Karan Patel and Divyanka Tripathi are going to be in trouble soon and this time too it is because of their beloved son, Adi and his girlfriend Alia.

In the coming episodes of Star Plus’ leading show Yeh Hai Mohabatein, Karan and Divyanka will strive hard to get their on screen son Adi out of a major trouble.

Adi, who has left their house to live independently, has moved to Hisar where he is accompanied by his girlfriend Alia. In Hisar, the couple would face many issues because of the conservative environment of that city. Seeing them live together, the people would get outraged.

“The panchayat would confront the young couple and forbid them to live together. They will also decide to punish Alia for staying with a guy without marriage, “ a source revealed.

Wondering what will happen next? Well, Karan and Divyanka would reach in time and get them out of that situation like always. 
 

Some may scoff at adolescents' use of social media networks as they pine for likes, but a new study suggests that using the photo-sharing app Instagram can actually strengthen the closeness of their friendships which in turn may help curb depression.

"This age group may be particularly at risk for the impact of Instagram, given the increasing popularity of Instagram in adolescence and given the increase of depressive symptoms during this stage of life," said researcher Eline Frison from University of Leuven in Belgium.

"This study offers practitioners greater insight into the outcomes of adolescents' Instagram use," Frison said.

The findings are scheduled to be presented at the 67th annual International Communication Association conference to be held at San Diego, California from May 25-29, 2017.

From 2013-2014, Frison set up a large-scale study to investigate the relationships between adolescents' social networking site use and their well-being. 

Students filled out paper-and-pencil surveys between six-month periods. 

The surveys asked students about their use of social networking sites like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram, and their well-being (depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, loneliness).

The data analysed revealed that using Instagram at one point was related to increased closeness to friends (perception that they are appreciated and loved by their friends) six months later, which in turn was related to lower levels of depression.

However, the researchers cautioned that if the use of the photo sharing app fails to stimulate the feeling closeness to friends, it could be harmful in the long run.

Olympique Lyonnais striker Alexandre Lacazette scored his 24th league goal of the season, earning the former French top division champions their first Ligue 1 away victory in 2017 after beating FC Metz 3-0.

The tie, originally scheduled for early December, was suspended after 30 minutes as firecrackers thrown by Metz fans went close to Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, reports Xinhua news agency. 

On Wednesday, Metz were forced to keep their fans out of the stadium.

Fourth-ranked Lyon won their last league game on road after overcoming Monaco 3-1 before Christmas. Lacazette put Lyon ahead in the 59th minute, as he collected midfielder Lucas Tousart's pass to find the target.

Jordan Ferri and Corentin Tolisso secured the visitors' victory with two late goals.

Lyon extended their advantage over Olympique Marseille to seven points, while trailing third-placed Nice by 13 points with seven games remaining in their contest for a place in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

Having played one game less, Monaco and defending champions Paris Saint-Germain remained top two sides on the table, with a three-point gap between them. 

As a child, almost everyone, loved superheroes like the Superman, Batman, Shaktimaan, Casper, Phantom, the Ghost Who walks, and others. Kids love to wear those out of the world attires and try to fly like them or be strong like them. But ever wondered why even babies love superheroes and why heroic acts fascinate them?

Kids adore superheroes, perhaps, because they are born with a sense of justice portrayed through the characters's heroic acts, according to researchers. Their findings, which was published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, showed that infants, who can barely talk, are "capable of recognising" heroic acts of justice. Babies are drawn to strong figures who can protect the weak, they say.

A team of researchers conducted experiments where infants were shown animations of one character chasing and bumping into another, as a third character watches from a distance."In human society, selflessly protecting the powerless is considered an act of heroic justice," Yasuhiro Kanakogi from the Kyoto University was quoted as saying in the journal.

(With inputs from agencies) 

Fuelled by Hatem Ben Arfa's two goals and an assist, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) eased past third-tier club US Avranches 4-0 in the quarter-finals of the French Cup football tournament and moved one step further towards defending their title.

PSG's head coach Unai Emery made eight changes to the starting line-up on Wednesday from last Saturday's French League Cup final, with the attacking trio of Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria and Julian Draxler all rested for the game, reports Xinhua news agency.

PSG were awarded a free-kick in the 35th minute when Lucas Moura tipped the ball to Ben Arfa to score.

With a one-goal advantage in hand, PSG dominated the second half, as they capitalised on Avranches's leaking defence for two more goals in just a three-minute span.

