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Lucy Hawking, who attended the book launch, was asked how it felt to hear her father once again speaking through his famous voice generation computer. (Photo: AFP)

There is no God: Stephen Hawking's final book reveals his answers to 'big questions'

His book now reveals that according to Hawking, there is no afterlife or supreme being.

16 Oct 2018 2:21 PM

The couple were last pictured with alcohol when they were seen with glasses of champagne during a visit to Dublin in July. (Photo: AP)

Prince Harry is giving up alcohol in 'support' of Meghan during her pregnancy

Harry who has been known to be quite a party animal, it seems, has not touched a drop for three months.

16 Oct 2018 2:03 PM

Other scientists welcomed Hawking’s predictions as the best hope for saving the Earth from eventual destruction. (Photo: AFP)

Here's what Stephen Hawking's final fear was

Celebrated professor was afraid of the rise of superhumans resistant to disease.

15 Oct 2018 12:35 PM

Five artisans were sent to Yunnan province by the puja committee of B J Block, Salt Lake, a few months ago to learn about the art, culture and way of life of the people there. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Durga Puja 2018: Slice of China at Kolkata puja pandal

Durga Puja here has a Chinese connection this time with culture and traditions of the two places blending into one.

15 Oct 2018 8:49 AM

Another journalist too echoed Ramani's allegations tweeting that in her case it was at Taj Bengal, Kolkata and that after the encounter, she declined the offer.

Union Minister and former editor M J Akbar accused of sexual harassment

Journalists across the nation name male colleagues for inappropriate sexual advances.

09 Oct 2018 1:40 PM

His dog Charlie is named after the Hangover star's father who passed away in 2011. The film also stars Lady Gaga. (Photo: AP)

Bradley Cooper to be honoured by PETA for casting his dog in A Star Is Born

According to Variety, PETA awarded Cooper for not using a dog which was supplied by one of Hollywood's animal exhibitors.

09 Oct 2018 8:59 AM

Results suggest that too many people are starting business ventures, at least as far as personal returns are concerned. (Photo: Pixabay)

Optimists make poor business decisions, says study

Realists and pessimists are less likely to proceed with unpromising entrepreneurial ventures.

08 Oct 2018 11:44 AM

As with the other Nobels, nominations and deliberations are kept secret for 50 years, so it's nearly impossible to know which way the prize committee is leaning each year. (Photo: AP)

Climate, development tipped for Nobel economics prize

The Nobel economics prize was created by the Swedish central bank "in memory of Alfred Nobel" and first awarded in 1969.

08 Oct 2018 9:57 AM

The auspicious day of Mahalaya holds a special significance for Bengalis as well as it is the beginning of Durga Puja festival. (Photo: Orchid Chakravorty)

Durga Puja 2018: Here is the significance of Mahalaya

It is believes that Goddess Durga along with her family of Ganesha, Laxmi, Saraswati and Kartikeya starts Her journey to Earth on this day.

08 Oct 2018 8:54 AM

Notably, unlike Hollywood, Bollywood has remained largely silent on Tanushree, but not the world of Indian journalism and stand-up comedy. (Photo: Pixabay)

#MeToo: Indian journalists, comedians accused of sexual misconduct

Interview by former actress Tanushree Dutta, recalling her uncomfortable encounter with star Nana Patekar 10 years ago, set ball rolling.

06 Oct 2018 5:03 PM

Tipaz was whipped a total of 15 times, first by her mum and then the local Mayor.

Woman gets public whipping by own mum for stealing clothes in Guatemala

Tomasa Tzoc Tipaz was forced to kneel in front of a shouting crowd in her village and subject herself to a whipping - by her own mother.

06 Oct 2018 2:17 PM

The video was shot at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. (Photo: Twitter Screengrab/ @OfficialJoelF)

Donald Trump boards plane with toilet paper stuck to shoe; video goes viral

Video going viral shows Trump at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, walking up steps to plane with piece of paper stuck to shoe.

05 Oct 2018 7:34 PM

At the Bukavu hospital, which serves as a clinic for gynaecological and obstetric care, he lives under the permanent protection of UN peacekeepers. (Photo: AP)

Denis Mukwege: Healer of DR Congo's wounds becomes Nobel laureate

Nobel Peace Prize co-winner had been repeatedly nominated for work with gang rape victims from conflicts that have ravaged his homeland.

05 Oct 2018 3:25 PM

Today, Murad and her friend Lamia Haji Bashar, joint recipients of the EU's 2016 Sakharov human rights prize, continue the fight for the 3,000 Yazidis who remain missing, presumed still in captivity. (Photo: AP)

Nadia Murad: From jihadist slave to Nobel laureate

Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege were jointly awarded prize for ‘efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.’

05 Oct 2018 3:16 PM

However, amidst all these there is a scene in the teaser where a bloodied Kangana which is trending for all the wrong reasons. (Youtube Screengrab)

Here's Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika teaser and all its memes

The teaser fo Kangana Ranaut's much-awaited film Manikarnika -- The Queen of Jhansi has released

04 Oct 2018 8:53 PM

The racist is followed by the Good Samaritan, who chastises her for harassing the women. (Photo: Facebook Screengrab: faby.cruz.988)

In video: White woman confronts racist for harassing Hispanic ladies in store

In the video, the woman can be heard stating, “You don't harass people…Hey, get out of here! Now!”

04 Oct 2018 6:54 PM

The trio used the same principles of evolution -- genetic change and selection -- to develop proteins used in a range of fields.

Trio win Nobel Chemistry Prize for research harnessing evolution

Arnold, just the fifth woman to win the Nobel Chemistry Prize, won one half of the nine million Swedish kronor.

03 Oct 2018 5:04 PM

Last year, US astrophysicists Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss won the physics prize for the discovery of gravitational waves. (Photo: AP)

Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for laser research

Arthur Ashkin won one half of Swedish kronor prize, while Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada shared other half.

02 Oct 2018 4:16 PM

Fraess says no one makes turtle-sized wheelchairs, so he sent sketches to a friend who's a Lego enthusiast.

Maryland zoo builds Lego-wheelchair for turtle with broken shell

Veterinarians had performed surgery on the grapefruit-sized eastern box turtle found in July.

01 Oct 2018 2:56 PM

The post, published in Harvard Business Review, discussed how confusion over which sex can multitask more effectively is often the result of researchers using different definitions of the term "multitasking". (Photo: Pixabay)

Women aren't better at multitasking than men

"We found no differences between men and women in terms of serial multitasking abilities," study found.

01 Oct 2018 10:06 AM

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