In a sensational development, Indian paceman S Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested by the Delhi police on the charges of spot fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
Washington: Testosterone levels increase when men defeat rivals in competitions, but not after they compete against friends, a new study claims. A University of Missouri study has found that testosterone levels during group competition are modulated depending on the relationships among the competitors. “One interesting thing about humans is that we are the only animal [...]
Opposition BJP demand that the famous Mahalaxmi Racecourse here be converted into a public garden. Mumbai: Opposition BJP demanded that the famous Mahalaxmi Racecourse here be converted into a public garden on the lines of Mysore garden. “At present, people interested in horse-racing only go at the Racecourse, which is more of gambling. Since the [...]
The authorities are taking no chances after an anonymous letter was received a few days back alleging threat to the actor’s life. Mumbai: A large posse of policemen has been deployed outside actor Sanjay Dutt’s residence at Imperial Heights building in suburban Bandra ahead of his surrender before a designated TADA court here in the [...]
Washington: Fish oil could minimise the damaging effects that junk food can have on the brain, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Liverpool analysed several research papers to substantially confirm the aiding of weight loss by omega-3s Previous research has indicated that high-fat diets could disrupt neurogenesis, a process that generates new [...]
Tagore’s vision of global and Asian unity contributed to shaping the tenets and ethos of the foreign policy of independent India and ignited the debate regarding their relevance in the contemporary world. New Delhi: Did Rabindranath Tagore make a mistake by meeting Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in Rome and seeking financial help for starting Italian studies [...]
New York: Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has sought more traffic routes and seats from India to serve two-tier cities, a top airline official has said. Akbar-Al-Baker, the Chief Executive Officer told the PTI yesterday that Qatar Airways has exhausted all the traffic routes allotted by the Government of India. “We [...]
Mumbai: A large posse of policemen has been deployed outside actor Sanjay Dutt’s residence at Imperial Heights building in suburban Bandra ahead of his surrender before a designated TADA court here in the 1993 serial blasts case today. The security has been beefed in the wake of alleged threat to Dutt’s life and protest by [...]
The Chennai plant has an installed capacity of 2 lakh units. There is also another plant with a total capacity of 2.4 lakh units.By Rajkumar Leishemba
The litigation funds bear all the costs to be incurred by their clients in their commercial disputes. New Delhi: Amid a rising number of international legal disputes involving entities and businesses in India coming to fore, a number of ‘litigation funds’ from abroad are sensing a niche business opportunity for them. This business of funding litigation [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
New mango named Nirbhaya after gang-rape victim
Lucknow: A new variety of mango, harvested at Uttar Pradesh’s famous mango centre Malihabad, has been named Nirbhaya after the 23-year-old Delhi girl who was brutally gang-raped Dec 16 last year and died of her injuries two weeks later. The new variety, its grower Kaleemullah Khan said, was his way of honouring the bravery and [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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