After playing as an unselfish provider for Ben Arfa to put the ball into an empty net, Lucas himself also beat Avranches goalkeeper in the 56th minute.

Javier Pastore set it at 4-0 on Ben Arfa's assist with eight minutes remaining.

Earlier on Wednesday, Angers eliminated fellow Ligue 1 side Bordeaux 2-1. 

In the semi-finals, PSG will face Ligue 1 leaders AS Monaco, whom they beat 4-1 in French League Cup final. Angers will fight for the other final spot with Guingamp.

Singer Madonna has dissed the soft drink company Pepsi in the wake of an ad controversy involving model Kendall Jenner.

After the brand pulled Kendall's protest-themed commercial, Madonna shared a throwback photo of herself holding a can of Pepsi's rival Coca-Cola on social media, reports people.com. 

She captioned the 1999 photo with a gold medal emoji, and offered a close-up of the red can to further emphasise her point.

Over two decades ago, she had her very own Pepsi commercial that caused a stir among viewers and consumers.

In January 1989, the singer inked a $5 million endorsement deal with Pepsi that led the company to release a two-minute television ad and featured her singing and dancing.

The advertisement was revoked in April 1989 after it generated controversy when Madonna premiered the full-length music video for Like a prayer on MTV the following day. 

The video's imagery, which included burning crosses and the seduction of a saint, drew the ire of religious groups and customers, who assumed it was part of the Pepsi advertisment.

And now, in the Live For Now Moments Anthem commercial, Kendall leaves her photo shoot behind to join a march before handing a police officer a can of Pepsi, causing her fellow protestors to erupt in cheers as he takes a drink.

Many accused Pepsi of blatantly appropriating the spirit and imagery of the anti-Donald Trump resistance, Black Lives Matter and other movements in order to sell their product.

In response to the backfire, Pepsi defended the advertisement in a statement: "This is a global ad that reflects people from different walks of life coming together in a spirit of harmony, and we think that's an important message to convey."

One Direction star Harry Styles, who was earlier romantically linked to celebrities like Taylor Swift, Caroline Flack and Kendall Jenner, says he "hasn't dated" anyone for a long time.

Styles said his hectic work schedule has kept him away from a relationship, but added that he would be taking a whole new approach to dating in the future, reports dailymail.co.uk.

"I haven't dated in a long time really because I went away to do the movie then did the album, so I haven't in a while. I have a couple of candles left still though," Styles said on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

Talking about what it's like finding dates as a celebrity, Styles said: "I feel like with all of the stuff how people date now with all online stuff I feel like you can do that (Google) with anyone really if you're looking at someone's profile before seeing them it's kinda the same. 

"I used to (research dates), then I said I'm not going to do that anymore, it's impossible to go in without a perception of someone and you've never met them and I started feeling like that was wrong and weird."

Expressing confidence that India would become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the country expected that the new members would have the same rights, including the veto power, as the existing permanent members.

During the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Swaraj said India has all the credentials to become a permanent member of the Security Council and four permanent members, US, UK, France and Russia have extended support.

The fifth member, China, has also “not publicly opposed it”, the External Affairs minister said.
“I am confident that if not this time, then next time, India would become a permanent member of the Security Council,” she said.

To a question whether India would also get the 'veto' power, Swaraj said the country wants the same esponsibilities, prerogatives as well as obligations as the current permanent members.

“We don't want any discrimination between old and new members. We don't want two classes – that there is a first class and a second class of permanent members. This should make it clear that India wants the same responsibilities, prerogatives and obligations as the current permanent members,” she said.

She said India has been making diplomatic efforts to ensure not only expansion but also reform in the Security Council. She said India wanted expansion of its permanent as well as non-permanent membership of the council.

In her reply tabled in the House, Swaraj said on the issue of extending veto powers to new permanent members in their submission during the inter-governmental negotiation process of the 69th General Assembly, USA and UK opposed extension of veto to new members.

France supported the extension while Russia and China did not make any submission on the issue, she said.

She said discussions were currently on in the UN General Assembly through inter-governmental negotiation and India and other pro-reform groupings have been calling commencement of text based negotiations.

The financial year 2016-17 is now history with some good and bad memories for the domestic equity markets. The year was full of events at home and abroad that shook the domestic as well as global market. But, the Indian bourses survived it all. In fact, the domestic markets registered smart gains. During the year, BSE Sensex posted a growth of 16.9 per cent while the NSE Nifty surged 18.6 per cent.

