India has the most transparent companies because of a strong regulation system firmly in place, a new report revealed on Monday, adding that China on the other hand has weak or non-existent anti-corruption policies and has the most opaque firms. The vast majority of the world’s biggest emerging market companies have failed when it comes to transparency, creating an environment for corruption to thrive in their businesses and in the […]

The holy festival of Eid or Eid ul-Fitr is just around the corner. Muslims across the globe break their thirty-day long fasting ritual and celebrate the festival by greeting each other ‘Eid Mubarak’! Here we bring to you top ten Eid songs which will definitely make your festival of joy a grand one. So enjoy the festive spirit of Eid and dance to the rhythm of these top 10 Eid […]

Director Ali Abbas Zafar couldn’t have got a better fit to play Sultan Ali Khan than Salman Khan. No, his physique with bulging muscles that seem designed to play a wrestler is not the only reason. The character and the actor, for some part, seem to have travelled a similar journey in life. Sultan rises to fame because of his wrestling skills and once he has the Olympic gold under […]

 Iceland can be an ideal destination for your next holiday as it has been named as the world’s safest vacation spot. Based on the recently released Global Peace Index (GPI) ranking, the Institute for Economics and Peace charted the world’s safest destinations, the Daily Mail reported. Out of 163 countries considered, Iceland claimed the top spot for the sixth year running aided by its low murder rate and small population. […]

Eminent lawyer and RJD MP Ram Jethmalani said on Sunday that he felt “guilty” and “cheated” for helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi who failed to deliver on his promise of bringing back black money stashed abroad.   While addressing a regional convention of Samajwadi Sindhi Sabha, Jethmalani claimed he contributed to making Modi the Prime Minister after BJP leaders promised to bring back black money parked in foreign banks. He […]

At least 250 district hospitals are expected to operationalise dialysis services in hospitals by the end of this year. Andhra Pradesh will become the first state to roll out the National Dialysis programme at an all-time low cost. Announced in the budget this year, about 25 states have proposed support for the programme with AP being the first state that will introduce it at a subsidized rate of Rs 960 […]

The recent thriller film, Missing On A Weekend, seems to have not gone down too well with the Goa government. The film is based in Goa, and the government there claims that the film portrays the state in a negative light and as a drug haven. The BJP-led Goa government has objected to it, claiming that the film projects the state as a haven for drugs and sex trade. “We […]

The next time you are planning to consume canned food, think twice. A recent study conducted by researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins University has confirmed the connection between consuming canned food and elevated exposure to a chemical linked to diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular ailments. With a first-of-its-kind sample including thousands of people of various ages, and geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds, highlights the challenges consumers face in trying […]

Indian-origin Google CEO Sundar Pichai and three other Indian-Americans are among the 42 US nationals honoured with this years prestigious “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” award. The other three Indian-Americans are Hari Sreenivasan, anchor and senior correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Vikram Malhotra Chairman of the Americas, McKinsey & Company and Bharati Mukherjee National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author. The annual award of the Carnegie Corporation would be presented to them […]

A triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport killed at least 32 people and left scores wounded, in the latest deadly strike to rock Turkey’s biggest city. The attackers began spraying bullets at airport guards at the terminal entrance and a shootout erupted before they blew themselves up one by one at around 10:00 pm (local time) yesterday, Turkish authorities said. The private Dogan news agency said […]