Everything you need to know about Multi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Multi: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Bangkok, May 22 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay an official visit to Thailand from May 30 to 31, the Thai foreign ministry announced here Wednesday.
Sydney, May 18 (ANI): An Australian has been charged under anti-terrorist laws for issuing a how-to list on Facebook for how young men can engage in holy war without getting killed or ending up in Guantanamo Bay.
Shanghai, May 10 (IANS) Italian female cyclist Giorgia Bronzini won the second stage of the Tour of Chongming Island with a time of 2 hours, 44 minutes and 26 seconds.
United Nations, May 10 (IANS) A senior UN official stressed that the upcoming elections in the Maldives represent an important opportunity to move forward with its democratic transition.
New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has given its approval for moving official amendments to the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2010 pending in the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Cabinet Thursday approved amendments to the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2010, pending in the Lok Sabha, to ensure its provisions are in conformity with the Constitution (Ninety-Seventh Amendment) Act, 2011, an official statement said.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Indian Navy is celebrating the diamond jubilee of its aviation wing May 11 with the commissioning of its first shipboard Mig-29K combat jet squadron in Goa. The aircraft will be deployed on the carrier INS Vikramaditya, currrently undergoing sea trials in Russia and which is expected to be inducted later this year.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): A growing buildup of coronary artery calcium puts patients at increased risk of heart attack and death from heart disease, according to a new study.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Following the Feb 9 execution of parliament terror convict Afzal Guru, nine outfits aligned to the United Jehad Council announced jehad in India and the Lashkar-e-Taiba also planned big terror attacks on iconic places in India, parliament was told Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Yash Raj Film (YRF) Music has acquired the worldwide music and digital rights of action-comedy "Yamla Pagla Deewana 2" starring the Deol trio -- Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby.
Melbourne, April 29 (ANI): Taylor Swift has reportedly purchased a beachfront mansion in Rhode Island for 17 million dollars and has paid the full amount in hard cash.
Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's paid speaking circuit has begun.
Washington, April 24 (ANI): Long term exposure to air pollution may cause heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries", according to a study by U.S. researchers.
Melbourne, Apr 24 (ANI): Researchers at Stanford University have found that multitasking not only makes us less productive in the office, but it is also bad for our brains, as it made us work less efficiently and leaves us more open to making mistakes.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The strategy of increasing prices and taxes of alcohol and alcohol-related beverages has not lowered neither their demand or consumption in the country, leading to various health and social issues, health experts said Monday.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) In an effort to bridge the gap between the need and availability of doctors, the health ministry is promoting courses in family medicine for medical practitioners, an official said.
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Astronomers using Europe's Herschel Space Observatory have discovered an extremely distant galaxy making stars more than 2000 times faster than our own Milky Way.
Los Angeles, April 10 (IANS) Rapper Jay-Z is reportedly planning to buy an island worth 2 million pounds in Bahamas for wife Beyonce Knowles.
iBall has launched a new budget tablet in the Indian market in its Performance series by the name Slide 6309i. The price of iBall Slide 6309i is kept at Rs. 5,199.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Tuesday came down heavy on the Delhi transport department for financial impropriety and failing to implement schemes properly.
Washington, Apr. 2 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give her first paid speech since leaving the State Department later this month in Dallas.
Washington, Apr. 2 (ANI): Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give her first paid speech since leaving the State Department later this month in Dallas.
London, Mar. 27 (ANI): Multi-award winning singer Dionne Warwick has been forced to file for bankruptcy in New Jersey after being faced with paying a 650,000-dollar tax bill.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) When the chest pain and racking cough of tuberculosis patient Asha (31) refused to subside even after six months of treatment, the doctor got her sputum tested again - only to find that she had developed a worrying form of the disease known as Extensively Drug Resistant TB, which is nearly impossible to treat as of now.
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Actor Ravi Kishan got confused when he first met producer Krishika Lulla and thought that she is a lead actress of his upcoming film "Bhajathe Raho".
