Entertainment
Mona_Darling MOVIE REVIEW
STORY: A Facebook friend request from a missing girl is linked to sudden deaths in this college campus. The police are befuddled by it and the missing girl’s best friend tries to get to the […]
Entertainment
Logan — MOVIE REVIEW
STORY: Set in 2029, the film begins at a time when mutants are on the verge of extinction, Charles Xavier’s (Sir Patrick Stewart) school doesn’t exist anymore and he along with Logan (Hugh Jackman) lead […]
Entertainment
CHASTAIN WAS SLAMMED FOR TALKING ‘TOO MUCH’ ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY
Actress Jessica Chastain, who has been a vocal supporter of gender equality, has revealed that she has faced some discouragement in raising the issue. Chastain says she was once told by a director that she […]
Entertainment
KIRSTEN DUNST SETS ‘TIME FRAME’ FOR WEDDING
Actress Kirsten Dunst says she has set a time frame for her forthcoming marriage to fiance Jesse Plemons. Dunst and her “Fargo” co-star announced they were engaged in January. The couple has remained tight-lipped about […]
India
India’s NSA Ajit Doval meets Israeli PM ahead of Modi’s visit
TEL AVIV (TIP): National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has held talks with Israel’s top leadership here as part of preparations for PM Narendra Modi’s muchawaited visit, the first by an Indian premier to the Jewish […]
Indian Americans
Embassy of India hosts Consular Open House in Maryland
As part the initiative on community outreach, consular officers of the Embassy of India, Washington DC, participated in a ‘Consular Open House’ held at Center for Social Change, Elkridge, Maryland, on February 25, 2017, to address […]
Other News
NASA MAY SEND ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT TO SUN NEXT YEAR
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA plans to send its first robotic spacecraft to the Sun next year that is slated to get within six million kilometres of the blazing star to probe its atmosphere. Humans have sent […]
Other News
New tool to reduce risk of triggering man-made quakes
BOSTON (TIP): Stanford scientists have developed a new software tool which will enable energy companies to calculate the possibility of triggering manmade earthquakes from activities associated with oil and gas production. Oil and gas operations […]
Europe
Man jailed for six years after killing banker with single punch at taxi rank
LONDON (TIP):Trevor Timon, the man who killed banker Oliver Dearlove with a single punch has been jailed for six years. The 31-year-old, of Plumstead in south-east London, was cleared of murder earlier this week, but […]
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SOON, A ‘MAGIC’ DNA COMPUTER THAT GROWS ITSELF
LONDON (TIP): Scientists have designed a new, super-fast form of a “magic” computer made of DNA molecules that grows as it computes and can outperform all standard systems in solving practical problems. Researchers from University […]
Business & Economics
Twitter adds more safety tools, will curb abusive accounts
Twitter is adding more tools to curb abuse on its service as part of its ongoing effort to protect users from hate and harassment. Among other things, the service will attempt to identify offenders on […]
Middle East
Saudi king Salman visits Indonesia with huge entourage, tons of gear
JAKARTA (TIP): King Salman today began the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Indonesia in almost 50 years, seeking to strengthen economic ties with the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. The king — who […]
Business & Economics
INSTAGRAM GOES LIVE WITH FULL SCREEN ADS ON ITS STORIES FEATURE
Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram on Thursday said that it was launching full screen advertisements on Instagram’s stories feature globally. “Ads in stories let your business use targeting and reach capabilities that make your ads personally […]
Asia
China trying to rope India, Russia in cyber pact against West
China wants India and other BRICS countries to accept its idea of “cyber sovereignity” that would allow each country to govern the cyber space in the manner they want without facing interference from other countries. […]
Asia
China in fresh trouble over copycat landmark
China has at least 10 White Houses, four Arcs de Triomphe, a couple of Great Sphinxes and at least one Eiffel Tower. Now a version of London’s Tower Bridge in the eastern Chinese city of […]
Europe
Theresa May faces first Brexit bill defeat as House of Lords votes for amendment
Prime Minister Theresa May has faced her first parliamentary defeat over Brexit after Britain’s upper house voted to amend and thereby delay a bill empowering her to begin talks for the UK’s exit from the […]
Europe
French presidential candidate Fillon’s home raided
Police raided the Paris home of French rightwing presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Thursday over an alleged fake job scandal as a senior party colleague warned him he risked dragging his party “into an abyss”. […]
Europe
Central European nations seek stronger EU after UK leaves
WARSAW (TIP): The prime ministers of four Central European nations met Thursday to discuss ways of strengthening the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc. The meeting took place just days before an EU summit […]
Europe
Islamic State planning attacks in Britain: Anti- terrorism lawyer
LONDON (TIP): Islamic State militants are planning “indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians” in Britain on a scale similar to those staged by the Irish Republican Army 40 years ago, the head of the country’s new […]
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LOWERING SYSTOLIC BP BELOW 120 MAY PREVENT EARLY DEATH
Intensive treatment to lower systolic (top number) blood pressure to below 120 mm Hg can prevent 107,500 early deaths every year, according to a new study. Systolic blood pressure refers to the pressure in the […]
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Walnuts make men more fertile: Scientists claim
Eating a walnut-enriched diet with 75 grams of walnuts every day may improve sperm vitality (movement) and morphology (form) — markers of semen quality, which is a predictor of male fertility — in men who […]
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A WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG CAN HELP PREVENT RISK OF TYPE 2 DIABETES
Researchers in the UK have found that a weight-loss drug also reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 80% compared to a placebo. The drug, which increases the amount of appetite-supressing hormones produced by […]
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A FASTING DIET MAY HELP REVERSE DIABETES
A type of fasting diet may reprogramme pancreas cells, promote the growth of new insulin-producing pancreatic cells and reduce symptoms of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, a study has showed. In the study, led […]
Business & Economics
GOVERNMENT LOOKING AT MORE FDI REFORMS
Relief for investors in defence, telecom and broadcasting NEW DELHI: India is set to make further changes in its overseas investment regime, scrapping the need for approvals in sectors where licences are also required, such […]
Business & Economics
COURT RESTORES WATER SUPPLY TO PEPSI, COCA-COLA IN TAMIL NADU, BUT RETAILERS BAN IT
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Madras High Court quashed the petition filed to ban water supply to multinational cola makers #PepsiCo and #CocaCola in Tamil Nadu, while the retailers of the state stopped selling their beverages. […]