woman research scholar from the University of Washington won the Paul Baran Young Scholar Award f..
Dubai-based Indian perfumer Abdulla Ajmal, who is the consulting perfumer to Ajmal India, says the label is read..
A decade ago, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was unknown to many of us mortals. Lately, however, AI and related bu..
China''s bike-sharing firm Mobike has said it is pulling out of Manchester this week after losing 10 per cent of..
India requires stringent steps to ensure maximising the efficiency of its existing coal-fired power plants to ac..
Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal has said that even though he has fully recovered from his knee injury, he needs ..
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones on Saturday welcomed the BCCI''s decision to rest regular skipper Virat Kohl..
Twenty-four-year-old Abhishek Mukherjee was offered a job by a reputed private firm during a campus recruitment ..
Ermias Kebreab, Professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California-Davis, recently sh..
On August 10, when Sanjay Rathod walked to his lush cotton field in Lasina village in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, he ..
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a cash award of Rs 1.5 crore for sprinter Dutee Chand f..
Then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapyee sensed defeat by the end of the campaign in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls wh..
This is one war widow of Ahmednagar cast in the mould of her husband Kondaji Lakshman Malunjkar, who was killed ..
Taking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s book, Congress President Rahul Gandhi used his Europe tour ..
With heavy rains and floods devastating Karnataka''s Kodagu district, the country''s largest coffee-growing regi..
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat died in a private hospital in New Delhi following..
Himachal Pradesh, the country''s fruit and off-season vegetable bowl, has launched a scheme this year to scale u..
But efforts of a leading NGO over the last seven years have yielded results in 181 habitations around Araku.
Lack of ethical grounding in corporate governance is the reason behind scandals like the one involving diamantai..
Greek-American journalist-entrepreneur Arianna Huffington raised many an eyebrow worldwide when she stepped down..
Groundwater depletion in the Gangetic aquifers of north India is possibly causing a reduction in the base flow o..
Muthuvel Karunanidhis passing away has brought back disparate images of my five unlikely years in Chennai as reg..
Expressing concern over the increasing number of elephant deaths in India, an international organisation involve..
A team of Indian-American researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and at the Univer..
He may be a relative newcomer at the international level, but emerging Indian shot put star Tejinder Pal Singh T..
When Rambabu, a 27-year-old who worked in a ration shop in Patna, got to know he was suffering from brain tumor,..
A proposal from the prime minister''s office to allocate cadre of civil servants after taking into account their..
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or a political alliance it is a part of, governs 18 of 29 states in India, hom..
China is set to probe stainless steel products imported from the European Union (EU), Japan, South Korea and Ind..
In the name of protecting the cow, India has now become the most unsafe country in the world for women and every..
The Supreme Court on Monday said there cannot be any "blanket ban" on holding protests at Delhi''s historic Jant..
Sartaj Madni, uncle of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday resigned as the Vice Pr..
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a contempt plea against the Rajasthan government for violating court ..
The Reserve Bank of India''s (RBI) announcement launching a new series of 100-rupee denomination notes has been ..
After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook has now suspended Boston-based data analytics company Crims..
In a first, wildlife scientists have collared a dhole, the Indian wild dog, with a satellite transmitter to unde..
US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) is set to build the first Hyperloop system in China..
In the early 1940s, Henry Ford experimented with making plastic parts for automobiles. He came up with what was ..
After adorning the walls of several stations in Bihar, Madhubani paintings will now be showcased on trains like ..
At nearly $940 billion, Apple is certainly well on the way to becoming the world''s first trillion dollar compan..
Bangladesh and Malaysia are preparing to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence training and techni..
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday came out in defence of Shah Faesal, the IAS o..
With new technologies disrupting businesses and changing the rules of engagement, India faces a daunting task to..
The key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher despite muted trend of global markets amid trade ..
A dramatic head-on collision with a dwarf galaxy, dubbed the "Gaia Sausage" galaxy, about 10 billion years ago r..
The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century would occur on July 27, with the celestial spectacle visible..
A drug widely used to treat diabetes may help reverse a fatal, lung disorder which may develop after injuries to..
