Washington: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently among the top 10 of the TIME Person of the Year readers' choice poll in the company of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and Pope Francis. Although Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (10.5 percent) continues to lead the poll, Modi with a vote share of 2.7 percent was in the eighth...
New York: Do you love diving while holding your breath for a prolonged period? Read this carefully. Athletes who engage in free diving - descending hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean while holding their breath - undergo significant cardiovascular changes, reveals a study. These changes can pose potential dangers particularly to inexperienced or cardiac untrained divers, researchers...
Santiago: Chile's football team head coach Jorge Sampaoli said he felt proud to be one of the three shortlisted to win FIFA's World Coach of the Year award. "This nomination makes me proud of the time I have spent with the club. I am very proud to be nominated alongside successful coaches (Pep) Guardiola (Bayern Munich) and Luis Enrique (FC...
New Delhi: After giving an endearing story through “Piku”, Amitabh Bachchan has come on board for a social thriller, which will be produced by Shoojit Sircar. The megastar says it's “always a pleasure” to work with the filmmaker and his team. He also added that the film will bring a “social message subtly weaved in an engaging story”. Sircar along...
New York: Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have developed a method to efficiently turn human stem cells into retinal nerve cells that transmit visual signals from the eye to the brain. Death and dysfunction of these cells cause vision loss in conditions like glaucoma and multiple sclerosis (MS). "Our work could lead not only to a better understanding of the...
Agartala/Aizawl: With the repatriation of 31,300 tribal refugees to Mizoram uncertain, there has been no revision of electoral rolls in the seven camps they are sheltered in Agartala for the last 18 years - with one official even attributing the limbo to road blockages by protesters. The Election Commission (EC) recently asked almost all states in the country, including Mizoram,...
Tokyo: Tokyo stocks advanced in early trading on Tuesday as investor sentiment was lifted by the US dollar's rise against the yen, which in turn buoyed exporter issues. As of 9.15 a.m. (local time), the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 121.31 points (0.61 percent) from Monday to 19,868.78, as per reported. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to the capital on Tuesday after attending the Conference of Parties (CoP) climate summit in Paris on Monday. "After historic @COP21 summit, where India shared its strong commitment to mitigate climate change, PM reaches Delhi," PMO India tweeted. During his visit to Paris, Modi jointly launched the International Solar Alliance comprising 120-odd countries...
Mumbai: The Indian central bank on Tuesday kept its short-term lending and borrowing rates unchanged, in line with expectations, balancing its policy action between a comforting, 7.4 percent economic growth for the second quarter of this fiscal and a creeping inflation. In its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy review of the current fiscal conducted by Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram...
Lucknow: Three people were killed in Agra in Uttar Pradesh due to poisonous gas leak during cleaning of a sewage treatment plant, police said on Tuesday. The leak took place in the Nagla Boodhi area when workers and labourers were sent inside a tank to clean it on Monday evening. When worker Karan was lowered into the tank, he was hit...
