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Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday announced Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will offer free national roaming from June 15.

“From 15th June BSNL roaming will be free all over the nation,” Prasad said.

Last month, BSNL had slashed roaming tariff by up to 40 percent for its prepaid and postpaid mobile connection following a telecom tariff order issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). (ANI)

Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Tuesday declined to look into intra-departmental misgivings between anyone, as AIIMS director Dr. M. C. Mishra filed an affidavit before the Delhi High Court seeking to relieve head of the forensics department, Dr. Sudhir Gupta from his responsibilities.

“We are not looking into any intra-departmental misgivings between anyone unless it impacts our investigation. So, I am not going to comment upon any intra-departmental misgivings,” Bassi said.

Meanwhile, Dr. Gupta has asked for clarification over the stand of AIIMS faculty.

Union Minister for Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley on Tuesday claimed that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has caught the imagination of the entire country.

The Confederation of India Industries (CII) on Tuesday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to cut the Repo Rate by 25 basis points, saying that the move reinforces the perception that the Central bank and the government are working to take the economy to a higher pedestal of growth.

CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee, however, said that expectations were to reduce the rates by at least 50 bps.

Facebook has introduced a new feature where the site will now send PGP-encrypted emails alerting users about private messages, password changes, and other account notifications.

According to the Verge, some notifications that Facebook will send may be sensitive or involve a sensitive account while encryption will ensure no one can read the content of the messages without the key.

Users who wish to receive encrypted emails can upload a public key in the Contact Info section of the About page.

Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian on Tuesday welcomed the decision by the Reserve Bank of India to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points from 7.5 percent to 7.25 percent in the monetary policy review, opining that these cuts are consistent with trends in the economy.

A former official of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) who is a key witness in Benazir Bhutto murder case, has refused to testify against Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suspects who are being tried in the case.

The Dawn quoted the former telephone operator of the ISI, as saying that his life is in danger as he lives in Karak District, which is close to the tribal areas.

As a result, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) discarded his earlier statement which he recorded before the team investigating the Benazir murder case.

A team of researchers has suggested that fructose causes significant weight gain, physical inactivity and body fat deposition.

In the last 40 years, fructose, a simple carbohydrate derived from fruit and vegetables, has been on the increase in American diets because of the addition of high-fructose corn syrup to many soft drinks and processed baked goods, fructose currently accounts for 10 percent of caloric intake for U.S. citizens.

World number three Andy Murray has insisted that he was not perfect and was trying to tone down the use of bad language on court.

Murray used Twitter to justify himself after he was criticised for his rage and colourful outbursts during his third round match against Nick Kyrgios in the French Open.

Murray tweeted that he tries to be a good role model, but added that this was one of his many failings. He said he was far from perfect, but does try hard to improve his behavior, Sport24 has reported.

Microsoft is set to acquire 6Wunderkinder GmbH, the Germany-based startup that created and develops Wunderlist for an amount between USD 100 million and USD 200 million.

According to the Verge, the deal has not been finalised as yet.

The deal represents Microsoft’s latest move to boost its mobile presence and cover all bases around productivity software.

Wunderlist has earned favourable reviews among Android, iOS, and Windows Phone users.

However, Wunderlist has declined to comment on the deal with Microsoft. (ANI)

It is being rumored that Pakistani actress Urwa Hocane desires to do meaty roles in Bollywood and she is getting offers for the same as well.

The 23-year-old actress claimed that she refused to play the lead role in Ekta Kapoor’s latest production ‘Azhar’, which is a film based on the former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin and will see Emraan Hashmi as the lead male, reported the Express Tribune.

Issuing a clarification, she said doing bold scenes were not the only reason to refuse the offer, as she was also busy working on a local production titled ‘Jhol.’

Spotify has provided a list of 20 songs that people listen to the most when getting high.

Cypress Hill’s ‘Hits From The Bong’ tops the list with ‘Legalise it’ by Peter Tosh sitting at the second place, the Independent reported.

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe’ is the sixth most-listened to 420 track, while Notorious B.I.G’s ‘Juicy’ and Snoop Dogg’s ‘Gin And Juice’ are in there too.

If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it’s better to lay off Western diet, which includes red and processed meat, high-fat dairy foods, and refined grains.

According to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the consuming Western diet can significantly increase risk of both prostate cancer-related mortality and overall mortality compared with eating a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, fish, whole grains, and healthy oils.

