Day: October 23, 2019

Rajkummar Rao on taming ‘The White Tiger’, talking sex and heading to China

7:12 pm October 23, 2019

New Delhi : “The White Tiger” will be a second book-to-screen adaptation for Rajkummar Rao and the actor hopes the audience cherishes the English-language film set at Netflix more than the bestseller. The actor along with Priyanka Chopra Jonas will soon start shooting the film, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Aravind Adiga, […]

‘Smart’ light bulbs may be used to hack personal info: Study

4:06 pm October 23, 2019

Houston : Infrared-enabled ‘smart’ light bulbs may be used by hackers to either steal data or spoof other connected devices on the home Wi-Fi network, according to Indian-origin scientists in the US. The researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) conducted a review of the security holes that exist in popular smart-light […]

Parliament passes bill to ban e-cigarettes

E-cigarettes still being sold month after ordinance, experts call for awareness programmes

4:00 pm October 23, 2019

New Delhi: Vaping devices continue to be sold on online sites and in shops more than a month after the ordinance against e-cigarettes, say several academics and other experts while stressing the need for awareness programmes targeting both consumers and traders. On September 18, the government issued an ordinance making the manufacturing, production, import, export, […]

Chris the sheep, famed for record-breaking fleece, dies

3:55 pm October 23, 2019

Sydney: An Australian sheep that entered the Guinness World Records after being found with an enormously overgrown fleece has died, its carers announced. Chris the merino sheep made global headlines after being found wandering alone outside Australia’s capital Canberra with masses of wool sagging from its frame in 2015. A champion shearer was brought in […]

Ganguly announces cancellation of Asia Cup in September

Captain takes charge: Ganguly becomes BCCI President

3:42 pm October 23, 2019

Mumbai: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday took charge as the BCCI president, easily the most high-profile name to head the world’s richest cricket board that has been mired in administrative turmoil for the past three years. The 47-year-old Ganguly was officially entrusted with the task of heading Indian cricket for the next nine […]