Press Trust of India Search operations for the fifth day Wednesday by Vietnamese aircraft and vessels failed to uncover any clue to the fate of the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing early Saturday, officials said.
Deputy commander of Vietnamese Navy Le Minh Thanh told reporters that the Vietnamese government was doing everything in its power to find any clues to the whereabouts of the missing aircraft.
Bollywood’s “Ooh la la” girl Vidya Balan is on a multi-city promotional tour of the US to spread buzz about the forthcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) celebrations, which will make its American debut this year.
IIFA Weekend and Awards, an annual Bollywood gala, is scheduled to be held in Tampa Bay, Florida, April 23-26.
Vidya has joined its promoters on the second IIFA US tour to visit New York, Houston, Tampa and Orlando. The journey began Tuesday, and will end Friday.
In some major cities in the US, the underground sex economy accounts for as much as $300 million a year.
According to a significant study, funded by the National Institute of Justice and carried by Washington-based Urban Institute, erotic massage parlours and brothels in eight major US cities raked in between $39.9 million and $290 million from 2003 and 2007.
“With knowing the size of the economy, you get a better sense of what you are dealing with and how big this market is,” Meredith Dank, a researcher at the Washington-based Urban Institute, was quoted as saying.
Do you often handle kids’ maths assignments? Most of the men are given this task at home but a study says that even women are equally able when it comes to maths.
Interestingly, a study also finds that both men and women believes males are better at math!
“The problem is with implicit stereotypes but women tended to underestimate their ability while men tended to boast,” said researchers.
Lotus Formula 1 team has renewed its technical partnership with high-tech engineering consulting firm Altran for the 2014 season beginning here over the weekend.
The partnership was launched in 2013 and built upon Altran’s previous relationship with the team as an engineering and design supplier from 2002 to 2010. The latest partnership will see the company continue to provide Lotus with leading edge innovation and technological support services through a team of engineers based at Enstone.
India Wednesday termed as “very serious” an incident in which air traffic control (ATC) officials in Pakistan gave wrong frequency to an Air India London-Mumbai flight.
The Karachi ATC reportedly gave wrong frequency to the Air India flight on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Officials said this could have changed the flight path and led to a disaster.
The makers of “Kaanchi” have released the movie’s title track “Kaanchi Re Kaanchi”.
The song has been shot in rural localities and it exhibits the fearless and cheerful life of the lead character Kaanchi, played by debutante Mishti, in her village, said a statement.
With upbeat vocals by Sukhwinder, and lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil, the song wonderfully captures Mishti’s charisma and composer Ismail Darbar’s soulful music.
“Kaanchi” is directed by Subhash Ghai. It chronicles the story of an innocent rural beauty and her fight against power.
India’s industrial output was higher by 0.1 percent during January, as mining and electricity sectors performed marginally better, government data showed Wednesday.
Factory output measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) dropped by 0.6 percent in December, registering contraction for the third straight month.
The cumulative growth of the industrial production for the April-January period year-on-year was at a standstill from the corresponding period of last fiscal, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) here.
(IANS)
Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra says the biggest part of his success with “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” was that the movie managed to have a connect with children as young as six and eight.
Present at the FICCI Frames 2014 here Wednesday, Mehra and his “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” lead actor Farhan Akhtar discussed their views on the topic – “From Real-life Heroes to Reel-life Heroes: Biopics Inspiring Generations”.
“Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” is a biopic on former Indian athlete Milkha Singh. The movie managed to get a warm response from critics and audiences alike.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said Wednesday that he will step down immediately after the promulgation of a new constitution within the next 10 months.
Speaking at a public programme, Koirala, who became the country’s prime minister Feb 10, said that his main priority was to get the Constituent Assembly to draft a new democratic constitution, Xinhua reported.
“After the promulgation of the new constitution, I will give up my post as I have no interest in remaining in power,” Koirala said.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) marked their first win at the National Hockey Championship (Division A) by defeating Haryana 4-1 while Uttar Pradesh and Railways registered consecutive wins at the Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium here Wednesday.
FCI made an impressive comeback on Day 2 after losing to Railways Tuesday in Pool D. They were in no mood to settle down and dominated the first half leading 3-0 going in to the break. Ganendrajit Ningomban, Sunil and Vikram struck goal each in the sixth, 18th and 22nd minute, respectively.
State miner Coal India Limited’s (CIL) officers will go on a three-day strike from Thursday over their demands, that include performance-related pay and a new pension scheme.
“Coal Mines officers’ Association of India has served a strike notice against non-finalisation of performance-related pay, new pension scheme and other demands,” the company said in a filing Wednesday to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Karnataka’s senior IAS officer P. Manivannan was Wednesday commissioned into the territorial army with a rank of Lieutenant in the 106 Infantry Battalion, which is a vital adjunct of the regular army.
