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  Indian women more addicted to smartphones than men: Report

  December 21, 2016 16:29 IST

  Mobile marketers in India are riding high on the mobile wave in India and a closer look at the numbers shows that Indian women are more addicted to smartphones than men, watching YouTube and playing

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  WhatsApp may soon allow users to recall, edit messages: Report

  December 15, 2016 19:51 IST

  WhatsApp, India’s most popular instant messaging app, is planning to come up with a new feature that could allow its users to revoke messages in the near future. According to the WABetaInfo account on Twitter,

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  Indore-Patna Express was carrying almost 50 per cent more passengers than its capacity: Report

  India | November 21, 2016 8:50 IST

  In a shocking revelation in the Indore-Patna train tragedy that killed at least 120 people, it has emerged that the train on the ill-fated day was carrying over fifty percent of passengers more than what has been originally claimed by the Railways.

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  India ranks third in largest pictorial warning on tobacco products. Find out which country tops the list

  Lifestyle | November 11, 2016 12:13 IST

  India has moved to third position this year from 136 in 2014 in having pictorial health warning on tobacco products in the world, according to a latest report by the Canadian Cancer Society. The top

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  ‘Ease of Doing Business’: PM Modi asks officials to analyse WB report

  October 27, 2016 10:19 IST

  Narendra Modi today asked top officials in states and at the Centre to study the latest World Bank report which has ranked the country at 130th place out of 190 nations in 'Ease of Doing Business'

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  Indians on top in helping strangers, giving money for charity: Report

  India | October 25, 2016 8:01 IST

  A study shows India tops in terms of number of people helping out strangers, volunteering their time and giving money for charity.

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  Top Pakistani journo banned from leaving country over his report

  World | October 11, 2016 10:39 IST

  A prominent journalist has been barred from leaving Pakistan after he reported on a suspected rift between civilian and military leaderships

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  90 pc of world population breathing bad air, causing one in nine deaths globally: WHO

  World | September 27, 2016 13:54 IST

  Over 90 per cent of the world’s population is breathing poor quality air, an analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed, with air-pollution responsible for over 11 per cent of deaths globally.

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  Children in India are not protected from online abuse: UNICEF report

  India | September 23, 2016 12:43 IST

  In a scathing commentary on the lack of preparedness of Indian lawmakers and agencies in protecting children from the menace of online abuse, a report by UNICEF India released on Thursday said that the police

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  Intelligence had alerted Army about Lashkar’s plan to strike Uri base 72 hours before attack: Reports

  India | September 22, 2016 7:48 IST

  Army was alerted by the intelligence agencies on September 15 about the presence of a group of eight Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists across the LoC in Pakistan, waiting to infiltrate into Uri with specific plans to hit the Army base.

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  Delhi rated worst for working women, Sikkim best: Report

  India | September 21, 2016 11:31 IST

  Delhi, which has the infamous tag of ‘Rape Capital’ attached to it, has the worst working conditions for women, whereas the northeastern state of Sikkim has the best, according to a report.

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  95 per cent India vulnerable to earthquake: BMPTC report

  India | September 21, 2016 8:50 IST

  As many as 95 per cent households in the country are vulnerable to earthquakes in different degrees, BMPTC said in its report.

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  Earth witnesses hottest August in last 136 years: NASA

  World | September 13, 2016 15:43 IST

  In 136 years of modern record-keeping, August 2016 was the hottest August, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. August 2016's

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  India lost 1.4 million lives to air pollution in 2013: World Bank report

  India | September 09, 2016 13:20 IST

  The latest report, released by the World Bank on Thursday, shows that India has the second highest number of deaths due to air pollution in 2013 after China. In 2013, air pollution claimed 1.4 million

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  Netaji Bose died in a plane crash, claims 60-year-old Japanese report

  India | September 02, 2016 7:30 IST

  A classified 60-year-old Japanese government document on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s death made public today concludes that the legendary freedom fighter died in a plane crash in Taiwan on August 18, 1945, backing the official

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  India ranked 77th in disaster risk index report. Find out which countries are at biggest risk of disasters

  World | August 26, 2016 16:09 IST

  The World Risk Index 2016, that ranks 171 countries on their exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards, including earthquakes, floods and storms, has placed India at the 77th position. The ranking for India is places

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  Paris terror strikes were ‘optimised Mumbai-style attacks’: UN report

  World | August 19, 2016 13:49 IST

  Islamic State terrorists had “studied” the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and similar “active shooter scenarios” to maximise confusion and casualties before hitting multiple locations in Paris in November, UN member- states have s

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  Panel to submit report on one regulator for pension plans

  August 13, 2016 16:18 IST

  A panel formed by the government to look into the issue of bringing all pension products under one regulator is likely to submit its report shortly, a top official of pension watchdog PFRDA said today.

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  Kerala: NSG commando’s sister among missing 20 who may have joined ISIS, says report

  India | July 11, 2016 9:04 IST

  Sister of a National Security Guard (NSG) commander is suspected to be among the 20 people who have disappeared mysteriously from Kerala’s Kasaragod and Palakkad districts and are feared to have joined the Islamic State terror outfit.

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  Almost half of Indian women get married before 18: UNFPA

  India | July 10, 2016 12:18 IST

  New Delhi: India ranks third when it comes to having child brides and still about half of Indian women get married before they turned 18, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “Adolescents (10-19 years)