Day: December 21, 2018

I’m headstrong, bossy and I am who I am: Ratna Pathak Shah

Mumbai, Dec 21: Mrs Kapoor from “Kapoor and Sons” and Usha Parmar from “Lipstick under My Burkha” are mere glimpses of the potential that resides in acting powerhouse Ratna Pathak Shah, who asserts she can and wants to play all kinds of characters on screen. The actor credits the […]

Sensex cracks over 400 pts, Nifty drops below 10,900

Mumbai, Dec 21: Benchmark indices witnessed a sharp selloff in late morning trade Friday as heavyweights in realty, banking, IT and auto sectors bled as investors began booking profits in bluechip stocks. Negative global cues amid fears of a potential US government shutdown and rising tension between the US […]

Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid protests

New Delhi, Dec 21: The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned for nearly 50 minutes Friday morning amid din created by AIADMK, TDP and AAP members over a variety of issues. There were no protests by Congress members who had been persistently attacking the government on the Rafale […]

National Herald case: Delhi HC rejects AJL plea against Centre’s order to vacate premises

New Delhi, Dec 21:Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of Congress mouth piece National Herald, was on Friday directed by the Delhi High Court to vacate its premises in the national capital within two weeks.  The High Court dismissed AJL’s plea challenging the Centre’s order to vacate its premises. […]

UK airport chaos highlights difficulty in stopping drones

LONDON  — When drones buzzing over the runway forced London’s busy Gatwick Airport to shut down, many travelers wondered why it’s so hard for authorities to stop such intruders. Shoot them down, some said. Jam their signals, others suggested. Experts say it’s not that easy. Britain and the […]

What makes chickens happy? Nobody is quite sure

NEW YORK  — How do you measure a chicken’s happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? How much time it spends preening? To size up what might make chickens happy in their brief lives, researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, are putting […]

Asian stocks sink for 2nd day after Wall Street slide

BEIJING — Asian stocks fell further Friday after Wall Street slid on recession fears, putting markets in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney on track to end 2018 down more than 10 percent. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 1.9 percent and the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9 percent. The Chinese […]

State audit slams San Diego response to hepatitis A outbreak

SAN DIEGO — The city and county of San Diego failed to quickly recognize and control a Hepatitis A outbreak that grew into one of the largest in recent history, killing 20 and sending nearly 400 to hospitals, according to a state audit released Thursday. The county lacked […]

Health law’s fines are not the big stick everybody thought

WASHINGTON — There was one thing that supporters and detractors of former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul agreed on for years: unpopular fines on Americans forgoing coverage were essential for the plan to work because they nudged healthy people to get insured, helping check premiums. Now it […]

Stem cell shots linked to bacterial infection outbreak

 NEW YORK — Health officials on Thursday reported an outbreak of bacterial infections in people who got injections of stems cells derived from umbilical cord blood. At least 12 patients in three states — Florida, Texas and Arizona — became infected after getting injections for problems like joint […]

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