Bangkok Second seed PV Sindhu eased into the women’s singles semi-finals of the $350,000 Thailand Open badminton tournament with a straight games victory at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok on Friday. The Indian overcame Malaysian Soniia Cheah 21-17, 21-13 in 36 minutes in their first ever meeting. World No.3 Sindhu will next take on World […]
New Zealand New Zealand scientists have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human, using a technique that promises to improve the field of medical diagnostics, said Europe’s CERN physics lab which contributed imaging technology. The new device, based on the traditional black-and-white X-ray, incorporates particle-tracking technology developed for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, which […]
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official Twitter account, @narendramodi witnessed a drop in followers after the social networking site announced a global crackdown on fake and automated accounts on 11 July. PM Modi’s handle, which is the top most followed Twitter account in India, lost more than 2 Lakh followers within a span of 24 Hours. […]
New Delhi To discourage the practice of dowry and ward off false cases registered under the dowry prohibition laws, the Supreme Court has recommended the central government to make it mandatory for families to submit wedding expenditure to the concerned marriage officer. The Apex court issued a notice to the centre in this regard and […]
NEET 2018: The Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) is not releasing the results for the second phase of counselling today on July 12. As per a note published on the official page, “in compliance of the directions of High Court of Madras, Madurai, the online undergraduate counselling for the session: 2018 including the declaration of second round result will […]
Some newspapers have reported today that the use of Aadhaar Card will be a “must” to avail benefits under the Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission. This is factually incorrect. Notification of the Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission being issued by MoHFW under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, merely enables the […]
Mumbai Hollywood icon Tom Cruise along with his “Mission Impossible” lands in Jammu and Kashmir to stop a sinister plot. Before you jump the gun, that’s how India finds a place in the narrative of the upcoming “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”. From the start to the thrilling climax scene, there are many points in the […]
Oppo Find X is the BBK-owned Chinese manufacturer’s latest flagship smartphone in India. Marking the revival of the Oppo Find smartphone series, the latest flagship from Oppo boasts of a motorised slider that contains the phone’s cameras, helping reduce the size of the display bezels. The design decision makes it one of the first smartphones […]