In football, a banana kick causes the ball to curve or bend in flight. When hit, the ball curves away from the kicker and then bends back in.

The Merlin award is the highest award given, internationally, in the field of magic and illusion. The award is presented by the International Magician Society.

The festival has its origins in the combination of two different medieval events. Commercial secular fairs were held at the beginning of the summer.

Gross spread refers to the difference between the underwriting price received by a stocks-issuing company, and the real price at which the stock is placed on the market.

Many Asian martial arts trace their origins to the fifth century and the supposed arrival of an Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidarma, at the Shoalin temple in southern China.

There exists no evidence to support the popular view that pirates wore a black patch over one eye.

Singlism is a term used to describe discrimination against employees who are single.

Simply known as Paleo, the Paleo Festival de Nyon started out small in 1976. It was known as the Nyon Folk Festival then.

Syndicalism is a form of trade unionism and has its origins in France. It aims at the abolition of the capitalist owners and the appropriation - by the workers - of all the methods used in an industry, and the products resulting therefrom.

A non-profit, open source initiative, FOSS stands for Free and Open Source Software. It is an alternative model of software development, one the non-profit sector is beginning to embrace.

The helicopter shot is an unorthodox cricket shot, reportedly invented by Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

A gene gun or a biolistic particle delivery system, originally designed for plant transformation, is a device used to inject cells with genetic information.

The SoHo effect is a term used to describe artist-led gentrification. Homes occupied by artists turn an area into a safe residential neighbourhood for affluent people to move into.

Covid-19 lockdown: Migrant workers, family walk back from Ahmedabad to their native place in UP's Lalitpur

Google celebrates Mother's Day with a Doodle

Forces have to get rid of their dependence on foreign weapon systems: General Bipin Rawat

Vande Bharat Mission: Indians in US ready to be rescued

Blame it on the British. When India names its children, the mother's side of the family is all but forgotten. The children are given the father's surname.

Women at war is part of Indian history, from Jhansi Ki Rani to Rani Durgawati to Razia Sultan. But they weren’t part of modern India's war strategy till very recently. Independent India’s Army restricted women to the medical corps, dental corps and the nursing service.

Parliament recently amended the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act to give it more teeth and enable the ASI to effectively protect and develop the 4000 monuments it looks after. Conservationists have raised a cheer. But more is required to enforce the law.

Progressive Maharashtra is dotted with temples and dargahs that keep women out

She is fair, light-eyed and the perfect clothes horse. But on days when regular modelling assignments dry up, she doesn't mind changing 50 outfits and being photographed in a small studio against a plain white backdrop. Front, side, and back and you are done, says Anushree, 24, a Mumbai model.

The truth is, there can be no fair, defi nitive answer to the query. The two careers overlapped a bit. But remember: pitches, bowlers, batting equipment, rules – all have changed dramatically since 1989, when Sachin played his fi rst Test and ODI.

Historian Sumathi Ramaswamy’s seminal book The Goddess and the Nation, Mapping Mother India shows how Bharat Mata has been reimagined over the years, going from a benign, giving figure or a tragedienne to a martyr and often an ultra-nationalist warrior.

In an increasingly globalized world, words like territory and identity seem anachronistic. Yet the march of nationalism continues across the world. Sunday Times decodes the strange pull of identity politics

Mota Samadhiyala village, in Una block in Gujarat’s Gir-Somnath district, has now become a place-name for social terror. The video that went viral a few weeks ago, of cow-protection vigilantes beating seven Dalit men for skinning a dead cow, was recorded and spread by the gau rakshaks themselves.

Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Saturday announced that the evaluation for class 10, 12 board exams will be done by teachers at their homes and 3,000 schools have been identified as exam centres to deliver the answer sheets to them.

Top government sources told ANI that at the time of the incident, Pakistan was already carrying out an aerial exercise about which India also had information. "Soon after the death of the Colonel, the Pakistani Air Force increased its patrols involving its mix of fighter aircraft including the F-16s and the JF-17 which were being constantly monitored by our surveillance platforms," they said.

With chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami allowing private firms across the state to function from 10am to 7pm with 33% workforce, industrialists in the district are in two minds about resuming operations. Only after functioning for a week, will they come to know the practical hassles and the way forward, they said.

नयी दिल्ली। दिल्ली-आधारित स्टार्टअप भारतपे ने दो वॉयस आधारित एप्लिकेशन लॉन्च किए हैं, जो कोरोनावायरस संकट के बीच अपने फोन को छूए बिना लेन-देन और बैलेंस जानने में मदद करेंगे। कोरोनावायरस के खतरे को देखते हुए भारतपे ने यह नई सर्विस

To revive industrial activities in the state and give boost to medium small and micro enterprises (MSME) Units, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced to intensify the state government's efforts of setting up specialised industries in all its 22 districts.

Videocon Mobiles has launched its latest 4G smartphone, Cube 3 (V50JL) in India. Priced at Rs 8,490, the smartphone will available across all retail stores.

Several user reports and news websites mentioned that after the installation process the handset showed an error prompting users to plug it to iTunes on a PC. On connecting, another error cropped up which read, “There is a problem with the iPhone 'iPhone' that requires it to be updated or restored.”

Telecom operator Reliance Communications today posted 5.8% rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 54 crore for the three-month period ended June 30.

Apple's latest mobile operating system -- iOS 10 -- is rolling our to users globally starting today.

The feature lets users browse through groups divided into 25 categories such as parenting, sports, food, buy & sell and more. Each topic page highlights the top suggested groups, based on popularity and group members that users might already know.