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Although Hemals practice area is urology, he delivered seven babies during medical school although never on the floor of a jetliner. (Facebook/ Sij Hemal)

NRI doctor delivers baby on 35,000 feet in air

Dr Sij Hemal, 27 a second-year urology resident along with Dr Stefanie Ortolan, a pediatrician from France, managed to...

31 Jan 2018 6:11 PM IST

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Meryl Streep, Debbie Harry named to New Jersey Hall of Fame

Meryl Streep, Debbie Harry are among the 20 newest members of the New Jersey Hall of Fame.

31 Jan 2018 11:53 AM IST

Tasneem a social activist with over 15 years of cooking experience, Suchitra, an expert in Indian cuisine and Yamini would prepare items such as sandwiches, frankies, burgers, pakodas, biriyani and juices in the fully equipped truck for sale. (Representational Image)

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Trans Pride: Coimbatore students start food truck for 3rd gender...

The truck would be on the rounds for a fortnight offering yummy food items prepared by the three transgenders.

30 Jan 2018 7:53 PM IST

It is hoped that the funding will allow the app-based concept, which can record symptoms of sufferers and monitor their progression, to be rolled out.

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Michael J Fox pledges Â£100,000 for Parkinson's app

Hollywood actor, who lives with the degenerative nervous disorder, has given the money to a University of London...

30 Jan 2018 2:20 PM IST

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US Inventors Hall of Fame to induct 2 Indian-American innovators this...

Arogyaswami Paulraj and Sumita Mitra would be formally felicitated during the innovation industry's most highly...

30 Jan 2018 1:19 PM IST

Her white t-shirt, baggy blue jeans and no shoes made a bold statement, that she stood in solidarity with the women of the #MeToo movement. (Photo: Twitter/HugoGloss)

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Pink's subdued performance makes bold statement for #MeToo, #TimesUp

This year's subdued, barefooted performance came as a surprise from the entertainer.

29 Jan 2018 4:32 PM IST

Carrie Fisher and Leonard Cohen. (Photo: AP)

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Grammys 2018: Carrie Fisher and Leonard Cohen honoured with posthumous...

The veteran actress and music legend, who had passed away in 2016, won the awards for their last projects.

29 Jan 2018 1:22 PM IST

Swara Bhasker and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

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Padmaavat: Swara slams Bhansali for glorifying Sati, writes open...

She condemned the filmmaker for presenting the criminalised archaic customs in a

28 Jan 2018 5:16 PM IST

$Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Robert de Niro, Nicole Kidman and other stars are grouped for the magazines \Hollywood Issue\. (Photo: Twitter/ VanityFair)$ Newsmakers

Out on a limb: Vanity Fair's curious cover

The magazine forgot to erase an extra leg they gave Reese Witherspoon.

27 Jan 2018 12:35 PM IST

Patel (Left), who passed the bar exams of both New Jersey and Pennsylvania in 2016, was administered the oath of office by the New Jersey Attorney Gurbir Grewal, the first Sikh to hold this position nationwide, on Wednesday. (Photo: @NewJerseyAG)

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Indian-American attorney loses illegal' migrant tag, enters US bar...

Patel is the first Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient to have been admitted to the New Jersey Bar...

26 Jan 2018 6:00 PM IST

Oprah Winfreys speech at the recent Golden Globes had made headlines. (Photo: AP)

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I don't have the DNA for it: Oprah Winfrey rules out 2020 US...

The talk show host has made it very clear that she will not run in the 2020 United States presidential elections.

26 Jan 2018 4:08 PM IST

Bill Gates, along with a few of his billionaire friends, has launched a US$1 billion fund to support research into energy technologies that will help us address climate change. (Photo: AP)

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Bill Gates backs Central America malaria elimination plan with USD 31...

New money would also help leverage more than $100 million in domestic financing and $39 million of existing donor money...

25 Jan 2018 8:11 AM IST