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During his two-day visit to South Korea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, was awarded the Seoul Peace Prize, which had been announced in October last year. Prior to receiving the prize, PM Modi urged the international community to "act beyond talks" and "unite and fight against terrorism" in the aftermath of the horrific Pulwama attack. Here are the details.

Videogame addiction among teenagers these days has become a nightmare for many parents. Like it has for Philippines-based Lilybeth Marvel. Her son is hooked to a videogame to the effect that she has to feed him by her own hands, while he plays. 13-year-old Carlito Garcia becomes agitated if he has to take his eyes off the computer while playing 'Rules of Survival'.

An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison and ordered to pay $2.6 million in restitution for being convicted of mail fraud and embezzlement (theft of employer's funds). Dinesh Shankar, 41 of San Jose, California was sentenced to 33 months in prison as a result of the mail fraud conviction for embezzling from a medical device company. Details here.

Ahead of the New Year, the Delhi Police busted an international ganja racket involving items such as marijuana, marijuana oil and wax from the US. However, when the police gave the press release, the information received was a little too helpful to identify the cannabis and was amusing to read.

Delhi recorded its lowest pollution levels this year today after rains washed away the pollutants and cleansed the air, but the air quality still remained in the 'very poor' category, authorities said. According to CPCB, the overall AQI in the city reached 316, which was in the 'very poor' category.

Newly appointed Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will not be contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections this year, according to sources.

Chris Cox, one of the first 15 software engineers of Facebook, is quitting the tech giant after mulling over it for more than two years.

Every year many students of Class 12 Science stream appear for Medical Entrance Exam to fulfill their dreams of becoming a doctor. But only some of the students get a chance to fulfill their dream. You can also crack this entrance exam with proper preparation and dedication.

Air traveler Vietjet Airline is going to launch its operations in India soon at affordable rates. The company serving 60 air routes in the world, including Vietnam, is planning to provide direct service between Ho Chi Minh city from New Delhi between July and August this year.

Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in the world for many years, was open to the common people of Paris in 1889. The height of the Eiffel tower is 324 meters and its weight is 10,000 tonnes. There are 1665 staircases in this tower.

A 40-year-old man, who was returning home after immersing his wife's ashes, was among four people killed when a 40-feet hoarding in railway station premises fell on vehicles on the adjoining road in Pune today, the police said. The injured were rushed to a nearby government-run hospital.

For over a thousand years, Earthlings have enjoyed the pleasures of whisky. The distilled alcoholic drink came to being in Ireland and Scotland and then evolved with flavors and ingredients from different parts of the world. But now, in a first-of-a-kind move, artificial intelligence is being used to create whisky, and that too with some amazing results.

One of the biggest cyclones to hit India in 20 years, Cyclone Fani entered West Bengal on Saturday morning a day after making landfall in Odisha, where eight people lost their lives. Fani triggered moderate to heavy rains in parts of Kolkata and suburbs; many trees were uprooted. The eye of the cyclone is likely to bypass Kolkata before noon on Saturday. Here's more.

दिल्ली में रहने वाले 79 वर्षीय पूर्व नगर निगम कर्मचारी जगननाथ को 250 रुपये रिश्वत लेने के आरोप में 28 साल बाद बरी किया गया है।दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट ने हाल ही में उन्हें इस आरोप से बरी किया है। जगननाथ पर आरोप था कि उन्होंने पकड़ी गई एक गाय को छोड़ने के लिए 250 रुपये की रिश्वत ली थी।इससे पहले 2002 में एक ट्रायल कोर्ट ने उन्हें कथित तौर पर रंगे हाथ पकड़ने पर दोषी करार दिया था।

आजकल विवादों में घिरा रूसी फेसऐप लोगों के बीच काफ़ी लोकप्रिय है। हर कोई अपनी वर्तमान की फोटो को बुढ़ापे की फोटो में बदलकर सोशल मीडिया पर पोस्ट कर रहा है। हालाँकि, इस ऐप की प्राइवेसी को लेकर काफ़ी चिंता जताई जा रही है। इसके बाद भी यह ऐप एक परिवार की ख़ुशियों का सबब बना है। दरअसल, फेसऐप की मदद से चीन में एक परिवार को 18 साल पहले किडनैप हुआ उनका बच्चा वापस मिल गया है। आइय जानें।

P Chidambaram, former Finance Minister and one of the tallest leaders of Congress, was arrested by CBI on Wednesday in full media glare. Interestingly, the 73-year-old was taken away by the probing agency to the same building whose inauguration he attended in 2011 when he was the Home Minister in UPA-II. Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was the guest of honor back then.

Recently, India's Health Ministry proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes, citing health hazards. The Ministry is taking this rather seriously and proposed a jail term of up to three years and a fine up to Rs. 5L for repeat offenders. The proposed ban is likely to hit JUUL Labs, a leading e-cigarette company, hard. And it's about time something did.

In August 2017, 63 kids died at a government hospital in Gorakhpur, the bastion of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Quickly, the blame was put on Dr. Kafeel Ahmad Khan for not being aware of the shortage of oxygen supply. Now, two years later, he has been absolved of all accusations.

A 23-year-old law student mustered enough courage to speak against powerful BJP leader Chinmayanand, who allegedly sexually harassed her for months. After days of dilly-dallying, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) finally arrested him but charged him with less-stricter provisions, naturally upsetting the student. She claimed there was "no justice" and alleged police are trying to save Chinmayanand. Perhaps, there is no justice after all.

As far as his social media activities are concerned, Elon Musk seems perplexed, at best. The 48-year-old founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of automotive giant Tesla and aerospace manufacturing company SpaceX, on Friday announced that he is bidding farewell to microblogging website Twitter.