New Delhi (IANS) Do you think looks precede intelligence? Well, millennials find intelligence way more appealing than looks, according to a survey. According to the data gathered from users of dating app OkCupid, 83 per cent women and 79 per cent … read more
New Delhi (IANS) After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to eliminate single-use plastic, the government is looking to find alternatives to plastic water bottles on a priority basis. Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that remote translator used during the Man vs Wild episode with Bear Grylls facilitated the conversation between the two men who spoke in different languages. Scores of viewers had been wondering … read more
New Delhi (IANS) IIT graduates Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal founded out of an apartment in Bangalore (now Bengaluru) what would become Indias biggest e-commerce start-up. Recounting the astounding story of how the Bansals built Flipkart into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse in … read more
Mumbai (IANS) Guess what dish turns on Jitendra Shah, a Mumbai-based tour operator-turned-restaurateur? Something that turns off most people — the humble and dismissively prepared ‘Khichdi’. This backbencher dish has been an all-time favourite of Shah, who has been relishing the … read more
Shimla (IANS) Seven girl students of Lawrence School in Himachal Pradesh’s Sanawar have set out to capture Africa’s highest range – Mount Kilimanjaro – located at 5,895 metres above sea level, the school said on Thursday. The girls, aged between 15 … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Delinking of Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir and granting it the status of a Union Territory has been a long-standing demand of the people of the cold desert region, which shares borders with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and China. The … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Nearly 1 lakh homebuyers find themselves in a legal quagmire as the flats they booked years back in Delhi NCR are nowhere near completion by the three prominent builders – Amrapali, Unitech and Jaypee. Frustrated, they hope either … read more
New Delhi (IANS) While still getting acquainted with advanced technology, 68 per cent Indians are already smitten by digital assistants-enabled devices, according to a report. According to the “State of Digital Lifestyles” report by US-based Cloud services provider Limelight Networks, 69 … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The news of Prime Minister Narendra Modi making an appearance on popular Discovery Channel’s show “Man Vs Wild” has taken the world of social media by storm. It all started with a tweet on July 29 by adventurer … read more