“General officer commanding Major General A.K. Singh inducted Manivannan at a pipping ceremony held here,” a defence spokesman of the Karnataka and Kerala Sub-area office said in a statement here.
The 1998 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer served in civil service for 15 years with top postings across the state.
An international trade fair highlighting the growth potential of India’s $100 billion healthcare sector will begin in Mumbai Friday.
More than 450 exhibitors from 20 countries and over 8,000 visitors from 22 countries are expected to take part in the trade fair, organisers said.
The 20th Medical Fair India 2014 (MFI 2014), the country’s oldest and largest international trade exhibition and conference on diagnostics, medical equipment and technology, will be held March 14-16, at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon.
IT bellwether Wipro has entered into a strategic partnership with the US-based SGI to service its customers and partners in big data and computing, and expand its market presence in India.
“As exclusive authorised service provider for SGI, we will also provide new solutions, maintenance services and enhanced support to its customers and partners across the country,” Wipro vice-president Anuj Bhalla said in a statement here.
With the focus being on northeastern India for more than a year now, it is but natural that the youth of the region, particularly those who have come of age and will be voting for the first time in the April-May general elections, are determined to make a difference.
Their biggest lament is of being “ignored”, but they are firm to get their cause a louder voice. And this is no idle boast. A cross-section of those IANS spoke to were determined to go back home and cast their votes.
Awaited Hollywood film “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” will release Indian screens May 2, a day before it hits theatres in the US.
The movie will release here in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu; it will be available to view in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D.
“The release date will take advantage of the fact that most states have a public holiday May 1,” Kercy Daruwala, managing director, Sony Pictures India, said in a statement.
“As it is, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ releases during the opportune school and college vacation period which is ideal for our audience,” he added.
Weeks after it happened, people are here still talking of the phone call between two women chief ministers that changed the contours of Tamil Nadu’s politics. It was a phone call from Tamil Nadu’s J. Jayalalitha to West Bengal’s Mamta Banerjee, discussing the possibility of a “Federal Front” after the Lok Sabha elections. And it created a storm in the southern state’s political circles whose reverberations are still being felt.
Forget eyewear or wristband, wearable technology can not get closer than this!
Welcome to the first ever electrically-engineered underwear with tiny electromagnetic vibrators which produce a momentary sensation when a smart phone key is touched.
So when the wearer’s partner touches his or her smart phone, the sensitive regions are indicated on a template on the phone’s screen.
The wearer feels a gentle frisson – or even a light vibration – depending on whether the partner has touched or swiped the screen.
Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor attended the inaugural session of the 15th FICCI Frames 2014. She lit the inaugural lamp along with other dignitaries, including filmmaker Ramesh Sippy and Star India CEO Uday Shankar.
Here comes a fitness wristband that can tell wearers exactly how many calories they have consumed and used during the day.
Called GoBe, it can monitor everything you eat and drink – automatically.
The band can show calories consumed and burned, activity, hydration, sleep, and stress levels.
GoBe is a large wristband with sensors on the back.
It works by combining data from a pulse sensor to measure fluid level in tissues, and accelerometers to measure movement.
Data is then sent via bluetooth to a smart phone app that analyses it and creates a series of charts for users.
The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stood at $104.38 a barrel Tuesday, compared to $104.48 Monday, according to the OPEC Secretariat.
The new OPEC reference basket comprises Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Qatar Marine (Qatar), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (the United Arab Emirates) and Merey (Venezuela). A barrel is equal to 159 litres.
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Weeks after it happened, people are here still talking of the phone call between two women chief ministers that changed the contours of Tamil Nadu’s politics. It was a phone call from Tamil Nadu’s J. Jayalalitha to West Bengal’s Mamta Banerjee, discussing the possibility of a “Federal Front” after the Lok Sabha elections. And it created a storm in the southern state’s political circles whose reverberations are still being felt.
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has received recognition by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) – the international authority on postgraduate business education, the institute said Wednesday.
The institute has been given accredited status for the Post Graduate Programme for Executives and Post Graduate Programme-Master in Business Management (PGP-MBM) courses by the AMBA for five years, according to IIM-C director Saibal Chattopadhyay.
Late actor Paul Walker, whose last film “Brick Mansions” will hit the screens in India April 25, believed in working to “create a memorable name”.
On the sets of the film, the versatile actor had candidly said: “The real things in life are those that we work for. We work for the family and we work to create a memorable name for ourselves,” read a statement.
The “Fast & Furious” actor was killed in a car crash Nov 30, 2013. He was travelling as a passenger in a Porsche, when it hit a tree and and burst into flames.