Chinese smartphone maker and integrated wireless data solutions provider Coolpad on Tuesday announced it has sig..
Bengaluru-based user analytics platform MoEngage on Tuesday announced to partner US-based email delivery platfor..
The researchers estimated that pollution contributed to a little more than three million new diabetes cases glob..
India''s budgetary fiscal deficit for April-May 2018-19 stood at 55.3 per cent - Rs 3.45 lakh crore - of the ful..
China is expected to become the world''s largest 5G market by 2025, accounting for 430 million 5G connections, o..
Doesnt a change of season call for a change in wardrobe? Well, while you monsoon-proof your closet and flaunt yo..
Petroleum is the taxation milch cow for the central and the state governments and it is unlikely to be brought u..
LG Electronics Inc. has invested $3 million in US-based Bossa Nova Robotics - marking the first time the company..
Despite volatility and a broadly bearish momentum, the key Indian equity indices rose for the fifth consecutive ..
Iran coach Gholamreza Mazandarani, who sprung a few surprises by not including their star players for the six-na..
India, which is a mobile-first country, will soon have millions working on their smartphones from anywhere, any ..
An 18th century Chinese vase, left for decades in a shoebox in France, has sold for 16.2m euros (£14.2m).
"Laakhon hain yahan dilwale...". That evergreen Mahendra Kapoor number from the 1960s played on at a boutique is..
Seraphim Optronics- a long-standing provider of sophisticated electro-optic solutions for persistent surveillanc..
Weak demand along with a rise in inflationary pressures pulled the output of the Indian service sector lower dur..
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged pe..
In a maiden effort, researchers have mapped the plant diversity of the Sikkim Himalayas on the basis of geograph..
Within hours of the European Union''s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect on Friday, te..
Simple good hygiene practices such as frequent hand washing and cooking food properly before consuming can help ..
London, May 25 (IANS) The General Data Protection Regulation - better known as GDPR - that gives citizens of the..
A writer who seldom makes public appearances, Anuradha Roy rides against the tides of our times and is known for..
For the past several winters, Delhi has drawn global attention for its life-threatening smog levels. This is att..
This year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - an agree..
The proposed National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) would be of "no use" as it has "not mentioned sector-specific a..
Facebook today has 217 million users in India - a huge market to tap into and advertisers know this well - and a..
Defying the competition from Chinese players, Samsung has become the leader in the Indian flagship smartphone ma..
Regulating salt consumption is key to prevent hypertension, which is associated with an increased risk of heart ..
The initial results in India are promising and if deployed at big scale, AI-based models can help farmers, docto..
Worldwide, every May, the week after the second Sunday is celebrated as World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week, ded..
It''s not only Sonam Kapoor who has chosen to marry outside the film industry. There are many in tinsel town who..
Thanks to government funding, Indian physicists are preparing for a deep dive into the quantum world that holds ..
Microsoft has announced a unique partnership with China-based DJI - the world''s biggest drone company - where D..
This is the engrossing tale of Balan, a kid from South India who grows up in the towns of Punjab, Jammu and Hary..
Since childhood, I have had a keen interest in the arts - coming from a family with a strong tradition in arts a..
Having returned to the track after recovering from injuries, superbike racer Sandesh Prasannakumar is determined..
Comedy is gaining a lot of momentum in India and the challenge lies in monetising this space, says comedian-entr..
Demand for gold in India for January-March quarter (first quarter) of 2018 was down by 12 per cent at 115.6 tonn..
State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) bid on Wednesday for 37 oil and gas blocks while private sect..
The next time you are in a hotel room, relax and ask your smartphone to switch on or off the lights, moderate th..
As Apple posted a healthy revenue of $61.1 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.8 billion globally for its se..
Nine out of every 10 people on the planet breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants and kills seven mi..
There was a time when Ritu Dalmia did not know how to define the feeling of being attracted to the same gender. ..
After the massive Facebook data scandal, it has now come to notice that Twitter had also sold users'' data to a ..
From a surge in community dining experiences to increasing use of seasonal and indigenous produce, Buddha bowls ..
