Southern composer Anirudh Ravichander of “Why this kolaveri di” fame and actress Amy Jackson will soon head to the US to shoot a music video for the single “Enakenna Yaarum Illaye” from upcoming Tamil film “Aakko”. “While the single was released earlier this year, the makers are now planning to shoot a music video featuring […]
Actor Irwin Keyes, who has appeared in films like “The Jeffersons” and “The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas”, has died. He was 63. Keyes died of acromegaly, a pituitary gland disorder on Wednesday, reports variety.com. On Wednesday, Keyes’ niece, Rene Galarza, announced his death in a post to his Facebook page. “It’s with deep sympathy […]
The world cannot be only subject to the US and the West, said a state-run Chinese daily which warned that “things will get tough if Washington suspects any organization that includes China and Russia”. Global Times in an editorial “Anxiety over Ufa summits unnecessary” said that as no head of a Western state will attend […]
China and India should work together to build a closer, and more comprehensive partnership among the BRICS countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here. Xi made the remarks on Wednesday when meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city of Ufa, ahead of two multi-lateral summits, Xinhua reported. The Chinese president recalled his […]
Scientists have discovered a striking new species of horned dinosaur in southern Alberta, Canada. Based on fossils collected from a bone bed, the team from the Royal Ontario Museum found the dinosaur named Wendiceratops pinhornensis that is approximately 20-feet long and weighs more than a ton. It lived about 79 million years ago, making it […]
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursay promised an unbiased probe into the death of journalist Akshay Singh, who was reporting on the Vyapam scam, and offered a job to a family member. Chouhan met the dead journalist’s family here and assured them of an unbiased investigation into his death. Besides a government […]
Researchers have discovered that supplementing existing antiretroviral therapy with a natural compound can reduce the potency of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), thereby halting the progression of AIDS. HIV-infected patients remain on antiretroviral therapy for life because the virus survives over the long-term in infected dormant cells. Interruption of current types of antiretroviral therapy results […]
Even eight decades later, one of the most widely-travelled Indian writers, Rahul Sankrityayan, is close to the heart of the Chinese people. His memory is preserved in a memorial to renowned Tibetan scholar, poet and thinker Gedun Chophel, who was his fellow traveller, in this capital town, known for the famed Potala Palace, the seat […]
It’s a cuisine that has its roots more than 3,000 km away in salubrious Himalayan climes. Now, denizens of this Tamil Nadu capital, where temperatures can soar to the mid-40s, can savour delicacies like tabakh maaz (lamb ribs with turmeric, cinnamon and cardamom) and rogan josh (lamb in maval petals and red onion gravy) at […]
Japanese robot manufacturer Suidobashi Heavy Industries has accepted a challenge from US competitor Megabot to participate in a duel of giant robots, Efe news agency reported. Weighing in at just under 4,000 kg, Japan’s metal monster will soon take on the 5,400-kg US contender in what may well be the newest form of entertainment, like […]