New Delhi As concerns mounted over a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant spreading to many countries the Centre on Sunday decided to review the resumption of international flights introduced stricter guidelines for people travelling from or transiting through atrisk countries and issued

29-11-2021

London Two linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Britain connected to travel to southern Africa health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday November 27 Late last night I was contacted by the UK Health Security Agency I was informed that they have detected two cas

27-11-2021

Rome Italy has given safe haven to Sharbat Gula the greeneyed Afghan Girl whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her countrys wars Prime Minister Mario Draghis office said on Thursday The government intervened after Gula asked for help to leave Afghanistan following the Taliban

26-11-2021

Kabul The Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan marked 100 days in power on Tuesday but the Taliban is yet to achieve international recognition for the new government  According to Tolo News the Taliban regime is yet to get international recognition despite repeated diplomatic efforts led by Amir Khan Mut

24-11-2021

Washington US President Joe Biden has invited around 110 countries to a virtual summit for democracy on December 910 but China is not included in the list Taiwan is also invited but the name of NATO member Turkey is missing according to list released by the State Department on Tuesday  The final li

24-11-2021

Mumbai Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas who is married to American singersongwriter Nick Jonas on Monday removed her surname along with her husbands last name from social media handles The Dil Dhadakne Do actor removed Chopra and Jonas from her Instagram and Twitter accounts and is now going by only Pri

23-11-2021

Washington The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and the State Department on Monday advised against travel to Germany and Denmark because of a rising number of COVID19 cases in those countries The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to Level Four Very High for the two European co

23-11-2021

Waukesha An SUV driver sped through a police line and into a parade of Christmas marchers on Sunday hitting more than 20 adults and children in a horrifying scene captured by the citys livestream and the cellphones of onlookers Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said some people had been killed but

22-11-2021

Texas A Malayali expat was shot dead in the American state of Texas on Wednesday amid a robbery bid at a shop run by him The deceased 56yearold Sajan Mathew was shot by a US citizen who arrived at the shop on the pretext of being a customerSajan a native of Kozhencherry in Pathanamthitta district o

18-11-2021

Melbourne Attempts were made by some unidentified persons to decapitate a lifesized bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi that was unveiled on November 12 by Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Australian Indian Community Center in the Melbourne suburb of Rowville The incident was reported on November 12

16-11-2021

Washington President Joe Biden signed his 1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday on the White House lawn hailing it as an example of what bipartisanship can achieve The president hopes to use the law to build back his popularity and says it will deliver jobs clean water highspeed internet an

16-11-2021

Washington US President Joe Biden will hold a hotly anticipated virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday the White House and China announced as tensions mount over Taiwan human rights and trade Relations between the worlds two largest economies have recently deteriorated in

13-11-2021

NEW DELHI India could resume deliveries of COVID19 shots to global vaccinesharing platform COVAX in a few weeks for the first time since April two health industry sources said ending a suspension of supplies that has hurt poor countries The World Health Organization WHO which coleads COVAX has been

10-11-2021

London South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut on Wednesday won the 2021 Booker Prize for The Promise his third shortlisted novel which chronicles a family in his homeland from the late apartheid era through to Jacob Zumas presidency Spanning several decades the book shows the familys gr

04-11-2021

Glasgow Britain and India introduced a plan on Tuesday to improve connections between the worlds electricity power grids to accelerate the transition to greener energy Linking the grids would allow parts of the world with excess renewable power to send it to areas with deficits For instance countri

03-11-2021

Kabul At least 15 people were killed and 34 wounded when two explosions followed by gunfire hit Afghanistans biggest military hospital in Kabul a Taliban security official said on Tuesday The explosions took place at the entrance of the 400bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital in central Kabul and

02-11-2021

Glasgow Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that India is the only country that is delivering in letter and spirit the commitments on tackling climate change under the Paris Agreement He told world leaders at the COP26 that India will target a netzero goal by 2070 and aim at increasing its nonfoss

02-11-2021

Tokyo A man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday October 31 stabbed several passengers before starting a fire police said NHK public television said at least 10 passengers were injured including one seriously The attacker only identified as a man in his 20s was arrested on the sp

01-11-2021

Rome India is ready to produce over 5 billion Covid vaccine doses next year to help the world in the fight against the pandemic Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a G20 Summit session here on Saturday and asserted that it was necessary that the WHO approves Indian vaccines at the earliest The pri

31-10-2021

Washinghton US The Joe Biden administration has announced new COVID19 international air travel rules starting from November 8 Starting from November 8 foreign national air travellers to the United States will be required to be fully vaccinated and to provide proof of vaccination status prior to boar

26-10-2021

Washington IMFs Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University according to the global financial institution The 49yearold prominent IndianAmerican economist had joined the International Monetary Fund IMF as the Chief Economist

20-10-2021

Denmark A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday killing five people before he was arrested authorities said The police chief in the community of Kongsberg near the capital of Oslo said there was a confrontation between officers and the assailant but he di

14-10-2021

Amsterdam In the country that first legalised gay marriage the Dutch crown princess has the right to marry a person of any gender without giving up her right to the throne the prime minister said on Tuesday October 12 2021 Crown Princess CatharinaAmalia 17 has not made any comments on the matter an

13-10-2021

Canda As many in Canada were enjoying a fireball lighting up the night sky a woman from British Columbia province claimed a neardeath experience involving a meteroite According to a report by The Golden Star Ruth Hamilton was sleeping through the night in her home when a meteorite crashed through th

13-10-2021

Stockholm Three USbased economists have won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics for work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments or socalled natural experiments The winners were David Card of the University of California at Berkeley Joshua Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Techn

11-10-2021

Kabul The Islamic State of Khorasan ISISK claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing attack on a mosque in Afghanistans Kunduz on Friday that left at least 55 people dead and dozens of others severely injured In a statement released on its Telegram channels the jihadist group – an associate of th

09-10-2021

Oslo The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov are receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for th

08-10-2021

The Nobel Prize in the field of physiology or medicine has been awarded to US Scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian They were cited for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch The winners were announced Monday by Thomas Perlmann secretarygeneral of the Nobel Committee Patrik

04-10-2021

Kabul The Taliban regime has warned the United States not to operate its drones over Afghan airspace and asked it to follow obligations to prevent negative consequences According to a Sputnik report the Taliban have called the US move a “breach of national security” The Talibans spokesperson Zabihu

29-09-2021

Kabul The new Taliban regime has banned hairdressers in Afghanistans Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards a media report said The Taliban have banned stylish hairstyles and shaving beards in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan The Frontier Post reported citing a letter from the Tali

27-09-2021

NewDelhi “As of September 27 2021 direct flights from India to Canada will resume” said the government on Sunday Earlier on Tuesday Canada extended the restriction on all direct commercial and private passenger flights from India until September 26 However with the ban now expiring passengers from

26-09-2021

Washington DC In the first inperson meeting of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue QUAD Summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday September 24 hailed the group as a force for global goodAddressing the meeting Modi stressed that the QUAD initiative will help IndoPacific nations in facing all major gl

25-09-2021

Washington DC US A wide range of topics COVID19 global developments like terrorism were discussed when PM Narendra Modi and US Vice President Kamala Harris met for the first time physically in Washington The role of Pakistan was also discussed in the context of terrorism and its impact on India US

24-09-2021

While the fight against COVID is far from over and WHO confirming that the Delta variant has spread across 185 countries there is another serious threat the world is confronting that of fake vaccine certificates Vaccination is key in this fight against COVID but the fake vaccine certificate black

23-09-2021

The UK government has said that Covid19 vaccine certification from all countries must meet a “minimum criteria” It informed that that it was working with India on a “phased approach” for its international travel normsCovishield the Serum Institute of India manufactured OxfordAstraZeneca vaccine was

23-09-2021

Canberra More than 10 percent of Australias shark species are at risk of extinction a government report has foundThe National Environmental Science Program NESP marine biodiversity hub on Tuesday published the firstever complete assessment of extinction risk for all Australian sharks rays anported

23-09-2021

Scenes of a volcanic eruption on the Spanish Canary Islands go viral The video of the erupting lava flowing into the swimming pool of a nearby house went viral on social media The video also shows the formation of toxic gases when lava flows into the swimming pool  Solo vean LaPalma pictwittercom

22-09-2021

New Delhi Amid controversy over the Boris Johnsonled government announcing new COVIDrelated travel restrictions Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla on Tuesday September 21 2021 said that the nonrecognition of the Covishield COVID19 vaccine is a discriminating policy He added that it also impacts Indian

21-09-2021

Tokyo Two Japanese sisters have been certified by Guinness World Records as the worlds oldest living identical twins aged 107 years and 330 days the organisation said Monday The announcement coincided with Respect for the Aged Day a national holiday in Japan Sisters Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama

21-09-2021

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the United States this week where he will be following a marathon schedule and will hold a series of back to back highlevel meetings PM Modi will be arriving in Washington DC on September 22 and the next morning he will be meeting with the top

20-09-2021

Srinagar The General Officer Commanding GOC Lt Gen DP Pandey of the Indian Army on Monday September 20 said that there has been no ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir this year He added that there are about 60 to 70 Pakistani terrorists active in the union territory Speaking on the sidelines o

20-09-2021

At least eight people have been killed after a student opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm according to the national Investigative Committee law enforcement agency The suspect was detained shortly after launching the attack on Monday morning at Perm State University which is abo

20-09-2021

Houston Five people were injured after a military training jet crashed in a residential area in Lake Worth the southcentral US state of Texas according to local media reports Two people were ejected from the plane and have been taken to local hospitals with one person in critical condition and the

20-09-2021

Kabul Female and male university students in Afghanistan are being separated by curtains in class after the Taliban seized powerThe Taliban government has issued rules for the education of girls Girls are not allowed to study with boys and Special dress for girls will be mandatory در تصویر دروس د

13-09-2021

Washington US President Joe Biden has urged Americans to show unity our greatest strength in a video posted Friday on the eve of the 20th anniversary of 911 To me thats the central lesson of September 11th Its that at our most vulnerable in the push and pull of all that makes us human in the battle

11-09-2021

On the 20th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks former President Donald Trump will host and commentate the Triller Fight Club heavyweight boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Vitor Belfort Trump is providing guest commentary for the fight which will take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel i

10-09-2021

Kabul Two Afghanistan journalists covering the women’s protests in Kabul were allegedly detained and severely beaten by Taliban security forces on Tuesday Human Rights Watch said Taqi Daryabi and Nemat Naqdi from the Kabulbased media outlet Etilaate Roz were allegedly detained and attacked on Tuesd

10-09-2021

The supply chain troubles caused by Brexit and the pandemic have been so bad for Satyan Patel that the shelves at his convenience store in central London are seriously lacking water and soft drinks A wide range of businesses have suffered through shortages for several months in the UK But shoppers

09-09-2021

The Taliban on Wednesday presented a number of ‘problems’ to limit demonstration in Afghanistan The step comes days after the program claimed it will not endure any type of resistance to their policy The choice will certainly increase brows worldwide as a number of nations have actually knocked the

09-09-2021

KabulThe Taliban announced on September 7 that Mullah Hasan Akhund has been appointed interim prime minister of Afghanistan The decision comes more than two weeks after the militant Islamist group seized control of much of the country including the capital Kabul The Conversation asked Ali A Olomi a

08-09-2021

At least 40 inmates of a prison in Indonesia’s Banten province were killed and several injured after a fire broke out early on Wednesday morning reported  Rika Aprianti a spokesperson in the prison department of the country’s law and human rights ministry said the fire broke out between 1 am and 2

08-09-2021

Doctors are baffled by the strange case of a woman who claims she hasnt slept a single night since she was a child Sleepless Li Zhanying from Chinas eastern province of Henan told local media the last time she had a kip was when she was five years old Lis many wakeful nights have made her a celebr

07-09-2021

Kabul The Taliban announced Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund as the leader of their new government in Afghanistan on TuesdayChief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also told a press conference that Taliban cofounder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani the leader of the Haqqani

07-09-2021

Sarah Harding a founding member of the platinumselling British girl group Girls Aloud has died at the age of 39 following a battle with breast cancer Harding’s mother Marie announced the singer’s death Sunday on social media “It’s with deep heartbreak that today I’m sharing the news that my beautif

06-09-2021

The 28th edition of SingaporeIndia Maritime Bilateral Exercise SIMBEX was conducted from 02 to 04 Sep 21 The Indian Navy was represented by Guided Missile Destroyer INS Ranvijay with a ship borne helicopter ASW Corvette INS Kiltan and Guided Missile Corvette INS Kora and one P8I Long Range Maritime

05-09-2021

Google has temporarily locked down some Afghan government email accounts as the Taliban attempt to access emails from former officials Google said on Friday it was “taking temporary measures to secure relevant accounts” but did not admit a full account lockout “In consultation with experts we are c

04-09-2021

Kabul Taliban cofounder Mullah Baradar is reportedly leading a new government in Talibanoccupied Afghanistan The announcement is expected soon The Taliban are now prioritizing a new government  The new government is needed in the face of a severe economic crisis in Afghanistan and a severe drought

03-09-2021

Ministry of Defence and US Department of Defence signed a Project Agreement PA for AirLaunched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ALUAV under the Joint Working Group Air Systems in the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative DTTI on July 30 2021 The PA for ALUAV falls under the Research Development Testing an

03-09-2021

New York United States Flash flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least 44 people in the New York area overnight Thursday including several who perished in basements in the “historic” weather event attributed to climate change Recordbreaking rainfall which triggered an unprecedente

03-09-2021

Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern US with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday night killing at least 18 people in flooding in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania as basement apartments suddenly filled with water rivers and creeks swelled to record levels and roadways turned into

02-09-2021

The AlQaeda has joined the Taliban in the groups offensive in the Panjshir valley Ahmad Massouds forces say The Taliban confirmed that the fighting has been ongoing for two days and both sides have suffered casualties Earlier reports on Wednesday had said that fighting is ongoing between Taliban fig

02-09-2021

Washington The United States has announced the end of its 20yearold war in Afghanistan as the last American military flight flew out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul shortly before the August 31 deadline Im here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the

31-08-2021

Amsterdam An Afghan photographer has warned that the Taliban will soon close all media outlets in Afghanistan The Taliban are deceiving the West by promising to allow journalists to work freely he said Masood Husseini who received the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 has come out with a warning Hussein left

28-08-2021

New Delhi The United States on Saturday launched a drone strike against an Islamic State member believed to be involved in planning attacks against the US in Kabul the military said The US Central Command said the strike took place in Nangahar province east of Kabul killing one individual  Initial

28-08-2021

Washington US President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to hunt down the perpetrators of the suicide bombings that killed 12 American troops in Kabul and said the United States will not be deterred from its mission to evacuate thousands of civilians from Afghanistan To those who carried out this attack

27-08-2021

NewDelhi The Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA on Thursday allowed  Boeing 737  Max to fly in Indian airspace again after carrying out the required safety modifications The Boeing 737 Max planes were grounded globally in March 2019 after two crashes within 5 months Recently these planes w

27-08-2021

Kabul At least 13 people were killed in a fidayeen attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday news agency Reuters reported The blast was heard near Abbey Gate of the airport Latest reports said that one of the attackers blew himself up while another opened firing at the crowd outside the airport Accor

26-08-2021

Vice President Kamala Harris will turn her attention to issues surrounding worker rights and civil liberties Thursday as she closes out her visit to Southeast Asia elevating activists in a region of the world known for its challenges and restrictions to human rights Harris will participate in what

26-08-2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin The two leaders had a detailed discussion on the evolving situation in Afghanistan Had a detailed and useful exchange of views with my friend President Putin on recent developments in Afghanistan We also discussed iss

24-08-2021

KABUL The Taliban fighters have reportedly captured three districts in northern Afghanistan and have inched closer to the major resistance stronghold Panjshir Valley Taliban spokesperson said the Taliban fighters were in position near the Panjshir Valley and had retaken three districts in northern

24-08-2021

The European Union has not recognised the Taliban EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday nor is it holding political talks with the terrorists a week after they seized control of Afghanistan The Taliban completed a lightning takeover of Afghanistan on Sunday walking into the

22-08-2021

NEW DELHI An Indian Air Force IAF C17 aircraft carrying 168 passengers including 107 Indians that took off from Afghanistans capital Kabul earlier on Sunday morning has landed at the Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad  107 Indians out of 168 passengers on a special repatriation flight from Kabul on

22-08-2021

Washington Pakistans strategic security objectives in Afghanistan almost certainly continue to be countering Indian influence and mitigating spillover of the Afghan civil war into Pakistani territory a US government report has said citing inputs from the Defence Intelligence Agency Pakistan continu

22-08-2021

Kabul Afghanistan taliban crisis Local media reports 150 people mostly Indians captured by Taliban near Kabul Airport Taliban denies allegations The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members President Joe Biden has pl