Indian mobile manufacturing industry is expected to touch Rs 132,000 crore by the end of 2018, Electronics and I..
Mobile chip-maker MediaTek on Thursday appointed Anku Jain as the new Chief Representative of the company''s Ind..
The consumption of goods and services is expected to rise to levels approximating those of more developed market..
Unicef announced on Tuesday that 500,000 Afghan children have been affected by a drought in the country.
Country’s premier warship building yard, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) won the 13th BML Munjal Award for ‘..
Tokyo-based Komori Corporation Ltd - the third largest manufacturer of printing presses in the world - on Friday..
Bengaluru is the most preferred city for office expansion in the Asia Pacific region, followed by Shanghai and S..
Increasing the acreage of wet crops like rice - and also increasing the watering structures in areas that alread..
Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world''s wo..
Amid problems of a fund crunch, shortage of workers and rising cost of production, Darjeeling''s tea planters ar..
Actress and stand-up comedian Amy Schumer is in talks to portray boxer Christy Martin in a biopic.
Recently, I spent an hour with a group of resident doctors and public health graduates. With World Health Day (A..
The Spain and Germany Davis Cup teams trained on the clay court inside Valencia''s bullring, the iconic Plaza de..
To disrupt the premium smartphone market in India, Finnish company HMD Global on Wednesday unveiled its flagship..
Werder Bremen''s head coach Florian Kohfeldt has penned a contract extension ahead of schedule with the German c..
In a bid to prepare an industry-ready workforce for the Indian smartphone industry, 19 key component makers have..
As the Ghanaian government struggles to find a solution to the country''s accommodation problem, Indian-owned Sw..
The number of mobile Internet users in India is likely to reach 478 million by June, a report published on Thurs..
The "Global Energy & CO2 Status Report", published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), states that "renewa..
The Cambridge Analytica scandal continued to take its toll on Facebook on Friday as verified SpaceX and Tesla pa..
The Punjab government on Friday launched a campaign to wipe out the drugs menace in the state to mark the martyr..
The travel and tourism sectors together generated 25.9 million jobs in 2017, contributing
Following the key reforms of demonetisation, Real Estate Regulation & Development Act (RERA) and Goods and Servi..
Managed and serviced co-working spaces go an extra step to promote a healthy lifestyle. Studies have shown that ..
Travelling in vehicles with self-driving technology is experienced as more stressful by passengers than journeys..
The Indian Goods and Services Tax (GST) system is among the most complex in the world with not only one of the h..
A day after a study claimed that 90 per cent of bottled water from leading brands is contaminated by microplasti..
In good news for chronic insomniacs, an ongoing study at the WellSpan York Hospital in the US to assess the impa..
Farmer suicides have been taking place across India for years now, and studies of rural distress reveal the deep..
Wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in India during February softened marginally at 2.48 per cent from 2.84 ..
The Agriculture Ministry in a late night notification cut the government-controlled price of BG-II genetically m..
To commemorate 100 years of the Champaran Satyagraha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off Swachha..
Spanish cyclist Marc Soler (Movistar) won the title in the Paris-Nice road cycling race, while his compatriot Da..
"Females are strong as hell." That''s just a line from the theme song of the sitcom "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt",..
A keen observer of India''s fluctuating gender patterns has painted a grim picture of the country''s falling chi..
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Monday said extreme right reactionary ..
There has been a significant in the number of child marriages worldwide and India contributed significantly to t..
How about visiting a beautiful beach along the Mediterranean Sea, walking on layers of history stretching back t..
With Indian industry calling for adopting hi-tech control systems to check financial frauds, a foreign data prot..
Industry disruption is no random event but is widespread across big companies globally with nearly 63 per cent o..
A day after the government set a 15-day deadline for public sector banks (PSBs) to examine all non-performing as..
When it comes to delivering enhanced user experiences in the Cloud and mobile-first era, global Cloud infrastruc..
Holi, the festival of colours, is fun as we paint the town in hues of the rainbow. But, at the same time, your h..
Anyone who thinks that the only place you could find the likes of, say, Stalin, Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway..
As filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who directed her in "Karma", said: "Introvert by nature, she was electricity with thu..
After the success of the pilot project on Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for farmers in Bihar, the World Ban..
Aiming to help domestic smartphone manufacturers recover lost ground, the government has taken several measures ..
For most part of human history, change was glacial in pace. It was quite safe to assume that the world at the ti..
To hear these variations, I need a good "ear", especially because I translate from more than one language. The c..
The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has charged that foreign branches of other Indian banks may also be involved in w..
(ATTN EDITORS: This is the seventh in a 10-part "Translating India" series where 10 noted translators - in artic..
Meeting the Paris Agreement''s goal of keeping the global-scale warming this century to less than 2 degrees Cels..
Industrial conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said its construction arm has bagged orders worth Rs..
A dip in food and fuel prices decelerated the rise in India''s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale price..
The German government has made a proposal to introduce free public transportation as a radical measure to lower ..
At least 10 students from a high school here in the US has been hospitalised after they ingested an unknown subs..
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel on Saturday said the apex bank and the market regulator Securit..
There is no way to skirt around the issue of gender because it is right there, front and centre, in Nasreen''s o..
US politician Nancy Pelosi spoke for a little more than eight hours in the House of Representatives to oppose th..
North Korea on Thursday ruled out any official meeting with the US during the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympi..
Recalling the struggles he faced during his comeback after being shot during a train journey in 2006, former Ind..
Scientists have developed a CRISPR gene-editing technique that can potentially correct a majority of the 3,000 m..
Sabyasachi Mukherjee just wanted to earn money to get on an airplane and travel the world when he entered the fa..
A controversial book that details allegations of Chinese interference in Australian society will be released aft..
The benefits of philanthropy have come to the fore in recent years with leading businessmen and other successful..
The seven Earth-size planets of TRAPPIST-1 are all mostly made of rock, with some having the potential to hold f..
Every family has had close relatives who have been victims of cancer. In most cases, we feel the pangs of the su..
India set their date with Australia for the 2018 Under 19 Cricket World Cup summit clash after thrashing arch-ri..
India doesn''t need any lessons on nationalism 70 years after Independence, feels eminent writer and member of t..
Key Indian equity indices on Tuesday climbed to new highs as investor sentiments were uplifted by bullish global..
ATTN EDITORS: This article, by William Dalrymple, is the second of two exclusively written for IANS ahead of the..
Banking stocks on Thursday zoomed following reports that the government may allow 100 per cent foreign direct in..
Swati Maliwal, who will complete her term as chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) in the next fiv..
The top state in diverting forests for purposes like infrastructure and industrial projects is now reaching out ..
Communities living near wildlife reserves in Rajasthan show a high tolerance for wildlife, comprising larger car..
A new course on Sustainable Urban planning using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) has been..
Aiming to promote trilateral business opportunities among the US, India, and Israel for advance projects and ent..
US auto giant Ford will massively increase investments in electric vehicles and roll out 40 hybrid and electric ..
Microsoft Accelerator and Accenture Ventures on Friday announced a new ecosystem partnership To further strength..
US hotel chain Marriott''s chief executive officer (CEO) has apologised for listing Tibet, among other parts of ..
Ride hailing applications in Saudi Arabia are preparing to hire Saudi female chauffeurs, months ahead of lifting..
India''s first plant to convert coal to synthetic gas is to be set up in Odisha under the supervision of state-r..
Given the current market conditions in India for smartphones, it appears that Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-foun..
India captain Sunil Chhetri wants the national football team to play more away games this year as it prepares fo..
Debt-ridden Electrosteel Steels on Tuesday said four companies- Tata Steel, Vedanta, Renaissance Steel India and..
Facing a controversy over the presence of two security flaws in its chips, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich for the firs..
For an overwhelming 97 per cent of Indian businesses, adopting Next-Gen software solutions is the key to driving..
Gulf stock indexes, from Kuwait to Oman, advanced modestly on Sunday after the price of oil hit a two-and-a-half..
Following release of the Advance Estimate (AEs) of GDP and GVA for the economy for 2017-18, the Ministry of Agri..
