Food aid being stolen in Houthi-controlled areas: UN
Rome, Jan 1 (IANS/AKI) Humanitarian food supplies in Yemen – where up to 20 million people are facing famine – are being stolen and sold for profit in the capital Sanaa and other areas of…
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Madonna’s surprise New Year’s Eve performance at Stonewall Inn
New York, Jan 1 (IANS) Singer Madonna gave a surprise New Year’s Eve performance at Stonewall Inn — the bar in New Yorks Greenwich Village where the riots that kicked off the modern LGBTQ movement…
B-Town wishes ‘love’, ‘health’ for 2019
Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) The year 2018 saw some celebrities’ demise, stars battling with serious health ailments and much more. Hoping to have a rocking year ahead, a string of celebrities including veteran actors like…
Maltese Navy rescues 180 migrants
Valetta, Jan 1 (IANS/AKI) Maltese armed forces said they had successfully saved 180 migrants from two boats off the coast of Malta. A total of 28 migrants were plucked from a dinghy 71 nautical miles…
509 drunk drivers fined in Delhi on New Year eve
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Delhi Police penalised a total of 509 people on New Year’s eve for drunk driving, an official said on Tuesday. “We issued 509 drunk driving challans on the eve of…
‘Bird Box’: Great beginning of the year for movie watchers (Review)
By Subhash K. Jha “Bird Box” (Netflix); Cast: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Sarah Paulson; Director: Susanne Bier; Rating: *** 1/2 (3 and a half stars) After an unprecedented 2018, this is a great way to…
Sensex surrenders 36,000 mark, down 120 pts
Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) The Sensex slid below the 36,000 mark during the afternoon trade session on Tuesday, as it erased over 120 points from its previous close. At 1.07 p.m., the S&P BSE Sensex…
Twitter accounts still vulnerable, say experts
London, Jan 1 (IANS) Despite claims of a fix by Twitter, researchers at a Britain-based security firm who earlier hijacked accounts of several celebrities and journalists to expose a vulnerability have said that the loophole…
Telangana, Andhra usher in New Year with separate high courts
Hyderabad/Vijayawada, Jan 1 (IANS) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ushered in the New Year with separate high courts as the chief justices and judges took oath on Tuesday. The high courts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh…
African runners dominate Latin America’s biggest race
Sao Paulo, Jan 1 (IANS) Ethiopia’s Belay Bezahb and Kenyan runner Sandrafelis Tuei won the men’s and women’s divisions in the annual Sao Silvestre Road Race, the marquee competition of Latin American athletics. African men…
Kolkata ushers New Year in festive mood
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Kolkata ushered in the New Year on Tuesday by sharing warm greetings, enjoying picnics at popular tourist spots, beating the chill and partying hard. Indulging in midnight revelry at the iconic…
CRPF officer electrocuted in Jharkhand
Srinagar, Jan 1 (IANS) An Assistant Commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from Uri area in the Kashmir Valley was electrocuted in Jharkhand. CPRF sources said Jeelani Khan, 29, belonging to Manzgam village…
Group chat, low light mode coming to Google Duo: Report
San Francisco, Jan 1 (IANS) Google is working towards bringing group calling feature as well as a new low light mode on its popular video chat mobile app Duo. One of the most requested Duo…
On New Year, Delhi CP seeks public support for safe city
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Wishing citizens a Happy New Year, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik on Tuesday requested the people of the national capital to “devote some thought to security” of their homes and…
Alia welcomes 2019 with Ranbir Kapoor’s family
New York, Jan 1 (IANS) “Raazi” actress Alia Bhatt celebrated New Year’s Eve with beau Ranbir Kapoor and his family here. Veteran actress Neetu Kapoor on Tuesday took to social media and shared a perfect…
Del Potro to miss Australian Open due to injury
Buenos Aires, Jan 1 (IANS) Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro said that he was still recovering from a knee injury and would not be able to play at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam…
Big B leads tributes to ‘most compassionate’ Kader Khan
Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has led tributes to veteran Bollywood actor-director-writer-comedian and a Quran scholar, Kader Khan, who died after a prolonged illness at a hospital in Toronto in Canada. Ahmed Khan,…
New records set at Madrid’s Vallecana 10K
Madrid, Jan 1 (IANS) Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo and Kenyan runner Brigid Kosgei established new men’s and women’s records in the annual San Silvestre Vallecana 10K race. Kiplimo, 18, completed the course through the Vallecas neighbourhood…
NASA spacecraft’s first orbit around asteroid Bennu breaks record
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) Breaking a space exploration record on New Year’s Eve, NASA’s first asteroid-sampling mission, OSIRIS-REx, entered into orbit around the Bennu, making it the smallest object ever to be orbited by a…
Why ethanol is not a suitable fuel for automobiles
By Anil K. Rajvanshi & Nandini Nimbkar The Indian government is accelerating its programme of blending ethanol with petrol for two reasons: Our petroleum import bill is continuously increasing (we import more than 85 per…