21-08-2021

US President Joe Biden on Friday August 20 2021 called the evacuation mission in Afghanistan one of the largest and most difficult airlifts in US history Biden facing criticism of his handling of the chaotic pullout from Afghanistan after the Talibans takeover said that his administration is going t

21-08-2021

The President of the United States found himself being lambasted on social media for accidentally referring to his Deputy as President Harris At the time countless people had dissected the gaffe questioning Joe Bidens mental state and pointing out that mispronunciations from a US President are not a

20-08-2021

Kabul The United States has said Kabul airport is safe for aircraft operations The Pentagon says it has 5200 US troops stationed in Afghanistan William Hunk Taylor Major General of the US Army and Vice Director of Logistics at the Joint Staff said Thursday that Kabul International Airport is safe a

20-08-2021

Today is August 19 World Photography Day The word photography is derived from the Greek word for light painting The art of photography has shed light on the diverse lives of the world Perhaps photography like print played a major role in changing and moving the world forward Not only wars and trag

19-08-2021

Afghanistan Since the Talibans lightning seizure of Kabul horrific visuals have emerged from the Afghan capital showing thousands of desperate Afghans rushing to the Kabul airport On Wednesday dozens of people gathered in the eastern city of Jalalabad to raise the national flag a day before Afghanis

19-08-2021

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has said that the Afghan Special Cell of the Ministry of External Affairs is fully operational The Ministry requests those wishing to return home from Afghanistan or in need of other assistance to contact the following phone number or emai

18-08-2021

The United States this week is shipping the first vaccine doses of the 500 million Covid19 global sharing commitment it made at the Group of Seven summit in June The US is sending 488370 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Rwanda of which 188370 come as the first batch of the halfbillion dose order place

17-08-2021

The government of Bangladesh has turned down a request from the US to provide temporary shelter to some people from Afghanistan in the wake of the political developments there Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen told the UNB in Dhaka that Bangladesh received a request from the US which i

17-08-2021

MOSCOW Russias ambassador to Afghanistan praised the Talibans conduct on Monday and said the group still officially designated a terrorist organisation in Russia had made Kabul safer in the first 24 hours than it had been under the previous authorities The comments by Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov refl

17-08-2021

Kabul The Taliban has promised security to the countrys religious minorities after seizing power in Afghanistan The Taliban promised protection by visiting Hindu and Sikh community leaders The Taliban representative told community leaders not to be afraid and not to leave the country Charan Singh a

16-08-2021

Kabul Afghanistan As Taliban established its rule in Afghanistan shocking visuals have started coming out as thousands of desperate people tried to flee the country On Monday this caused chaos at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after all civilian flights were suspended Soon after th

16-08-2021

Beijing Taliban recognized by China China has made it clear that it is ready for friendship with the Taliban China is the first country in the world to recognize the Taliban Pakistan meanwhile has called for a negotiated solution to the Afghan conflict The Pakistani foreign minister said the issue s

16-08-2021

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs MoFA of Bangladesh said in a press release on Monday that it considers itself as a potential development partner and a friend of Afghanistan It stands ready to share its best practices with Afghanistan in a range of areas such as  basic education community healthcare

16-08-2021

Kabul Afghanistan At least five people lost their lives at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday after hundreds of Afghans stormed into the area to board planes as Taliban captured the capital city of the country reported Reuters quoting eyewitnesses One of the witnesses told Re

16-08-2021

The Taliban entered Afghanistans capital Kabul today and an official said President Ashraf Ghani had left the city for Tajikistan capping the terrorists lightning push for power A senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said Ghani had left for Tajikistan The presidents office however said that it

15-08-2021

Taliban insurgents entered the Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the US Embassy  A tweet from the Afghan Presidential palace account said firing had been heard at a number of points

15-08-2021

More than 300 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in the Caribbean nation of Haiti on Saturday morning The quake which measured 72 on the Richter scale injured at least 2000 people and damaged tens of thousands of homes The epicenter was reported 160 kilometers south of PortauPrince Ha

15-08-2021

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said he will not allow “the imposed war” on Afghans to bring further killings loss of the gains of past 20 years destruction of public property and continued instability he says in his first televised address to the nation since Taliban advance The Taliban capture

14-08-2021

A cargo ship after running aground in a northern Japanese port and is spilling  an oil leak The oil leak from the ship reportedly spread around 24 km Crew of the cargo ship was taken to safety by the coastguard VIDEO A cargo ship ran aground and broke into two off northern Japan the coastguard sa

13-08-2021

The Emmy Awards ceremony held for achievement in television has been moved outdoors due to the rising concerns over the coronavirus pandemic The decision came after the new restrictions came in for live events yesterday The ceremony is scheduled to take place on September 19 in Los Angeles and was

13-08-2021

Tennessee A young black man was shot dead for playing song loudly in his car The incident took place in Tennessee USA Former police officer Gregory Livingsson has been arrested in connection with the murder His family alleges that this was a racist attack and that Motley was killed only because he w

11-08-2021

In April Canada banned all direct flights to and from India when the second Covid19 wave hit India Canada has again extended its ban on arriving passenger flights directly from India till September 21 due to the risks posed by the Covid19 pandemic the federal transport ministry has said The ban does

11-08-2021

Milan Italian police have found three bullets in the letter cover of Pope Franciss address Italian police say they have initiate an investigation into who sent the cover The cover is posted from France It was discovered by staff while sorting mail at the post office in Peshiera Boromi He later info

10-08-2021

According to Satellite datas the heat intensity of wildfires was four times higher than anything on record for nation Four people were killed by the blazes swept through the tourist regions of Antalya and Mugla It had forced thousands of holiday makers evacuated from the hotels by a flotila of boat

31-07-2021

A Dominica court today denied bail to fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi for illegally entering into the Caribbean island nation from Antigua Choksi was seen in a wheelchair at the court Choksis legal team had earlier said he should be sent back to Antigua claiming that he was kidnapped and brought t

03-06-2021

In another airstrike conducted by Israel on Saturday AlJalaa tower a highrise building that housed offices of several news organisations was destroyed in the Gaza Strip The building housed offices of international news agencies including The Associated Press AlJazeera and others The airstrike came r

15-05-2021

President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir on Tuesday tweeted Im worried about the COVID19 situation in India a country which did so much to ensure Vaccines4All in vulnerable countries Its time for the world to extend aid support to India My thoughts are with India the Indian people he fur

28-04-2021

Prince Philip Queen Elizabeth IIs husband of more than seven decades has passed away at the age of 99 The Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Castle around three weeks after he was discharged from a London hospital for treatment for an infection and to have a heart procedure The cause of his death has

09-04-2021

Jimmy Kimmel took the arrow and aimed at heart of Sarah Palin after the contracted Coronovirus case On Thursday the former Republican Vice President nominee had revealing the fact that she had tested positive Covid 19 along with 12 year old son Urging people to wear mask Palin said im blessed to br

02-04-2021

Myanmar military group Junta has suspended internet further chocking access of information in the country where hundreds of people having been killed and disappeared by the coup Ahead of new restrictions imposed people were rushed to share the links in radio channels and communication channel that

02-04-2021

Dozens of people were killed in Taiwan in a horrific train derailment The 408 Taroko express was travelling to south on the weekend first day was being carried hundreds of passengers crashed inside a tunnel just out side Haulian city at 9am local time Dozens were trapped inside the train at the tim

02-04-2021

In Midtown Manhattan a homeless man having on life time parole after serving time for killing his innocent mother has been arrested by cops on brutally attacking a 65 year old Asian woman Police say Brandon Elliot 38 was apprehending in a hotel where he was staying being used as a homeless shelter

31-03-2021

The United States in its statement put on has ordered nonessential diplomats to departure from Myanmar amidst of the growing violence followed by the military coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu kyi Daily protests happened in Myanmar demanded the electoral government have been met with militar

31-03-2021

The Archbishop of Canterburry addressed the first time that the claim made by Duchess of Sussex that she and Prince Harry got married before the Royal wedding During her tellall interview with Oprah Winfrey broadcasted earlier this month Megan said the couples had a secret marriage ceremony with the

31-03-2021

Trumb if he left the Presidency but his Performance who he was is behind us The debate to find out how bad President he was has begun Currently the ranks set in and the feed back collected are not support for the billionaire businessesman A total of 53 of those who have polled say the Trump was eit

30-03-2021

Washington As the Corona cases booming around the country President Biden called on Governors and Mayors On Monday to reinstate mask mandates His immediate meeting arrangements were made up of prevention warning of Director of Centers for Disease control impending doom should a potential surge of th

30-03-2021

Cairo The operation never gone futile rising the mammoth cargo ship being blocked the worlds most maritime arteries was wreched from the shore line now would set partially afloat again early morning monday It has raised the big hopes that the traffic could be soon resumed in Suez canal and can limit

29-03-2021

If you assume an event of natural disaster hits South Carolina you cant neccessarily expect to see Senate Lindsay Graham helping dig survivors out of trouble The Senator has indicated that he would instead be at the home with his AR 15 should have been ready to pick off looting gang presumably at

29-03-2021

A convicted serial killer who were killed two young boys died yesterday at Indiana hospital authorities revealed Joseph Edward Duncan who has been in Death row was died at Medical centre near United states Penitentiary Terre haute Duncan whose victims were four members of family from Coure d Alene I

29-03-2021

Los angels Lester Ebanks a convicted muderer of 14 year old girl ecaped from the prison nearly after 50 years would be captured soon authorities said The murderer who is suspected to be in the Los angels area was escaped from the ohio state Penitentary in 1973 Investigators obtained photos of him

28-03-2021

Washington Democrats have been spending too much of time for last few years clamoring both the houses to raise taxes on corporates and rich Now it comes to the conclusion with a rebuke of Donald Trump remarkable tax cuts increased by Biden They have a shot at largest increasing federal tax since 19

28-03-2021

Popular host Sharon Osburn took the decision to leave the US chat show continuing 11 years followed by a heated onair debate about racism went blows with her cohost Sharyl Under wood The shows network said in a statement that Osburn had decide to quit the show after a review which found her behaviou

27-03-2021

Atleast 23 tornadoes got to tore through Albama Missisippi Georgia on Thursday six people found dead in the south One person who was died in Coweta county Georgia where the damage was having found catastrophic And Five people who have lost their lives in Calhoun county Albama after the state was str

27-03-2021

Senate member TimScott went on to ripped President Biden and Democrats for moving change their view of Senate Fill buster rule They are gonna be invoking racism to do scare republicans next he said It is irritable and frustating We can see Democrats use the fillbuster last year to blocking a police

27-03-2021

The fights over voting rights turn up a new fresh conflict in Biden era Georgia fired a opening shot with set of new restrictions of voting rights passed by Republicans President Biden called the New Law of Georgia as attack on constitution This is Jim crow in the 21st and it must end he said Biden

27-03-2021

Washington Republicans try to limiting vote rights were sick and unamerican said President Biden here on Thursday Vowing to prevent states from taking despicable actions that undermines democracy make it harder people to cast ballots he added Speaking to the reporters in white house Biden said he wo

26-03-2021

After reports stated that some Myanmar police personnel crossed over into India and are seeking refuge in Mizoram Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said As of now we are ascertaining the facts We will revert once we have more details on this Srivastava added As of now were

05-03-2021

The Australian Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the News Media Bargaining Code to make technology companies like Google and Facebook pay for news The law was passed after an agreement between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg In return for the changes Facebook agr

25-02-2021

A 77magnitude earthquake that struck in the South Pacific has generated a tsunami the Australian weather agency confirmed Tsunami confirmed the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said in a tweet as it warned of a marine threat to Lord Howe Island Tsunami affecting marine area commencing after 245 am

10-02-2021

The official Twitter handle of United Nations Human Rights on Friday wrote India We call on the authorities and protesters to exercise maximum restraint in ongoing FarmersProtests The rights to peaceful assembly expression should be protected both offline online Its crucial to find equitable solut

05-02-2021

US President Joe Biden has threatened to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar after its military staged a coup and arrested the civilian leaders of its government including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Biden called the coup a direct assault on the countrys transition to democracy and the rule of law The

02-02-2021

Myanmars military has said itd hold an election after the oneyear emergency ends and would turn over power to the winner hours after carrying out a coup Aung San Suu Kyi who won the November election was detained today In the election Suu Kyis party captured 396 out of 476 seats in the combined lowe

01-02-2021

Myanmars elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in morning raids on Monday her party said Myanmar military television said the military has taken control of the country for one year The coup comes after tensions rose between the civilian government and military following a disputed election No

01-02-2021

Two men were publicly caned 77 times in Indonesias Aceh province for having gay sex The men aged 27 and 29 were arrested in November after residents broke into their rented room and allegedly found them having sex Its reportedly the third time Aceh has caned gay men since Islamic laws outlawing homo

29-01-2021

Washington US President Joe Biden has reversed a ban by exPresident Donald Trump on US funding for abortion counselling provided by international organisations Biden said the move will reverse my predecessors Trumps attack on womens health access The move also includes restoration of US funding to t

29-01-2021

India was placed 86th in Australian think tank Lowy Institutes ranking of 98 countries handling of the COVID19 pandemic New Zealand performed the best followed by Vietnam Taiwan Thailand and Cyprus The US ranked 94 while the UK stood at the 66th spot China was not included in the ranking due to a la

28-01-2021

Dutch police has arrested the alleged head of one of the worlds biggest drugs gangs on a warrant issued by Australia Tse Chi Lop one of the worlds most wanted fugitives is said to be the head of The Company which dominates a 70 billion illegal drugs market across Asia Chineseborn Canadian national T

24-01-2021

India and China will hold the ninth round of corps commander level military talks on January 24 to address the ongoing military standoff in eastern Ladakh The talks would be held in Moldo opposite the Chushul sector in India Notably the eighth and last round of military talks between the two sides h

23-01-2021

US TV and radio host Larry King has passed away at the age of 87 weeks after contracting coronavirus He was taken to hospital in Los Angeles in late December after testing positive for the virus In March 2019 he had suffered a nearfatal stroke and later announced he had spent a couple of weeks in a

23-01-2021

WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has thanked India and PM Narendra Modi for continued support to global COVID19 response Taking to Twitter he said Only if we act together including sharing of knowledge can we stop this virus and save lives and livelihoods This came after India started

23-01-2021

Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya has applied to the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for another route to be able to stay in the country his lawyer confirmed The 65yearold remains out on bail until Patel signs off on his extradition order The UK has previously said that a confidential legal process re

23-01-2021

When asked about IndiaUS relationship White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said I would say that President Joe Biden respects and values the long bipartisan successful relationship between leaders in India and the US He looks forward to a continuation of that she added He selected the first IndianA

22-01-2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday wished Joe Biden as he was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States My warmest congratulations to Joe Biden on his assumption of office as President of the United States of America PM Modi tweeted I look forward to working with him to strengthe

21-01-2021

Washington DC Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at the Inauguration Day ceremony in Washington DC Biden won the November 3 presidential election with 306 Electoral College votes while Donald Trump got 232 votes Trump did not attend the inauguration and became the

20-01-2021

The incoming administration of US Presidentelect Joe Biden is considering creating a White House position focused on competition policy and issues relating to antitrust reported Reuters Currently the US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission share the work of antitrust enforcement and have

20-01-2021

Nepals Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi has said India will export 10 lakh COVID19 vaccine doses to the country under VaccineMaitri programme adding that the vaccine will arrive in Kathmandu on Thursday Reiterating the friendship between two nations Tripathi said the first lot of vaccines will be

20-01-2021

The number of people who have died after receiving first doses of PfizerBioNTech vaccine in Norway has risen to 29 All reported deaths are related to elderly people with serious basic disorders the Norwegian Medicines Agency said Most people have experienced the expected side effects of the vaccine

17-01-2021

China on Saturday finished building a 1500room hospital for COVID19 patients in five days to fight a surge in infections in Nangong city state media reported The hospital is one of the six hospitals being built in Nangong in Hebei province A similar programme of rapid hospital construction was launc

17-01-2021

UK PM Boris Johnson said that the country would close all travel corridors from Monday to protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains He added that UK would require all incoming passengers to test negative for COVID19 within 72 hours of departure The new rules would be in place until

16-01-2021

A new species of orange and black bat from the Nimba Mountains in West Africa has been discovered by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History and Bat Conservation International The species has been named Myotis nimbaensis in recognition of the Guinea mountain range it inhabits It has t

14-01-2021

Indonesia has recovered the flight data recorder one of the two black box recorders from the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea on Saturday with 62 people on board The device is expected to help investigators determine what caused the plane to crash minutes after taking off from Jakarta The

12-01-2021

IndianAmerican Vijaya Gadde who is Legal Policy and Trust Safety Lead at Twitter spearheaded the decision to permanently suspend US President Donald Trumps account after the riots at US Capitol Gadde moved to US as a child and grew up in Texas A graduate of Cornell University and New York Universit