It''s 9 p.m. and a biting chill has set in as dozens of migrant labourers start gathering near the Yamuna embank..
The 15th Finance Commission, which the government notified on November 27, 2017, will have to first contend with..
The government on Thursday sought Parliament''s approval for additional expenditure of Rs 80,000 crore for recap..
US-based data analytics company Teradata on Thursday announced the appointment of Souma Das as its Managing Dire..
President Donald Trump has declared that his nuclear button is "much bigger" and "more powerful" than North Kore..
Pakistan''s UN envoy Maleeha Lodhi has condemned US President Donald Trump''s remarks against Islamabad and said..
The draw of the Qatar Open tennis tournament has been broken wide open after the second and third seeds were bea..
A total of 141 Kerala fishermen remain missing following Cyclone Ockhi that hit the southern districts of Kerala..
After he was denied a Rajya Sabha nomination, disgruntled AAP leader Kumar Vishwas said he has been "punished" f..
India''s direct selling industry has nearly doubled since 2011 to Rs 126.6 billion in 2016 and is expected to gr..
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has successfully commissioned its refinery off-gas cracker (ROGC) complex of 1..
India''s manufacturing sector''s activity expanded exponentially in December 2017 due to accelerated increase in..
In order to make information on all government schemes and initiatives for women more easily accessible, the Min..
A rise of just 2 degrees Celsius in global warming could make over a quarter of the world''s land to become drie..
China has established an underwater surveillance network which will help its navy track target vessels more accu..
Cricket was not the only game in India which was embroiled in controversy in 2017. There were several others as ..
The men''s team experienced an array of transformations with skipper Virat Kohli taking over the mantle of all t..
Mega cyber attacks such as "WannaCrypt" and "Petya" this year forced governments and enterprises globally, inclu..
It was another glorious year for literature with its top prizes honouring the universality and diversity of huma..
A man-made sand crisis in Bihar over the past five months has angered all stakeholders: Thousands of labourers, ..
The swampy Loktak, originally a "wetland of wetlands" and the "lifeline" of the Manipur Valley''s people, is fam..
As Indian enterprises look forward to digital transformation, Deskera, a leading global Cloud-based business sof..
The acquittal of DMK leaders Kanimozhi, daughter of party President M. Karunanidhi, and former Union Telecom Min..
Over 10,000 twinkling colourful fairy lights, cherubic angels and fairies, reindeer and snowmen, bells, streamer..
India''s National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and China''s Dalian city have signed ..
There will probably be a mixed reaction in the secular camp to Rahul Gandhi''s temple-hopping in Gujarat.To some..
One obviously reads how social media and technology have the power to breed beliefs only qualifiable as post-tru..
If the farmers of Punjab and Haryana were to adopt smart techniques and use appropriate machinery, say experts, ..
According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2016-17, Delhi reported the highest crime rate (160.4..
It is impossible to make sense of the Bitcoin-mania that has been making waves of late. In just a span of one ye..
George Soros, the legendary hedge manager, once said that in the financial markets, it doesnt matter whether one..
Deep forests surrounding the city complemented by emission control measures provide the complete answer to Delhi..
As part of a 30 million euro intervention, the EU has signed a 17.2 million euro agreement with three UN institu..
The Election Commission will get 40 lakh VVPAT machines and EVMs by September 2018 for use in the 2019 general e..
Over the last weekend, tobacco advertisements were again seen across US media channels after decades of being ba..
An immunotherapy drug has the potential to treat a rare pregnancy cancer belonging to a group of diseases called..
In the wake of growing threats in cyber space, lack of an international law has become a hindrance and countries..
You can answer any question asked by your child with "Go ask your mama", including "Where''s mama?" The tragedy ..
Eight months after it was denied a censor certificate on various grounds, the producers of the Hindi feature fil..
A UN-linked fund awarded $1 million to two Bangladeshi companies in recognition of their novel project to allow ..
To connect the next billion, India must establish micro-data centres - which can even run on a laptop from any l..
It''s that time of the year again when our sentiments are hurt, and it is acceptable to temporarily suspend libe..
