A S Kashyap

Jennifer Lopez recently shared a video of her giving a peek into how the actress manages to stay so fit.
The ‘Booty’ singer posted a video of her doing torso twist while throwing a medicine ball and holding a lunge position with trainer David Kirsch on Instagram, People Magazine has reported.

The 45-year-old songstress previously said in an interview that she eats right and does appropriate exercise, but one should always switch the pattern of doing it to keep the body fresh. (ANI)

A new study has revealed that unused mobile phones are actually squandering gold worth 100 million pounds in the UK.

Contracts that promote frequent upgrades, and a lack of effective recycling, have built up a mobile-phone mountain of an estimated 85 million handsets, the Independent reported.

Dr James Suckling of the University of Surrey said that each of these phones has been manufactured using precious metals such as gold, copper and silver, which are costly to extract, both in cash terms and environmental impact.

A new study has suggested that we have trouble remembering specific shades because our brains tend to store what we’ve seen as one of just a few basic hues.

Johns Hopkins University-led team demonstrated for the first time that people’s memories for color are biased in favor of “best” versions of basic colors over the colors they actually saw.

Lee Westwood and wife Laurae have split up after 16 years of marriage, it has been reported.

It is claimed that the 42-year-old golfer’s kids, 14-years-old Sam and 10-year-old Poppy, will now move to United Kingdom to live with their mother, reported the Mirror.

Talking about the split, the ace golfer, who is being consoled by his parents back in his home town, said that he doesn’t comment on his private life.

It is being claimed that if the couple goes on to divorce, the English golfer stands to lose half of his 30 million pounds fortune. (ANI)

A new study has evaluated how different types of messaging impact student retention of classroom material.

The study showed that those who used mobile devices in class took notes of poorer quality, detracting from another cognitive process by which students integrate new material.

As mobile technology has become more widespread, however, some instructors have begun to include texting or digital technology in their lesson plans, which beg the question: Is it still distracting to students? Can students reply to and send messages about class content without being distracted?

Archaeologists have discovered dazzling jewels from an Ethiopian grave that revealed the 2,000-year-old link to Rome.

Spectacular 2,000-year-old treasures from the Roman empire and the Aksumite kingdom, which ruled parts of north-east Africa for several centuries before 940AD, have been discovered by British archaeologists in northern Ethiopia, the Guardian reported.

Louise Schofield, a former British Museum curator, named one grave “Sleeping Beauty,” because the way the body and its grave goods had been positioned suggested that she had been beautiful and much-loved.

A Brazilian man set an example for people around the world as he sang and played guitar while having brain surgery.

Anthony Kullkamp Dias went under surgery to remove his brain tumor in Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, but showed amazing courage as he sang six songs including ‘Yesterday’ by The Beatles, CNN has reported.

The 33-year-old banker said that he came to know about his tumor few days before his son was born and that’s why he even dedicated his original number ‘E manuel’ to his son.

Pakistan police has reportedly arrested 33 suspects during various raids launched in the aftermath of the killing of four policemen in Quetta, Balochistan.

A senior police official said that weapons and computers were seized from the suspects, who are being interrogated by investigators, reported the Dawn.

Police has refused to share the identity of those detained prior to the completion of the interrogation.

An FIR has also been registered against unknown assailants at Pashtoonabad police station. (ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that it was a matter of pride for the people of India that Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee is being honoured for his contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War.

World number one Novak Djokovic has reached his third French Open final with a five-set victory over his British opponent Andy Murray here on Saturday.

The Serbian required two days to defeat Murray 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 as an incoming storm suspended the high-octane clash on Friday.

Resuming play at 3-3 in the fourth set, Murray continued his overnight momentum as he cruised his way to clinch the set before eventually going down in the deciding set.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s visit has instilled a new dynamism and confidence in the relationship between New Delhi and Dhaka.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit has instilled new dynamism and confidence in our relationship. We discussed the issues of sharing of water of 54 common rivers. Also pledged zero tolerance against terrorism,” she said.

Lauding the ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India and Bangladesh are successful fellow travellers on the road to development.

“We have the emotional bonds of shared struggles and sacrifices that bring us together as sovereign and equal nations. Now, we are successful fellow travellers on the road to development. Our growing cooperation is a picture of my deeply held belief in the shared prosperity of neighbours,” said Prime Minister Modi.

With the Maggi row raging, the Karnataka government has brought other noodle manufacturing companies also under the scanner, ordering testing of their samples for safety standards.

