New York,  Even if you consider yourself a light or "casual" smoker, it does not necessarily mean that you have completely escaped nicotine addiction, warns new research.

Many light smokers -- those who smoke one to four cigarettes per day or fewer -- meet the criteria for nicotine addiction an

Beijing,  In a significant development, China's top market watchdog on Thursday started investigation into alleged anti-competition practices by ecommerce giant Alibaba, as Beijing tightened control of an expanding Internet.

In a brief note, the State Administration for Market Regulation said that it

New Delhi,   Leading global professional services organisation EY on Thursday said that it will hire 9,000 professionals in India in 2021 who have skills across Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), cyber security, analytics and other emerging technologies.

The hiring from the STEM ba

Hyderabad, Telangana reported 574 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state's tally to 2,83,556, health officials said.

During the last 24 hours, two more persons succumbed to the virus, pushing the death toll to 1,524.

The fatality rate remained 53 per cent against the national aver

New Delhi,  Accentuated Internet data usage amid the novel coronavirus pandemic turned out to be a silver lining for the financially-stressed telecom sector of India.

Although the industry witnessed sharp erosion in its subscriber base initially during the lockdown, March-April, the work-from-home trend

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India was playing a major role in leading the world in environmental protection through international solar alliance as it was the only country which was on the right path to achieve Paris Accord's environmental goals.

Modi made the remarks while address

Ballia (UP), A statue of Dalit ideologue, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar has been desecrated in Sikandarpur area in Ballia district.

The hand of the 18-year-old statue, installed in Sikiya village park was found broken on Wednesday.

Sikandarpur SHO Balendu Bhushan Mishra said that the statue was being repaire

Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) The prison authorities in Uttar Pradesh have ordered a probe into allegations that an event at the district jail here "glorified" godman Asaram, who is serving a sentence for rape.

The rape victim's father made the allegations following reports that the self-styled godman

Srinagar, An encounter started between the terrorists and the security forces in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday morning, officials said.

The encounter took place in the Kreeri area after the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific informati

New Delhi, Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a demonstration on Thursday from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhavan with party MPs to meet President Ram Nath Kovind and submit a memorandum containing two crore signatures against the farm laws enacted in September, despite police restrictions.

Rahul Gandhi al