Using glamour to deglamourise drug addiction among people, especially schoolchildren, two NGOs have roped in noted celebrities like Amitabh Bachchanand Sunil Gavaskar as part of a campaign to spread the message of “getting high on life and not drugs”. The campaign launched on July 26 in Mumbai on Thursday, travelled to Delhi and apart from Bachchan and Gavaskar, enjoys support Read More

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today said though ruling BJP is “ideologically” opposed to casinos, his government has to follow the law in granting permission to these entities. Conceding that he has legal constraints as head of government, Parsekar told the Legislative Assembly that law can be amended to restrict these “onshore gambling dens” within two km from coast. “The Read More

BJP Jammu and Kashmir unit asked its spokespersons to speak forcefully and without any dithering against misinformation campaign launched by Opposition. “The need on part of the Spokespersons is to speak forcefully and without any dithering against misinformation campaign launched by some political parties for their partisan purposes,” a BJP Spokesman said. To review the media management of the party Read More

Taking note of the molestation complaints filed by at least three students, the Jadavpur University has initiated an inquiry into the incident and suspended the accused, whose parent was slated to take over as head of the English department from August 1. The accused, also a student of the English department, is said to have molested more than 13 students, Read More

The leader of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Nusra Front said on Thursday it was cutting its ties with al Qaeda to deny foreign powers including the United States and Russia a pretext to attack Syrians. Listed as a terrorist organisation by the United States, the Nusra Front was excluded from a truce negotiated in February. Russia and the United Read More

Opposition MLAs on Thursday, staged a walk-out from the Goa Legislative Assembly after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar questioned their intention behind raising the issue of casinos. “I know why questions about casinos are raised on the floor of the house. I know who have dealings with the casinos and who have business relationships with them,” Parsekar said after the Opposition Read More

Biotech returned to the good graces of investors this month and it may be the beginning of a revival for stocks in the industry. With one full trading day left in the month, the Nasdaq Biotechnology index has climbed 11 percent in July, on pace for its biggest monthly percentage gain in three years. It was down 0.4 percent on Read More

The trend it seems is going to continue as Pakistan celebrated the Lord’s Test win – first in 20 years – by doing five push-ups and signing off with a salute. Moments after sealing the 75-run win, Younus Khan neatly assembled the XI near the ropes and instructed them to start the drill. In a moment, they got down to Read More

UNESCO on Sunday listed Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex and Sikkim’s national park home to the world’s third highest peak Mount Khangchendzonga among its World Heritage Sites, approving all three nominations linked to India this session. Sunday’s approval comes two days after the ruins of Nalanda University in Bihar made to the elite tag at the 40th session of The World Heritage Read More

The combined market valuation of eight of the top 10 most valued Indian companies surged by Rs 57,965.56 crore last week amid a positive broader market trend. Barring Infosys and Sun Pharma, the rest of eight companies saw a jump in their market capitalisation (m-cap) for the week ended Friday. The m-cap of HDFC Bank soared Rs 13,030.16 crore to Read More