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Youngest kids more likely to be bizmen

The last-born children of non-entrepreneurial parents are more likely to go into business than first-borns, according to...

19 July 2016 2:35 AM IST

Chandigarh, Sikkim park in Unesco list

Chandigarh, Sikkim park in Unesco list

Unesco on Sunday listed Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex and Sikkim’s national park home to the world’s...

18 July 2016 2:05 AM IST

SpaceX to launch ‘parking spot’ at ISS

SpaceX to launch ‘parking spot’ at ISS

SpaceX is poised to launch its unmanned Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station on Monday, carrying a...

18 July 2016 12:33 AM IST

Amazon CEO gets cameo in Star Trek

Amazon CEO gets cameo in Star Trek

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos got to live out every Trekkie’s fantasy by playing an alien in the new Star Trek movie.

17 July 2016 1:50 AM IST

9 out of 10 strokes can be prevented

9 out of 10 strokes can be prevented

Just when you thought strokes can strike anyone at any time, a team of researchers report that 90 per cent of them are...

17 July 2016 1:49 AM IST

Are we a step closer to invisibility cloaks

Are we a step closer to invisibility cloaks

In a first, scientists have made an object disappear by using a composite material that can enhance an object’s...

17 July 2016 1:48 AM IST

Sherlock next series could be last: Steven Moffat

Sherlock next series could be last: Steven Moffat

TV drama Sherlock creator Steven Moffat thinks that the upcoming series of the hit drama, starring Benedict Cumberbatch...

17 July 2016 12:46 AM IST

Mick Jagger to become dad for the 8th time

Mick Jagger to become dad for the 8th time

Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger is going to be a father again and is expecting a baby with his 29-year-old girlfriend...

16 July 2016 2:00 AM IST

Hungary’s leading author dies at 66

Hungary’s leading author dies at 66

Novelist Peter Esterhazy, widely regarded as a leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature, has died aged 66...

16 July 2016 1:59 AM IST

‘Moms’ early marriage prompts kids to marry soon’

‘Moms’ early marriage prompts kids to marry soon’

Daughters and sons of women who get married young are more likely to want to tie the knot soon too but only if their...

16 July 2016 12:50 AM IST

Unesco adds Nalanda to World Heritage list

Unesco adds Nalanda to World Heritage list

The UN’s cultural agency on Friday added four new sites in Iran, India, China and Micronesia to its World Heritage...

16 July 2016 12:47 AM IST

Prince Harry takes HIV test live on Internet

Prince Harry on Thursday got himself tested for HIV in a bid to raise awareness about the condition and encourage others...

15 July 2016 2:26 AM IST