From United Kingdom (UK) to Uttar Pradesh (UP) domestic bourses faced a long list of hurdles. The top five events are:-

5. Surgical strike on terrorist camps: The strike was conducted at terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on the intervening night of September 28 and 29, 2016 by the Indian security forces. On September 29, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed 465 points down at 27,828 and the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) ended 154 points lower at 8591. The unexpected move by the Indian security forces made investors nervous as tension between India and Pakistan created a situation of open war.

4. The Trump presidency: Elected on November 8, Donald Trump initially gave hope to investors but now the honeymoon period is over and markets have started doubting whether they will get pro-growth policies. Tax reform and stimulus were promised by Trump and the Republican Congress during election campaign. Trump becoming 45th US President was a surprise for global experts as well as the Indian equity markets.

3. Assembly elections 2017: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landslide victory in recently held assembly elections was another surprise for the markets as the results strengthened the possibility of the BJP getting majority in the Union election 2019 which gave investors assurance of continued BJP policies after the elections. The BJP recently witnessed landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand elections, and also managed to form governments in Manipur and Goa. However, it lost in Punjab to Congress.

2. Demonetisation: In a surprise announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8 banned Rs.1,000 and Rs.500 notes. The unexpected move made investors nervous of slower economic growth. In immediate reaction, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected the Indian economy to slow down to 6.6 per cent in 2016-17 (FY17). "Growth is projected to slow to 6.6 per cent in 2016-17, then rebound to 7.2 per cent in 2017-18, due to temporary disruptions, primarily to private consumption, caused by cash shortages," the IMF said. India's economy grew at 7.6 per cent in 2015-16.

1. Brexit: On June 23, people in UK voted for exiting EU which kept domestic and global equity markets nervous for a long time. The surprise move was the biggest jolt for the markets in the financial year 2016-17, criticized by many economists. Investors, who had been confident that the British public would choose to stay in the United Kingdom, were in a hurry to calculate the impact. Reacting to it, investors fought for safety which pushed UK Pound and UK bank shares in negative zone but global treasuries and gold soared.

Singer Adele is reportedly planning to have another child with her husband Simon Konecki.

The British couple, who already have a four-year-old son Angelo, is "actively trying" for another baby since she closed out her North American tour in late 2016, reports aceshowbiz.com.

"Adele is planning on having a second child and is actively trying to get pregnant," a source told Life & Style magazine.

"Adele has spent a lot of time in Los Angeles over the years and thinks it is the perfect home base. California feels like a welcoming place," the source added.

South Africa's opposition on Thursday filed a no-confidence motion against President Jacob Zuma, who they are accusing of corruption.

Opposition Democratic Alliance's John Steenhuisen said that it was time to stop President Zuma and the damage he was doing to the economic and socio-political fabric of South Africa, Efe news reported.

The motion is to be debated by members of parliament on April 18.

The announcement came a week after the sacking of former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, who triggered a tide of reactions against Zuma and led the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's to downgrade South Africa's rating to junk status.

Gordhan, a person of Indian origin, has become a symbol of the fight against corruption for refusing to approve several projects that would allegedly benefit businessmen close to Zuma.

Zuma's ruling party, the African National Congress, has an absolute majority in parliament, but the opposition expects many of the ruling MPs to break the party discipline and vote conscientiously.

Opposition parties and civil society organisations have called for marches throughout the country on Friday to demand that the President resign.

Muslim women in Kerala divorced under triple talaq practice would now get free legal aid under an initiative launched by the state minorities commission amid a debate over the issue across the country.

The initiative was formally launched on Wednesday and 21 complaints were received from women who were divorced and left to fend for themselves, commission sources said on Thursday.

The commission, headed by retired judge P K Haneefa, has formed panels comprising four women advocates each in all 14 districts of the state to give the women appropriate advice and legal assistance.

The divorced women can approach the members of the panel in their respective districts for legal advice and assistance free of cost to fight their cases, Haneefa said.

The commission, constituted for the comprehensive educational advancement, welfare, protection and empowerment of minorities in the state, has published phone numbers (0471-2315122, 2318122) for women to approach the panelists.

"After hearing the plaint, the panel advocates will give advice on whether to move a suit before court or to approach police or other authorities concerned for getting redressal of their complaints," Haneefa said.

