Former doubles World No.1 tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday highlighted the benefits of investing in insurance after becoming the first customer of India's leading health insurance company Max Bupa's new plan GoActive.


Sania highlights importance of health insurance


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Gay skating sensation Adam Rippon has said he will boycott Team USA's visit to the White House following the Olympic Winter Games in South Korea.


US gay skating sensation to boycott White House party


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met Under-19 cricketer Manjot Kalra and congratulated him for the victory at the ICC World Cup finals against Australia, an official statement said.


Kejriwal congratulates Manjot Kalra for U-19 World Cup win


Organisers of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics said Monday a total of 177 cases of norovirus infection have been confirmed since the outbreak in the Olympic host town last week.


177 cases of norovirus infection confirmed in PyeongChang


Pune adventurist Shital Rane-Mahajan set a new record by becoming the first Indian to skydive sporting a colourful "Nav-wari sari" in Thailand on Monday.


Pune girl sets new record -- skydiving in Maharashtrian sari!


A Manipur weaver conferred the Padma Shri this year on Sunday accused the BJP-led coalition government in the state of "favouritism" in publicly felicitating another Padma awardee and state weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and not her.


Padma awardee accuses Manipur government of favouritism over felicitation


Actor Randeep Hooda will help to train some of the Mumbai's firefighters in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).


Randeep Hooda to train Mumbai firefighters in MMA


South Korean President Moon Jae-in dismissed a call by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to quickly resume the US-South Korea joint military exercises, an official said on Saturday.


Moon dismisses Abe's call to resume US-S. Korea drills


Conservative activists tore photos of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and attempted to burn its national flag in demonstrations here on Saturday against Pyongyang's participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.


Protesters tear N. Korean flags, leader's photos in Seoul


North Korea's rather reclusive leader Kim Jong-un has asked South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang at the "earliest date" possible for what will be a third inter-Korean summit.


Kim Jong-un invites South Korea's President to Pyongyang


Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma on Saturday pledged to help transform the Olympic Games for the digital era as China's e-commerce giant unveiled its vision for future Olympics.


Alibaba vows digital transformation of Olympics


The opening ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea was the target of a cyber attack by unidentified hackers, the PyeongChang Organising Committee said on Saturday.


'Cyber attack targeted PyeongChang opening ceremony'


In a historic move, South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomed senior North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong, to the presidential palace for a lunch meeting on Saturday.


Moon meets Kim's sister inside Blue House


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had a brief exchange with Kim Yong Nam, the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, a UN spokesman said on Friday.


UN chief briefly meets N. Korea leader at Olympics


South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday greeted North Korea's ceremonial head of state Kim Yong-nam, the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit South Korea along with Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-un's sister at the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.


South Korean President welcomes N. Korean delegation


Veteran India defender and Neroca FC star Gouramangi Singh feels that the I-League title is for  Minerva Punjab FC to lose and his team are taking it one game at a time.


It's Minerva's title to lose from here: Gouramangi (IANS Interview)


Congresswoman Josefina Mendoza of Argentina's ruling Cambiemos coalition delivered a letter to the Argentine Soccer Association calling on all footballers to finish their education, no matter what degree.


Argentine Congresswoman wants footballers to finish school


The Scottish skiing industry could collapse within as little as 50 years as winters become too mild for regular snowfall, a new international report warns.


'Warm' winter may thaw Scottish skiing industry: Report


An Israeli adventurer who survived after being critically injured in an avalanche in the Himalayan mountains three years ago has returned for a documentary "Back to Life".


Israeli returns to India to shoot survival documentary


Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has supported the inaugural edition of the Khelo India School Games by taking a pledge and urging everyone to come forward and play.


Akshay supports Khelo India Games


JioTV on Thursday said it has been awarded India digital rights of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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