A former US
college baseball player who helped inspire the global phenomenon known as the
“ice bucket challenge” to tackle a deadly neurodegenerative disease…
Young people
represent the majority of the population in most developing countries, where
they are often directly exposed to the effects of climate change,…
The World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has without exception has agreed to ban Russia from
major international sporting competitions — notably the Olympics and the…
India’s
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) rocket carrying advanced earth
observation satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 US nanosatellites lifted off from the
second launch pad of…
Earlier it
was reported that WhatsApp is working on disappearing messages. As the name
suggests, this feature self-destructs messages after a certain interval of…
The Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which is currently working on its next moon
project called Chandrayaan-3, will launch its cartography satellite Cartosat-3
and 13…
Google's
India-born Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai will assume the leadership
role at its parent firm Alphabet after the internet giant's co-founders Larry
Page and…
The World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has without exception has agreed to ban Russia from
major international sporting competitions — notably the Olympics and the…
In India, certain lifestyles mandate daily conveyance in and out of town, and bikes are the perfect solution for it. There is nothing better like relishing the open road on the back of a bike. It comes...
The 13th
South Asian Games in Nepal will conclude this evening. Indian women's Squash
team won Gold, defeating Pakistan 2-1 in the final today. The men’s final
match, also between India and Pakistan, is now underway.
In
Basketball,...
Indian men's
football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Tuesday signed a three year deal with
global sports giant, PUMA.
Chhetri, who
is the second-highest after Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of active
international scorers in world football,...
A teacher at
a private school in Haryana’s Hisar allegedly painted the face of a
nine-year-old girl black and paraded her inside the school for poor performance
in a test.
The incident angered the family of...
Union
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said there was a need to speed up
International Solar Alliance to trap solar energy in a big way.
Speaking on
the sidelines of COP25 in Madrid, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said
that...
In
Jharkhand, campaigning for the third phase of State Assembly elections will
come to an end today.
In all, 17
Assembly constituencies spread over eight districts will go to the polls in
this phase on Thursday. The district...
The 11-hour
Northeast bandh called by an umbrella body of student’s organizations of the
region to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill began at 5 am on
Tuesday.
The North
East Student’s Organisation (NESO), backed by various...
Lok Sabha
has passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 after a discussion and division
last night. In all, 311 members voted in favour of the bill and 80 members
opposed it.
The bill,
among other things, seeks to...
The Telangana High Court will on Monday hear the case of
encounter deaths of the four men accused of raping and killing a 26 year old
veterinary doctor last month.
The court had on Friday...
On Sunday, a fire broke out just before dawn when most of
the labourers were sleeping. The blaze rapidly engulfed the building, trapping
the people. Many of them died due to suffocation, doctors at hospitals that
received the bodies said.
