MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India announced simplified ‘know your customer’ (KYC) norms for low-risk customers ahead of the launch of the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana on Thursday. Under the new norms low-risk […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on August 27 notified the liberalized FDI norms for the Railways, permitting 100 per cent foreign direct investment through automatic route in several areas, including high speed trains. Other segments […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): It’s a deal that’s left everyone unhappy, except perhaps the few corporate honchos who executed it. Americans are upset that Burger King, their beloved fast food franchise, is decamping to Canada. Canadians are […]
PARIS (TIP): Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was put under official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe that dates back to her days as France’s finance minister. After a […]
LONDON (TIP): Scientists have for the first time grown a fully functional organ from scratch inside a living animal by transplanting cells that were originally created in a laboratory. The advance could in future aid […]
LONDON (TIP): Scientists have developed a tiny implant, no bigger than a pinhead, which sits inside the cornea to reverse vision problems in ageing eyes. As some people age, their ability to switch focus between […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new satellite than can predict the severity of droughts worldwide and help farmers maximize crop yield. Currently, there is no ground- or satellite-based global […]
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-originscientist has created a mechanical brain that will teach robots how to live and perform alongside humans. Robo Brain – a large-scale computational system that learns from publicly available Internet resources – […]
Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt will make his first trip to India next week to play cricket against India’s World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh, organisers said on Tuesday. The cricket face-off — titled ‘Bolt and […]
Raina’s 100 and Jadeja’s 4 for 28 set up a massive 133-run win over England in the 2nd ODI. India 304 for 6 (Raina 100, Dhoni 52, Rohit 52, Woakes 4-52) beat England 161 (Jadeja […]
Actress Nargis Fakhri has denied reports of dating her ‘Main Tera Hero’ co-star Varun Dhawan, saying she is romantically linked with herself and not anyone else. “What? No way dude. Oh, really it’s been written? […]
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma’s representative has rubbished reports that she is planning to tie the knot with Indian cricketer Virat Kohli. There were reports that BCCI had allowed the 26- year-old actress to stay in […]
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kelsey Grammer, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey Direction: Patrick Hughes Genre: Action Duration: […]
Jennifer Aniston is reportedly planning to shed some extra weight before her wedding to fiance Justin Theroux. Aniston, 45, had earlier confessed that like any bride-tobe she would lose some weight before her marriage. reported […]
Heavily pregnant actress Mila Kunis is obsessed with prenatal yoga to stay fit throughout her pregnancy. The 31-year-old actress and fiance Ashton Kutcher have been busy gearing up for the arrival of their first child […]
SENTENCING ON NOVEMBER 13 ATLANTA (TIP) : A self-styled multi-millionaire guru of the largest Hindu Temple of Georgia, Annamalai Annamalai, also known as Dr. Commander Selvam and Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar, is going to find […]
LYON, FRANCE (TIP): Internationally-renowned Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been roped in as an ambassador for Interpol’s “Turn Back Crime” campaign to promote awareness on how everyone can play a role in preventing crime. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India is hoping to win Japanese backing for a nuclear energy pact during a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and lure investment into its $85 billion market while addressing Japan’s concern […]
LONDON (TIP): Manchester United great Paul Scholes has said he is scared about the club’s future and believes they could spiral into decline in the same way rivals Liverpool did in the 1990s. Scholes, who […]
THE events narrated in this Book occupy scarcely two days. The description of Rama’s princely virtues and the rejoicings at his proposed coronation, with which the Book begins, contrast with much dramatic force and effect […]
The Sikh Gurus never believed in the exclusivity of their teachings. The Gurus undertook travels to spread their message to peoples of different cultures in their own native languages. The Gurus did not believe in […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani ministers and opposition politicians met antigovernment protesters on August 20 but talks ended for the day with the sides appearing no closer to resolving a weeklong political crisis that has rattled the […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN secretary general Ban Ki- moon on August 20 strongly condemned the killing of American journalist James Foley by extremist Islamist militants, calling it “an abominable crime”. “The secretary-general condemns in the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Shaken by the booing of their Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda on August 19, Congress chief ministers are wary of sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in election-bound states, fearing […]
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