Eddie Redmayne will be taking on the role of Newt Scamander in the ‘ Harry Potter’ prequel ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’.

Warner Bros. has confirmed the that ‘The Theory Of Everything’ Oscar winning star will be gracing the next fantasy film, that will release in 3D and Imax in November 2016, Deadline.com has reported.

J.K. Rowling will be debuting as a screenwriter in this flick, which will be directed by David Yates and produced by David Heyman. (ANI)

Seismologist Lucy Jones is busy separating fact from fiction after the blockbuster ‘San Andreas’ topped the box office in the United States and in New Zealand.

The film, which is based on cataclysmic events following a rupture in the San Andreas Fault, envisions a series of huge earthquakes that wipe out much of California, CBS News reported.

When real earthquakes hit the Californian state, reporters turned to seismologist Lucy Jones of the United States Geological Survey for all the facts.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid his tribute to Dr B.R. Ambedkar by garlanding his statue at his birthplace Mhow in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

The Congress vice president will also be interacting with Dalits later in the day.

He will also meet activists to discuss the path forward to addressing their issues. (ANI)

A day after a 21-year-old woman accused the driver of Uber taxi services of attempting to kiss her after she got off at her destination in Gurgaon, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Tuesday assured prompt action and said that a few taxis have already been confiscated.

“We will look into it and whatever action is required, we will definitely take. We have impounded a number of such taxis and we have also take action under the Motor Vehicles Act. Whatever else is required we will be doing,” said Bassi.

A report released by the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has called for an end on imposition of death penalty by majority view of the judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court of India.

The ACHR report titled “India: Death despite dissenting judgments” was released on Tuesday.

Coordinator of the National Campaign for Abolition of Death Penalty in India, Suhas Chakma, said that a varied opinion exists among Judges when it comes to death penalty.

Vince Vaughn thinks he has the answer to deter mass shootings, that is, by allowing guns in schools.

The 45-year-old actor said in an interview that it’s well known that the greatest defense against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back, Fox News reported.

The ‘True Detective’ star added that he supports people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home, noting that people don’t have the right to bear arms because of burglars, they have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government.

‘Heaven Knows What’ famed star Arielle Holmes has joined the cast of ‘ American Honey’ alongwith Shia LaBeouf , it has been revealed.

The flick which recently began its shooting in Oklahorma center’s around a runaway teenager who gets caught up in partying, breaking law and love, Deadline.com has reported.

According to reports, filmmakers Joshua and Ben Safdie met Holmes in New York while doing research for another project.

Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has said that the US nuclear deal with India has “affected strategic stability which existed before that” in South Asia.

The Dawn quoted Choudhry, as saying that maintaining strategic balance in South Asia was necessary for peace.

The foreign secretary was speaking ahead of leading a Pakistan team for strategic talks with the Americans in Washington on Tuesday.

He said that Pakistan’s nuclear program will only be a weapon of deterrence considering the perception of threat from India.

If you love to trot around in stilettos, you might want to change your habit as a new study has claimed that women who wear 10 cm high heels over 3 times per week developed an imbalance of 4 functional ankle muscles.

While wearing high-heeled shoes appeared to strengthen ankle muscles at first, prolonged use eventually caused an imbalance, which is a crucial predictor of ankle injury.

The Confederation of India Industries (CII) on Tuesday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to cut the Repo Rate by 25 basis points, saying that the move reinforces the perception that the Central bank and the government are working to take the economy to a higher pedestal of growth.

CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee, however, said that expectations were to reduce the rates by at least 50 bps.

A new study has revealed that climate change could be blamed for extreme and slow weather pattern changes in places like Texas and India.

Scientists predicted that more of these extreme weather fluctuations like the flooding that killed at least 30 people recently in the southern plains, while damaging or destroying thousands of homes and on the other side of the world, the extraordinary heat wave that killed more than 2,000 in India, could be seen in future, CBS News reported.

Nicki Minaj, who broke up with her fiance Meek Mill, used Instagram to spread the word of her separation.

The 33-year-old rapper posted images from her Cosmopolitan July cover shoot, along with the caption, “Thank God ya blew it!!! Thank God I dodged the bullet!!!!,” reported the Mirror.

The words in her caption are taken from Beyonce’s hit single ‘Best Thing I Never Had,’ which is about splitting up.