Goa has the potential to become the Venice of the East if it taps its intricate network of inland waterways for ..
Aiming to reduce the possibilities of signals failing, Indian Railways has undertaken remote condition monitorin..
Though its origin isn''t exactly Indian, chicken tikka masala has strangely epitomised Indian food across the wo..
With mobile handset vendors shipping 80 million mobile handset units in India in the third quarter this year, th..
Moving away from old trends, young women are now opting for preservative-free products for a long-lasting glow a..
More than 19,700 people die due to diabetes in Afghanistan annually, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
The government on Monday launched Phase II of BharatNet project through which it aims to provide high-speed broa..
Veteran vocalist Shubha Mudgal, who has been batting for royalty rights for artistes, has now questioned the log..
The backbone of India''s manufacturing sector - micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) - had not yet recove..
With a net worth of $38 billion, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbes annual l..
Ancient species of Australian lizards and snakes, including some of the world''s most deadliest, migrated from A..
As bank customers suffered by waiting in long queues to withdraw their money from November onwards last year, an..
Genomics and genetic analysis are the most effective ways to manage cancer, not only in India but also across th..
The Andhra governments flip-flop on extensive cultivation of unapproved genetically-modified (GM) herbicide-tole..
Veteran actress Hema Malini says she shares a "beautiful relation" with her stepson Sunny Deol. After her 2015 a..
Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Lt will use the proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO) of around ..
Cooling of food prices helped ease India''s annual rate of inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) in..
Indo-American DJ and record producer KSHMR, who is set for his maiden India tour starting here from October 20, ..
The wheat crop in Punjab - the breadbasket of India - and also in Pakistan, is vulnerable to air-borne attack by..
Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar for shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh are in desperate need..
With the population of elderly people in the country growing fast, the incidence of Alzheimer''s is increasing a..
Sweden-based Wheelys, a first of its kind ''Cafe on wheels'', is making its foray into India with its first orga..
Once dubbed the world''s heaviest woman, Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abd-El Aty passed away at a hospital here ..
Investment banking firm Jefferies on Monday said there is growth in digital payment mode by bank customers post-..
Automobile major Maruti Suzuki on Monday commenced bookings for the new variant of its "all-new" premium crossov..
As Facebook faces intense fake news scrutiny after disclosing the details about the presence of Russian politica..
New satellite images and videos from Myanmar''s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, c..
After making his name in India, Manish Mundra, the founder of Drishyam Films, is in the news in Nigeria for cont..
As compared to last year, Kashmir has so far witnessed a steady in both the intensity and prevalence of street v..
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged movie actor Kamal Haasan to join politics. The Tamil icon..
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urgently pass the Women''s Res..
The central and state governments should pump in about Rs 50,000 crore ($7.5 billion) to transform half a millio..
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments worldwide to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with..
The Indian government is seeking a dramatic increase in tourist figures, both foreign and domestic, in a way tha..
Increase in volume of digital transactions, widening of tax base and squeezed circulation of high denomination c..
Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders on Monday urged Myanmar to grant international humanit..
A team of experts from India and Sweden has flagged concerns over uncontrolled dumping of partly treated/untreat..
On August 22, the Supreme Court ruled that triple talaq - the practice which allows a man to divorce his wife in..
Returning to power after a long gap of 10 years and bearing the political burden of the populist promises made i..
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the law underlining Aadhaar will have to be strength..
Apple on Tuesday launched iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus with new glass and aluminium design and A11 Bionic chip des..
The ''singularity'' event that scientists talk about in artificial intelligence (AI) - when robots would outsmar..
Germany''s second-largest airline, Air Berlin, was forced to cancel dozens of flights on Tuesday due to an unusu..
Choosing foreign soil, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has declared he is "absolutely ready" to be the part..
India being one of the most polluted countries globally, just meeting the international air-quality standards ca..
Over 80 female entrepreneurs from more than a dozen countries have gathered in Nepal to participate in the first..
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday inaugurated the 65 MW-capacity first stage of the Kash..
As India urbanises at a rapid pace, there''s a daunting challenge in balancing higher energy use with a developm..
