AUGUST 19, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 329 (Kohli 97, Rahane 81, Anderson 3-64) and 124 for 2 (Pujara 33*, Kohli 8*) lead England 161 (Buttler 39, Pandya 5-28) by 292 runs
Hardik Pandya shone with the ball for India with figures of five for 28 on day 2 of the third Test against England in Nottingham on August 19, 2018. ...
AUGUST 18, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump waves next to Chinese President Xi Jinping after attending a business event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. - AP Photo/Andy Wong
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — After 18 months of treating North Korea as the top national security threat, President Trump has increasingly turned his attention to China,...
AUGUST 18, 2018
In a casual conversation about the recent developments in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) world, Animesh Karnewar’s mother posed a question: “Can AI do something for me?” An avid reader, she wanted to know whether her son — an AI engineer at Mobiliya — could develop an algorithm that could generate images of people based on their descriptions...
AUGUST 18, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 307 for 6 (Kohli 97, Rahane 81, Woakes 3-75) v England
Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane are seen during their fighting partnership on day 1 of the third Test against England in Nottingham on August 18, 2018. | Photo Credit: AP
Visitors survive early Woakes’ jolt with the skipper showing the way; England bowlers made...
AUGUST 18, 2018
A film on former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and actor J Jayalalithaa was announced on Wednesday. The film will be directed by award-winning Kollywood filmmaker Vijay of Madrasapattinam fame and the cast will see a mix of actors from Bollywood and south Indian film industry. Bankrolled by Vibri Media, the movie will focus on her achievements...
AUGUST 18, 2018
Indian athletes march during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta on August 18, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Susi Susanti lit the cauldron which marked the opening of the Games amid the trademark fireworks.
Is that really our President? Did he really do those stunts?
Those were the little questions that popped up in many...
AUGUST 18, 2018
Diversity: The researchers looked at how skin colour varies among 10 different socio-cultural populations
Interaction between genetic, environmental and social forces results in the patterns of skin colour
Skin colour variation in Indians is determined not just by the environment and genetics but by sexual selection, too. A complex interaction between physical and social forces is responsible for patterns...
AUGUST 18, 2018
In this April 13, 2018, file photo, released by Military News Agency, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, second from left, listens to a brief on a missile at Su'ao naval station during a navy exercise in the northeastern port of Su'ao in Yilan County, Taiwan. Taiwan is responding to China’s defense buildup by developing missiles and interceptors of...
AUGUST 18, 2018
A schoolboy who "dreamed" of working for Apple hacked the firm's computer systems, Australian media has reported, although the tech giant said Friday no customer data was compromised.
The Children's Court of Victoria was told the teenager broke into Apple's mainframe — a large, powerful data processing system — from his home in the suburbs of Melbourne and...
AUGUST 18, 2018
A truck carries people through floodwaters in Thrissur, Kerala.
KERELA - Thousands of people in the southern Indian state of Kerala are still awaiting rescue from the worst flooding in nearly 100 years, with heavy rain predicted to continue for at least the next two days.
With more than 300,000 people sheltering in relief camps and thousands...