11-01-2021

Like many other celebrities Hollywood veteran Arnold Schwarzenegger recently reacted to the Capitol Hill attacks by Trump supporters and is going viral for the video he posted  The former governor of California took to Twitter to make his views clear about the riots and in the public in a video mess

11-01-2021

US Senator Mark Warner has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking him to preserve any and all posts that may be associated with Wednesdays attack on US Capitol Efforts to bring perpetrators to justice will involve digital evidence he added He also urged Zuckerberg to undertake reasonable mea

10-01-2021

The UK is vaccinating over 2 lakh people a day against coronavirus the countrys Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday Weve now vaccinated around a third of the over80sso were making significant progress but theres still further expansion to go he added Every adult in the UK will be offered a

10-01-2021

Twitter has permanently banned US President Donald Trumps personal account due to the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday The account had more than 88 million followers This is the first time Twitter has banned a head of state the company conf

09-01-2021

The verdict on extradition case of wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi to face fraud and money laundering charges related to Punjab National Bank PNB scam will be delivered by UK judge on February 25 District Judge Samuel Goozee confirmed the timeline after Modi and Indian governments defence lawyers

09-01-2021

The person who waved the Indian flag outside the US Capitol building on Wednesday amidst American and proTrump flags was Keralaborn IndianAmerican Vinson Palathingal Trump rallies are always a lot of fun he said in a nowdeleted Facebook post explaining why he had gone to the Capitol Vinson said he w

08-01-2021

Condemning the violence that occurred at the US Capitol Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it was a dark moment in US history Im personally saddened by this mob violence which is exactly what this is Zuckerberg wrote in a memo to his staff He further said that peaceful transition of power is cr

07-01-2021

Washington US Presidentelect Joe Biden and Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris win in the US Presidential election was officially confirmed after the Congress accepted the Electoral College result Vice President Mike Pence announced the 306232 Electoral College vote count The results were announced ho

07-01-2021

The European Medicines Agency EMA has recommended the use of Modernas coronavirus vaccine in the European Union EU In response European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted Now we are working at full speed to approve it and make it available in the EU Earlier the EU had approved PfizerB

07-01-2021

Washington Mobs of US President Donald Trumps supporters stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday forcing Congress to suspend a session to certify Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory Police deployed tear gas inside the Capitol to disperse the rioters who used chemical irritants to attack police One w

07-01-2021

China has blocked the arrival of a team of investigators from the World Health Organization who are researching the origins of the coronavirus claiming that their visas had not yet been approved Two scientists had already left their home countries for Wuhan One of them was sent back home while the o

06-01-2021

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a new national lockdown for England until at least midFebruary to combat the new variant of the coronavirus with people urged to stay at home He said that people will be asked to shield if they are vulnerable He further said that schools and colleg

05-01-2021

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill in the US Congress to terminate Pakistans designation as a major nonNATO ally The status allows benefits like access to excess US defence supplies and participation in defence research and development projects Pakistan was named a major nonNATO

04-01-2021

The World Health Organization WHO on Sunday welcomed Indias decision to give emergency use authorisation to two COVID19 vaccines Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh Regional Director WHO SouthEast Asia said This decision taken today by India will help intensify and strengthen the fight against the COVID19 pan

03-01-2021

Japan has said it will temporarily ban nonresident foreign nationals from entering the country after it reported cases of the new coronavirus variant detected in the UK The ban will be effective from December 28 and will run through January Japanese citizens and foreign residents can enter by showin

27-12-2020

A Pakistani antiterrorism court has sentenced 2611 Mumbai attacks mastermind and JamaatudDawa chief Hafiz Saeed to 155 years in prison in a terror financing case The court also imposed a PKR 2 lakh fine on Saeed Saeed will have to undergo collective imprisonment of over 36 years in five terror finan

24-12-2020

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC has issued guidelines on COVID19 vaccination after allergic reactions Anyone who had a severe reaction to a COVID19 vaccine should not get the second dose the agency said Individuals with histories of severe allergic reaction to vaccines should c

21-12-2020

The World Health Organization WHO has urged European countries to redouble their control and prevention approaches to coronavirus after a new COVID19 strain was found in the UK Several European countries have decided to suspend all flights from the UK in response WHO also urged its members to increa

21-12-2020

Speaking about coronavirus vaccine Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said In Pfizer contract its very clear were not responsible for any side effects If you turn into a crocodile its your problem If a woman starts to grow a beard or if a man starts to speak with an effeminate voice they wont have a

19-12-2020

The US Congress has passed the 740 billion defence policy bill which among other things calls out the Chinese aggression against India The NDAA included components of Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthis resolution language urging China to end its aggression against India By signing that legislation int

16-12-2020

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced that the first vaccine against coronavirus has been administered in US Congratulations USA Congratulations WORLD he tweeted Vaccines made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech are the first authorised for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administra

14-12-2020

Pakistan PM Imran Khan has reshuffled his Cabinet after the Islamabad High Court barred unelected advisers and special assistants from heading the Cabinet committees Khan appointed Sheikh Rashid Ahmed as Interior Minister and Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as Finance Minister This is the fourth Cabinet resh

11-12-2020

Calling on the US FDA to roll out the coronavirus vaccine US President Donald Trump tweeted I just want to stop the world from killing itself The Swine Fluand attempt for a vaccine by Obama Administration with Biden in charge was a disaster Now they want totake over one of the fastest medical miracl

11-12-2020

Diego Maradonas doctor Leopoldo Luque is being investigated for involuntary manslaughter four days after the Argentine football legend suffered a fatal heart attack Police raided the home and clinic of the 39yearold doctor earlier in the day a local prosecutors office stated This comes after witness

30-11-2020

The US has announced a reward of up to 5 million nearly ₹37 crore for information leading to arrest or conviction of LashkareTaiba member Sajid Mir for his role in the 2611 Mumbai attack Sajid Mir was LeTs operations manager for the Mumbai attack playing a leading role in its planning preparation an

28-11-2020

During his maiden visit to Nepal Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla gifted 2000 vials of Remdesivir injections as part of COVID19related assistance to the country He also handed over essential medicines ventilators test kits and PPE materials to Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali Onc

27-11-2020

An antiterrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday sentenced JamaatudDawa head Hafiz Saeed to 10year imprisonment in an illegal funding case The court has also ordered that the 2611 Mumbai attack masterminds properties should be confiscated Moreover three other members of JamaatudDawa have also been giv

19-11-2020

US Presidentelect Joe Biden took to Twitter to congratulate SpaceX and NASA for launching the first commercial crew flight into space Its a testament to power of science and what we can accomplish by harnessing our innovation ingenuity and determination Biden wrote This marks the second time in a de

16-11-2020

A section of Eiffel Towers original staircase will be auctioned by a French auction house on December 1 which is expected to fetch up to ₹35 lakh up to €40000 The staircase from 1889 was used to connect the second and third levels of the monument A few years later an elevator replaced the original s

16-11-2020

Fifteen AsiaPacific countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership RCEP considered the worlds biggest freetrade deal In addition to 10 ASEAN nations it includes China Japan South Korea Australia and New Zealand India last year refused to join RCEP over concerns that cheap Chinese g

16-11-2020

Asteroid 2020 ST1 which is twice the size of Taj Mahal will pass NASA Earth today NASAs Centre for NearEarth Object Studies CNEOS said The asteroid has a size of 175 metres and it will pass Earth at an estimated speed of 28646 kmhour Another asteroid 2020 TB9 with a size of 30 metres will also pass

15-11-2020

China on Friday congratulated Joe Biden on being elected the next US President days after projections showed the Democrat winning the presidential election We respect the choice of the American people We express our congratulations to Mr Biden and Ms Harris said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

13-11-2020

Footage and pictures of a man walking on the Sarapuí River accumulated with garbage in Brazil have surfaced on social media Local media reports said the sea of garbage extended to a forest with high biodiversity in Rio de Janeiro About half of the people living adjoining the river do not have waste

12-11-2020

China on Monday refused to congratulate Joe Biden for winning the US presidential election Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Our understanding is that the outcome of the election will be determined in accordance with US laws and procedures Meanwhile Donald Trump has refused to accept defea

09-11-2020

After defeating Donald Trump to be projected as the 46th President of the United States Joe Biden changed his Twitter bio to PresidentElect husband to Dr Jill Biden proud father grandfather Ready to build back better for all Americans Meanwhile Kamala Harris changed it to Vice PresidentElectSenator

08-11-2020

Washington After winning US Presidential elections Joe Biden tweeted America Im honored that youve chosen me The work ahead of us will be hard but I promise you this I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not he added I will keep the faith that you have placed in me Bi

08-11-2020

Washington Joe Biden is projected to win 2020 US Presidential elections with 284 out of the 538 electoral votes according to AP Biden is projected to win US states including Michigan Wisconsin Pennsylvania California Colorado New York New Jersey Connecticut Minnesota Illinois and Massachusetts Biden

07-11-2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden who has 264 electoral votes is now leading in the state of Georgia which has 16 electoral votes according to Associated Press AP Biden will win presidency if he wins the state as per AP Biden is also leading US President Donald Trump in Nevada which has six

06-11-2020

Canada on Wednesday reported the countrys first case of a human infected with the H1N2 virus a rare strain of swine flu The virus was detected in midOctober when a patient in Alberta sought medical care with influenzalike symptoms The patientwas tested and then quickly recovered Theres no evidence a

05-11-2020

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday alleged that fraud was underway with the vote count in the Presidential election Well be going to the US Supreme Court We want all voting to stop Trump added We were getting ready to win this election Frankly we did win this election Trump further said  US Pre

04-11-2020

Washington Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens electoral vote count has reached 205 according to Edison Research exit polls A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidential elections Biden is projected to win from California which has 55 electoral votes According to the exit poll

04-11-2020

As election day voting began in the US President Donald Trump posted a video of him dancing during his rallies and wrote VOTE VOTE VOTE Earlier he tweeted To all of our supporters thank you from bottom of my heart Your hopes are my hopes your dreams are my dreamsyour future is what Im fighting for e

03-11-2020

Sir Sean Connery the first actor to portray James Bond has passed away aged 90 He had also won the Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in 1987 film The Untouchables Some of his popular films include Marnie Murder on the Orient Express The Man Who Would Be King and Indiana Jones

31-10-2020

Chairman of South Koreas biggest conglomerate Samsung Lee Kunhee died on Sunday at 78 six years after he was hospitalised for a heart attack Lee inherited the chairmanship in 1987 and made Samsung one of the largest producers of smartphones under his leadership Since the heart attack his son Samsung

25-10-2020

North Korea warned its citizens to remain indoors over fears that seasonal yellow dust from China could carry coronavirus with it Yellow dust refers to sand from Mongolian and Chinese deserts that blows into the Korean Peninsula and parts of Japan The dust carries industrial pollutants viruses fungi

24-10-2020

Washington DC US President Donald Trump has cast his ballot early in Florida ahead of the November 3 election Trump said I voted for a guy named Trump He added that inperson voting was very secure much more secure than when you send in a ballot I can tell you that Earlier Trump had said that mailin

24-10-2020

Washington After US President Donald Trump during the final presidential debate claimed he is the least racist person in the room Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said He pours fuel on every single racist fire Biden further said Trump was one of the most racist presidents in history Trump a

23-10-2020

Stating that digital technologies are helping to make triedandtested public health tools even more effective WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus during a briefing said Aarogya Setu app from India has been downloaded by 15 crore people It has helped city public health departments to identify areas where COV

13-10-2020

The 2020 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats They invented new formats for auctioning off many interrelated objects simultaneously for broad

12-10-2020

After Canada UK and Australia the protesting farmers in Punjab have now received support from NRIs in New Zealand Migrant Workers Association of New Zealand and Radio Inqilaab organised a rally outside the Indian consulate in Auckland to condemn the Hathras incident and to extend support to farmers

12-10-2020

A Hollywoodstyle Trump sign that appeared on the hills in California US was taken down by authorities who saw it as a traffic hazard This was a life and safety issue because there were concerns about distracted driving the California Department of Transportation said There were also concerns about w

07-10-2020

Washington United States President Donald Trump posted a video on his Twitter account on Saturday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland where he is being treated for Covid 19 saying that he will be back soon and will resume campaigning but ‘real test’ lies ahead He said “I a

04-10-2020

Washington US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID19 We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately We will get through this together Trump tweeted Trump and Melania got tested after the US Presidents close aide Hope Hicks tested positive fo

02-10-2020

Texas An investigation into a 6yearold boys death led to the detection of a braineating amoeba in a Houstonarea citys water supply health officials confirmed this weekend CBS affiliate KHOUTV reported Josiah McIntyre was hospitalized earlier this month after contracting naegleria fowleri at either t

29-09-2020

Washington A US federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trumps administrations ban on the Chinese short videomaking app TikTok just hours before it was scheduled to go into effect according to media reports On Sunday Judge Carl Nichols of the US District Court for the District of Colu

28-09-2020

London Famous British Journalist and Author Sir Harold Evans 92 passed away He died of heart attack at his home in New York EditorinChief of the Reuters News Agency Sir Harold Evans was also the editor of the Sunday Times for fourteen years Later Harold Evans becomes editorinchief of Times of Londo

24-09-2020

Paris The Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated Wednesday after a phonein bomb threat police said Police cars and tape surrounded the streets below the iconic structure and the bridge stretching across the Seine River to Trocadero Plaza had similar barricades put in place The 131yearold tower normal

23-09-2020

Colombo Sri Lankan State Minister of Coconut Arundika Fernando climbed a coconut tree and said that the country is facing a dearth of 700 million coconuts due to high demand for local industries and domestic consumption The minister also plucked a few coconuts from the tree at his home garden Theres

19-09-2020

Washington Bill Gates Sr a lawyer and father of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates died on Monday at his beach home on Hood Canal in the Seattle area He was 94 The cause was Alzheimers disease his family said in an announcement on Tuesday William Henry Gates II was born Nov 30 1925 in Bremerton Washingt

16-09-2020

World Health Organizations DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom today said that around 180 vaccines are now in development across the world including 35 that are in human trials One therapeutic dexamethasone has proven effective for patients with severe and critical COVID19 and some others are in trials T

10-09-2020

A 29yearold Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest to win the International Booker taking the award for their debut novel The Discomfort of Evening The £50000 ₹49 lakh prize will be split equally between Rijneveld and translator Michele Hutchison The book was chosen from a shor

27-08-2020

Lahore The Pakistan government has declared former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif currently in London for treatment an absconder and approached the UK government for his extradition Adviser to the Prime Minster on Accountability and Interior Shahzad Akbar said that Sharifs fourweek bail on medical gro

24-08-2020

Pakistan has admitted underworld don and 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts accused Dawood Ibrahim is in Karachi as it imposed financial sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders JamaatudDawa chief Hafiz Saeed and JaisheMohammed JeM chief Masood Azhar have also been sanctioned Pakistan imposed the

22-08-2020

Randhir Jaiswal Consul General of India in New York hoisted the Indian National Flag at the Times Square on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day The event was organised by Federation of Indian Associations FIA Earlier FIA said Itll be the first time ever that Indias Tricolour will be unfurled a

16-08-2020

Beirut Lebanons entire government has resigned over last weeks explosion in Beirut that claimed at least 160 lives and injured over 6000 people Earlier nations health minister said that PM Hassan Diab went to presidential palace to hand over the resignation in the name of all the ministers The annou

11-08-2020

Irans Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has created a Twitter account in Hindi He already has Twitter accounts in other languages including English French Russian Persian Arabic Urdu and Spanish In his first tweet from his Hindi account he wrote In the name of Allah who is very kind and compassionate 

10-08-2020

A video of a bride on her wedding day in Beirut captured the moment a massive explosion took place at the port of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday The bride was seen running away from the scene along with others At least 4000 people were wounded when 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded Video

06-08-2020

A picture of a nurse holding three newborn babies and attending a call in a hospital after an explosion hit Lebanons Beirut has gone viral The photographer who clicked the photo said the nurse remained calm despite being surrounded by dozens of bodies Heroes dont always wear capesbut they do run int

06-08-2020

A large explosion shook Lebanons capital Beirut on Tuesday and thick smoke was seen rising over the city with buildings getting damaged The source of the explosion was a fire at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port in Beirut the state media reported Lebanon’s Health Minister Hamad Hasan said t

04-08-2020

Washington US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was planning to sign an executive order as soon as Saturday banning Chineseowned shortvideo app TikTok from the country Trump said this aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington after a fundraising trip to Florida He further said he did

01-08-2020

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has announced that the citys legislative council election which was to be held on September 6 will be postponed by a year due to a spike in COVID19 cases Hong Kong reported 121 new COVID19 cases on Friday Earlier authorities disqualified 12 prodemocracy candidates from co

