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Vikas Bahls Super 30 releases on January 25 next year.

Queen director Vikas Bahl sexual assault: Bollywood stars slam 'bloody...

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta, screenwriter Apurva Asrani, Sacred Games' star Kubbra Sait, were among those who were angry.

7 Oct 2018 10:51 AM IST

Sunil Gavaskar lauds Virat Kohli ater his 24th Test century

Kohli scored 139 runs as he helped India to a mammoth total of 649-9 in their first Test against West Indies.

6 Oct 2018 12:19 PM IST

Pictures of Arjun Kapoor and Janhvi Kapoor during Koffee with Karan shoot with Karan Johar.

Janhvi debuts on KWK with Koffee legend', brother Arjun, KJo calls...

While the recent debutante can be seen wearing a cold-shoulder dress, her half-brother looked dapper in a black tuxedo.

6 Oct 2018 11:03 AM IST

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...

5 Oct 2018 3:25 PM IST

Today, Murad and her friend Lamia Haji Bashar, joint recipients of the EUs 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...

5 Oct 2018 3:16 PM IST

Sidharth Malhotra

Show you care: Sidharth Malhotra on World Animal Day

On the occasion of World Animal Day, Sidharth Malhotra has urged everyone to do their bit for the animals of the world.

5 Oct 2018 9:03 AM IST

In Chalan Beel, floating schools chug along rivers and lakes swollen by floods, bringing education to students long denied a chance to learn in one of Bangladeshs poorest locations. (Photo: AFP)

'Floating schools' turn tide on climate change in Bangladesh

BRAC University students recently unveiled a model for floating a bamboo home that can survive flood or be relocated in...

4 Oct 2018 12:09 PM IST

Trump has nominated Rita Baranwal to be an assistant secretary of energy (nuclear energy) at the Department of Energy, the White House said in a statement. (Photo: File)

Trump picks Indian-American woman to head US nuclear energy division

Rita Baranwal currently serves as the Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative.

4 Oct 2018 11:32 AM IST

Stills from video posted by Priyanka Chopra. (Courtesy: Twitter)

Video: Priyanka Chopra grooves to LoveYatri's 'Chogada' with school...

Starring debutantes Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain, LoveYatri is all set to hit the theatres on October 5.

4 Oct 2018 9:39 AM IST

Popular category at Raymond Crossword Book Awards comprises awards in 5 categories, which includes best fiction, biography, non-fiction, Business and Management, Health and Fiction and Childrens Writing.

BJP vs Cong: PM Modi, Shashi Tharoor shortlisted for 16th Raymond...

Names such as Arundhati Roy, Ruskin Bond, Amish Tripathi, Devdutt Pattanaik are in the running for awards under various...

3 Oct 2018 8:26 PM IST

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.

3 Oct 2018 5:04 PM IST

The findings may lead to a paradigm shift in snakebite treatment, said researchers at Technical University of Denmark (DTU). (Photo: Pixabay)

Anti-venom against deadly black mamba snakebite developed

The researchers are working to develop an anti-venom against several species of snakes.

3 Oct 2018 2:08 PM IST