New Delhi, Mar. 21 (ANI): In a major initiative to monitor the progress of digitization and to ensure the mandatory adherence of transmitting digital encrypted signals by Multi System Operators (MSOs), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is in the process of installing a centralised monitoring system to keep a tab on the encryption of channels by MSOs.
Washington, March 20 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown gigantic radio galaxy, using initial images from a new, ongoing all-sky radio survey.
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) After directing films like "Dasvidaniya" and "Chalo Dilli," director Shashant Shah is back with a film titled "Bhajathe Raho". The movie will release July 19.
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released a list of incomplete on-line applications of Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff Examination, 2013.
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) While digitisation is key to growth in the media and rntertainment sector, that there will be a need for effective business models as its penetration becomes widespread, experts said at a convention here Tuesday.
Los Angeles, March 8 (IANS) Rapper Chris Brown reportedly threw his bodyguard Big Pat off his private plane in Bermuda after an "altercation".
Hewlett Packard (HP) has entered in the tablet market of India. HP launched its new tablet HP ElitePad designed for businesses and governments on Thursday. HP ElitePad operating on Windows Phone 8 is priced at Rs.43, 500.
Swipe Telecom has launched a new tablet Halo Value, which has a Dual SIM support and operates on latest Android operating system. This budget tablet is priced at just Rs. 6, 990.
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The government has approved a proposal for the indigenous development of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft by DRDO and the project is slated to be completed by 2020, Defence Minister A.K. Antony told the Lok Sabha Monday.
London, Feb 22 (IANS) Our skin secretes an antibiotic called dermcidin, which could act as a potent weapon against tuberculosis (TB) and dangerous bugs, says a study.
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Krishika Lulla's "Bhajathe Raho" was earlier titled "Bajate Raho", until actor Tusshar Kapoor suggested that she consult a numerologist and bring the required changes for luck.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Eric Trappier, chairman and chief executive officer of Dassault Aviation, the maker of Rafale combat jets, Thursday said he does not see any serious fall out of the Finmeccanica controversy on the Rafale deal.
New Delhi, Feb. 13 (ANI): Asserting that India remains committed to working for good relations and peaceful existence with its neighbours, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that incidents like the one that took place on the Line of Control (LoC) last month are against the norms of civilized international behaviour and are simply unacceptable.
Swipe, a telecommunication company based at Palo Alto California has collaborated with MTV to launch a new phablet (phone-cum-tablet) in India.
Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) India's new stock exchange MCX-SX started trading in equities Monday, competing against the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
Lava has launched its new Tablet named E-Tab XTRON in India priced at Rs 6499. This is company's first tablet operating on Jelly Bean operating system. It's a 3G tablet.
Bangalore, Feb. 7 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne on Thursday said that India's agreement to buy 126 Rafale fighter jets from France's Dassault Aviation is of the 'highest priority' in the upcoming budget for the financial year 2013-14.
Moscow, Feb 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia remains a key supplier of weaponry to India with good prospects for future military-technical cooperation, Deputy General Director of Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport Viktor Komardin has said.
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IANS) General Motors India will launch Chevrolet Enjoy, the Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV), in two to three months, a company official said.
London, Jan 31 (ANI): How you watch your television can reveal your celebrity personality type, as a leading psychologist has divided the viewers into five megastars based on how we keep up with our favourite shows.
London, Jan. 28 (ANI): Burmese pro-democracy crusader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she is still 'fond' of her country's army, even though it kept her under house arrest for 15 years.
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The information and broadcasting ministry has sought the telecom regulator's suggestions on regulating the mushrooming number of local cable TV channels.
Dharamsala, Jan 8 (IANS) Congress leader Brij Behari Lal Butail, a leading tea grower in the Kangra Valley, is all set to become the Himachal Pradesh assembly speaker, party leaders said here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) has selected the Airbus Military A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transport for its next generation of midair refuelling tankers.
London, Jan. 8 (ANI): One Direction star Harry Styles has split from his girlfriend Taylor Swift following a massive row on their romantic holiday in the British Virgin Islands, it has been revealed.
