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  • Quake hits Mizoram and adjoining areas
    Aizawl, October 26 (IANS): A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous northeastern state of Mizoram and adjoining areas on Wednesday. There was no report of any damage due to the tremor yet, officials said.
    / 26th October 2016
  • 'Healthy oils, low-heat cooking can reduce heart problems of South Asians'
    Kolkata, October 26 (IANS) Thinking of ditching the salad bar in favour of pakoras from your favourite snack vendor? Think again.   Preventing coronary heart disease (CHD) is not just about what you
    / 26th October 2016
  • Trump detours off campaign trail to tout new Washington hotel
    WASHINGTON, October 26 (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump planned a detour from the campaign trail on Wednesday to formally open a new hotel in what a top aide said would remind voters of
    / 26th October 2016
  • India jumps 21 positions to rank 87th in WEF's global gender gap
    New Delhi, October 26 (IANS) India has substantially improved its rank in the Global Gender Gap index -- moving from 108th to 87th position within a year, according to a report released by the World Economic Fo
    / 26th October 2016
  • India, New Zealand call for stopping cross-border terrorism
    New Delhi, 26 October (IANS) India and New Zealand on Wednesday called for eliminating terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, disrupting terrorist networks and stopping cross-border terrorism, while agreeing
    / 26th October 2016
  • Calais Jungle camp clearance accomplished, prefect says
    CALAIS, France, October 26 (Reuters) - French authorities on Wednesday finished clearing the "Jungle", a squalid shanty town built outside the port of Calais by thousands of migrants desperately seeking a passa
    / 26th October 2016
  • Tata Sons' ousted head warns group faces big writedowns
    DELHI/MUMBAI, October 26 (Reuters) - Group companies in Indian salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Sons face potential combined writedowns of close to $18 billion due to poor investments, according to an interna
    / 26th October 2016
  • Nothing can be free forever: Airtel
    Gurgaon, October 26 (IANS): Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal on Wednesday took exception to free voice calls offered by Reliance Jio, saying nothing could be free forever.   Speaking on the sideli
    / 26th October 2016
  • ‘Women and men won’t reach economic equality until 2186’
    NEW YORK, October 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for
    / 26th October 2016
  • India disappointed at low rank in WB’s Doing Business
    New Delhi, October 26 (IANS): Reacting to Indias rank remaining unchanged in the latest World Bank Doing Business report, the Indian government said on Wednesday that reforms undertaken by it and the states hav
    / 26th October 2016
  • 80% Indians faced tech support scam, 22% lost money: Report
      New Delhi, October 26 (IANS): Eighty per cent of people in India have experienced a tech support scam, 32 per cent continued with the scam and 22 per cent of them lost money, a new survey revealed on
    / 26th October 2016
  • Climate change is shifting areas of skin disease concern
    Climate change is bringing certain skin diseases and other illnesses to regions where they were rarely seen before, according to a recent research review.   Dermatologists should keep these changing
    / 26th October 2016
  • Learning from lilies
    Aheli Moitra     There is little joy in writing about Manipur anymore unless you are writing about the delicate Shirui Lily. But even writing on the latter could border on the bizarre these d
    / 26th October 2016
  • ANTB at Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2016
    ANTB performed at Bacardi NH7 Weekender at Shillong, the biggest music festival in India, sharing stage with International bands like Steve Wilson, Vertical Horizon, Bollywood indie artiste FarhanAkhtar, Papon,
    / 26th October 2016
  • Priyanka Chopra downs a tequila shot on Ellen DeGeneres’s show
    TV host Ellen DeGeneres welcomed Priyanka Chopra on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" with tequila. The Indian actress gulped it down, and quipped about how Indians love their spirits.   Priyanka, who found
    / 26th October 2016
  • ‘The Simpsons’ writer Kevin Curran dies at 59
    Kevin Curran, a six-time Emmy-winning writer and producer who worked on shows like "Late Night With David Letterman" and "The Simpsons", died at his home here after a long illness. He was 59. Curran died on Tue
    / 26th October 2016
  • Heath Ledger's NYC apartment was a shrine to the 'Joker'
    Australian actor Heath Ledger, who was found dead in his property in Manhattan from an accidental intoxication from prescription drugs, was said to be obsessed with his role in the Batman movie 'The Dark Knight
    / 26th October 2016
  • ‘How I Met Your Mother’ inspired by 9/11 attacks, revealed creators
    Creators of the hit TV show "How I Met Your Mother" (HIMYM) noted that the show has emotional roots inspired by the September 11 attacks. On September 11, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks took place wh
    / 26th October 2016
  • Sonam Kapoor joins fight to make India hunger-free
    Actress Sonam Kapoor, who is known for voicing her opinion on various issues, has now taken up the cause to fight hunger. "Earlier I spoke about LGBT rights, feminism, health issues and body shaming. These are
    / 26th October 2016
  • Cigarette maker ITC criticises big health warnings on packs
    NEW DELHI, October 26 (Reuters) - India's biggest cigarette maker ITC on Wednesday criticised the government's decision to impose bigger health warnings on cigarette packets, saying there was little evidence to
    / 26th October 2016
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