New Delhi: Over 300 scientists and communicators converged for the 17th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2017) here today, according to a release.

The two-event, which began at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), aims at promoting communication of India’s scientific wisdom.

Chennai: Polling progressed at a brisk pace in the R K Nagar assembly constituency here, with an estimated 46 per cent of the electorate casting their votes by 3 PM in the prestigious by-election

Election authorities said 46.6 per cent of the 2me3,28,234 voters in the constituency exercised their franchise by 3 PM

New Delhi:: The acquittal of all the accused in the 2G case by a special court today triggered a major political slugfest between the BJP and the Opposition with the Congress saying “truth” finally prevailed and the ruling party asking it not to treat the verdict as a “badge of honour”.

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Los Angeles: Actor Christian Bale feels that “culture will be richer” when white men are not the only ones in charge of everything.

The “Dark Knight Rises” actor batted for a more inclusive Hollywood which can benefit everyone during a panel discussion with AOL Build to discuss his new film

Washington: US President Donald Trump celebrated with senior administration officials and Republican lawmakers the passage of the most sweeping US tax overhaul in over 30 years by the Congress, which now heads to the White House for the president to sign into law.

Trump, gathered on the South Lawns of the White Ho

Cuttack: Sri Lanka suffered their worst defeat in T20Is after India crushed them by 93 runs in the series opener and senior batsman Upul Tharanga said the team must show some fight in the remaining matches of the tour.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl on a dew-laden Barabati Stadium, but proved no match to

Itanagar: Voting for the high stakes bypolls in two assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh Pakke-Kessang and Likabali began here today amid tight security.

Sources in the election office said the polling began at 7am with people arriving to exercise their franchise across booths, braving the chill and misty

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices had a positive start today, taking leads from the final congressional approval of a sweeping US tax revamp.

Buying by domestic institutional investors set the tone, but Asian stocks were mixed.

The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy steady.

The 30-share index

New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi were today acquitted by a special court in the 2G spectrum scam case.

Fifteen other accused in the case and three companies were also acquitted.

Others acquitted in the case are former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja’s erstwhil

Chennai: Voting for the high stakes bypoll in RK Nagar Assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, began amid tight security here today, with key contenders being AIADMK, the main Opposition DMK and sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran.

Polling began at 8 AM,