31-07-2020

Hong Kong Disneyland Park will be closed temporarily from July 15 amid rising coronavirus cases The decision comes after Hong Kongs leader Carrie Lam announced new coronavirusrelated restrictions banning public gatherings of more than four people because of the coronavirus pandemic On Monday 41 out

14-07-2020

Johannesburg South Africas antiapartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie MadikizelaMandelas daughter Zindzi Mandela has passed away state television South African Broadcasting Corporation reported She died in Johannesburg on Monday morning at the age of 59 Zindzi who had been South Africas ambassado

14-07-2020

Geneva WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus today said there are too many countries which are headed in the wrong direction as far as coronavirus pandemic is concerned The virus remains public enemy number onebut the actions of many governments and people dont reflect this he added Mixed messages from leade

14-07-2020

Washington The Trump administration on Tuesday began the process of officially withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization–which would take effect in July 2021–after he repeatedly slammed the agency throughout the coronavirus pandemic for alleged misinformation about the virus

08-07-2020

Seoul At least 300 drones were lit up in Seoul as part of an initiative by the South Korean government to convey messages about ways to prevent the spread of coronavirus and thank health workers amid the pandemic The drones were programmed to form images including those of people wearing masks above

08-07-2020

Beijing Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on Sunday one day after a hospital reported a case of suspected bubonic plague The health committee of the city of Bayan Nur issued the thirdlevel alert the second lowest in a fourlevel system The alert forbids t

06-07-2020

Boyci Two passengers are dead and as many as six others are unaccounted for after a tragic plane collision over Lake Coeur d´Alene on Sunday The Kootenai County Sheriffs Office confirmed that two victims were discovered dead while authorities searched the Idaho lake They were recovered from the wate

06-07-2020

NEW DELHI US President Donald Trump on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his tweet on the 244th US Independance Day and said that America loves India I congratulate POTUS realDonaldTrump and the people of the USA on the 244th Independence Day of the USA As the worlds largest democra

05-07-2020

Beijing China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Saturday that the socalled “G4” strain of swine flu virus is not new and does not infect or sicken humans and animals easily rebuffing a study published earlier this week That study by a team of Chinese scientists and published by th

04-07-2020

WASHINGTON The statue of Mahatma Gandhi which was vandalised by unknown miscreants last month was restored here on Thursday The historic statue of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in front of the Indian Embassy here was open for the public at a simple ceremony attended by the Deputy Secretar

03-07-2020

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 113 people with more feared dead authorities said on Thursday after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake triggering a wave of mud and water that buried many workers The miners were collecting stones in the jaderich Hpakant area

02-07-2020

Thousands of people gathered on Pragues historic Charles Bridge on Tuesday for coronavirus farewell party more than a month after the Czech Republic began easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions The event was organised by Ondrej Kobza a local cafe owner to celebrate the end of the coronavirus crisi

01-07-2020

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday While Trump faces no danger of arrest the charges un

29-06-2020

The third Corps Commanderlevel meeting between India and China on the ongoing standoff along the Line of Actual Control LAC in Ladakh will be held on Tuesday said reports on Monday The meeting will reportedly be held in Chushul in Ladakh Indian and Chinese delegations have met twice since border ten

29-06-2020

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday 28 June alleged that his party rivals were being instigated by India with the intention of removing him from power reported The Indian Express Addressing a meeting the Nepalese Prime Minister said that meetings were being arranged in New Delhi against Ne

29-06-2020

Commenting on Galwan Valley faceoff Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said India and China dont need any help from outside to solve issues between them Russia hopes the situation will continue to be peaceful and the countries will remain committed to peaceful resolution of disputes he added Lav

23-06-2020

Indian IT industry body NASSCOM has said that US President Donald Trumps move to suspend employmentbased visas including H1B till the end of 2020 is misguided and harmful to the US economy This could force more work to be performed offshore since local talent isnt available NASSCOM said It urged the

23-06-2020

India and China mutually agreed to disengage during top military talks between the two countries over the Galwan Valley faceoff according to reports quoting Indian Army sources The talks were held in a cordial positive and constructive atmosphere the Indian Army sources reportedly said Talks were he

23-06-2020

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today said The world is in a new and dangerous phase He added More than 15 lakh coronavirus cases were reported to WHO yesterday the most in a single day He further said Almost half of those cases were reported from Americas with large numbers also being reported

19-06-2020

India has been elected as a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council UNSC for the eighth time securing the seat for the AsiaPacific Group India got 184 out of the 192 valid votes polled Nonpermanent members are elected for a twoyear term with the newlyelected members terms set to b

18-06-2020

Kathmandu Nepal’s National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country’s political and administrative map incorporating the Indian territories India has termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims by Nepal after its lower

18-06-2020

UN chief António Guterres has expressed concern over reports of violence and deaths at the LAC between India and China and urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint We take positive note of reports that the two countries have engaged to deescalatesituation his spokesperson said Indian Army said

17-06-2020

WHO has welcomed the initial clinical trial results from the UK that show dexamethasone can be lifesaving for criticallyill coronavirus patients This is great newsI congratulate the Government of the UK said WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Dexamethasone a lowcost steroid is the first

17-06-2020

Chinese army attacked Indian Army during deescalation talks At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in the violent faceoff with China in Galwan valley in Eastern Ladakh Casualty numbers could rise said Government Sources Indian intercepts reveal that Chinese side suffered 43 casualties including dead and

16-06-2020

UK PM Boris Johnson has announced creation of a crossgovernmental commission to take stock of racial inequality issues in the country Writing in the Daily Telegraph Johnson said the commission would examine racism and the disparities experienced by minority ethnic groups in education health and crim

15-06-2020

Nepals Parliament on Saturday passed an amendment to include Indian territories of Kalapani Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura in its new official map Earlier when Nepal had released the map India had said This unilateral act is not based on historical facts and evidenceSuch artificial enlargement of territo

13-06-2020

Flooding in south and central China has caused more than a dozen deaths and forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes the government said on Wednesday About 228000 people have had to seek emergency shelter due to flooding since June 2 the Ministry of Emergency Management said Initial

11-06-2020

Wellington New Zealand has declared itself coronavirusfree as the country has no active cases of COVID19 for the first time since February 28 the Health Ministry said It has now been 17 days since the country last recorded a new case of coronavirus Fewer than 1500 people were diagnosed with COVID19

08-06-2020

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that the country will consider leaving the WHO unless it ceases to be a partisan political organization Earlier US President Donald Trump had announced the decision to terminate its relationship with the WHO With over 34000 fatalities coronavirus has killed mo

06-06-2020

Bill Gatesbacked vaccine alliance Gavi has raised 88 billion from world and business leaders in a UKhosted summit on Thursday Notably India pledged 15 million towards the international vaccine alliance Gavi will use the funding to immunize 300 million children in poor countries by 2025 Gavi was form

05-06-2020

Washington Three US police officers named Thomas Lane J Kueng and Tou Thao who were present when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on AfricanAmerican George Floyds neck were charged with aiding and abetting the murder Chauvin was also newly charged with seconddegree murder in

04-06-2020

Following the desecration of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside Indian embassy in Washington DC US Ambassador to India Ken Juster tweeted So sorry to see the desecrationPlease accept our sincere apologies Appalled as well bydeath of George Floyd and theviolence and vandalism he added The statue wa

04-06-2020

Washington A full autopsy of George Floyd the AfricanAmerican man who died after being restrained by US police was released on Wednesday and revealed that Floyd had tested positive for COVID19 on April 3 but appeared asymptomatic The report also noted that Floyds lungs appeared healthy but he had so

04-06-2020

Jeneva WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus today said that the trial of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of coronavirus will resume On the basis of the available mortality data the members of the committee recommended that there are no reasons to modify the trial protocol he said The WHO had suspended the

03-06-2020

Washington The US will be ready to ship the first tranche of 100 donated ventilators to India next week President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a conference call the White House said Trump spoke with Modi on Tuesday and “the two leaders discussed the G7 summit the COVID19 re

03-06-2020

Amid protests in the US UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said Weve always said that police forces around the world need to have adequate human rights training UN chief António Guterres has urged Americans protesting racial inequities and excessive police force to do so peacefully and he called on US l

02-06-2020

Videos have surfaced online showing police in US New York driving into crowd protesting against the murder of AfricanAmerican man George Floyd Videos show the protestors pressing a metal barricade against the front of an NYPD SUV and pelting it with bottles and traffic cones following which the driv

31-05-2020

Washington US President Donald Trump has said that US is terminating its relationship with World Health Organization WHO He added that the US will redirect funds from WHO to other organisations China has total control over WHO despite only paying 40 million a year compared to what US has been paying

30-05-2020

NewDelhi After Donald Trump claimed that he spoke to PM Narendra Modi over tensions between India and China reports quoting government sources said there has been no recent contact between PM Modi and the US President They last talked on April 4 reports added Trump said PM Modi is not in a good mood

29-05-2020

After White House officials said US President Donald Trump would be signing an executive order on social media platforms Trump tweeted This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS Officials had not given more details on it However Trump is expected to order review of law that protects platfo

28-05-2020

The US has informed India and China its ready willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute US President Donald Trump said His statement comes amid a standoff between the Indian and Chinese forces at the Line of Actual Control LAC ChinaIndia border area situation is overal

27-05-2020

A video shows New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern staying calm as a 58magnitude earthquake struck the capital Wellington on Monday while she was doing a live TV interview Were just having a bit of an earthquake hereQuite a decent shake hereif you see things moving behind me The Beehive parliament building

25-05-2020

Karachi The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from site of a place crash in Karachi an airline spokesman said on SaturdayThe black box had been found late yesterday we are handing it over to the inquiry board Pakistan International Airlines PIA spokesman Abdullah Kh

23-05-2020

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday took charge as the Chairman of the World Health Organization WHO Executive Board Vardhan succeeds Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan who formerly headed the 34member WHO Executive Board Earlier this week India was elected to the WHO Executive Board along with nine

22-05-2020

A Pakistan International Airlines flight from Lahore to Karachi crashed in a residential area just short of landing at the airport in Karachi As per reports 90 passengers and eight crew members were on board the plane The Pakistan Army Quick Reaction Force Pakistan Rangers Sindh troops arrived at t

22-05-2020

Kathmandu A day after claiming parts of Indian territory in its new map Nepal on Wednesday sent a new shocker in his offensive against India While addressing the Parliament Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli blamed India for the spread of coronavirus in the neighbouring countries and said the virus

21-05-2020

New Delhi Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is set to become the chairman of the 34member WHO Executive Board on May 22 officials said on Tuesday May 19 Harsh Vardhan who is at the forefront of Indias fight against coronavirus COVID19 would succeed Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan According to reports

20-05-2020

A man from China’s Yunnan province tested positive for Hantavirus on Monday He died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus China’s Global Times reported 32 other people have been tested the report added Following his death hantavirus became a trend on social media wi

24-03-2020

Washington A conservative lawyer has filed a classaction lawsuit against China for the corona virus pandemic pushing an unsubstantiated claim that the Chinese government developed the virus as an illegal biological weapon to unleash on the world Lawyer Larry Klayman and his group Freedom Watch file

24-03-2020

LONDON Countries can’t simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus there need to be public health measures to avoid a resurgence of the virus later on the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert Mike Ryan said on Sunday “What we really need to focus on is finding those who are s

22-03-2020

Washington The United States has given the remains of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr alBaghdadi a burial at sea and afforded him religious rites according to Islamic custom after he was killed in a US commando raid in Syria on Saturday The US officials who spoke on condition of anonymity did not dis

29-10-2019

The Lahore High Court on Friday granted bail to former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case on medical grounds Sharif has been diagnosed with acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura and will recover in a weeks time doctors said Sharif is already serving a sevenyear jai

26-10-2019

A woman fell onto train tracks in Buenos Aires Argentina after being pushed away by a fainting man The driver managed to stop the train in time and the woman was rescued by other commuters at the station Police and emergency services arrived on the scene and attended to the woman and the man who fai

19-10-2019

Due to the ongoing cash crisis the United Nations Headquarters in New York will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday Has your country made its contribution to this years regular UN budget yet the United Nations asked in a tweet As per the document shared by the United Nations 131 member states have

19-10-2019

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has criticised Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue at the InterParliamentary Union IPU assembly in Serbia Speaking for the Indian delegation which was headed by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said Parliament of India will not allow these maliciou

18-10-2019

MEXICO CITY Mexico has deported 311 Indians who were trying to enter the US illegally following pressure from the US The 311 Indian nationals including a woman had been detained in various Mexican states before being concentrated in the state of Veracruz in preparation for their deportation  Accord

17-10-2019

IndianAmerican Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday 14 October for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the prize on Monday The research conducted by this years Laur

14-10-2019

Ten people have been killed and 16 others are missing after Typhoon Hagibis hit Japans Tokyo The storm caused rivers to overflow and left over four lakh homes without power PM Shinzo Abe convened an emergency meeting and dispatched the minister in charge of disaster management to the worsthit areas

13-10-2019

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested on Friday from Lahores Kot Lakhpat jail in connection with money laundering in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills CSM case Sharif had earlier appeared in the accountability court for the hearing in the case The National Accountability Bureau NAB ea

11-10-2019

The 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature were awarded to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke respectively The Nobel Prize in Literature wasnt awarded last year after allegations of sexual misconduct and financial malpractice in Swedish Academy The Nobel Prize in Literatu

11-10-2019

A woman found two pythons in her toilet for two days in a row in Cairns Australia Each time it has been a water python In all my time I have pulled several snakes out of toilets But never two in two days at the same address Dave Walton part of the Cairns Snake Removals wrote Cairns Snake Removals t

11-10-2019

A Japanese man who stepped out of his Paris hotel for a cigarette was robbed of his 840000 approximately Rs 6 crore Swiss watch by a thief who snatched it off his wrist police sources said Tuesday The 30yearold victim was approached outside the fivestar Hotel Napoleon near the Arc de Triomphe late M

11-10-2019

President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied a US media report that he proposed extreme measures including alligatorfilled trenches to stop migrants on the Mexican border “The press is trying to sell the fact that I wanted a Moot stuffed with alligators and snakes with an electrified fence and sharp

03-10-2019

Australian police have arrested a 19 year old man for allegedly running down and killing 20 kangaroos with his car The dead kangaroos including two joeys were found littered over in Tura Beach 280 miles south of Sydney on Sunday morning At least three other joeys were orphaned as a result of the dis

02-10-2019

London Saudi operatives suspected of killing the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the country’s Istanbul consulate were heard joking and talking about dismemberment before his arrival according to secret tapes heard by UN investigators Helena Kennedy a British lawyer assisting the UN probe into Khasho

01-10-2019

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22-09-2019

American news magazine Time of its May 20 issue has featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover page  with a headline that may create controversy across India amid the election season The headline reads Indias Divider in Chief that is and carries a caricature of the Prime Minister criticising

10-05-2019

A snake travelled 15000 km in a womans shoe on a flight from Australia to Scotland Moira Boxall unpacked her luggage after the journey to find the snake which had shed its skin curled up in her shoe Boxalls soninlaw said when she opened her bag and saw the snake she thought it was a toy put there as

26-02-2019

A video shows the exact moment a dam collapsed in Brazil on January 25 The dam collapsed at an iron ore mining complex operated by a mining firm killing atleast 115 people with 248 others listed as missing In the video vehicles can be seen driving despirately trying to escape as a gush of mud approa

02-02-2019

A hail of banknotes rained down onto the streets of a working class neighbourhood in Hong kong on Saturday sending bystanders into a frenzy Wong Chingkit a 24yearold man claiming to be crypto currency entrepreneur was arrested for throwing cash worth Rs 18 lakh from the top of building in Hongkong

20-12-2018

A man accompanied by a group of his friends took a 350Kg bathtub full of coins to an Apple store in a Russian Mall to buy an iPhone Xs An Instagram video showed him and his friends carrying the bathtub to the store in a car Atleast two scuffles broke out between the group and the mall’s security gau

15-11-2018

As trump replaced Sessions with a senior aide Matthew Whitaker a critic of Mueller’s inquiry senator Susan Collins was amongst the first Republicans to warn It is imperative that the administration not impede the Mueller investigation… special counsel Mueller must be allowed to complete his work wit

08-11-2018

Paul Allen who cofounded Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Bill Gates passed away on Monday aged 65 after battling cancer Allen came up with the name Microsoft and had left the company in 1983 “I’m heartbroken by the passing of one of my oldest and dearest friends…Personal computing would

16-10-2018

English physicist Peter Higgs in a 1964 paper independently predicted the Higgs boson a subatomic particle which gives matter its mass Higgs’ paper was initially rejected citing “it did not warrant rapid publication” In 2012 the particle was confirmed by experiments at CERN’s 27 km long accelerator

08-10-2018

A Pakistani official was caught on Friday stealing the wallet of a Kuwait delegate who was on a twoday visit to Pakistan for a meet Investment and Facilitation Joint Secretay Zara Haider Khan was caught on CCTV stealing the wallet of the delegate after the latter complained Khan has been arrested an

