LONDON (TIP): The world’s “largest aircraft” has embarked on its maiden flight, four days after a previous attempt was abandoned due to technical issues. The Airlander 10+ , part plane, part airship, took to the […]
LONDON (TIP): Armed Forces personnel from across the United Kingdom have celebrated the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan. The event was held at the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in London on August 18. Speaking at the […]
DIYARBAKIR (TIP): Two officers and one civilian were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a police station near Turkey’s southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Monday, in an attack suspected to have been carried out […]
VIENNA (TIP): Police say that a man attacked passengers on a train in western Austria, seriously wounding two people. The assault occurred early Tuesday near the village of Sulz, in westernmost Vorarlberg province. Police say […]
BEIRUT (TIP): His face bloodied and completely covered in dust, the little boy sits quietly, staring ahead, dazed and shocked after an apparent air strike in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Alone in an ambulance, […]
LONDON (TIP): New research in Britain has claimed there is very little difference in the way male and female brains function, overturning the notion of ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ as propagated […]
TEHRAN (TIP): The speaker of Iran’s parliament is stressing that Russia does not have a permanent military base within the Islamic Republic, a day after Moscow announced launching airstrikes on Syria from Iran. The comments […]
ANKARA (TIP): Turkey issued a decree on August 17 paving the way for the conditional release of 38,000 prisoners, the justice minister said, an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for […]
BEIJING (TIP) : The Chinese government banned urine therapy last March, but there are signs that the number of its practitioners are growing, state media said. The concept of drinking one’s own urine as a […]
People who are married, or cohabitating, generally tend to drink less both in amount and frequency, a new University of Virginia study indicates. The findings also show that singles are more inclined to drink more often, […]
If a married couple wants divorce by mutual consent, it is not a court’s business to deny them judicial separation by insisting on knowing the reason for their decision, the Madras high court has said. Noting […]
Hypertension on the high? Here are top 10 tips to get it down and keep it down. Seven in 10 adults are at a greater risk of stroke or heart attack because their blood pressure is […]
Cellulite affects more than 85 per cent of women, representing all shapes and sizes. It is made up of free-floating fat cells that are deposited just beneath the skin. It has a distinct appearance, like […]
A wearable device developed by Arizona-based research firm Brain State Technologies could help improve sleep and thereby lower the risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suggests new research. Recent studies show that sleep disturbance is […]
BERLIN (TIP): Scientists are preparing to unveil a new planet in our galactic neighbourhood which is “believed to be Earth-like” and orbits its star at a distance that could favour life, German weekly Der Spiegel reported […]
Eastman Kodak company, known for its films and cameras, on Thursday forayed into the HD LED TV business by entering into a partnership with Noida-based Super Plastronics Pvt Ltd (SSPL). SPPL, which manufactures TVs under the […]
While the night of September 1, 1856 sent shock waves among telegraphers after telegraph systems went haywire across the world a few hours after English astronomer Richard Carrington recorded the ‘first and largest’ solar flare to […]
Heard of “virtual meetings”? With a new drone with a projector, this will soon be possible. US tech giant Google has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an “unmanned aerial […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA, the US space agency is set to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth on September 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The […]
COIMBATORE: ICICI Bank on Thursday unveiled a payment service that uses a smartphone keyboard. Christened ‘iMobile SmartKeys’, this feature enables ‘iMobile’ users to make quick and secure payments on any mobile application including chat, messenger, email, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), the largest shareholder in Bharti Airtel, is consolidating its equity in the country’s top mobile operator by buying out Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek’s holding for $659.5 million (over Rs […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Moody’s Investors Service has retained India’s growth forecast at 7.5 per cent for 2016 but revised upwards estimates for China to 6.6 per cent citing strong fiscal and monetary support. In its […]
MOSCOW/DUBAI (TIP): Saudi Arabia is sending signals that it could boost its crude oil supplies in August to a new record level, overtaking Russia, the world’s top oil producer, as it gets ready for tough […]
The birthday of Hinduism’s favorite Lord Krishna is a special occasion for Hindus, who consider him their leader, hero, protector, philosopher, teacher and friend all rolled into one. Krishna took birth at midnight on the ashtami […]
There are many legends associated with the ancient city of Varanasi or Kashi. It is believed that the Hindu god Shiva and his consort Parvati lived here on the banks of the Ganga River. It was […]
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