A good night's sleep not only strengthens your memory but also strengthens the response-memory of your immune system when it comes to killing bad bacteria and viruses as they enter your body, new research reveals. The immune system “remembers” an encounter with a bacteria or virus by collecting fragments from the bug to create
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday heaped praise on Test captain Virat Kohli for displaying a winning mentality and aggression on the cricket field. “I am a big fan of Virat Kohli. He is a captain who always wants to win matches on the field and I love that passion in him. I
The apex consumer court on Wednesday said it will hear Nestle's arguments on fresh tests conducted on its popular Maggi noodles on October 8, and take up the larger class action suit filed against the Swiss giant by the end of next month. The decision was taken after after an initial hearing of arguments
Income tax officials on Wednesday raided houses of leading southern actors Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nayantara. According to sources, a total of 32 places were raided in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Hyderabad. Houses, offices and other properties of actors Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nayantara were raided simultaneously. The IT sleuths
The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of the BJP government in the state by their ‘people connect’ initiative. Informs Nidhi Kamdar, from the CMO, “The government will organise a 'Vikas Parishad' (development conference) in prominent cities to understand common people's views on development of their respective cities.” The state
he Mumbai domestic and international airports and the iconic Taj Hotel nearby received a terror threat, following which security agencies went on an alert, official sources said here on Tuesday. The airport manager on duty late Monday night received a call that the airport and the Taj Hotel outside the airport may be attacked.
Days of speculation ended with a wave across a table. Would Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif meet, pundits, diplomats and journalists wondered. Or would they shake hands? Or have a "pullaside" – a quick conversation on the sideines? They finally got their answer at Modi's last UN event about
Here’s some good news for Central Railway (CR) suburban commuters. The railway administration have expedited work of raising the height of the 17 platforms to 900 mm at nine suburban stations by March 31, 2016. As per the directive of The Bombay high court (HC) CR was told to raise the height of 24 platforms
Come October 1st Air India operations for domestic is scheduled to move to the international terminal better known as T2, this means more passengers taking domestic flights from Mumbai will be able to use the swanky T2. At present, Vistara, which started operations in January, is the only domestic airline to function out of T2.
As per BMC data, a total 50,250 idols were immersed at the designated natural and artificial spots, including at major sites Girgaon Chowpatty, Juhu beach, Powai lake, Dadar, Madh jetty, Marve. The Lalbaucha Raja was the last to be immersed on Monday morning. It included 9,714 'sarvajanik' idols, 40,302 'gharguti' (those at homes) and 234 'gauri'