30-09-2018

Boston Seventy Explosions apparently triggered by a natural gas pipeline rupture rocked three communities near Boston on Thursday injuring atleast six people and prompting the evacuation of hundreds officials said The blast left scores of homes and other buildings demolished or engulfed in flames a

14-09-2018

In her first address to UN Human Rights Council new High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has criticised India for failing to take any action after the UN report on alleged human rights violation in Kashmir She said the report was not followed up with any meaningful improvements or op

11-09-2018

The Spixs Macaw the bird which inspired the animated movie Rio has become extinct in the wild according to a study by BirdLife International The study claimed that deforestation was the leading cause of their extinction Spixs Macaw is one of the eight bird species confirmed or suspected extinct in t

10-09-2018

After almost two decades out of action a New York City subway station destroyed in the 911 terrorist attacks has reopened The station was buried under debris when the two World Trade Centre towers collapsed after hijackers crashed planes into them It is more than a new subway station New York Citys

10-09-2018

At least 7 people have been wounded in an attack by a man armed with a knife and an iron bar in Paris France Police have detained the man who carried out the attack at two different locations and reportedly said there was no initial indication that the attack was linked to terrorism The attacker is

10-09-2018

Former US President Barack Obama has revealed that he was kicked out of Disneyland for smoking a cigarette during a ride as a teenager The 44th US President recalled this significant episode while addressing a rally in California on Saturday Obama said that the incident happened when he visited Disn

10-09-2018

China is participating in Exercise Kakadu Australias largest maritime drill for the first time More than 3000 personnel from 27 countries are taking part in the exercise which is being held off the coast of Darwin in northern Australia Other nations participating in the drill include India Japan Sou

09-09-2018

Former President Barack Obama has backed the Democratic party’s campaign efforts by throwing shade at President Donald Trump and voicing support for progressive policies Trump shot back that he found it “very good for sleeping” He  said that he fell asleep during former President Barack Obamas speec

09-09-2018

US President Donald Trump on Saturday called on Apple to make its products in the US instead of China Trump called this an easy solution where there would be zero tax Apple had said that Trumps proposed tariffs on 200 billion of goods from China will make some of its products including Apple Watch H

09-09-2018

A wide range of Apple products will be affected by proposed US tariffs on Chinese goods Apple said in a letter to US trade officials US President Donald Trumps proposed tariffs on Chinese goods worth 200 billion would affect products including the Apple Watch Our concern with tariffs is thatit will

09-09-2018

A US government photographer has reportedly admitted he intentionally cropped photos of President Donald Trumps inauguration to remove empty space and make the audience look larger Trump claimed footage of the event did not match with the number of people he saw from the stage White House had claime

08-09-2018

A helicopter with a pilot and six passengers on board crashed into a hillside in central Nepal on Saturday according to officials The Kathmandubound Airbusmanufactured helicopter which belongs to Nepals Altitude Air lost communication with the air traffic control at around 8 am local time after taki

08-09-2018

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he wants to stop the subsidies that growing economies like India and China have been receiving as he wants the US which he considers as a “developing nation” to grow faster than any other nation “We have some of these countries that are considered growing ec

08-09-2018

Former President Barack Obama said Friday 7 September President Donald Trump is the symptom not the cause of division and polarization in the US He also said Trump is just capitalising on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years He further added this is not normal and urged people to

08-09-2018

The Palghar Police in Maharashtra has arrested a man for allegedly trafficking over 500 girls from Bangladesh and forcing them into flesh trade in Mumbai Most of the girls were also found with valid documents like Aadhaar cards The crime branch is also investigating how these documents were made wit

08-09-2018

Russia will continue to kill “terrorists” in Idlib and elsewhere in Syria to bring back peace the foreign ministry said Thursday “We have killed we are killing and we will kill terroristswhether that be in Aleppo Idlib or other parts of Syria Peace must return to Syria” said spokeswoman Maria Zakhar

07-09-2018

Afghan troops will be trained by the Chinese in China to fight the alQaeda and Islamic State militants Afghanistans Ambassador to China Janan Mosazai said Afghanistan has also requested China to provide its security forces with combat helicopters China will help Afghanistan to set up a mountain brig

07-09-2018

Scientists have discovered the worlds most mature cheese – which made in Croatia by Neolithic farmers more than 7000 years ago During excavations of ancient pottery researchers found residues of a fetalike cheese on the remains of rhyton drinking horns and sieves dating back to 5300 BC This is the

07-09-2018

A 61yearold Indianorigin man Gurcharan Singh was jailed for three years on Thursday for making prank calls to the Singapore Police for 18 years after drinking alcohol In one of his calls The latest incidents occurred over two days in June with Singh making two calls on the first day and 15 on the se

06-09-2018

North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit on September 1820 to discuss practical measures toward the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula Souths national security adviser Chung Euiyong has said Kim and South Korean President Moon Jaein will meet in Pyongyang on Sept 1820 and will discus

06-09-2018

An Emirates Airbus A380 operating from Dubai to New York was quarantined at New Yorks JFK International Airport on Wednesday after 10 passengers fell ill on board A statement by the airline said the passengers were attended to shortly after landing while the remaining were yet to disembark A passeng

05-09-2018

Japan on Wednesday began to clean up after the most powerful storm to hit the country in 25 years killed at least 11 people Typhoon Jebi follows months of heavy rain landslides floods and recordbreaking heat that killed hundreds of people this summer Japanese authorities said some roads and train li

05-09-2018

Thailands Royal Police Cadet Academy has announced it will not admit female candidates from the next academic year The Royal Police Cadet Academy RPCA on the western outskirts of Bangkok accepts about 300 applicants a year But from 2019 it will admit only men Worawut Sripakhon an RPCA captain did no

05-09-2018

Dr Arif ur Rehman Alvi was elected the 13th President of Pakistan after a vote in the Parliament and provincial assemblies on Tuesday Alvi a dentist by profession was a founding member of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khans political party Pakistan TehreekeInsaf The 69yearold is expected to assume o

05-09-2018

At least six people have been killed and several others left injured in Japan after it was hit by the strongest storm in 25 years Typhoon Jebi made landfall in the western part of Japan on Tuesday and brought heavy rains and strong winds Japan issued evacuation advisories for more than a million peo

04-09-2018

Calling on Myanmar for the immediate unconditional release of two Reuters journalists sentenced to 7 years in jail the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said the conviction was another terrible stain on the Myanmar government She said its the duty of a responsible press in a free country to keep p

04-09-2018

A lioness at the Ukutula Conservation Center UCC and Biobank in South Africa North’s West province has given birth to two cubs conceived via nonsurgical artificial insemination AI using fresh semen collected from an adult male lion at the same facility These are the first ever lion cubs to be born b

04-09-2018

Two Reuters journalists who investigated the killings of 10 Rohingya Muslims were on Monday sentenced to seven years in prison by a Myanmar court for breaching a law on state secrets Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who were detained in December 2017 said they were unsurprised by the verdict The case drew in

03-09-2018

The US Marines has successfully completed a prototype barracks that has been for the first time in the world completely 3Dprinted in concrete It was printed using the worlds largest concretefed printer operated by the Additive Manufacturing Team at Marine Corps Systems Command in collaboration with

02-09-2018

A 42yearold US man has sought over 11 million in compensation after being wrongly jailed for 17 years for a robbery his look alike may have committed Richard Anthony Jones came to know about his lookalike Ricky Amos when prison inmates started confusing the two Jones was convicted of aggravated robb

02-09-2018

A 95yearold British veteran of World War Two broke his own record on Saturday as the world’s oldest scuba diver after taking the plunge to explore a shipwreck off Cyprus Ray Woolley who turned 95 on Aug 28 already holds the record as the oldest active male scuba diver On Saturday he dived for 44 min

02-09-2018

A supervisor at Sochi airport in Russia has died during an emergency response after a landing plane careered off the end of the runway into a riverbed and caught fire The health ministry said 18 people were injured in the accident which occurred at about 3 am local time 0130 BST as the Utairoperated

02-09-2018

Police in central Mexico have arrested a man who fled with a coffin transporting vehicle which had a body inside it Police said the vehicle had been readied to take the body of an 80yearold man from a hospital to a funeral home The man admitted seeing the keys left in the vehicle before stealing it

02-09-2018

Calling climate change an existential threat Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele has said that any world leader who denies climate change should be taken to a mental hospital In a searing speech delivered on Thursday night during a visit to Sydney Tuilaepa Sailele berated leaders who fail to take

02-09-2018

A nearly ninemetrehigh inflatable balloon depicting London Mayor Sadiq Khan wearing a bikini was launched in the city on Saturday It is in an attempt by campaigners to highlight the capital’s rise in violent crime This comes after Khan allowed flying a balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as

01-09-2018

An Indian citizen who was the CEO of two information technology companies in the US has been arrested in connection with a multiyear visafraud scheme involving forged and fraudulent documents to get visas such as H1B for over 200 foreign workers Pradyumna Kumar Samal 49 was taken into custody as he

01-09-2018

The Trump administration has announced it will cut all US funding for the main UN programme for Palestinian refugees a move with potentially devastating impacts for five million people who rely on its schools healthcare and social services The announcement comes days after the US said it was  withdr

01-09-2018

Vending machines and snack kiosks in schools across South Korea will stop selling all coffee products by September 14 The ban is part of a campaign to discourage consumption of food and drinks high in calories or caffeine The ban follows media reports of some students suffering dizziness increased h

30-08-2018

A 32yearold female television journalist Subarna Nodi was hacked to death by unidentified assailants at her home in Bangladeshs Pabna district Goutam Kumar Biswas Pabna Additional Superintendent of Police ASP told the media Unidentified assailants rang the doorbell around 10 pm on Tuesday They hacke

29-08-2018

The US first lady opted for total glamour when asked to dig a hole in the White House garden Reacting to US First Lady Melania Trump planting a tree while wearing heels a Twitter user wrote FLOTUS is truly deeply dedicated to her high heels While other users tweeted By the look of those shoes she wa

29-08-2018

A University of Hong Kong professor has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife after police found her body stuffed in a suitcase in his office the latest grisly murder to transfix the crowded city Officers discovered the body of a woman wearing only her underwear and with electric wire aroun

29-08-2018

Technology giant Google on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trumps claim that its news search results were rigged to show bad news and stories about him “Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don’t bias our results toward any political ideology” a Google spokesperson said in an ema

29-08-2018

A 60metretall wind turbine was blown over and uprooted by the strong winds brought by a cyclone in Japan last week The structure in Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park was built in 2002 in memory of the Great Hanshin Earthquake which devastated parts of Hyogo prefecture in 1995 The turbine was pictured

28-08-2018

Authorities in Spain have seized 67 kilograms of cocaine stuffed in pineapples at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in the capital Madrid The drugstuffed fruits were found at the sprawling Mercamadrid market among a shipment of pineapples that arrived in the Portuguese port of Setubal by ship f

27-08-2018

Guests have claimed that they were served raw meat and drinks in unwashed glasses at Egypts fivestar hotel evacuated by Thomas Cook last week following a couples death within hours of each other While 69yearold John reportedly died of cardiac arrest 63yearold Susan died after fainting Several other

27-08-2018

Two people were killed and at least eleven were injured in a mass shooting incident when a man opened fire at an online video game tournament that was being streamed from a restaurant in Florida USA The police identified the shooter as 24yearold David Katz who killed himself after the shooting His b

27-08-2018

At least 19 people were killed and 23 injured in a fire that broke out at a hotel in Chinas Harbin city Authorities were investigating the cause of the blaze the Harbin unit of Chinas ruling Communist Party said on its Weibo account The fire broke out in the morning at the Beilong Hot Spring Hotel i

25-08-2018

The UN has renewed its appeal for aid for Rohingyas on the first anniversary on Saturday of the crackdown that led to more than 700000 members of the minority community fleeing Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR led the aid appeals on Friday calling for support for the st

25-08-2018

After a meeting with EU states failed to find a solution to Italys migration woes the UN asked for a deal to be made The UN refugee agency said EU states are in a race to the bottom to take the least responsibility The United Nations refugee agency on Saturday called for European Union states to com

25-08-2018

Britain’s Thomas Cook said it was evacuating all 301 of its customers from a hotel in Egypt’s popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada as a precautionary measure after two of its holidaymakers died in circumstances it said were still unclear John Cooper 69 and his wife Susan Cooper a 63year old who worked

25-08-2018

India and China have agreed to expand their military ties and enhance interaction to ensure peace on their common borderThis came following a meeting between Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe ndia and China have sought to improve their ties after being

25-08-2018

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday expressed his grief at the loss of lives in Kerala floods“On behalf of the people of Pakistan we send our prayers and best wishes to those who have been devastated by the floods in Kerala India We stand ready to provide any humanitarian assistance that

24-08-2018

Australian ruling party elected  Scott Morrison as new Prime Minister on Friday This is the sixth change of prime minister in 11 years in Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Treasurer Scott Morrison and the only declared challenger Peter Dutton a former Cabinet minister was in the fray Scott Mor

24-08-2018

Pictures of passengers travelling on the roof of a train in Dhaka Bangladesh to get home for Eid alAdha celebrations have gone viralHundreds of people can be seen clambering onto the roof as they try to return to their families and friends to celebrate Eid alAdha considered to be Islam’s holiest fes

23-08-2018

The Maldives may face sanctions if they dont hold free and fair federal elections top European officials warned A delegation of the officials discovered some undemocratic practices after meeting with the Maldvies opposition party These are not false threats The individuals concerned should consider

22-08-2018

India and Japan have decided to further expand their defence ties with more bilateral combat exercises military exchanges and toplevel visits as well as collaboration in maritime security and defence production Towards this end India and Japan will hold their firstever joint Army exercise in the dom

21-08-2018

Pope Francis on Monday wrote a letter to Catholics around the world addressing for the first time the recent alleged accusations of sexual abuse by priests In the letter released by the Vatican the Pope said the Church did not act in a timely manner to address the crimes The head of the Catholic chu

20-08-2018

Jakarta Four Japanese basketball players have been sent home from the Asian Games in disgrace for allegedly paying prostitutes for sex The incident took place after Japans 8271 win over Qatar in a groupstage game last Thursday Japanese Olympic officials said they learned of the incident after a news

20-08-2018

According to Reports over 128 lakh Indian pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage A total of 128702 Indian pilgrims are facilitated by the government to undertake the pilgrimage through the Hajj Committee this year 466 flights have brought the Indian pilgrims to perf

19-08-2018

The London Police has detained gangster Dawood Ibrahims finance manager Jabir Moti from a hotel in the UKs capital city Moti reportedly holds a 10year UK visa and is a resident of Karachi Pakistan Earlier this year Ahmed Mohammed Lambu a close aide of Dawood was arrested by Gujarat AntiTerrorism Squ

19-08-2018

Rabies vaccines made by the Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Company the second largest in China were found to have violated national standards including usage of expired fluids and falsified production dates China has sacked six senior government officials for their neglect of duty and misconduct

18-08-2018

Bern Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan has died He was 80 and had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for humanitarian work He is survived by his wife and three children Kofi Annan was the UNs seventh secretary general and served from 1997 to 2006  As secretary gene

18-08-2018

islamabad Cricketerturnedpolitician Imran Khan took oath as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister on Saturday 18 August at the President’s House in Islamabad Khan 65 the chairman of the Pakistan TehreekeInsaf PTI was administered the oath of office by President Mamnoon Hussain at a simple ceremony held at

18-08-2018

Jeneeva UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness over the flooding and extensive damage and displacement caused in rainbattered Kerala Asked if India had asked for UN assistance he said the world body has not received any direct request from the Indian Government for aid and added As you know

18-08-2018

The government of Mauritius has decided to fly both the countrys and Indias flags at halfmast on Friday as a mark of respect to deceased former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shri Vajpayee will remain a mentor not only for politicians in India but across the world Mauritian Prime Ministe

17-08-2018

A Sikh storeowner has been stabbed to death in the US state of New Jersey Terlok Singh was found dead with apparent stab wounds on Thursday morning inside his East Orange suburb store by his cousin Karnail Singh The county prosecutors office has said it was a case of homicide WNBC TV reported that p

17-08-2018

New Zealands parliament on Wednesday passed a bill banning the sale of existing homes to foreign buyers saying that citizens were being tenants in our own land Associate minister of finance David Parker said the ban would mean housing would become more affordable for locals and supply would increase

16-08-2018

After 57 Years UK has returned a  12thcentury bronze Buddha statue stolen from an ASI museum at Nalanda Bihar on Independence Day The statue was among 14 stolen in 1961 and surfaced many years later at an auction in London Once identified the police cooperated with the Mets Art and Antiques Unit to

