STAR Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal returned to the court in style, registering a straight-game win over local hope Phittayaporn Chaiwan, to sail into the women's singles second round of the Thailand Open here on Wednesday (31). Returning to action after nearly two months, Saina, who made last-minute withdrawals from Indonesia…
INDIAN actress Manisha Koirala is set to headline Netflix Original coming-of-age film, "Maska", the streaming service announced on Wednesday (31). The film is directed by Neeraj Udhwani and produced by Mutant Films. "An amateur actor with the ambition of becoming a big movie star discovers the fine line between dreams…
THE US is "working hard" with the Indian government to provide the country with opportunities to grow its economy as part of the Trump administration's Indo-Pacific strategy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Trade tensions between India and the US have been rising with president Donald Trump complaining that…
IN the last scene of Arjun Patiala, we are shown that two characters are sleeping and after watching the whole movie we too felt like taking a nap. Rohit Jugraj’s Arjun Patiala is a boring film that clearly offers nothing interesting and funny. Let me try to give you a brief about what’s…
TWO years after becoming the biggest shareholder of the firm that owns De Beers diamonds, metals tycoon Anil Agarwal announced an exit from Anglo American by divesting his near 20 per cent stake. He had in March 2017, began buying into Anglo American through a JP Morgan mandatory convertible bond…
INDIA on Friday (26) commemorated 20 years of its victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War, saluting the supreme sacrifices and valour of the fallen heroes in recapturing several mountain heights seized by Pakistani intruders in Kashmir. It was on July 26, 1999, Indian Army had declared successful culmination of…
THE second earth-bound orbit-raising manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed in the early hours of Friday (26), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The manoeuvre was carried out at 1.08 am using the onboard propulsion system for a firing duration of 883 seconds, the space agency said in a…
RESEARCHERS at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have, for the first time, unravelled the mechanisms by which lead salts may cause fatty liver disease, an advance that could pave the way for drugs to treat the disorder. Epidemiological studies have shown that this Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)…
INDIAN officials have met the 24 Indian crew members who were on board shipping vessel 'Grace 1', which was detained by Gibraltar police authorities, and assured them that the government will take necessary steps to ensure their release and repatriation, India’s External Affairs Ministry said Thursday (25). Iranian oil tanker 'Grace…
BORIS JOHNSON has appointed three Indian-origin leaders, including Priti Patel as Home Secretary, in his top ministerial team in what has been dubbed as Britain's most diverse Cabinet, after he took over as the new prime minister with a pledge that the UK will leave the EU on October 31,…