Any decision on banning Maggi would be taken only after getting supporting reports and government is also looking into the safety standards followed by other brands of noodles, Karnataka Health Minister U T Khader told reporters.

X-Men director Bryan Singer shared a photo of himself in front of the Cerebro which appeared in the first X-Men movie back in 2000.

Singer, 49, who has been teasing his fans about the upcoming movie X-Men: Apocalypse captioned the photo – “Cerebro is Spanish for brain. #Xmen #XmenApocalypse.” The big round room first appeared in the 2000 film. It seems like the device will be used once again to detect humans, specifically mutants, reported Aceshowbiz.

The director made it clear that the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse would feature at least one scene in Cerebro.

Former captain Rahul Dravid was on Saturday appointed coach of the India A and Under-19 cricket teams after the first meeting of BCCI’s advisory committee in Kolkata but suspense continued over Ravi Shastri’s tenure as the senior team’s Director post the Bangladesh tour.

“The good news is that Rahul Dravid has agreed to coach India ‘A’ and under-19 teams in future,” BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur said in a press conference after the committee’s meeting.

Furious 7 actor Jason Statham has been approached by Marvel to take the coveted role of ‘Bullseye’ in Daredevil season 2.

In the comic books, ‘Bullseye’ is one of Matt Murdock’s enemies. He is a formidable villain who never misses his targets and is rumoured to antagonise Charlie Cox’s superhero character in the upcoming sophomore season, reported Ace Showbiz.

The new season is due 2016. Rosario Dawson is officially confirmed to reprise her role as Claire Temple, a Hell’s Kitchen nurse who was romantically entangled with Murdock in the first season.

As its “ambitious” new contractual recruitment policy bitterly backfired following massive opposition, the Jammu and Kashmir government will soon unveil a new one as a cabinet sub-committee is in the process of giving “final” shape to it.

“A new recruitment policy will soon be unveiled to engage qualified youth so that shortage of doctors in peripheral areas is addressed,” Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said today while interacting with prominent political and civil society members of Rajouri district.

The Food Safety Commissioner in Arunachal Pradesh has directed all distributors, wholesellers and retailers of nine Maggi variants in the state to recall them with immediate effect.

The commissioner in an order today advised the consumers not to consume the said Maggi Noodles (9 variants) till further communication from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published today, saying he was still committed to a Ukraine peace deal after a fresh flare-up in the country’s east.

“I would like to say – there’s no need to be afraid of Russia,” Putin told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in an interview published today, ruling out a major conflict between Russia and NATO member countries. “The world has changed so much that people in their right mind cannot imagine such a large-scale military conflict today.”

An Egyptian court on Saturday overturned a decision of another tribunal which listed Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organisation.

Quashing the earlier ruling, the Urgent Matters Appeals Court cited a lack of jurisdiction as the reason for annulling the decision. Last February, a tribunal listed Hamas as a terrorist group after two separate private suits were filed by two lawyers against the group, accusing it of interfering into Egypt’s internal affairs and supporting Islamist insurgents that targeted military and police personnel in Sinai.

Reigning Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton expects Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix race to be a close encounter between Mercedes and arch-rivals Ferrari, whom he believes, have significantly gained pace with their upgraded engine.

While the Mercedes driver finished Friday’s both practice sessions as the fastest driver before crashing in torrential rain, Italian team Ferrari have brought an upgraded engine to Montreal with a power boost.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of trying to deflect attention away from the NDA government’s “unfulfilled promises”, and also targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as he questioned her “friendship” with BJP.

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said aircraft manufacturing major Boeing, which had invested US $100 million in Air India’s Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) facility here, has disassociated itself with the MRO citing financial constraints.

Gadkari, along with Air India CEO HR Jagannath, visited the MRO facility and took stock of the progress work.

He said the facility, being developed in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of Multi Modal International Passenger and Cargo Hub in Nagpur (MIHAN), will soon start its operations of maintenance of Air India aircraft.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her gratitude to the people of India and the political parties for their unequivocal support to the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina witnessed the exchange of instruments of ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement.

“History is made as the Instruments of Ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement are exchanged,” Prime Minister Modi said on twitter.

The Central government has handed over the probe into the Manipur ambush, which led to the death of 18 army personnel and injured 11 others, to the National Investigation Agency.

The ambush, which was one of the most deadly attacks in the region in recent years, occurred at around 8.30 am on Thursday when the army’s convoy reached a place between Paralong and Charong villages.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Thursday condemned the attacks in a Twitter post saying, “Today’s mindless attack in Manipur is very distressing. I bow to each and every soldier who has sacrificed his