15-08-2018

The 50yearold bridge part of a toll motorway linking the port city of Genoa with southern France collapsed during torrential rain on Tuesday sending dozens of vehicles crashing onto a riverbed a railway and two warehouses It collapsed at about 1130 am 0930 GMT during torrential rainfall the local fi

15-08-2018

More than 300 “predator priests” were found to have committed sexual abuse in US harming more than 1000 children According to a near900page report released by the state supreme court on Tuesday it showcases how for decades one of the most powerful churches in the world hid the abuse and suffering of

15-08-2018

As many as 11 people were killed after a motorway bridge collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa on Tuesday A section of the bridge crashed down from a height of about 50 meters over a river and some railroad tracks and buildings It collapsed at about 1130 am 0930 GMT during torrential rainfall

14-08-2018

At least 12 fans of Ecuadorean football team Barcelona SC were killed and another 30 injured when a bus carrying them overturned on a highway The accident happened Sunday afternoon as the Barcelona SC fans were heading back to their home city of Guayaquil following a draw against a team from nearby

14-08-2018

The Malaysian government is considering banning Internet use for teens between 12 AM and 6 AM daily The move aims at reducing video game and social media addiction among teens A Health and Morbidity studies conducted in 2017 indicated that around 349 per cent of Malaysian teens between the ages of 1

13-08-2018

According to a report quoting World Trade Centre Health Program nearly 10000 people got cancer by inhaling toxic particles following the 911 attack Particles from the leaked jet fuel asbestos cement dust and glass fragments led to cancer proliferation  Since the tragedy 420 cancerstricken people

13-08-2018

According to Reports Meghan Markles father Thomas Markle has said he has not spoken to his daughter since her wedding to Britains Prince Harry and fears she will not contact him again I dont expect to see her or hear back from her and thats okay he said Former US actress Meghan 37 now the Duchess of

13-08-2018

Mumbai Actor Aamir Khan on Thursday clarified he was not going to attend Pakistans Prime Minister elect Imran Khans swearingin ceremony on August 11 Addressing media Khan said he hadnt received any invite and was not going for the ceremony in Islamabad Earlier one of the Pakistan media had quoted Im

02-08-2018

Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif is reportedly on the verge of a kidney failure and a medical board has urged for his immediate transfer to a hospital from Adiala jail in Rawalpindi Sources told the express tribune that the urea nitrogen in Sharifs blood has climbed up to dangerous levels

23-07-2018

Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam were provided “B” class facilities at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi where they spent the night after being arrested at Lahore airport following conviction in the Avenfield corruption case media reports said on SaturdaySharif 68 an

14-07-2018

Indonesian cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death today over his role in a 2016 Islamic State terror attack that saw a suicide bomber blow himself up at a Jakarta starbucks cafeHeavily armed police guarded the hearing at a Jakarta court – Which had earlier found Abdurrahman guilty of maste

22-06-2018

Controversial rapper XXXTentacion shot dead at 20 in South Florida He was shot dead on Monday afternoon he was leaving a motorcycle dealership in South Florida when an armed suspect shot himThe investigators believe that it was a possible robbery The shooting was first reported at 357 PM at a Deer

19-06-2018

The parents of a 5year old boy have been asked to pay Rs 90 lakh after their kid broke a mosaic sculpture at a US community center The kid who was at the community center to attend a wedding reception with his parents broke the sculpture in an attempt to hug it The insurance company said the sculptu

18-06-2018

Suspected Boko Haram  jihadists killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb attack on a town in NE Nigeria a local official and militia leader told media on Sunday2 blasts ripped through the town of Damboa in Borno state on Saturday evening targeting people returning from celebrating the EidalF

17-06-2018

Colombo Sri Lankan navy will release 10 Indian fisherman’s boats that were taken into custody in 2015 and 2016 As per media reports Sri Lankan Government had on June 13 sent a letter to the Ministry of External Affairs MEA stating that they are ready to release 10 boats  In 2016 out of the 216 boats

17-06-2018

A video has gone viral on the social media in which Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte can be seen mopping up the coffee which he accidently spilled on the floor while entering the Parliament In the video Rutte can be seen grabbing the mop from a cleaner and then proceeding to cleanup the spilt

05-06-2018

An Indian man who had reportedly travelled over 10000 kms across 11 countries in a month to enter the US illegally in 2016 has been deported back after he was caught staying illegally The man identified as Harpreet Singh hails from Punjab’s Kapurthala district and was deported back to India on Satur

20-05-2018

Havana More than hundred people were killed in a fiery crash of a boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba on Friday with just 3 seriously injured survivors in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage officials and state media said The aircraft on a domestic flight to Holgain in Eastern Cuba crashed

19-05-2018

Russian state television showed Putin dressed in jeans and a casual jacket sit behind the wheel of a construction truck with workers to drive 19 kilometres 12 miles across the bridge which links the Taman peninsula in southern Russian to Ukraines Crimea peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014I want to s

15-05-2018

 South and North Korea have agreed to hold highlevel interKorea talks on May 16 confirmed South Koreas Unification MinistryThe South and North will hold a highlevel interKorea meeting on May 16 in the Peace House in Panmunjom to discuss the implementation of Panmunjom Declaration for Peace Prosperit

15-05-2018

President Donald Trumps wife Melania Trump underwent a surgical procedure  to treat a benign kidney condition and will remain at Walter Reed medical centre for the rest of the week the first ladys office saidSpokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that Mrs Trump 48 underwent an embolizatio

15-05-2018

Heavy rains and flooding have claimed seven lives and destroyed several houses in Afghanistans northern Samangan and Baghlan provinces Two women and four children were among the dead in torrential rains and flooding outside Samangan provincial capital Aybak on Monday a police official was cited as s

15-05-2018

A county in southwest China’s Sichuan province has banned Tibetan monks “wrongly educated” in India from teaching Buddhism to prevent the spread of separatist ideas The move is aimed at preventing the spread of separatist activities as monks received education from groups associated with the Dalai L

15-05-2018

A nude portrait by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani has fetched 1572 million over ₹1000 crore the fourth highest price for any work of art at an auction The 1917 oil painting carried a presale estimate of about 150 million making it the highestestimated work of art in auction history The artworks o

15-05-2018

The import of sugar from Pakistan has sparked ire in the Mumbai Metropolitan RegionThe Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party NCP the two key Opposition parties and the Raj Thackerayled Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS has expressed its opposition to sugar consignments imported from PakistanThe B

14-05-2018

Israeli troops killed at least 28 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday health officials said as demonstrators streamed to the frontier on the day the United States prepared to open its embassy in JerusalemProtests intensified on the 70th anniversary of Israels founding with loudspeakers on G

14-05-2018

A family of six ignited suicide attacks on Christians attending Sunday services at three churches in Indonesias secondlargest city of Surabaya killing at least 13 people and wounding 40 officials saidIndonesia the worlds largest Muslimmajority country has seen a recent resurgence in homegrown milita

13-05-2018

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a government building in Afghanistan on Sunday 13 May the Islamist militant groups Amaq news agency said without providing any evidenceAfghan security forces battled for hours against a group of attackers who stormed a government building in

13-05-2018

A day before the opening ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem that sparked off Palestinian protests preparations in Israel were on in full swing on Sunday for the event US President Donald Trumps daughter Ivanka his senior adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner as well as Secretary of Treasury St

13-05-2018

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has questioned the policy of using Pakistanbased militant groups for crossborder attacks on India as he mounted a scathing attack on the powerful military establishments perceived meddling in politicsOn the campaign trail in Multan ahead of general elections expect

12-05-2018

UKbased farmer Donald Ross has shared a photo where his neighbour used a bra to prevent swelling and infection in a cows mammary glands Necessity is the mother of invention Calf wouldnt suck back teats so he adapted hiswifes bra with help from rope and bungy cord Hope she doesnt want them back Farmi

12-05-2018

For the first time after the full territorial defeat of Islamic State IS terror group in Iraq millions of Iraqis across the country headed to vote on Saturday for their representatives in ParliamentThe polls kicked off at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm Iraqi Vice President Nuri alMaliki was the fi

12-05-2018

Ethnic insurgents in Myanmar killed 19 people including four members of the security forces in an attack on security posts and a casino near the border with China a Myanmar government spokesman said on Saturday A spokesman for the Taang National Liberation Army TNLA made up of fighters from the Taan

12-05-2018

Two US fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace off the coast of Alaska The Russian TU95 Bear bombers flew into a socalled Air Defence Identification Zone located about 200 miles off Alaskas west coast at about 10 am EST North American Aerospace Defence Command spokesma

12-05-2018

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak who was defeated in the general elections has been banned from leaving the country Najib said he and his wife Rosmah Mansor were planning to go on an overseas holiday following which the Immigration Department made the announcement via its social site acco

12-05-2018

Briefing reporters at the end of Prime Minister Modis twoday visit to Nepal Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale today said it was a significant statement from Prime Minister Oli and India was satisfied with discussionsOli reiterated that Nepal would be sensitive to Indias interests and its territory wou

12-05-2018

Gaza Israeli troops killed a Palestinian and hundreds of others were hurt on Friday Palestinian medical workers said bringing to 44 the number killed during a sixweek protest at the GazaIsrael borderThe protests are building to a climax on May 15 the day Palestinians call the Nakba or Catastrophe ma

12-05-2018

Turkish President  Recep Tayyip  Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the prospects of the  Iran 

11-05-2018

India has asked Myanmar to ensure the safe speedy and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees who had fled Rakhine state following a security crackdown where hundreds were killed and thousands displaced Indias stance was conveyed by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to the Myanmarese leadershi

11-05-2018

Plastic surgeons at William Beaumont Army Medical Center successfully transplanted a new ear on a 21yearold soldier who lost her left ear in a car accident two years ago The total ear reconstruction the first of its kind in the Army involved harvesting cartilage from the Soldiers ribs to carve a new

11-05-2018

Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot and injured in an assassination attempt during a rally in Narowal district of the countrys Punjab province on Sunday police saidDistrict Police Officer of Narowal Imran Kishwar said a local resident opened fire at the minister soon after he concluded h

06-05-2018

On Saturday a USbased human right watchdog requested Dubai authorities to give information of 32yearold Sheikh Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid AlMaktoum as  she posted a video in March that she was fleeing the emirate because of the torture and mistreatment she was facing by her family In the video

05-05-2018

The Nobel Foundation has decided to not award the Nobel Prize in Literature this year after it was embroiled in a scandal over sexual assault allegationsThis years winner will now be announced with the winner in 2019 The committees head and several other members have recently stepped down over claim

04-05-2018

Three IndianAmerican physicians from Pennsylvania have been charged with health care fraud and illegal distribution of buprenorphine medication for opioid addiction treatmentThe physicians Dr Krishan Kumar Aggarwal 73 Dr Madhu Aggarwal 68 and Dr Parth Bharill 69 are part of the Redirections Treat

04-05-2018

A naked statue of Donald Trump complete with a distended belly and jowly sneer is to go on display at a Haunted Museum after a paranormal investigator bought it at auctionJuliens Auctions announced Wednesday 3 May sold the artwork believed to be the last of the controversial statues not vandalized

03-05-2018

In a bizarre incident a woman flew on an Emirates flight from Manchester to New Delhi on her husbands passport without the error being noticed by the airport or the flight authoritiesA relative of the passenger Geeta Modha said the shocking error was spotted by Modha after reaching the New Delhi air

02-05-2018

Tehran Iran today branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an infamous liar over his allegations of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programmeForeign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi called the accusations that Tehran lied about its nuclear ambitions “wornout useless and shameful”Netanyahus

01-05-2018

Lahore The founder of the LashkareTaiba LeT and mastermind of 2611 Mumbai terror attacks Hafiz Saeed is using the vulnerable Sikh community in Pakistan to push his propaganda against India especially the so called Khalistan issueSaeed who carries a USD 10 million bounty on his head is reportedly co

30-04-2018

Kandahar Afghanistan At least 11 students of a madrassa were killed in a car bombing in Afghanistans Kandahar province on Monday officials saidA suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives in Haji Abdullah Khan village of Daman district at about 11 am killing 11 children at a nearby madras

30-04-2018

Number 16 has died It was the name researchers had given to the the spider which had reached the age of 43 years It was a Gialus Villosus or a trapdoor spider According to the researchers at Curtin University Number 16 was the oldest spider known to man The researchers hoped that it would reach her

30-04-2018

The United Nations has expressed concern over the safety of tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims as the approaching monsoon season threatens their makeshift camps in Southern BangladeshThe UN has sought urgent financial aid to prepare the area against floods and landslidesThousands of Rohingya Musl

28-04-2018

 At least nine students were stabbed to death at a middle school in Chinas Shaanxi provinceA male suspect has been detainedaccording to reports 12 students were injured at the incident that took place on Friday evening According to local government seven of the deceased were female and two were male

28-04-2018

The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track and kill Osama bin Laden has been moved by authorities from a prison in the countrys northwest to an unknown safer location an official and family member said today Shakil Afridi has been languishing in a prison in the city of Peshawar for almost seven y

28-04-2018

Armed men stormed into Nigerias Senate on Wednesday and stole the mace which usually lies on the table before the Senate President Laws cannot be passed by Nigerias Senate in the absence of the mace which is a symbol of authority on the Senate floor Police said that the mace was recovered later lti

20-04-2018

The Gujarat high court on Friday acquitted former BJP minister Maya Kodnani and upheld the conviction of Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi in  the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case in which 97 people were killed The acquittal came following witnesses turning hostile judges recusing themselves and the Sp

20-04-2018

A video showing a house explosion in the US state of Texas after a vehicle crashed into it and struck a gas line has surfaced online Police officials responding to the crash said they rescued three people from the house after the explosion They also arrested the vehicles driver for not having a vali

19-04-2018

Havana   Raul Castro who took from his brother Fidel 12 years ago and led Cuba through some of its biggest  changes in 6 decades is expected to step down on Thursday and hand over power to someone outside the Castro dynasty for the first time since the Cuban revolution more than  half a century ago

19-04-2018

Former First Lady of the United States of America – Mrs Barbara Bush died at the age of 92 on Tuesday morning according to a statement made by the office of George HW Bush She was the second woman in US history to be a first lady and mother of a president “My dear mother has passed on at age 92 Laur

18-04-2018

A US rescue team has recovered bodies of an IndianAmerican man Sandeep Thottapilly and his daughter from a car which was found from a river the police have said The bodies of Sandeep and Saachi were recovered yesterday inside the vehicle a Honda Pilot which was recovered from about 46 feet of river

17-04-2018

The Indian economy has recovered from the adverse impacts of demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax and is projected to grow by 73 in 2018 and 75 in 2019 the World Bank has said Indian recovery will lift South Asia as a region and make it the worlds fastest growing again possibly even widening th

15-04-2018

After a passenger threatened the crew with a fountain pen an Air China flight headed for Beijing had to make an emergency landing in Zhengzhou According to a statement released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China a male passenger tried to hold an attendant under duress using a pen in Air C

15-04-2018

New Milford US A man killed his wife who was also his daughter and their 7monthold son and then took his own life after she broke up with him Steven Pladls mother called police in North Carolina to say shed had a disturbing call from him and to ask officers to check on the wellbeing of her infant gr

14-04-2018

A fire that broke out in US President Donald Trumps Trump Tower a commercial and residential building in New York has taken away the life of one person Apparently the fire erupted in an apartment in the 50th of the building around 530 pm and later spread into other rooms New York City Fire Commissio

08-04-2018

Germany Several people injured as a car ploughed into a crowd in the western German city of Muenster on Saturday police reported There were several deaths after the incident but said it was not clear whether the incident was an attack A German police spokeswoman said there are several dead probably

07-04-2018

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought the help of UN to implement the BangladeshMyanmar agreement on the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas displaced from the Rakhine state Hasina spoke with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the issue over phone on Friday night and her

07-04-2018

Toronto At least 14 people have been killed and another 14 injured in a collision involving a junior hockey team’s bus in Saskatchewan Canada according to the police There were 28 people in the vehicle at the time of the accident that took place last day when a semitrailer collided with the bus Res

07-04-2018

An active shooter opened fire at YouTubes headquarters in San Bruno California on Tuesday injuring four people who have been taken to a hospital According to the police the female suspect died inside the building with a selfinflicted wound Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the situation is contained and

04-04-2018

Myanmar minister will tour camps for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh an official said on Wednesday the first such visit since Myanmars army drove nearly 700000 members of the Muslim minority over the border Bangladeshs foreign ministry confirmed that Myanmars social welfare relief and resettlement m

04-04-2018

Two prisoners have escaped from a maximum security jail in the Colombian capital Bogotá by getting a guard drunk and convincing him to let them go to go buy more alcohol The two inmates never returned and police are currently hunting for them Colleagues of the guard at La Picota jail said his breath

03-04-2018

In response to a video circulating in Dubai via social media claiming that eggs made from plastic were available in the emirate the Dubai Municipality has clarified that there is no truth in the video and its just a rumour A presenter in the video claimed a layer of plastic was formed on the eggs wh

