Technology, Mobiles tabs, 1st Feb 2018, News & Stories from India

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Pavleen Gujral starrer 'Angry Indian Goddesses' was directed by Pan Nalin and released in November 2015.

My child was my priority: Angry Indian Goddesses actress Pavleen Gujral on sabbatical

The actress talks about 'vanishing' from the spotlight after the film and much more in an exclusive chat.

01 Feb 2018 4:54 PM

Raazi: Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal are busy looking into each others eyes in this still

Produced by Karan Johar and Vineet Jain, 'Raazi' is scheduled to release on May 11, 2018.

01 Feb 2018 4:48 PM

As beards become trendy, more people are reporting this feeling which can strike at any stage in a relationship (Photo: AFP)

Shaveducking is the latest dating trend guys with facial hair should worry about

The cruel dating term means the feeling which takes over when a person wonders if they are attracted to their partner or just his beard.

01 Feb 2018 4:47 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley raises MUDRA lending target to Rs 4 lakh crore for FY'19

Of the total loan accounts, 76 per cent are of women and more than 50 per cent belong to SCs, STs and OBCs.

01 Feb 2018 4:46 PM

All three seats were linked to Congress president Rahul Gandhi's top lieutenants in Rajasthan - Pilot, CP Joshi and Jitendra Singh Bhanwar. (Representational Image)

Rajasthan bypolls: Cong wins 3 seats, major blow to BJP before 2019 LS elections

The Congress accused the BJP of trying to polarize voters and not doing anything to prevent minority communities from being attacked.

01 Feb 2018 4:45 PM

Observing that Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) will be encouraged to take up organic agriculture in clusters under National Rural Livelihood Programme, Jaitley exuded confidence that loans to women SHGs will augment to Rs 75,000 crore by March 2019. (Photo: PTI)

Budget 2018: Free LPG to 8 cr poor women under Ujjwala scheme

The percentage of working women has declined from 36 per cent being employed in 2005-06 to 24 per cent of women employed in 2015-16.

01 Feb 2018 4:42 PM

Markets reeled under heavy selling pressure, but large- scale buying by domestic institutional investors towards the later part of the session blunted the impact.

Budget belies market hopes, Sensex ends in red

The NSE Nifty saw volatility and ended at 11,016.90, down 10.80 points, or 0.10 per cent.

01 Feb 2018 4:33 PM

A clinical trial was launched in January to test the effect of the treatment in patients with lymphoma. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cancer 'vaccine' found effective in mice

In effect, these T cells are "prescreened" by the body to recognise only cancer-specific proteins, researchers said.

01 Feb 2018 4:30 PM

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget 2018-19 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Twitter reacts to Union Budget 2018

Jaitley said the focus of Budget is agriculture and rural economy, health, infrastructure and senior citizens.

01 Feb 2018 4:29 PM

It's when you are doing a moderate-intensity activity that you are starting to get the greatest health benefits (Photo: AFP)

Here's how beneficial walking 10000 steps a day really is

While Fitbit may beep in celebration when you reach the mark, the ordeal came out in a different light after an experiment was conducted.

01 Feb 2018 4:26 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

A whale with words: Orca mimics human speech

New experiment shows how smart orcas really are.

01 Feb 2018 4:20 PM

The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.60 per cent over the allocation of Rs 85,740 crore last year. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Rs 2.95 lakh crore allocated for defence budget for 2018-19

Outlay for defence budget amounted to 12.10 per cent of the total budget of Rs 24,42,213 crore for 2018-19.

01 Feb 2018 4:18 PM

Poonam died on the spot, Yadav was injured and rushed to a hospital where his condition was stated to be out of danger. (Representational Image)

UP: 4-yr-old girl dead, grandfather injured after 5 people open fire at them

The incident took place Wednesday when Banwari Singh Yadav was with his granddaughter Poonam and some people opened fire at them.

01 Feb 2018 4:17 PM

In mice and human blood cells, the researchers tested drugs that inhibit GSK3 (Photo: AFP)

Link between gene mutations and immune disease discovered by researchers

If GSK3 isn't inactivated it causes DNA damage in T cells that are expanding, causing the cells to not survive or function correctly.

01 Feb 2018 4:14 PM

Pulkit Samrat and Yami Gautam have worked together in two Bollywood movies.

Pulkit Samrat says he believes in love, did he just hint at Yami Gautam?

Pulkit Samrat will be next seen in a comedy flick 'Veerey Ki Wedding'.

01 Feb 2018 4:10 PM

Miss World 2017, Manushi Chhillar who made India proud, brought the coveted Blue Crown to India after 17 long years.

Miss India announces brand new season

This year the pageant will, once again, explore potential talent in all 30 states of India.

01 Feb 2018 3:50 PM

Government had made a provision of Rs 44,342.2 crore revenue from telecom services in 2017-18.

Govt expects Rs 48,661.42 crore from telecom sector in FY19

Govt earns revenue in the form of mainly licence fees and spectrum usage charges from telecom operators.

01 Feb 2018 3:36 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget ‘development-friendly’ and said it would strengthen the vision of a ‘new India’. (Photo: PTI)

Budget has free healthcare for 10 cr poor, sops for farmers; Modi calls it 'development-friendly'

Salaried get back standard deduction of 40k; govt taxes long-term capital gains in equity.

01 Feb 2018 3:32 PM

In many cases, porn ransomware utilises scareware tactics: it locks the device screen and shows a message stating that illegal content (usually child porn) has been detected on the device, and the device has therefore been locked. (Representational Image)

Porn-themed malware hit 25 per cent of victims in 2017

25.4 per cent of mobile malware victims were attacked by malicious programs using adult content to lure them in installing malware.

01 Feb 2018 3:21 PM

The four-page memo suggests that the Justice Department and the FBI abused their power in running surveillance on a member of President Donald Trump's election campaign in 2016. (Photo: File)

FBI, White House in loggerheads over secret Russia case memo

‘This president wants everything out so the American people can make up their own minds.’

01 Feb 2018 3:10 PM

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