It is no secret that India has had an appalling record in keeping her children healthy. The country records deat..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the cancellation of the credentials of all Al Jazeera repo..
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Thursday said his party would fight the 2019 assembly polls ..
Bangladesh authorities are preparing more camps in Cox''s Bazar district for the tens of thousands of Rohingya m..
Private carrier Vistara and Japan Airlines(JAL) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointl..
There is an increasing opportunity to innovate in solar markets in India thanks to the rapidly declining price o..
State-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a voice and data centric plan for Rs ..
Authorities in Hong Kong on Tuesday replaced a 24-hours BBC World Service radio channel, that has been running f..
Slamming demonetisation as a major factor responsible for the current deceleration in the economy, former Financ..
Former Planning Commission member Arun Maira contends that "physical violence" in the real world and "verbal vio..
It will take time for the economists to figure out whether the fall in the growth rate to 5.7 per cent is the re..
The overall health of India''s manufacturing sector improved in August due to resumed growth of new orders, prod..
India''s GDP growth for the first quarter of the current fiscal ended June slowed down to 5.7 per cent, from 6.1..
Atmospheric scientist and MIT Professor Ronald G. Prinn, whose group''s findings the Donald Trump administration..
Over 95 exhibitors from India''s textile industry showcased their products at the global textile and light indus..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India could no longer afford to delay modernisation of infrastructu..
Druk Air flight KB 205 that took off from New Delhi on the afternoon of August 24 was no ordinary flight. At Ter..
New road projects will be launched only after securing all due clearances so that they are not held up, Union Ro..
China on Monday said that India has withdrawn its troops from Doklam but Chinese troops will "remain in the regi..
Seen as an convict under law, treated as a God by his millions of followers, courted by politicians and politica..
As floods ravage India and its neighbours, experts at IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) say states with high forest cover ..
In Rio, US women won 61 of the 121 medals claimed by the US, against 55 by the men (five medals came in mixed ev..
Aiming to strengthen India''s geo-strategic stand and transform the northeastern region into an economic powerho..
The government has approved a scheme to enable select institutions become ''Institutes of Eminence'' to catapult..
A visually-impaired computer programmer was barred from giving a test for a government-certified programmer when..
A hammer and compass in hand, India''s women geologists are literally rocking it. Notwithstanding the dangers of..
A series in Sri Lanka has always been tough and no captain before Virat Kohli won back-to-back series in the isl..
A top United Nations official in Yemen said on Monday that a total of 201 children have been killed in the Yemen..
The US, which has announced its backing for India''s membership of the UN Security Council, is to raise the issu..
The Bharat 22 exchange traded fund (ETF), comprising of 22 companies, or investments from central public sector ..
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) on Friday commemorated the 18th anniversary of Kargil Diwas by..
The new cabinet of Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in at the Presidency here on Friday.
Unregulated fishing of critically endangered sharks off India''s Gujarat coast is driving them to extinction, wa..
Over 60 per cent of marketers in India believe new-age technologies are going to impact their workplace practice..
The Indian stock markets seem to be on a steroid-infused dream run. Both the National Stock Exchange''s Nifty-50..
In order to meet the target of increasing solar power capacity to 100 gigawatt (GW) by 2022, India will need to ..
With rumours of the Centre planning a withdrawal of the newly-introduced Rs 2,000 note doing the rounds, Ministe..
Former West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta, who chaired the Empowered Committee of State Finance Minister..
Tax authorities of the five BRICS countries inked a landmark document to establish a mechanism for taxation coop..
The organisations, however, are not clear how such maps were submitted. While officials from the Rajasthan Fores..
Land acquisition for a 15 km India-Bangladesh railway line has finally begun in both countries - more than seven..
Erasing morning gains, the Indian equity markets provisionally closed on a flat note with marginal losses. Howev..
India has to make suitable policy changes by December this year to remove measures it had undertaken to protect ..
Only the naive will believe that the elevation of a Dalit, Ramnath Kovind, as the President is of seminal import..
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif''s fate hangs in the balance on unexplained finances, most specifically for..