Women, living in any part of the state, can contact the panelists through the phone numbers and seek help in this regard, he said.

"Many women from various parts of the state have already come up with complaints of triple talaq," he said.

Commission sources said that most of the complainants who have approached the panel belong to the 25-49 age group.

A 63-year-old retired school headmistress, who has been fighting to get compensation from her former husband for the past seven years, is one among those who has approached the commission for justice.

Another woman from Malappuram, who was divorced under the triple talaq practice 22 years ago, wanted some compensation to carry forward her life as she is living at the mercy of her relatives and has no children.

A 40 year-old woman from Erumeli in Kottayam district has been fighting for justice for the past 10 years, sources added.

The practice of triple talaq has been challenged before the Supreme Court which last month decided that a Constitution Bench would hear the petitions from May 11.

The apex court had said the Muslim practices of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy are issues that are "very important" and involve "sentiments".

The Kerala High Court last year had come out against triple talaq, saying that equality before law has been denied to Muslim women in the country due to the practice.

Disposing of three cases involving divorced Muslim women, including change of name of spouse in the passport of a person who had ended his marriage by triple talaq, the court had stressed the need for a codified law with regard to divorce.

Late actress Debbie Reynolds's son Todd Fisher will celebrate her illustrious career by putting some of her most iconic costumes on display at an exhibition.

Todd will feature the garments his mother wore in her famous films at the exhibition.

Reynolds died in December last year — just one day after her daughter and actress Carrie Fisher passed away.

"My mother met Mary Pickford and Harold Lloyd early in the 1960s, and there was talk of a museum back then. There were many attempts in the early years to actually put this together, and it never happened," Todd told people.com.

Todd will preview a select number of costumes from Reynolds's most iconic roles at the TCM Classic Film Festival 2017, which begins on Thursday and will end on April 9.

The Anti-Corruption Branch on Thursday told a special court that further probe in a case involving Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal for alleged irregularities in the recruitment process is going on.

The investigating officer (IO) said further investigation, as directed by the court earlier, was underway and sought time to complete the probe.

Special Judge Hemani Malhotra granted time to the probe agency and fixed the matter for May 5 for further hearing.

Maliwal, who was earlier granted bail by the court in the matter, was also present at the hearing and sought copies of deficient documents supplied with the charge sheet.

The court also directed the IO to provide copies of documents to the AAP leader.

Maliwal was summoned as accused by the court on January 18 after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by ACB.

The court, however, had said the probe has not identified Maliwal's associates with whose connivance "illegal practices were adopted" and directed the police to probe their role and file supplementary charge sheet against them.

The charge sheet was filed by ACB on December 21, 2016 against Maliwal in connection with alleged irregularities in appointment of AAP workers in DCW.

The ACB had taken up the probe on a complaint by former DCW chief Barkha Shukla Singh, who had alleged that several AAP supporters were given plum posts in the women's panel.

Singh, an ex–MLA, had filed the complaint against Maliwal and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 11, 2016, alleging that many illegal practices were adopted by them to financially benefit aides and associates of Aam Aadmi Party at the cost of public exchequer.

A case was lodged against Maliwal on September 19, 2016 for alleged offences of cheating and criminal breach of trust by public servant under IPC and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.

ACB had said during probe, it was found that Maliwal, in connivance with others has allegedly abused her official position and deliberately ignored the procedure laid down rules to employ associates or AAP workers beyond the authorised sanctioned strength of 26 posts, causing unauthorised benefits to them at the cost of public exchequer.

It was also found during the investigation that the appointments were made without inviting any applications by way of publication or constituting a selection board.

According to the prosecution, the probe revealed that the remuneration amount was hiked in a whimsical manner thereby granting undue pecuniary benefits to the close associates of Maliwal and those connected to AAP.

The Indian football team jumped 31 places to be at the 101 spot in the recently released FIFA rankings, their best in a couple of decades.

From 132, Stephen Constantine's boys rode their narrow 1-0 win against Myanmar in their third round opener of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers to record their sixth consecutive victory.

India's highest FIFA ranking so far has been 94, which was attained in February 1996 while India were ranked 99 in November 1993 and 100 in October 1993, December 1993 and April 1996.

India accumulated a total of 331 points. The last month's total saw them net 233 points.

The near historic rise in rankings has seen Sunil Chhetri and company leapfrog the Democratic Peoples Republic (DPR) of Korea, Thailand, Latvia, Jordan and Iraq to name a few. 

