Boston (IANS) Among the futuristic innovators, Hugh Herr is sort of a legend. Billed as a “Bionic Man”, Herr lost both his legs below the knees to frostbite during a climbing accident in New Hampshires White Mountains in the early 1980s. … read more
The fraud at Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank shows that there is a rot in the system and not the bank. If unchecked, it can cause irreparable damage to the system. The complicity of bank officials with the Wadhawan … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Senior advocate Harish Salve on Thursday told the Supreme Court that ministers or those holding high office should exercise restraint while making statements in the public domain. The apex court had appointed two senior advocates – Salve and … read more
New Delhi (IANSlife) Dating app OkCupid, which asks its users some questions to match them based on common interests, has found that Indian millennials may not be that tradition-defying, after all, as they seem to value family time during Diwali … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met Captain Amol Yadav, a pilot who built a six-seater aircraft on the terrace of his house in Mumbai. Modi on Sunday met the young pilot who reportedly took 19 years in perfecting … read more
London (IANS) Researchers have developed a new interface that allows phones, wearables or computers to “feel” sensations such as tickling, caressing, twisting and even pinching just as the human skin does. The “Skin-On” interface, mimics human skin in appearance but also … read more
New York (IANS) An American clothing company has been drawing attention over a billboard — put up at Times Square — showing US President Donald Trump being hog-tied by a woman, reports said. According to reports, a Portland-based clothing company Dhvani … read more
Mathura (IANS) On a day when almost all married Hindu women are fasting on the occasion of ‘Karva Chauth’, women in Vijau village in Mathura resist observing the fast lest they endanger the lives of their husbands. “Since the past 200 … read more
Lakhimpur (IANS) Visitors to the Dudhwa National Park in the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh will now be required to fill up a bond saying that in event of any mishap, they would alone be responsible for the consequences. The gates … read more
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned to Dhaka from a successful four-day visit to India last week having concluded seven agreements. But the agreements have caused unease among many in Bangladesh. Critics have panned the agreements as mainly advantageous to … read more