China and India should resolve their border dispute in Doklam before the BRICS summit in September and much of t..
The economic prosperity of the Bay of Bengal can improve the lives of millions in South Asia, said experts here ..
The Sino-Indian border row is an offshoot of rising Hindu nationalism in India which has hijacked New Delhi''s C..
The Indian government is partnering with a Ghanaian company to build capacity of the country''s professionals in..
Though the population worldwide protected by tobacco control measures has grown almost five-fold than ten years ..
Ever since Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati threw her final political trump card on Tuesday by quitting ..
Buoyed by rising mobile adoption in the Asia-Pacific region especially in India and China, mobile penetration gl..
Lawmakers across India voted on Monday to elect the country''s 14th President in a contest in which the ruling N..
NDA''s candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday met legislators and parliamentarians from Maharashtra here seeking ..
The Indian team is in a tricky situation at the womens cricket World Cup as back to back losses have dented thei..
Even though six of India''s least developed states - among eight high-focus states in government jargon - spent ..
As the monsoon begins, some parts of Bangladesh are already flooded, and the Brahmaputra and Ganga rivers are ex..
India''s annual retail inflation eased to a record low of 1.54 per cent during June, while the country''s factor..
Potentially harmful chemicals found in everyday plastic have been linked to the prevalence of chronic diseases i..
Unidentified terrorists reportedly opened fire on a police vehicle at around 8 pm on July 10. When police retali..
Energy consumption in India is expected to double by 2035 and the demand will continue to rise for more than a d..
A federal judge in the US has halted deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis, many of them Christians, who argued ..
The strong commitment to the Paris climate agreement by India and Mexico could make the deal work despite the Tr..
An Indian-American doctor couple, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was killed when their private plane crashed in th..
Former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri was on Tuesday named the Indian cricket team''s new head coach till the 20..
The bodies of all seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir arrived here on Tuesda..
Shocking facts revealed during investigations of a narcotic drug racket busted here last week have sent alarm be..
Microsoft has launched an all-in-one software product called ''Microsoft 365'' - a new set that brings together ..
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday closed all educational institutions and suspended internet facility ..
With the decks being cleared for the construction of a second airport for the capital at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh,..
China is preparing to start a freight train service to Pakistan - the second such link in South Asia.
The annual US Congress-mandated report on human trafficking last week continued to place India in the tier-2 cat..
Authorities have imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Saturday to prevent protests against the impl..
More than 30 million people, the majority in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been vaccinated a..
Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh have recorded high levels of damage to crops and human life by the wildlife. The so..
Difference of opinion between Reserve Bank of India and the government is not a bad thing at all, says former RB..
Experts and environmentalists have criticised Bangladesh's environment agency for its decision to declare fo..
The healthcare reform bill being discussed by the US Senate would leave 22 million people without medical insura..
Adanis'' Mundra plant has previously been disclosed to be operating with 100 per cent imported coal from Indones..
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Thursday unveiled its most powerful device ''''OnePlus 5'''' here that comes..
If more Indian mothers can be persuaded to care for their babies like kangaroo mothers do, many of the 750,000 b..
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushing yoga on the global stage, the ages-old vedic practice is now gaining i..
Undisturbed by his silent neighbours in the capital''s Nicholson Cemetery, this leading author has penned numero..
Full of strange facts and objects, our museums and history books carry some very interesting stories from bygone..
Indian publishing houses are fast becoming the preferred choice of writers from the neighbouring countries, with..
he stage is all set for India to hold the third edition of International Yoga Day on Wednesday with Prime Minist..
The West Bengal government''s flip-flop on making Bengali compulsory in schools seemingly played a major role in..
The first ever UN Ocean Conference came to a close on June 9 with a "Call For Action", over 1,300 voluntary comm..
A plentiful harvest in 2016 but imports drive some prices down 63 per cent. A shortage of cash because of demone..
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose''s niece-in-law Krishna Bose on Friday said India must face the "truth" of the revolu..
Since coming to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced one green energy initiative after the other. O..
For a decade during the previous Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) rule in Punjab, Congress l..