New Delhi,  India's chief hydrographer, Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, received the Alexander Dalrymple award in recognition of his leadership in the disciplines of hydrography and nautical cartography, here on Friday.

He was presented the award by British High Commissioner Alex Ellis at a ceremony held

Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Businessman Raj Kundra and his IT head Ryan Thorpe will remain in police custody till July 27, a magistrate here ruled on Friday.

The day also was marked by much drama at the Juhu residence of Kundra and his wife, the actress and businesswoman Shilpa Shetty, after Crime Branch sleuths c

New Delhi,  Kanika Gupta, the wife of Trinamool Congress MLA Vivek Gupta, was robbed of Rs 1.86 lakh and a gold coin in the national capital on Friday, the police said.

According to senior Delhi Police officials, they received a complaint from Kanika Gupta at around 2.30 p.m.

As per the co

Srinagar,  The Kargil War Memorial bike rally reached Drass on Friday.

The 'Dhruva Bike Ride' in the honour of Kargil Vijay Diwas comprising 75 motorcycles commenced on July 22 under the aegis of Northern Command Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Y.K. Joshi, Army Commander, Northern

New Delhi,  The government on Friday said that around 60,000 candidates benefited under the Pradhan Mantri YUVA (PM YUVA) Yojana, a pilot scheme for creating an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship development.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneur

New York,  Global warming could limit the spread of dengue fever but could also affect Wolbachia as a biological control agent, according to new research.

Researchers, at the Pennsylvania State University in the US, found that infection with the bacterium Wolbachia, which has recently be

Washington,  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has returned to full science observations and released new images, following recovery from a computer anomaly that suspended the telescopes observations for more than a month.

Science observations restarted on July 17. The telescope's ta

New Delhi, Homegrown lifestyle brand Molife on Friday unveiled a new smartwatch -- Sense 510 -- that comes with a calling feature, at Rs 4,499.

The smartwatch will be available on Amazon as part of Amazon Prime Day sale and molifeworld.com from July 26.

"We are delighted to present our fou

Tehran,  Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated a major onshore pipeline that allows the country to bypass the Hormuz Strait for crude oil exports.

The pipeline, with some 1,000 km in length, will transfer the pumped oil from facilities in Goureh to the Omani sea port of Jask, reports

Bangkok,  Thailand is considering to unveil an "island hopping" tourism program, allowing quarantine-free foreign travellers arriving in the resort island of Phuket to "hop" to other seaside destinations, in the latest step to boost the country's tourism sector.

Fully-vaccinated i