India are tied on points with Estonia, Lithuania and Nicaragua.

Egypt is keen to help India restore a 4,000-year-old mummy-in-residence which has been "lying in a bad condition" at the Indian Museum here, one of Asia's oldest, but is a star attraction for its visitors.

Hatem Tageldin, Egypt's Ambassador to India, who had visited the museum's Egyptian gallery in February 2016, has proposed an initiative to assist in the restoration of the mummies in India, including the one in Kolkata.

"I am not an expert, but I could see it (the mummy) was in a bad condition. We offered to send a team of experts from Egypt if India will host them and/or invite a group from the Indian side to visit Egypt to provide training for them," Tageldin told IANS.

The envoy has also expressed a desire to meet the director-in-charge of the museum.

"We hope to hear from them on our proposal. We need details and documents about the mummy… which family it belongs to, how it arrived in India, etc., so we can help in restoring it," he said, adding the cooperation on offer was sent through official channels and was extended for all mummies in India.

"We heard there are six or seven mummies in India."

On his visit to the Egyptian gallery at the Indian Museum in December 2016, Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar expressed dissatisfaction over the mummy's preservation.

However, according to Indian Museum authorities, a "climate-controlled air-conditioned environment" is now maintained for the exhibit. In Arabic and Persian, an embalmed corpse is called "mumiya" and "mum", respectively, and the process by which an embalmed corpse is preserved with wax or bitumen in Egypt after the draining out of moisture is called mummification.

The mummy's arrival in India, reportedly from "tombs of the kings at Gourvah" (in Egypt) to Bombay (now Mumbai) via sea and then to Calcutta (now Kolkata), can be traced back to British India of the 1800s. It arrived in Calcutta in 1882 and was mentioned in a listing of the attractions of the museum published the next year.

It was originally encased in a wooden frame and covered with another frame on which the face of the mummy was carved.

In an insulated glass cabinet at the museum, it now lies nestled in the bottom half of the encasing while the top cover is removed and laid by its side, for visibility.

"The body is seen wrapped in cloth, the arms tied down to the sides. The flesh of the face and head has crumbled away, leaving the bones exposed. The mask which lay over the face has been removed and laid on the chest. This mummy is probably about 4,000 years old," says the write-up about the mummy at the museum.

Digital records of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Vol III, dated 1834) say the mummy was a gift to the Society, which founded the museum, from a British officer in the same year.

"A letter from Lieutenant E.C. Archbold of the Bengal Light Calvary, dated Bombay July 5, 1834, announced that he had forwarded to the Secretary (James Prinsep), as a present to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, an Egyptian Mummy."

"The mummy was obtained with some difficulty from the tombs of the kings at Gourvah," the Journal reports.

"The native crew on board the ship which brought Lieutenant A. from Mocha, having objected to receive the mummy with his baggage, he had been under the necessity of requesting one of the officers of the Sloop of War Coote to bring it onward to Bombay, whence it will be forwarded to Calcutta by the earliest opportunity."

The mummy is displayed along with another artefact from the nation, a mummified hand.

The mummified hand was gifted to the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1844, as noted in the book "Jadughar" (the popular name of the museum) launched on the occasion of 200 years of the Indian Museum 1814-2014.

Commenting on the diplomat's view, Sayan Bhattacharya, Education Officer of the museum, said: "If there is an official request (for restoration) then the competent authority will take a call."

In its bi-monthly monetary policy review, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday kept key repo rate or lending rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent but hiked reverse repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6 per cent.

The Reserve Bank also narrowed policy rate corridor, due to liquidity flush, by increasing marginal standing facility rate and bank rate to 6.50 per cent.

“After demonetisation, large liquidity surplus impacted banking system,” RBI said, adding, “The future course of rates will depend on macro economic conditions”.

In February, the wholesale inflation soared to a 39-month high of 6.55 per cent while retail inflation inched up to 3.65 per cent due to rise in food and fuel prices.

For financial year 2017-18, the RBI projects inflation at 4.5 per cent in first half and 5 per cent in the second half.

“Upside risk to inflation arises from one-off effect of Goods and Services Tax,” the RBI said.

It was expected that the Reserve Bank would keep the key rates unchanged amid hardening inflation.

Today's policy was the fourth bi-monthly policy based on the recommendations of the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).