Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Heavy explosion rocks Kabul

KABUL: A powerful explosion ripped through central Kabul during morning rush hour Tuesday, a week after the Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive.Read more

Heart attack patients receive less treatment for depression: Study

People who have suffered a heart attack tend to be more depressed but are less often prescribed anti-depressants than individuals who have not had a heart attack, finds new research.Read More

'Teenagers receiving less sex education from parents, schools'

Sex education is important for teenagers to stay healthy but educating them about sex from either parents or school has significantly dropped than a decade ago, media reported on Monday.Read More

Scientists record heat moving through materials at speed of sound

Providing unprecedented insight into roles played by individual atomic and nano-scale features, researchers have recorded the first-ever videos showing how heat moves through materials at the nano-scale travelling at the speed of sound. Read More

This electronic tattoo turns your skin into a screen

Putting clock-radio-style numbers on your skin might not seem all that desirable. But these flashing digits are the proof of concept for a new electronic skin.Read More

Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2016 Match 13 at Mohali: Likely XI for KKR

KKR will be up against KXIP at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali in match 13 of the Indian Premier League season 9. Karan Dewan. Read More 

IPL 2016: Loss to Sunrisers shows unsettled batting order hurting Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians (MI) have a knack of testing their fans' loyalty every season, at least that's how it has been for the last two editions.Read More

BCCI will lose Rs 1000 cr in new revenue sharing model, says PIL in Madras HC

Chennai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which is entitled to 21% of gross revenue of International Cricket Council (ICC) for the broadcast cycle of 2015-2023, will end up receiving at least Rs 1,000 crore less due to Bchief Shashank ...Read More

Amitabh Bachchan's 'Incredible India' role stuck in Panama canal?

NEW DELHI: Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan's appointment as brand ambassador for the 'Incredible India' campaign is reportedly on hold, with the report coming days after the veteran actor's name surfaced in connection with the 'Panama Papers'.Read more

Trai stands by proposal to auction 700 MHz band

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has refused to budge from its stand on auctioning the entire spectrum available in the 700 MHz band in upcoming sale on the ground that holding back part of the airwaves would result in an irreversible ...Read More

Cybersecurity to create 1 million jobs: Nasscom

NEW DELHI: Increasing incidents of cyber attacks and data protection efforts globally are expected to create $35 billion revenue opportunity and employment opportunities for about a million professionals by 2025 for India, IT industry body Nasscom said ...Read More

EU Competition Chief Set to Charge Google With Android Abuse: Reports

The European competition commission is gearing up to charge Google with giving unfair prominence to its own apps like search and maps in supplementary software licensing deals it strikes with mobile phone makers running its Android operating system, ...Read More

Apple iPhone 8 likely to feature an 'all glass' design: Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

One of Apple's most reliable analyst has some predictions for 2017's iPhone. KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo claims that the iPhone (iPhone 8) will be seeing a major redesign in 2017, dropping the iconic aluminium casing for an all-glass enclosure with AMOLED screen.Read More

Not sure if public sector banks will survive onslaught of small finance, payments banks: SBI chief

Arundhati Bhattacharya said that the new competition in the form of small finance banks and payments banks don't have a viable business model yet. Read More

Nirmala Sitharaman criticises Raghuram Rajan's choice of words for India

The RBI governor said India was like a one-eyed king in the land of the blind, describing what he felt about the country called a "bright spot" on various occasions, including by the IMF. Read More