That Glorious Moment When A Human Defeated Google's AI Program AlphaGo
Google's AlphaGo tasted defeat for the first time at the hands of human Lee Se-dol on Sunday when the Korean grandmaster defeated the AI program in a match which lasted almost 5 hours. This was the...
View ArticleA Month Before State Polls, Sting Operation Shows Trinamool Leaders...
NEW DELHI -- Commotion broke out in West Bengal politics on Monday, with less than a month to go for State Assembly Election, as a sting operation unveiled in Delhi showed key leaders of the Trinamool...
View ArticleSwedish Daughter Tracks Down Indian Mother After 42 Years In An Emotional...
"I always wondered about my mother in India. Who was she? How was she? Why did she leave me?" These questions have hounded Elisabet Purve-Jorendal who was born in India and given away for adoption in...
View ArticleHow Social Media Will Change The T20 World Cup Experience For You
Cricket is akin to religion in India. Although other sports are gaining popularity, Cricket World Cups turn into an adrenaline-charged festival here. This year T20 World Cup is taking place in India...
View ArticleIndia Post Seals A Couture Stamp As Postmen And Women Take To Ramp
For Chennai's postmen and postwomen, Friday's was not a usual door-to-door walk delivering letters. Instead, they walked the ramp in dapper new uniforms as the postal department held a first of its...
View ArticleWATCH: 'Baaghi' Trailer Is Full Of (Literally) Bone-Crushing Ultraviolence
Action movie fans, this one's for you. Sabbir Khan's Baaghi, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Tiger Shroff, looks like a gleefully violent movie featuring its two good-looking stars — both at the prime of...
View ArticleAfridi Served Legal Notice Over 'Love For India' Statement
Shahid Afridi was today dragged to court for "committing treason" and "hurting sentiments" of Pakistanis, a day after his statement that the national cricket team was "loved more in India" than in...
View ArticleWATCH: Ravi Shankar To Ramdev, Here Are 4 Indian Gurus Letting Their Hair Down
India is a spiritual superpower that has produced many religious leaders over centuries. While we often tend to see gurus are teachers, spiritual guides and leaders of masses, some of them bear the...
View ArticleIndian Shutterbug's 'Gangasagar' Shot Wins Award At World's Biggest Photo...
When Abhijit Banerjee, a senior executive at a pharmaceutical company in Kolkata, started photography as a hobby, he didn't know that he would beat over two lakh people to go on to win a prestigious...
View ArticleChild Labour In India: Numbers Have Dropped By 60% In The Last Decade
NEW DELHI -- The number of child labourers aged 14 or below in India dropped to 4.5 million in 2011 from 12.6 million a decade before, said the country's labour minister, urging lawmakers to approve...
View ArticleMother Teresa To Be Made A Saint On 4 Sept, 2016
VATICAN CITY - Mother Teresa will be made a saint on Sept. 4. Pope Francis set the canonization date Tuesday, paving the way for the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor to become the centerpiece...
View ArticleMy Father Is Not An Animal Abuser, Says Daughter Of BJP MLA Accused Of...
On Monday, reports emerged that a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA in Uttarakhand flogged a police horse with a lathi, causing multiple fractures on the animal’s leg during a protest that turned...
View ArticleThe Dilemma Of Supporting Local Community While Traveling Responsibly
"Bishnoi grandmother" by Owen Young is licensed under CC By 2.0 I have always been a staunch supporter of traveling responsibly. I am not an expert in this field but in my own personal capacity, I do...
View ArticleWorld Culture Festival: 70 FIRs Registered For Theft, 30 People Held
NEW DELHI -- Gangs from across the country targeted visitors at three-day World Culture Festival in the national capital amid high security and made away with valuable articles like laptops, jewellery...
View ArticleTrinamool Congress In Tight Corner Over Sting Operation
Trinamool Congress today found itself in a tight corner in the Lok Sabha over a sting operation, with the government insisting that "truth has to prevail" and favouring a probe into the alleged bribery...
View ArticleDelhi Police Ropes In Housewives To Become Their 'Eyes And Ears' In Crime...
After the Mumbai Police decided to seek the help of housewives in order to nab potential rapists and molesters roaming the streets, Delhi police seem to be following its footsteps. Like Mumbai, Delhi...
View ArticleMusician Siddharth Basrur Opens Up About Overcoming His Battle With Substance...
Musician and singer Siddharth Basrur, well-known in the indie music circuit, suffered from serious substance abuse issues for years before taking the decision that turned his life around. Today, he...
View ArticleKanhaiya Says JNU Show Cause Notice Has No Mention Of Rustication
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday denied reports that he has been rusticated by the university. Kumar said that the university’s show cause notice to...
View ArticleWatch: Matthew McConaughey Dances To 'Khaike Paan Banaraswala'
Parineeti Chopra had her fan girl moment when Bollywood stars met their Hollywood counterparts in Dubai at an event to honour teachers. The Bollywood actress, who is a big fan of Matthew McConaughey,...
View ArticleThree Of Ten Suspected Pakistani Terrorists Killed: Sources
Security agencies have killed three of the 10 suspected Pakistani terrorists who had allegedly entered Gujarat recently to carry out attacks on high-value targets. Top official sources said the three...
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