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KOLKATA: Working long hours with laptops on the lap and keeping mobile phones in trouser pockets significantly raise the risk of male infertility and even impotence, according to a new study by Calcutta University (CU) and the Institute of Reproductive Medicine that challenges older research debunking theories linking lowered sperm counts to electromagnetic radiation exposure.The…

NEW DELHI: Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani was on Tuesday asked about his foreign assets and other transactions, both in India and overseas, during his more than eight hours of questioning at Enforcement Directorate headquarters here, in connection with a money laundering investigation against his group entities.Sources said Ambani’s questioning is likely to continue and…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has said that public sector units should not be guided only by commercial interests for making money like a private company but their conduct must be like a model citizen and came down on Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) for behaving like “Shylock” and getting into unnecessary litigation on tariff…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday used its exclusive powers under Article 142 to dissolve a marriage by asking the man to gift his wife a flat worth Rs 4 crore in a posh Mumbai area while rejecting her demand for additional Rs 12 crore and a BMW car.A bench of CJI B R Gavai, and…

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh govt Tuesday agreed with the Supreme Court’s proposal for appointment of an interim committee headed by a retired high court judge for management of Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan till Allahabad HC decides the legality of the state’s ordinance designed to take over the shrine to facilitate development of a temple…

NEW DELHI: ED told a Delhi court Tuesday that submissions by Christian Michel James, alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, for his release in a money laundering case linked to the deal are “misleading” and “devoid of merits”.ED’s stand came after James’s counsel informed special judge Sanjay Jindal Monday that his client had…

NEW DELHI: India and the Philippines upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership with focus on expanding defence, security and maritime cooperation, as PM Modi on Tuesday hosted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr for bilateral talks.The two sides signed 13 agreements and MoUs, which included finalisation of terms of reference for cooperation between all three wings…