03-04-2018

Dubai Municipality organised an awareness workshop for real estate developers on the new waste disposal fees for companies operating in investment areas which will come into effect from May 17 During the workshop the participants representing major real estate developers in the emirate of Dubai were

02-04-2018

Bahrain  has discovered its biggest oil field in more than 90 years The “highly significant” oil and deep gas resource is thought to dwarf the Gulf kingdom’s current reserves according to an official announcement on Sunday It is located in the Khaleej alBahrain basin located off the country’s west c

02-04-2018

The process of filing petitions for H1B considered the most soughtafter work visa among highly skilled Indian professionals begins tomorrow Monday amidst unprecedented scrutiny by the Trump Administration A strong indication has come from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services or USCIS the fede

01-04-2018

Stephen Hawking’s funeral took place on March 31 in Cambridge UK at Great St Mary’s Church where thousands attended to pay tribute to the world renowed physicist The Church bells rang 76 times representing the number of years Hawking lived The coffin was carried by six porters from Gonville and Caiu

01-04-2018

India is confident that Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Olis upcoming visit to New Delhi will help the two countries remove the distrust that had marked the ties between the two nations during his stint at the helm in 20152016Official sources said the very fact that Oli known for his proChina stance

30-03-2018

FORT LAUDERDALE The prime suspect of the Florida high school shooting Nikolas Cruz is getting letters of support and fan mail including pictures of teenage girls women and men Cruz is charged in the killings of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida and is being held i

30-03-2018

More than 10000 Indian students have to reappear their Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics examinations following a confirmation of question paper leaks by the Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE Parents students as well as teachers in the UAE expressed their deep disappointment with t

29-03-2018

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai broke down during an emotional return to her native Pakistan on Thursday 29 March six years after she was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for advocating greater education of girlsYousafzai travelling with her father and younger brother met Prime Minister

29-03-2018

Myanmars parliament has elected Win Myint a loyalist of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi as new presidentSuu Kyi who formal title is state counsellor has retained her executive authority over the government The 66yearold Win Myint succeeds Htin Kyaw who retired last week for reasons of ill health Th

28-03-2018

A veterinarian in Australia performed a surgery on a python that entered a familys house and ate one of the slippers He said You could see the outline of some foreign material in the stomach Sharing details and pictures of the procedure online the veterinarian added that the snake would spend betwee

27-03-2018

Uber has been suspended from testing autonomous vehicles in the state of Arizona following last week’s fatal crash in the city of Temp The accident which occurred at night and coincided with autonomous test driver Rafaela Vasquez looking down right before the moment of impact left pedestrian 49yearo

27-03-2018

At least 37 people died in a massive fire that broke out in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday Russian news agencies reported citing local authorities Initial reports by the Investigative Committee which investigates highprofile crimes and reports directly to Russian Presiden

26-03-2018

A pizza with 111 types of cheese has set the Guinness World Record for ‘Greatest Variety of cheese on a pizza’ Baked at a German restaurant the pizza featured 2886 grams of cheese in total but only 26 grams of each variety A diary expert described the pizza as “crunchy and cheesy each piece tastes d

25-03-2018

At least 12 people were killed and 40 others were injured on Friday after a car bomb exploded in Afghanistans Helmand province officials said The bomb exploded outside a sports stadium in the city of Lashkargah This comes days after 31 people were killed and 65 others were wounded in an ISIS attack

24-03-2018

The United States on Friday officially filed a trade complaint at the World Trade Organisation WTO against China  over its alleged discriminatory technology licensing practises The US Trade representative USTR filed a request for consultations with China at the WTO to addressBeijings  unfair technol

24-03-2018

Researchers at MIT and UC Berkeley have developed and now tested a device that can extract  water  out of the air even in the driest of climates The team proposed the device in a science  article last year and now theyve improved the design and tried it out in Tempe Arizona While there are a

23-03-2018

A woman’s tweet showing how Dubai’s ruler His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE rescued her family by pulling her vehicle out of sand has gone viral The woman’s vehicle had gotten stuck in the sand and His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Ras

23-03-2018

ExPlayboy model Karen McDougal who claimed that she had an affair with US President Donald Trump in 2006 has apologised to the Presidents wife Melania Trump However adding There was a real relationship There were real feelingsHe would call me baby or beautiful Karen said she broke up with Donald in

23-03-2018

 US President Donald Trump shook up his foreign policy team again on Thursday replacing HR McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton a hawk who has advocated using military force against North Korea and IranThe move announced in a tweet and a White House statement came little more than

23-03-2018

The Singapore Changi Airport has been named the worlds best airport for the sixth consecutive year by consultancy firm Skytrax The Incheon International Airport in South Korea and Haneda Airport in Japan were placed second and third respectively While the Mumbai airport has been ranked 63rd the airp

22-03-2018

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized for mistakes his company made And how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developers’ access to such information “We have a responsibility to protect your data and if we cant then we don’

22-03-2018

A video recording from Uber selfdriving car that struck and killed a woman on Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicleUS police

21-03-2018

Austria’s capital city Vienna has been rated the world’s most livable city for the 9th consecutive year by Mercer in its annual Quality of Living survey Most cities in the top 10 this year are located in Europe including Zurich which came in at second place Munich which tied for third with Auckland

21-03-2018

Moscow Russia is set to elect vladimar Putin to a historic fourth Kremlin term as the country faces increasing isolation over a spy poisoning in Britain and a fresh round of US sanctions Since taking power 18 years ago Putin has stamped his total authority on the country silencing opposition and re

19-03-2018

China’s parliament chose former top graft buster Wang Qishan a key ally of President Xi Jinping as Vice president on Saturday widely – expected move that nonetheless breaks with convention and underlines Mr Xi’s dominant authority MrXi was also re elected President by parliament  chose former top gr

18-03-2018

At least 4 employees have been killed and two others are trapped in a fire that hit a Manila hotel where more than 300 guests were evacuated some by helicopter Johnny Yu who heads Manila’s disasterresponse office tells reporters that at least 6 other people at the Manila Pavilion Hotel and Casino o

18-03-2018

COLOMBO Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said on Sunday he had lifted a nationwide state of emergency imposed on March 6 after Buddhist –Muslim clashes “Upon assessing the public safety situation I instructed to revoke the State of Emergency from midnight yesterday” Sirisena said on his Twit

18-03-2018

The president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences the body which hands out the Oscars is being investigated for sexual harassment US media reported The trade publication Variety and CBS News said the Academy immediately opened an investigation after receiving three harassment claims

17-03-2018

Former South African President Jacob Zuma  will be prosecuted on charges of Corruption over 25 billion arms deal dating back to the late 1990s The announcement was made by Friday afternoon by Chief Prosecutor Shaun Abraham Zuma will face charges of fraud racketeering and money laundering He was for

17-03-2018

On Friday Pakistan  special court has asked the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz government to suspend Computerized National Identity Card CNIC and the passport of the former Pak President Pervez Musharraf in a treason case against him according to reports Musharraf was charged with treason  fo

17-03-2018

61yearold Danny Lee Konieczny allegedly stole a parked ambulance outside the hospital after being frustrated at the long wait times the incident occurred at The Villages Hospital in The Villages Florida The Lake County sheriff’s office reported that Danny was transported to The Villages Hospital aft

16-03-2018

On Sunday March 11th 23yearold Christopher Shawn Ring of Sebastian Florida was found hiding from the police in his freezer after a home was raided a large number of illegal narcotics were found in the property as the police searched for the wanted man On the evening of Sunday a home located in Luthe

16-03-2018

A cargo plane carrying precious metals accidentally flew open upon takeoff scatteing at least 3 tons of gold on the runway An investigation is underway after the incident Thursday at the airport in the fareast city of Yakutsk An An12 plane operated by the airline Nimbus took off for Krasnoyarsk car

16-03-2018

Miami A 174foot bridge at Florida International University collapsed on Thursday afternoon at least 4 people dead The bridge came down crashing on to a number of cars and pedestrians At least eight cars have crushed under the bridge confirmed Florida Highway Patrol officials At least 8 cars are fea

16-03-2018

James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan said he was cheated by pan masala brand Pan Bahar as he was not informed about the product’s “Hazardous” nature in his advertisement contract as per Delhi Additional director  SK Arora “In a written reply to the Delhi State Tobacco Control Cell the actor stated that

15-03-2018

Helsinki  Finland has captured the title of world’s happiest country for 2018 the latest edition of the UN’s World Happiness  Report reveals  Not just for citizens Finland has been adjudged the country having the world’s happiest immigrant population India however was ranked 133 far behind terrorhit

15-03-2018

Seven thousand pairs of shoes representing the number of lives lost since the 2001 elementary school shooting in Connecticut were lined up in a lawn outside the US Capitol building in Washington Several pairs were donated by families that lost their children to gun violence The move was aimed at pre

14-03-2018

Stephen Hawking peacefully dies at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday The Briton was known for his work with black holes and relativity and wrote several popular science books including ‘A Brief History of Time’ At the age of 22 Stephen Hawking was given only a few years to live

14-03-2018

PM Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged to begin work on the largest nuclear power plant in the world in India by this year Urging Electricite de France SA and Indias Nuclear Power Corporation to accelerate discussions on a contract and start work at Maharashtras Jait

12-03-2018

At least 50 people were reported killed after a USBangla Airlines flight carrying 67 passengers and four crew members crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu Nepal on the afternoon of 12 March The plane caught fire after it careened off the runway during landing and crashed into

12-03-2018

The daughter of a business tycoon and bride tobe Mina Basaran  along with her seven friends were onboard the Turkish private jet which crashed in a mountainous region of Iran on Sunday The plane which was reportedly travelling from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul was flying the 28yearold heires

12-03-2018

Washington President Donald Trump’s plan to combat school shootings will include helping states pay for firearms training for teachers and a call to improve the background check system But Trump’s plan will not include a push to increase the minimum age for purchasing assault weapons or an embrace

12-03-2018

Tens of thousands of Bolivians held a nearly 200km long 124 miles bright blue flag on Saturday in a show of support for their landlocked countrys demand that it be given a sovereign access to the sea The socalled flag of maritime revindication stretched like a long blue ribbon between the towns Orur

11-03-2018

Donald Trump will take a hardline position at his planned summit with the North Korean leader Kim JongUN the white House said US officials scrambled to keep pace with the president after his sudden acceptance of Kim’s offer to talk In briefings after the announcementwhich would be the first ever me

10-03-2018

President Donald Trump said that he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first US North Korea summit marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang Kim has committed to “denuclearization” and to suspending nuclear or missile tests South Korea’

09-03-2018

Florida 27000 Kg of beer was spilt after a truck overturned on a highway in United States’ Florida on Wednesday The truck driver was treated for minor injuries and charged with careless driving Sharing photographs of the incident the authorities added “the beer didn’t fare so well”

08-03-2018

A twoyearold boy in Shanghai locked his mother’s iPhone for  47 years after playing with it and repeatedly entering the wrong passcode The mother Lu  found that the phone had been disabled for 25 million minutes by pressing keys repeatedly when the handset requested the passcode Each time the wrong

08-03-2018

An Australian farmer got a giant unusual chicken egg The egg was three times larger than a normal one and it had a smaller egg inside The giant egg was laid by normal chicken at Stockman’s eggs farm The farm is at North of Queensland Scott Stockman has been working for years in the egg farm but neve

07-03-2018

Thousands of starfish along with lobsters and sea urchins washed ashore in one of the biggest mass strandings on record in the UK Believed to be an aftermath of a storm dubbed Beast from the East researchers said such mass strandings of seabeddwelling creatures are not unusual after winter storms Me

06-03-2018

A Russian plane with 32 people on board crashed during landing at Hmeymim air base in Syria All the 32 persons were killed in the crash said reports The plane is said to have crashed when it was about 500 meters short of the runway Out of the 32 people 26 were passengers and six were the crew The cr

06-03-2018

Colombo SriLanka declared a nationwide state of emergency for 10 days on Tuesday to stop the spread of communal violence a government spokesman said after clashes erupted between majority Buddhists and members of the minority Muslim Community Tension has been growing between the two communities in

06-03-2018

Krishna Kumari has become Pakistans first Hindu Dalit woman Senator after she was elected to the Upper House on Saturday The 39yearold had contested from a seat reserved for women from the Sindh province representing the Pakistan Peoples Party Kumari is a human rights activist Kohli who comes from N

04-03-2018

A flight from Manchester to Cancun was forced to divert to Gatwick after a cockpit window shattered in midair Flight BY174 got as far as Dublin when it had to turn around as a safety precaution The disruption has left travelers bound for the Mexican holiday haven stranded at the airport until a new

04-03-2018

Washington US President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone on Friday saying trade wars were good and easy to win after his plan to put tariffs on steel and aluminum imports triggered threats of retaliation from trading partners and a slide in stock marketsThe European Union raised the possibility o

03-03-2018

Around 35 female football fans were arrested for trying to attend a football match between Esteghlal and Persepolis in Irans capital Tehran on Thursday Women are barred from attending football matches in Iran since 1979 The detained women reportedly wanted to draw attention of FIFA President Gianni

02-03-2018

 A suicide car bomb targeting a foreign forces convoy rocked eastern Kabul early morning killing at least one civilian and injuring four in an area where many expatriates reside Witnesses reported a strong explosion and extensive damage to the facades of nearby houses Security forces could be seen

02-03-2018

An American transgender woman claims to have spent approximately ₹38 lakh to look like a dragon Eva Medus has had her nose reshaped ears removed and the whites of her eyes permanently stained green among other procedures She says that she does not want to die a human and decided to undergo the trans

01-03-2018

People have been leaving gloves and scarves for homeless people in Bristol England amid a current wave of cold weather sweeping Britain The items of clothing come with notes

28-02-2018

Washington  The US administration has reached a 39 billion deal with Boeing for two Air Force One planes for the President the White House said President Donald Trump has reached the informal deal with Boeing on a “Fixedprice contract” for the new Air Force One Program Xinhua quoted a White House s

28-02-2018

The Italian capital city of Rome witnessed snow for the first time in six years on Monday as cold winds from Siberia moved across Europe Schools were closed and public transportation was affected Meanwhile priests at St Peters Square in the Vatican took part in a snowball fight and nuns built snowme

27-02-2018

A power bank kept in a bag in the overhead cabin of a plane in China caught fire while passengers were boarding the flight The video of the incident shows an air hostess and a fellow passenger putting out the fire with water and juice No passenger was hurt during the incident while the flight was de

26-02-2018

Men and women swayed to music at Saudi Arabia’s firstever jazz festival on Friday the second of a threeday outdoor event that showcases the Kingdom’s recent efforts of shedding its conservative image Saudi Arabia is holding its firstever jazz food and arts festival in the capital city of Riyadh The

25-02-2018

A restaurant in United States Anaheim is launching an ice cream coated with 24 karat gold leaves The 1495 ₹970 ice cream is served in a waffle cone which is also sprayed with 24 karat gold dust Interestingly a Boston restaurant had introduced a burger that came with a diamond ring framed in a 14 kar

25-02-2018

Dubai Sridevi’s brother in law Sanjay  Kapoor has said the whole family was in shock with the sudden demise of the veteran actress He also said that she had no history of heart ailment The actress 54 died on Saturday night at around 11 pm after suffering a  cardiac arrest In an interview to Khaleej

25-02-2018

India and Canada today resolved to work together to neutralise the threats emanating from Sikh militant outfits Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation along with LeT and Pakistanbased JaisheMohammed This was announced in the Framework for Cooperation between India an

24-02-2018

More than 500 residents of the villages close to the Line of Control LoC in the Uri sector of Baramulla district have been shifted to safer locations by the authorities Due to firingshelling from across in border areas of Uri about 500 people migrate to safer areas DCSSP on spot looking after the pe

23-02-2018

South Korea and Singapore have the most powerful passports in the world with a visafree score of 162 according to 2018 Global Passport Index Germany and Japan have been ranked second while the UK and US took the fourth and fifth spots respectively With a visafree score of 57 India has been ranked 73

23-02-2018

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif be removed as head of the political party Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz PMLNwhich  he founded six months after the court disqualified him as the country’s leader over unreported income The apex court also revoked al

21-02-2018

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked India not to worry about Dhaka’s growing ties with China asserting that the cooperation with Beijing was meant only for the country’s development Hasina said her government was only concerned about the development and is ready to cooperate with any c

21-02-2018

As India and Bhutan celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations this year External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said it was an opportunity to reflect about further advancing ties between the two countries The year 2018 is a milestone moment for IndiaBhutan partnership as we celebrate t

21-02-2018

The biggest inverted house in the world has popped up in the Russian city of Ufa where the spectacular artwork is giving tourists a unique topsyturvy perspective on lifeThe nearly €300000 ₹24 crore house  took more than 100 workers to build the unusual bolthole which can fit at least 50 people at a