Washington, December 21 (ANI): Not all video game players are destined for lives filled with failing relationships and dwindling friendships, researchers say.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Indian Mujahideen are interested in carrying out terrorist violence in India but there are no such inputs about the Taliban, the government said Tuesday.
London, Dec. 9 (ANI): China's Communist Party has announced an audacious plan to flatten 700 mountains to make way for a new super-city.
Moscow, Nov 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport Wednesday denied media reports that it had lost tenders on the delivery of heavy?lift helicopters and aerial tankers to the Indian Air Force.
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Multi?industry US firm Textron Tuesday said it has appointed Inderjit Sial as president and managing director for India, succeeding N.R. Mohanty, who retired from service after six years with the company.
Washington, November 20 (ANI): Using a unique new instrument on the world's largest optical telescope, astronomers have pinned down the likely origins of especially bright supernovae that they use as easy-to-spot "mile markers" to measure the expansion and acceleration of the universe.
Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) Bollywood actor Anupam Kher's motivational book "The Best Thing About You Is You" will be published in Korean language.
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) One hundred percent digitisation has been achieved in Mumbai and Delhi while the other two metros - Chennai and Kolkata - fell short in the digitization drive, the information and broadcasting ministry said Thursday.
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) The Bengali version of long-running crime series "CID" will hit the small screen Nov 12.
London, Oct 27 (IANS) An oil tycoon has won a landmark case for slashing the divorce payout of 17.5 million pounds (about $28 million) to his ex-wife amount by nine million pounds, taking recourse to an African customary law.
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The US Navy has begun acquiring the sophisticated lightweight air-launched Mk-54 torpedoes from the US weapon maker Raytheon for the Indian Navy.
Madrid, Oct 20 (IANS/EFE) France's defence minister announced here Friday that his country will purchase 14 aerial refuelling tanker aircraft from Spain.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) In order to create awareness and urge people to make walking a habit, a multi-city walk for health will be organised in 11 cities of the country by a health care provider for people of all age groups.
London, Oct. 14 (ANI): One of Britain's most important Muslim leaders, who has a senior position in the country's National Health Service (NHS), is being charged with 18 murders by a war crimes tribunal in his native Bangladesh, investigators said.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Noted television actress Shweta Tiwari will lend a push to the digitization of Indian cable television by advocating the move even as the four metros near the Oct 31 date to switch over to complete TV digitisation, an official said Thursday.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The government Wednesday said that 77 percent of cable TV digitisation has been achieved in the country's four metros, with Mumbai topping the list.
Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has revealed that the next time she weds, she will have an intimate ceremony, and not an over-the-the top one like last time.
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India, which reports more than half of the new leprosy cases in the world each year, must take steps to make the inhabitants of the 850 leprosy colonies across the country join the mainstream, experts said here Thursday.
Washington, September 29 (ANI): Women who experience early menopause are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women whose menopause occurs at a later age, according to a new study.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) No more pixelated, grainy pictures on your TV. In just over a month, four Indian metropolises - around 10 million households - will switch over to the digital television mode that promises super-clear picture quality and scores of channels to boot.
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) No more pixelated, grainy pictures on TV. In about a month, four Indian metropolises - around 10 million households - will switch over to the digital television mode that promises super-clear picture quality and scores of channels to boot.
Washington, September 22 (ANI): Using the Multi-Object Infrared Camera and Spectrograph (MOIRCS) mounted on the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered a protocluster of galaxies in the midst of a vigorous process of formation.
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 21 (IANS) Technology-driven governance got a major boost in Kerala with a 'Digital Super Highway', enabling unlimited data sharing between panchayats in a secure mode, becoming a reality in the state.
Washington, September 20 (ANI): In a new study, a group of investigators may have uncovered the key to the variation in the speed of AIDS progression among slow progressors with a gene called HLA-B*57 (B57).
Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (IANS) The nuclear-capable Agni-IV missile was tested from a defence base in Odisha Wednesday, official sources said.
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Women who go into menopause before the age of 46 are twice as likely to suffer from coronary heart disease and stroke, suggests a new study led by an Indian origin scientist.
