- Hollywood
Sylvester Stallone gets a surprise punch from Pope Francis, is ‘honoured’ by his fan
Los Angeles: Actor Sylvester Stallone recently went to the Vatican and met Pope Francis, who surprised the ‘Rocky’ actor with a punch, revealing that he’s a big fan of Stallone’s movies. The…
- World
US shuts controversial $125 mn wildlife virus hunting programme over safety
New Delh: The US government has quietly dropped its $125 million five-year flagship project for hunting viruses among wildlife to prevent human pandemics, over safety concerns, according to a report. Known as…
- India
Delhi court allows Naveen Jindal to travel to Oman, UAE for business purposes
New Delhi: A Delhi court has granted permission to Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, who is accused in three cases related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks, to…
- India
BJP MLA slams Manipur tribal MLAs for meeting Mizoram CM
Imphal: Influential Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh on Saturday slammed ten state’s legislators for meeting Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga. Singh, son-in-law of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, said in X, formerly…
- Andhra Pradesh
Former Andhra Pradesh’s minister Srinivas Rao also arrested
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Police have arrested former minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Ghanta Srinivas Rao in Skill Development Corporation scam case. Srinivas Rao was arrested here a few hours after…
- India
Majority thinks Udhayanidhi Stalin indulged in ‘hate speech’: Survey
New Delhi: In an exclusive nationwide survey conducted by CVoter, a majority of the respondents are of the opinion that DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin indulged in hate…
- Andhra Pradesh
Pawan Kalyan’s plane not allowed to take-off for Vijayawada
Hyderabad: Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief and popular actor Pawan Kalyan’s chartered aircraft was not allowed to take off for Vijayawada from Begumpet Airport here on Saturday. He was leaving for Vijayawada…
- India
Cooperative bank scam: ED issues notice to former Kerala minister
Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned the former Lok Sabha member P.K Biju in the Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank Ltd case. Early this week, the ED arrested two persons P.Satheesh Kumar…
- Health
New strains of influenza A virus found in pigs raise pandemic risk
Singapore: Scientists have uncovered several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations over the past 15 years, potentially posing a pandemic risk. The…
- India
Amarinder Singh dismisses rumours of meeting Sonia Gandhi
Chandigarh: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday dismissed as “baseless rumours” claims that he had met Congress leader Sonia Gandhi recently. Amarinder said the claims…
- Business
Scientist engineered bacteria to generate electricity from wastewater
London: Scientists have engineered E. coli bacteria — the most widely studied microbe — to generate electricity from wastewater. This groundbreaking achievement in bioelectronics outlines a novel approach that could revolutionise both…