19-02-2018

Tehran A passenger plane with 66 people on board crashed in Central Iran on Sunday Mohammad Tabatabaie Asemans public relations chief told the ISNA news agency that Given the special circumstances of the region we still have no access to the spot of the crash and therefore we cannot accurately and d

18-02-2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held “substantive” talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday to boost cooperation in key areas of security trade and energy after which the two sides inked nine pacts including one on double taxation avoidance Addressing a joint press event with Rouhani Mod

17-02-2018

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu expected to sink amid rising sea levels is actually growing in size a New Zealandbased research has shown Based on satellite imagery researchers found eight of nine atolls and around 75 of 101 islands grew from 19712014 lifting Tuvalus land area by 29 even though

16-02-2018

Jacob Zuma has resigned from the post of South Africas President after defying a 48hour deadline given by the ruling African National Congress ANC to leave the office Zuma who had to face a noconfidence vote in Parliament on Thursday said I fear no motion of no confidenceNo life should be lostThe

15-02-2018

17 students and teachers were killed as a heavilyarmed 19yearold went on a shooting spree outside and inside his former high school in Florida state in the US Shooter was arrested an hour later The horrific violence unfolded on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in parklandwhich ironically

15-02-2018

President Donald Trump is donating his fourthquarter salary in 2017 to the Transportation Department to help address the nation’s infrastructure The donation announced Tuesday in the White House briefing room comes a day after Trump released a plan to rebuild crumbling roads bridges and ports The Tr

14-02-2018

Network provider Etisalat announced that their device sale is back with an attractive up to 60 off for a limiter period You can get an iphoneX starting from Dh3769 as part of the sale On offer are HTC M10  starting from Dh 949 instead of Dh899 by availing the offer And get the latest Samsung Gear G

13-02-2018

South African president Jacob Zuma has been given 48 hours to resign by African National Congress leaders The decision to ask Zuma to step down or face being stripped off his office was taken at a specially convened emergency meeting late on Monday evening The meeting of the ANC’s National executive

13-02-2018

  Tambolaka Technicians and airport employees have been captured in a viral photo cpushing 35000 kilogram plane along

11-02-2018

Palestine’s president Mahnoud Abbas has conferred Indian PM Narendra Modi with ‘Grand Collar of the State of Palestine’ the country’s highest honour given to foreign dignitaries This was in recognition of PM Modi’s “leadership national and international stature in appreciation of his efforts to prom

11-02-2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation for Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu temple via video conferencing Thanking UAE’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan PM Modi said “I believe this temple will not be only unique in terms of architecture and splendor but will also give a message of ‘Vasudhaiv

11-02-2018

Sohini Roy Chowdhury an  eightyearold Indianorigin school girl has entered the UKs Mathletics Hall of Fame an online learning resource involving primary school level Mathematics curriculum She also made it to the top 100 World Hall of Fame after competing with students from across the world She wish

10-02-2018

A Turkish military helicopter was shot down on Saturday during combat in Syria Turkey had launched a military operation against the Kurdish militia in Syrias Kurdishcontrolled Afrin region in January This comes after a Russian fighter jet was shot down by the rebels in Syrias Idlib province last wee

10-02-2018

In a Twin bomb blasts struck in a mosque in Benghazi in eastern Libya on Friday at least one person was killed and 129 others were injured The bombs were reportedly hidden in a coffin and in a shoe cabinet The explosions hit the mosque at the start of weekly prayers in Libya’s second city which lies

10-02-2018

  A man in Florida claims that one of his Apple Airpods began smoking and later exploded Jason Colon was working o

10-02-2018

Abudhabi The UAE’s stateowned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC has lit up its tower in the colours of the Indian National Flag head of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country PM Modi will arrive in the UAE on Saturdays as part of his threenation tour and is expected to singn bilatera

10-02-2018

The United States’ second shutdown in three weeks ended on Friday after the president signed a nearly 400bn funding bill that narrowly passed Congress only a few hours before Funding for the federal government had lapsed at midnight eastern time after Kentucky Republican Rand Paul staled a Senate

09-02-2018

Donald Trump Jr Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization is expected to visit India in late February to officially launch Trump Towers in Gurugram and Kolkata Trump Jr is scheduled to visit four Indian cities to cover the sprawling Trump portfolio He will also attend Global Business Summit

08-02-2018

A strange phenomenon  has been observed at the Grinnell Glacier in Montana The molten snow of the area is red in colour and hence is known as watermelon snow The phenomenon is caused by a particular kind of redpigmented algae known as Chlamydomonas nivalis which contains a pigment that creates brigh

07-02-2018

Riyadh External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will inaugurate a national cultural festival of Saudi Arabia Al Janadria on Wednesday Sushma Swaraj arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and will be in the country till Thursday The two – week long festival that began in is the biggest cultural festi

07-02-2018

A group of Afghan women has developed  the first  video game which fight against drugs In the game a soldier mimics a reallife mission to clear out drugs in Afghanistan the worlds top cultivator of poppy from which opium and heroin are produced Afghanistan produces more opium than all other countrie

06-02-2018

The Flamenco Ice Tower  which is  31metrehigh and took two years to build the world’s largest ice sculpture ice tower inspired by traditional Chinese towers and a flamenco dancers dress was showcased at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China The tower has been made using f

06-02-2018

Tokyo A Japanese army Apache attack helicopter crashed in Western Japan on Monday Killing one of two people on board and sparking a fire in a residential area near a school and a nursery media said The crash comes amid heightened scrutiny of military flights following a series of emergency landings

06-02-2018

A missing woman has been spotted as a contestant on this season of ‘The Bachelor’ Rebekah Martinez of Fresno California was reported missing on November 18 by her mother who told the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office she hadn’t heard from her daughter since she came to the area to work on a matijuana

06-02-2018

The Texas Authorities in US had started putting in efforts to have a new law in place which would make it a felony to leave a child alone at home This has started gathering steam and has won the support of lawmakers in whose constituency a 3yearold Indian girl Sherin Mathew  was found dead in a culv

05-02-2018

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen has declared a 15day state of emergency The move gives powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects The emergency comes amid a deepening political crisis in the Indian Ocean nation as Yameen refuses to comply with a Supreme Court order to release politic

05-02-2018

Sunil Mappatta Krishnan Kutty Nair an Indian expatriate in AbuDhabi won a lottery worth over Rs 175 croreWith raffle tickets costing Dhiram 500 participants usually pitch in to cover the entry cost and split the prize later the report said The earlier Big Ticket Draw of 12 million Dirhams on January

05-02-2018

An 81yearold woman named Xue Minxiu has received an undergraduate diploma in ecommerce from Chinas Tianjin University The woman who had enrolled in the distance education course four years ago would get up at 5 am to study She was offered a seat at a university in the 1950s but was not allowed to pu

05-02-2018

Moscow One person died and five others were injured after Moscow experienced a recordbreaking snowstorm The snowstorm accompanied by highintensity winds has been wreaking havoc across the Moscow region A person died when a tree fell on him Due to the snowstorm more than 3000 households have witness

05-02-2018

More than 900 gold miners who were trapped in a South African mine for more than 24 hours after a power outage were safely evacuated The SibanyeStillwater companywhich manages the Beatrix mine in Free State provincesaid the miners will have medical tests and counseling and that it expects the mine

02-02-2018

Police in Spain noticed a suspicious drive After a chase five people were arrested with four tons of oranges in their car Police in Seville recorded over 8000 pounds of oranges from three cars which the suspects claimed were for personal consumption The suspects said they were “coming from very far

01-02-2018

Spotting a Cockroach in car and losing control a  61yearold woman in Singapore crashed her car into a foot overbridge on a pavement The woman who was alone in her car suffered minor injuries The police have launched an investigation and the woman could face charges

31-01-2018

Accidentally a Chinese man thrown ₹12 lakh into a public waste collection point in China The man had left his home carrying two plastic bags one containing trash and the other containing money to deposit into the bank A woman picked the bag containing money and alerted the police following which the

31-01-2018

Prime minister Narendra modi will inaugurate the Palestine institute Diplomacy a centre to train diplomats of that country built with Indian assistance of 45 million when he visits the country on February 9  “This centre is latest example of IndiaPalestine cooperationespecially in the area of capac

31-01-2018

Davos Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai opened her heart that she would like to visit India She said this during her speech at world economic forum She also revealed that she has learned Hindi by watching Bollywood films and dramas She is also excited to expand her female education initiativ

30-01-2018

Amazon’s second headquarters the world’s largest online retailer is still expanding its main campus Company office towers and highend eateries have taken the place of warehouse and parking lots in Seattle’s South Lake Union district The Spheres complex officially open to workers on Tuesday is the pi

30-01-2018

Liberias newly sworn in president George Weah has pledged to cut his salary by a quarter in the wake of his countrys ongoing economic crisis The former International football player who was elected earlier this month inter country’s first democratic power transition in 47 years had vowed to end corr

30-01-2018

Two Billionaire Singh Brothers named Malvinder and Shivinder Singh has been accused of diversion siphoning and digression of assets A lawsuit filed by a New Yorkbased investor in the Delhi HC claims that they have  diverted funds to aid them with a 16billion personal debt The lending arm of Singhs c

29-01-2018

Climate change is creating havoc all across the world with bizarre and rare phenomenon occurring all over the globe In world’s coldest village A rare snowstorm in Saudi Arabias Tabuk region recently left the sand blanketed in snow According to reports the roads were filled with cars as people visite

29-01-2018

Kabul An ambulance packed with explosives blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday killed at least 95 people and wounding 140 others in an attack claimed by the Taliban A truck bomb ripped through the Afghan capitals diplomatic quarter on May 31st last year chaotic scenes as terrified people

27-01-2018

London Not intended to cause any offence in Britain says US President Donald Trump Recently Trump had shared anti Muslim videos and had sparked outrage in the country  When pressed on whether he would apologize for his retweet he said that if the group was made up of racists then he would Trump also

26-01-2018

South Korea 41 people killed in a fire at a hospital in South Korea It is reported that 70 people are injured whereas 13 are in a critical stage Around 200 patients were inside the hospital building and adjacent nursing home when the fire broke out at about 730 am in South Korea It is said that inha

26-01-2018

China The monkeys named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua become the first primates to be cloned using the same technique that was used to make the sheep named Dolly Scientists used cell and egg from two monkeys while the embryo was placed in another The clones of the monkeys have previously been produced by

25-01-2018

Bangkok Zimbabwean family leaves Bangkok airport after living for three months The family had tried to seek political asylum in Spain but was denied Over safety concerns the family was not ready to depart back to Zimbabwe They were unable to reenter Thailand because their tourist visas had expired  

24-01-2018

Beijing China is all prepared to build a new ‘great wall’ The new wall is aimed to prevent infiltration of militants The wall is intended to build along the border of Xinjiang province Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few years in violence between Uighurs a mostly Muslim p

24-01-2018

Davos “Data is real wealth” says Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister was addressing the World Economic Forum Narendra Modi is the first Indian prime minister to address the world economic forum He also added that whoever controls the data will have control over the world in future He highlig

24-01-2018

Another high school has turned into a scene of carnage this time in western Kentucky 2 students were dead and multiple others were wounded Tuesday when gunfire erupted at a Kentucky high school prompting panicked students to run for their lives Marshall County High School in Benton was on lockdown a

24-01-2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the World Economic Forum held at  Switzerlands Davos warned against protectionism and highlighted India’s virtues He also said that globalisation is losing its lustre and protectionism is gaining more importance Modi underlined the progress India had made since

23-01-2018

Afganistan The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul Five people were killed during the gunfight It is one of two main luxury hotels in the city and had been due to host an information technology conference on Sunday More than 100 IT managers and en

21-01-2018

Five people killed and 6 injured during a gunfight in a hotel in Afghanistan The attackers have also taken several persons as a hostage Hotel manager Ahmad Haris Nayab who escaped the attack unhurt said the attackers had got into the main part of the hotel through a kitchen before going through the

21-01-2018

USA The US government has officially shut down as the Senate failed to agree on a bill of budget This is the fourth government shutdown in 25 years The shutdown means many government services will close down until a new budget is agreed though essential services including national security and disas

20-01-2018

Students are the most mentally stressful in days of exams Confusions and worries about studies and the mode of questions is common in students But an interesting incident in a college in China was totally a mees in  students calculations and preparations The questionnaire from college included an un

18-01-2018

China has constructed an experimental air purifying tower said to be the worlds biggest air purifier and goes to a whopping height of 330 feet The hundred meter high tower in Xian is reported to be having a positive effect on the air quality in the area The tower is undergoing tests by researchers

17-01-2018

A couple in the US state of California has been arrested and charged with torture and child endangerment for holding their 13 children including seven adults captive in the house chaining some of them to beds Police made the discovery after a 17yearold girl escaped the house and alerted the authorit

16-01-2018

A bridge under construction in central Colombia collapsed on Monday at least 10 people were killed Another two people were missing and four others were injured when the structure fell along a tract of a highway that links the capital Bogota with the nearby city of Villavicencio officials said Jorge

16-01-2018

To hide from a snowstorm two mice snuck into an ATM The next Moring when the bank workers were surprised as they discovered that these mice had not only taken shelter inside the ATM they had also ruined the notes inside it Soon they captured this on the camera This incident took place in the Kazakh

15-01-2018

Topless activist confronted Czech President Milos Zeman The incident took place while he was preparing to cast his vote The president’s bodyguard quickly knocked the activist to the floor The woman had confronted the president shouting Zeman Putins Russian President slutltiframe srcwwwyoutubecomemb

15-01-2018

A car crashed into the second story of a southern California  office building Sunday morning after the vehicle went airborne when the driver hit the center divider in the road officials said Making for an unusual sight the car appeared lodged into the second story of a dental office in Santa Ana Ca

15-01-2018

President Donald Trump has defended himself as not a racist The President has drawn himself into a huge controversy when he called African countries as shit holes while discussing immigration with lawmakers Trump defended himself as not racist when Kevin McCarthy asked the president whether he is a

15-01-2018

Pegasus Airlines  from Turkeys capital Ankara has moved off the runway to the sea The incident happened  on  Saturday night The plane skids  to the sea from the runway at Traffsson airport but because of the mud in the cliff edge it doesnt became a disater There were 162 passengers two pilots and fo

14-01-2018

New Delhi The Delhis Teen Murti Chowk was renamed Teen Murti Haifa Chowk on behalf of the india visit by Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu Haifa is an Israeli city The war memorial has three statues representing Hyderabad Jodhpur and Mysore Lancers  which played an important role to liberate Haifa from

14-01-2018

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov President of Turkmenistan announced the order of ban on women from driving in the country on the request of Interior Minister Isgender Mulikov Isgender Mulikov claimed  before that women drivers are the major reasons behind car accidents in the country Officials have report

13-01-2018

London Mayor  Sadiq Khan said that US President Donald Trump  cancelled his  visit not because  of his decision of not opening  the new US embassy in London but beacause he is not welcome in the country as londeners doesnt want him to come to London He also added that his countrymen love and admire

13-01-2018

Brazil According to the Scientists of School of Oceanography of the State University Rio de Janeiro in an out break of a virus named  cetacean morbillivirus around 170 Dolphines had been killed with in a period of 40 days in the Bay of Sepetiba and Ilha Grande The attack of this Virus seriously affe

12-01-2018

Queen Elizabeth shared her experiences with BBC for a documentary In the documentary she revealed her experiences of wearing the crown and the pain of traveling in a golden carriage She had jokingly said that she was not able to look down while wearing the Imperial State Crown which weighs nearly 12

12-01-2018

The South Australian government with a proposal from a USbased company to build the worlds largest solarthermal power plant in the Australian state The 150megawatt facility will harness solar energy by using mirrors known as heliostats to focus sunlight onto one central tower worths over ₹3200 crore

11-01-2018

  Japanese Astronaut apologises for fake news of height increase Japanese astronut Norishige Kanai apologized on Wednesday for his fake news about his height increase as  he said that he had grown 9 cm  that is 35 inches while in space It was on Monday the 41 year ol

10-01-2018

Bahrain is planning to stage the first Baby Olympics in April The participants for this Olympics will be from two to fouryearold  This new plan is aimed to spread awareness about the importance of sports in life and to practice it from the very beginning of a child The Bahrain Olympic Committee BOC

10-01-2018

Bangladesh court upheld a government ruling which bans marriage between its citizens and refugees from Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minorityMarriages with Rohingya were banned in 2014 as to prevent refugees living in Bangladesh from seeking a way to citizenshipRecently the High Court in Dhaka had d

10-01-2018

Manila One devotee died and more than 800 people were injured in the Philippine capital when millions joined a religious procession featuring a blackend image of Jesus official said on Wednesday The annual feast of black nazarene one of the worlds largest Catholic festivals drew 35 million barefoot

10-01-2018