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Pakistan Monday successfully test fired an indigenously developed multi-tube cruise missile with a range of 700 km and capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the military said.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has decided to raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap to 74 percent in various services of the broadcasting sector.
New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): Coming a day after the fuel price hike announcements, the decision of the Indian Government to ease FDI norms in an array of sectors like Multi Brand Retail, Civil Aviation, Power Trading Exchanges and Broadcasting is a tremendous boost not only to the sectors in question, but is a huge mood lifter, Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII has said in a press release.
India's second moon mission will depend on Russia's decision after a failed inter-planetary mission with China, said ISRO chairman on Sunday after successful launching its 100th indigenous mission.......
Imphal, Aug 30 (IANS) Normal life in Manipur came to a standstill Thursday during an 18-hour shutdown called by the joint action committee demanding the release of a businessman abducted by suspected Naga rebels.
Chennai, Aug 28 (IANS) A multi-pronged strategy of setting up of a super information- sharing body, better coordination between government agencies, use of indigenous software and hardware could help in avoiding cyber terrorism on India, said officials of NGO Cyber Society of India.
Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi had blamed Congress that the central government is supporting Multi National Companies on the cost of common man of India, which can't be tolerated.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Infiltration attempts and the number of terrorists successfully entering Jammu and Kashmir from across the Pakistani border has come down in the last five years based on figure collated by intelligence agencies, parliament was informed Wednesday.
Beijing, Aug 22 (IANS) China will launch several space projects, including a hard X-ray telescope for black hole studies, between 2014 and 2016, a Chinese academic announced Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday said the UPA Government has paid special attention to the welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, minorities, women and other weaker sections.
Jaipur, Aug.8 (ANI): Despite a hike in excise duty on gold and silver, the trade of gems and jewellery continues to flourish in Rajasthan.
Washington, Aug 3 (ANI): Scientists have delved deeper into the linguistic phenomenon of code switching or switching back and forth between different languages, to better understand how using different languages to discuss and express emotions in a multilingual family might play an important role in children's emotional development.
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) In television classic "I Love Lucy", Ricky Ricardo switched into rapid-fire Spanish whenever he was upset, despite the fact that Lucy had no idea what her Cuban husband was saying.
Washington, July 20 (ANI): Two weeks after media mogul Rupert Murdoch criticized Mitt Romney, via Twitter, he is starting to come around and looks better.
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Actor Aman Verma, best known for his cameos in movies like "Baghban" and "Baabul", says that he opts for roles with many shades.
London, July 15 (ANI): Multi-millionaire footballer Mario Balotelli's mother has got a new job as a cleaner at an office block to make ends meet.
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Upholding a Central Information Commission (CIC) order, the Delhi High Court has held that the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) is a public authority and comes under the ambit of the Right To Information Act (RTI).
Washington, July 5 (ANI): Alpha male geladas who allowed subordinate competitors into their group had a longer tenure as leader, resulting in an average of three more offspring each during their lifetimes.
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) India's mobile handsets sales crossed 50 million units in the Jan-March quarter, up 9.1 percent from the like period of the previous year, with Nokia retaining its leadership position with 23 percent market share, a study showed Tuesday.
VideoLAN mobile team has finally launched the BETA version of its VLC media player named Neon for Android phones.
Rio de Janeiro, June 20 (IANS) The just-concluded G20 summit in Los Cabos may have focused on the global economic crisis, but when French President Francois Hollande met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on its sidelines, their discussion also veered towards India's $20-billion tender for 126 combat planes for which France's Rafale is the lowest bidder.
Anatoly Isaikin, head of Rosoboronexport, Russia's state arms exporter, was once again forced to address the string of setbacks plaguing Russian arms manufacturers in India over the past 12 months. This includes the long-suffering Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35 fighter, whose future on the domestic and foreign markets remains unclear.
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Genelia D'Souza, who married Riteish Deshmukh in February this year, says contrary to popular belief nothing has changed in her life after marrige and she faces no problem in managing home and work.
London, May 30 (ANI): Milla Jovovich, who had earlier switched from modelling to acting, is all set for another career changing move.
