Opinion, Reporters diary, 14th May 2018, News & Stories from India

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Opinion Reporter\'s Diary 14 May 2018

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Around a million barrels of oil a day is likely to disappear from global oil markets if the US sanctions on Iran bite.

Oil ebbs from multi-year highs on surge in US drilling

Brent and WTI last week reached their highest since November 2014 at $78 and $71.89 per barrel respectively.

14 May 2018 9:05 AM

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Cannes 2018 on Sunday. (Photo: Instagram/ AP)

Cannes: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looks like a beautiful princess, shines on red carpet

The actress' second appearance on the red carpet was simpler than the first, but not any less classy.

14 May 2018 9:04 AM

The design to the left of the text incorporates the red dragon of Wales along with the UK’s floral emblems. It also includes three tiny red escallops from the Spencer family Arms, the family of Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana. (Photo: AP)

UK Queen gives formal consent to roya wedding

The 92-year-old queen gave her blessing for the marriage in accordance with the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act.

14 May 2018 8:50 AM

Vitamin D can help treat damaged beta cells in pancreas that produce, store and release the hormone insulin. (Photo: Pixabay)

Vitamin D could help treat diabetes: study

Vitamin D in cells and mouse models proved beneficial in treating damaged beta cells.

14 May 2018 8:45 AM

West Bengal Panchayat Polls 2018: Voters standing in a queue outside a polling booth in Purulia's Chakra to cast their vote. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

After pre-poll violences, court battles Bengal votes today in panchayat elections

West Bengal panchayat poll: Violence across was reported on Saturday. CM Mamata Banerjee has said 14 Trinamool workers have been killed.

14 May 2018 8:44 AM

Members of the public have been invited to apply for tickets to attend a celebration of Hawking’s life at a memorial service in Westminster Abbey on June 15.

Time travelers invited to Stephen Hawking send-off

The world’s most recognisable scientist died in March aged 76 after a lifetime spent probing the origins of the universe.

14 May 2018 8:40 AM

Poet Mary Ellen D'Angelo-Lombardi (left) and artist Anne Marie Zanfagna display their book on Monday, May 7, 2018 in Plaistow, N.H. The book, called "Portraits, Poems & Heroin: 30 Souls Tell the Story," combines poetry D'Angelo-Lombardi wrote about her son's friend who died of an overdose with portraits Zanfagna painted of her daughter and other overdose victims. (Photo: AP)

Artist, poet publish book about heroin overdose victims

Book includes series of poems D'Angelo-Lombardi wrote along with Zanfagna's brightly coloured portraits of young people who overdosed.

14 May 2018 8:37 AM

Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of rare inherited genetic disorders caused by one of more than 70 genes. (Photo: File)

A new 'vision'

The new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease.

14 May 2018 8:30 AM

Sarah Mullally, centre, arrives to be installed as the 133d Bishop of London during a service at St Paul's Cathedral in London, Saturday May 12, 2018. Bishop Sarah had a career in the National Health Service as a nurse, before her ordination. (Photo: AP)

London gets its first female Bishop

Sarah Mullally was installed as the 133rd Bishop of London at St. Paul's Cathedral on International Nurses Day.

14 May 2018 8:26 AM

OnePlus 6 in the new glass body design. (Photo: WinFuture)

OnePlus 6 fully leaked ahead of the launch

In an accidental leak by the German Amazon website, OnePlus 6 is seen with a new design and a glass body with a ‘notch’ display.

14 May 2018 8:19 AM

Several vehicles turned turtle and fell on each other on Delhi-Kanpur Highway, following heavy rainfall and dust storm in Bulandshahr on Sunday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

53 dead as storms wreak havoc, IMD predicts rain, squall over next 72 hrs

Uttar Pradesh saw the highest number of deaths at 18. At least eight people were killed in Andhra Pradesh.

14 May 2018 8:17 AM

Scientists have taken a lesson from an ancient strategy about the ability to 'tolerate' rather than 'resist' infection to maintain health. (Photo: File)

TB: Is tolerating better than eliminating?

The concept, referred to as "disease tolerance," provided an opportunity to develop new strategies that mitigate the results of infection.

14 May 2018 8:15 AM

This May 5, 2018 photo provided by Laura Simmons-Wark, shows the Wieferich family holding their dog “Bambi” at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control in Toledo, Ohio. The dog ran away from the Lansing, Mich., family four years ago was reunited with them after being found more than 100 miles away in Ohio and identified through a microchip. Bradley Wieferich said he was surprised by the call from a microchip company telling him Bambi had been found. (Photo: AP)

Dog gets reuinted with family four years after running away

Michigan man gets call from microchip company telling him family dog has been found 100 miles away from where she disappeared 4 years ago.

14 May 2018 8:03 AM

HD Kumaraswamy leaves to ‘relax’ for two days in Singapore

Reportedly, two days before the polls, Mr Kumaraswamy had fever and a throat infection after which he promised to rest.

14 May 2018 6:49 AM

Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, key accused in Punjab National Bank scam. (Photo: PTI)

CBI to file chargesheet in Punjab National Bank scam

The chargesheet will help the agency in expediting the extradition process against Nirav Modi and Choksi.

14 May 2018 6:36 AM

Full marks to Karl Marx

Marx prescriptions were limited by the knowledge and evidence available to him then.

14 May 2018 6:33 AM

Truck carrying chemical crashes into car showroom

The chemical spilled all over on the road and Mercedes car parked outside the showroom has been has been totally damaged.

14 May 2018 6:31 AM

Man sets house on fire, parents killed

Another neighbour claimed he used to forcibly take money from his mother and often create ruckus in and around the house.

14 May 2018 6:27 AM

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: PTI)

Nirmala Sitharaman, Chidambaram attack each other over assets, Rafale

Sitharaman even wondered if this was the Congress party’s “Nawaz Sharif moment”.

14 May 2018 6:25 AM

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: PTI/File)

Fine if Congress picks a dalit CM, says Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah’s comment come in the context of conflicting projections by exit polls that the state is heading towards a hung Assembly.

14 May 2018 6:20 AM

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