Trump picks anti-vaccine activist as health secretary

United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his decision to nominate former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. as his Secretary of Health and Human Services. The......

Mobile phone use doesn't lead to brain cancer: WHO's most detailed study

There is no link between using a mobile phone and developing brain cancer, according to a review of studies, which was commissioned by the World Health Organization. IMAGE: Kindly note that this......

US embassy in Dhaka to resume visa services this week

The US was looking forward to working closely with Bangladesh's interim government and strengthening ties with Dhaka on a range of issues, a top American diplomat said on Monday. IMAGE: People......

Kolkata rape: SC expresses concern over missing autopsy document

The Supreme Court on Monday voiced concern over the absence of a key document that was needed for the postmortem of the medic raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, and asked......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

'We Have An Indian Tiger That Needs To Be Uncaged'

'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......

Volkswagen faces $8 billion fine, to halt sales of some diesel cars

Volkswagen told US dealers to halt sales of some 2015 diesel cars after regulators found software it designed for the affected vehicles gave false emissions data, the company said Sunday,......

How Volkswagen's software cheated emission tests!

Volkswagen is accused of using software in four-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars from model years 2009 to 2015 made to circumvent emissions testing of certain air pollutants.  ......

'Scale at which this scam operates is shocking'

'There is an eminently fertile ground that perpetrators must be finding in our society.' IMAGE: Shriya Pilgaonkar, left, seen here with Tanuja Chandra, at the screening of Wedding.con. Photograph:......

'Tokyo Games village safe, COVID cases to be expected'

IMAGE: A bus leaves the Tokyo Olympics athletes village on Monday. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images The Tokyo Olympic Games have had their share of positive coronavirus cases before they open,......

COVID chaos in AFC Cup: BFC tie postponed after protocol breach

BFC admits 'inexcusable behaviour' Photograph: Kind courtesy Bengaluru FC/Twitter Bengaluru FC's upcoming AFC Cup play-off match against Eagles FC was on Sunday postponed indefinitely after......

Delaying Rio Games would give false security on Zika: WHO

IMAGE: The logos of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games are pictured next to a message on a screen that reads "Message about Zika" during a media briefing in Rio de Janeiro,......

Polonium traces found at Arsenal soccer stadium

British investigators have found minute traces of polonium 210, the radioactive isotope that killed former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, at a London soccer stadium, a public health spokeswoman......

NADA to minimise dope testing due to coronavirus threat

IMAGE: A woman walks into the head office of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Photograph: Christinne Muschi/Reuters In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus threat in the country, the National Anti......