How Chatbots Are Spelling Out The Future Of Messenger Apps
There's been an explosion of mobile applications in the past few years, and constant innovation is driving their growth. The revenue from mobile app development is expected to shoot above $50bn by the...
View ArticleWhy JNU Must Invite Justice Markandey Katju to its Campus !!
The former British Prime Minister and a Noble laureate in literature, Winston S. Churchill, of whom I am not a great admirer, had once remarked, "Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It...
View ArticleA Minor Victory for America's Sikhs
Considering the extent to which multiculturalism has established itself as part of the American landscape (even when society's cranky, self-referential WASP segment had to be dragged, kicking and...
View ArticleMost Americans Oppose White Supremacists, But Many Share Their Views: Poll
A new poll in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, finds that while Americans widely say they oppose racism and white nationalism, many still appear to hold far-right, white...
View ArticleUK Terror Threat Raised To 'Critical' As Islamic State Claim Responsibility...
The UK terror threat level has been raised from severe to critical following the Parsons Green Tube explosion, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday evening.The measure means intelligence and...
View ArticleThe Smoking Gender Gap Is Narrowing In India, But Is It A Win For Women?
By: Anuradha Das Mathur and Bhavna Bidani"Women are narrowing the gender gap"—instinctively, this statement invites celebration almost everywhere in the world. However, when this statement is in the...
View ArticleNo, The Supreme Court Has NOT Made It Mandatory For You To Link Your Phone...
"As per Government's directive, it is mandatory to link Aadhaar card with your mobile number"—this is a message most of us have been repeatedly receiving of late. Telecom service providers have also...
View ArticleHow We Can Protect Our Children Without Stifling Their Growth
You don't realise how deeply you are capable of loving until you have your own child. As an adult who's seen the world that can be kind and cruel, soft and harsh, cheerful and sinister, you want to...
View ArticleSports Ministry Drops Leander Paes From List Of Sportspersons Who'll Get Govt...
New Delhi -- The Sports Ministry has left out veteran Leander Paes and Saketh Myneni from the initial list of tennis players, who have been chosen for monthly allowance for their preparations for the...
View ArticleSecurity Beefed Up In Haryana For Hearing Of Murder Cases Against Gurmeet Ram...
Chandigarh--Contingents of paramilitary troops and the Haryana Police have been deployed in Panchkula as security arrangements were tightened for the hearing in two murder cases against Dera Sacha...
View ArticleHaryana Govt Takes Over School, Orders CBI Probe Into Murder Of 7-Year-Old...
GURGAON/CHANDIGARH -- The Haryana government today recommended a CBI probe into the murder of a seven- year-old boy in a school in Gurgaon and took over its management for three months.Chief Minister...
View ArticleIndia Asks Pakistan To Back Off, Says Kashmir Is 'Integral And Inseparable'...
NEW DELHI -- India today hit back at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN, saying the grouping has no locus standi to comment on its internal...
View ArticleAir Force Marshal Arjan Singh Will Be Remembered For Leading A Young IAF...
Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh, an icon of India's military history, died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Saturday. He was 98-years-old.He will always be remembered as a war hero who had...
View ArticlePM Mourns The Passing Of Air Field Marshal Arjan Singh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today mourned the death of Marshal Arjan Singh and said India will never forget his excellent leadership in the 1965 India- Pakistan war when the Indian Air Force saw...
View ArticleModi Inaugurates World's Second Biggest Dam On His Birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat, the world's second biggest dam, nearly six decades after its foundation stone was laid.The inaugural event in the...
View ArticleCan 'Game Of Thrones' Teach Us About The Meaning Of Life
What makes 'Game of Thrones' so popular? Helen Sloan/HBODiane Winston, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and JournalismWhen the popular television series "Game of...
View ArticleAs Kashmir’s Wular Lake Diminishes, So Do Livelihoods
By Athar Parvaiz*, Bandipora, Jammu & KashmirWhen 67-year-old Mohammad Subhan Dar fished in Wular Lake in his youth, fish were abundant in the expansive lake tucked in the lap of lush green...
View ArticleCalifornia Close To Banning Pet Shop Sales Of Non-Rescue Cats, Dogs And Rabbits
California will become the first state to ban pet stores from selling cats, dogs or rabbits that don’t come from a shelter or rescue group if Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs the bill sent to him this...
View ArticlePV Sindhu Makes History, Wins Korea Open Superseries
SEOUL -- Olympic silver medallist shuttler PV Sindhu defeated world champion Nozomi Okuhara in a thrilling summit clash to clinch the women's singles title at the Korea Open Superseries in Seoul on...
View ArticleThe Assault On The Rohingya Is Not Only About Religion — It's Also About Land
PARIS — Religion and ethnicity have been the major focus in local and international news coverage of the persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar. Such persecution is part of a long and cruel history...
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