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Singapore, Sep 26: For the first time, the 100 richest tycoons in India are all billionaires with Mukesh Ambani topping the league for the eighth consecutive year, according to Forbes. With a net worth of USD 23.6 billion, up USD 2.6 billion from last year, RIL Chief Mukesh Ambani topped the list for the eighth consecutive year. Ambani was followed by Dilip Shanghvi, who got richer this year by...

New York, Sep 21: As many as eight Indian women, led by ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar, have made it to the Fortune list of 25 most powerful women "shaping the new world order" in the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Kochhar, placed highest among Indian women in the list, has been ranked second across the region, while three others - State Bank of India's Arundhati Bhattacharya (4th), HPCL's Nishi...

Washington, Sep 16: Tattoos are one of the popular ways to change one's appearance, while expressing oneself. According to board-certified dermatologist Bruce E. Katz, permanent and often pricey form of body art, tattoos are an investment and in order to protect that investment, it's important to take steps to keep tattooed skin healthy and vibrant. According to Katz, if one's tattooed skin feels...

Mangalore, Sep 16: Online applications have been invited from students belonging to SC, ST and Minorities for financial assistance under Vidyasiri programme and scholarship for post-matric students. Apply on or before September 25. Log on towww.backwardclasses.kar.nic.in

Sep 15: YouTube will be going offline in the coming few weeks, allowing users to save videos, said company executive Ceaser Sengupta at the Android One launch event in Gurgaon today. According to Sengupta, YouTube offline will allow users on data network to watch the same videos over and over again withough having to bother about data charges. “Within the coming few weeks, much of YouTube will be...

Kochi, Sep 11: A woman who was an accused in a murder case was detained at the Cochin International Airport here on Wednesday morning. Immigration officials detained Periyamma, 30, of Tamil Nadu, as a lookout notice had been issued against her. She arrived here from Kuwait on Wednesday. The police said the woman was accused in the case of her brother-in-law’s murder in 2011 in Ramanathapuram...

Honnavar, Sep 10: A 21-year-old boy and a 28-year-old girl whose Facebook friendship led to deep love affair finally entered marital life in a traditional manner. Aditya Pramod Bevur (21), a youth of Kelaginur village in Honnavar taluk, married Poland’s Mikhalina (28) at Ishwar temple in Ramatirth near Honnavar. “We became acquainted through Facebook. We will be together till our last breath,”...

Sep 10: For the first time in years, Apple"s iPhones aren"t the star of the show. Apple unveiled a smartwatch on Tuesday, a wearable device that marks the company"s first major entry in a new product category since the iPad"s debut in 2010. The move is significant because of recent questions about whether Apple still has a knack for innovating following the 2011 death of co-founder Steve Jobs. The...

Sydney, Sep 8: Australian researchers are developing a smartphone app to stop the escalating rate of indigenous youth suicide. The app will facilitate referral of the young person to local liaison officers and other government or non-government support agencies. "We will design, develop and distribute an iOS and Android app through iTunes and Google's android market to support the implementation...

New Delhi, Sep 8: After five acid attack victims -- all women came forward for a designerwear fashion photoshoot by him, photographer Rahul Saharan is now chronicling their moving life stories in a new documentary film. The in-the-works film portrays lives of the six people - all who survived brutal acid attacks and their attempts to get their lives back on the track. "It does not matter from...