Parineeti Chopra will shoot an extensive sport sequence for her upcoming biopic on ace badminton player Saina Nehwal, nearly ten days after the actor suffered a neck injury which required her to rest. Parineeti had a major spasm in her neck and spine area and was advised by the doctor to not play badminton for at least a week. The ...

China has realised its 2020 target for reducing carbon emissions ahead of schedule, the ecology and environment ministry reported Wednesday. The ministry said China’s CO2 emissions per unit of GDP had fallen last year by 4 per cent from a year earlier to stand at 45.8 per cent less than in 2005. Vice Minister Zhao Yingmin told reporters that completed ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday launched a spirited defence of her handling of the economy, comparing macroeconomic indicators with past Congress rules and said the growth may have slowed down but the economy will never slip into recession. Replying to a short-duration discussion on the state of the economy in the Rajya Sabha, she said steps taken by the ...

The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday decided to set up a Chardham shrine board to run the affairs of more than 50 famous temples located in the state, including the four Himalayan shrines. Apart from the famous Himalayan temples of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri 47 other well known temples dotting Uttarakhand will come under the jurisdiction of the board. The ...