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With senior citizens projected to form nearly 34 per cent of the population of the country by the end of the century, the Centre has issued guidelines for regulation and redevelopment of "retirement homes" to protect their rights and address their special needs, the government said Wednesday. According to a statement, a task force for constant dialogue with states and other stakeholders will be constituted by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry to ensure implementation of these guidelines. Читать дальше...

Legislators have increasingly been coming to agreement that the justice system needs to be reformed

Irish UFC megastar Conor McGregor has rekindled his interest in a return to the boxing ring to face former foe Floyd Mayweather, in what would be a repeat of their highly-lucrative showdown from August 2017.
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WHAT CAN YOU SAY about a book that says so much? If there were a universe in three of Primo Levi’s books — If This Is a Man, The Truce, The Drowned and the Saved — then combined in them is a black hole formed by their collision, a void of human understanding, an abyss […]

Ion beam etching technology helps in removal of material from the target substrate by the use of a precisely controlled and directed beam of charged ions. The ion beam etching source generates a plasma from various noble gases especially argon. A set of electrically charged grids system is used to provide the angular divergence and […]

MANCHESTER UNITED are looking for a miracle comeback as they head to Paris to take on PSG. The Red Devils were blown away 2-0 in the first leg, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still believes they can turn the tie around.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sagma completed one year in office Wednesday and stressed that employment generation is the main focus of his coalition government now. Though unemployment rate in the state is way below the national average, the chief minister said the government is doing its best to reduce the problem. "Everything the government is doing in terms of development in the social sector, agricultural sector and tourism sector is ultimately with the goal of creating jobs," Sangma told a press conference. Читать дальше...

What happens when you get a bunch of devs from the Metal Gear Solid games, Armored Core, Xenobnlade Chronicles X and tell them to make an action survival game? You end up spending most of the time crafting, apparently. More »

Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan Wednesday paid rich tributes to the slain Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans who were killed in the terror attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir recently. Rajasekharan laid wreaths in front of the Fallen Soldier Battle Cross erected at the Circular lawn of Aizawl's Raj Bhavan. Addressing a simple function, the governor said the brave soldiers were warriors who laid down their lives for the country and the people. He expressed the wish that their... Читать дальше...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Bahria Town (Pvt) Ltd to revisit its latest offer of Rs435 billion as the "full and final settlement" for the lands it occupies in the Malir district of Karachi

A Nepalese parliamentarian was sentenced to life imprisonment by a district court on Wednesday for his involvement in a gruesome incident in which eight police personnel and a toddler were lynched in 2015. After a week-long hearing, Judge Parshuram Bhattarai sentenced Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N) lawmaker Resham Chaudhary and 10 other co-conspirators to life imprisonment. The Kailali District Court also sentenced 15 persons to three-year jail term for their involvement in the Tikapur lynching case. Читать дальше...

An Afghani man living in the UK has been found guilty of plotting an acid attack on his three-year-old son during a custody battle with the child's mother.

Austria intends to withdraw consular protection for its citizens who have fought alongside the Daesh...

Rogue Games has raised $1.25 million in seed funding to publish mobile games and to help them reach larger audiences. Grishin Robotics made the investment.

The company reported fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday morning.

• Abercrombie & Fitch is closing up to 40 stores in fiscal 2019.
• The company reported earnings Wednesday morning.
• Same-store sales of the Abercrombie brand alone dropped by 2% in the fourth quarter. This follows on from four consecutive quarters of growth in 2018.
• Abercrombie has not yet confirmed which stores will be closing.

Abercrombie & Fitch announced early Wednesday morning during its fourth-quarter earnings results that it will be closing as many as 40 stores in fiscal 2019. Читать дальше...

Tech giant Samsung is confident of regaining its leadership position in volume terms in the hyper-competitive Indian smartphone market this year on the back of new products like the recently launched India-first 'M' series. Samsung Electronics President and CEO (IT & Mobile Communications Division) D J Koh said the company has been the market leader in terms of revenue in the October-December quarter as well as the entire 2018 calendar year. "They (Xiaomi) are number one in terms of shipment... Читать дальше...

Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti claims bad luck is partly to blame for his side’s inconsistency. “San Gennaro isn’t helping us…”

Alabama man moves forward with suit claiming the right to block his girlfriend from getting an abortion

The U.S. affordable housing shortage is worsening as it spreads to previously affordable communities and increasingly affects not just low-income, but also middle-income families. This current state is the result of an underproduction of apartments...

Mobile broadband plans are surprisingly versatile and varied. We’re now seeing teeny tiny plans perfect for tablets, plans with enough data to replace a home NBN connection, and everything in between. Better yet, these plans are now more affordable than ever. A 5GB data-only SIM now costs as little as $15 per month, or you can get a massive 200GB plan for just $60. More »

It turned out that the melancholy idiom send one to Coventry may not have anything to do with that town. To reinforce this unexpected conclusion, I’ll relate another story. At one time, the phrase up at Harwich existed; perhaps it is still known in the eastern counties.

India is scheduled to discuss modalities of the operationalisation of Kartarpur Corridor with Pakistan on March 14, the External Affairs Ministry (MEA) said on Wednesday.