In a bid to prevent online shopping fraud, the US global payments technology company Visa’s European arm has designed a new credit card which comes complete with a keypad and digital number display.

A young Gurkha soldier, who allegedly decapitated a dead Taliban commander with his kukri to prove the militant’s identity, has been flown back to the United Kingdom to face a court martial, a media r

Babies born at night or at the weekend are at greater risk of dying due to lack of oxygen (anoxia) than those born during normal working hours, Cambridge researchers have found.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has postponed her testimony in the ongoing war crimes trial over a “blood diamond” she was allegedly given by former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

FAMED INDIAN-origin controversial writer Salman Rushdie has started to pen down memories of his life under threat from Islamic radicals, apparently feeling that the danger to him may have abated. Sir Salman has began to write about what he calls his life’s lost chapter, the years he spent in hiding from the death fatwa issued against him by the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini.

There is no need to spend hours pounding away on a treadmill at the gym to get fit. The key to a longer life is taking a stroll for half-an-hour daily, says a new study.
Researchers in Britain have carried out the study and found that a daily walk to the shops can cut the risk of early death by 20 per cent.

INDEPENDENT FILMS from India have got a showcase in Britain with a new film festival.

A boy brought up by legendary pop star Michael Jackson and his family is rumoured to be his secret son, according to insiders.

Amidst acute poverty across South Asia, the five states of Delhi, Kerala, Goa, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have the least number of poor people in India, according to a new measure of global poverty developed at the University of Oxford for the UNDP. The new measure, called the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), has been developed

Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds is been going through a severe pain after his shoulder got dislocated during the shooting of the movie Green Lantern.