Extreme heat causing 75 billion hours of work loss every year in India: Lancet

The report, ‘Countdown on health and climate change’, released on Thursday, shows that India lost 75 billion hours of work due to extreme heat in 2017, which roughly equals to 7% of its working population Rising temperatures...

South Korea charges 11 with selling Samsung technology to China

Samsung spent about 150 billion won over a period of six years to develop the OLED technology that is now considered highly-classified national knowledge, prosecution said Samsung plans to release at least two versions...

Rupee gains past 70 a dollar for first time in 3 months: 5 things to know

Fuelling this rebound in the rupee’s value against US dollar is the big fall in global oil prices. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint New Delhi: The rupee (INR) continued its upward trend today, rising for a third...

MP elections: 65.5% voter turnout, 1145 EVMs replaced

People wait with their identity cards to cast their votes for the Assembly elections, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on 28 November 2018. Photo: PTI Bhopal: Altogether 65.5% voters exercised their franchise in...

Every new feature of the Asus ROG Phone explained

The Asus ROG phone is priced at Rs 69,999 and comes in a single variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. Offers on the phone include no-cost EMI, Jio Rs 5,000 cashback+4GB data per day plan on recharge of Rs 509 Positioned...

Dramatic artwork shows what smoking does to your lungs

Sharing the story behind the creation Tomic writes, "I remember when i was a small kid and my mother/ father / grandmother or anyone for that matter would smoke next to my little brother and sister i would get med and...

Aamir Khan: We Went Wrong With Thugs Of Hindostan, I Take Full Responsibility

Thugs Of Hindostan released on November 8 (courtesy taranadarsh) Almost three weeks after Thugs Of Hindostanreleased and tanked, actor Aamir Khan said at an event that he takes "full responsibility"...

"Lord Ram Belongs To World, Why Build Temple In Ayodhya": Farooq Abdullah

The Supreme Court last month had said that an "appropriate bench" will decide in the first week of January the schedule of hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. On Ram temple in Ayodhya, Farooq...

Our Unity Too Strong To Be Broken By Cowards: Amitabh Bachchan On 26/11

"Our singularity is too vast to be shaped by limited horizons. Our solidarity is too strong to be broken by cowards and parasites. We must define ourselves not by what we are against, but by what we are for, and what...

Delhi mosque’s caretaker caught with live bullet while visiting CM Kejriwal

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO) A caretaker of a Delhi mosque was caught carrying a live bullet while visiting chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Janata Darbar on Monday morning, police said,...

Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Carauna: Will the world get a new Bobby Fischer?

Fabiano Caruana (left) and Magnus Carlsen at the first game of the 2018 World Chess Championship in London. Photo: AFP Humans have long lost the frontier of chess to computers. Even collectively, the top 100 chess...

6 Men Detained At Train Station In Punjab, Weapons Found: Police

PATHANKOT:  Six men have been detained in Punjab's Pathankot railway station amid reports by intelligence agencies that some terrorists are trying to carry out attacks in Delhi. The men were travelling in the...

Hockey is coming home

The refurbished Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The 14th edition of the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup, which will be held in Bhubaneswar from 28 November-16 December, is being seen as another feather in the cap for Odisha....

Terrorists are on plane: Text message sparks security scare on Kolkata-Mumbai flight

The incident took place on a Jet Airways flight that was taxiing towards the runway in Kolkata A text message sparked a security scare on Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight in Kolkata that was taxiing towards...

Rahul Gandhi, Sachin Pilot Offer Prayers At Rajasthan's Ajmer Dargah

Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot. AJMER:  Congress president Rahul Gandhi today paid obeisance at the 13th century dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer. Mr...

Real test for Infosys will be over next 3-5 years: CEO Salil Parekh

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh. Photo: Jithendra M/Mint Bengaluru: Infosys Ltd chief executive Salil Parekh is still two months away from completing one year in office, but the 54-year-old has already ironed out...