J&K: 1 terrorist killed, 2 Army men injured in an encounter in Kupwara
Over 4,000 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath Yatra
Woman gang-raped,burnt alive in temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal
Gau Rakshaks not listening to Modi is a matter of concern: Former VP Hamid Ansari
‘Desparate’ PM Modi ‘spreading poison of division’ : Surjewala
Twitter bans Russia-linked accounts following US indictments
UK Minister Andrew Griffiths resigns over ‘sexting’ exposé
Trump blames Obama for Russian hacking
Haitian PM Lafontant resigns amid fuel price protests
Maryam turns down better facilities in Jail, Sharif family meets Nawaz
PM Modi praises Yogi Adityanath : An illusion or reality check
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Notes spiked instantly, why Ram Mandir decision still pending: Thackeray
Chidambaram taunts Nirmala, ask her to share ‘secret’ info with Home Minister
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Sacred Games: Kashyap does a ‘yay’ on Rahul Gandhi’s comment
Sunny Leone set to premiere her biopic ‘Karenjit Kaur’ despite objection
Scarlett Johansson quits transgender role following criticism
Shabana Azmi denies ‘anti-national’ quote attributed to her
Another milestone for ‘Sanju’; film crosses 500 crore mark worldwide
Key Indian equity indices trade flat in morning session
With Q1 earnings, WPI data scheduled equity indices await eventful week ahead
Market Review: Equity indices surged over 2% this week; Sensex touched new high
Chidambaram slams government over ‘economic mismanagement’
India’s June exports up over 17%, trade deficit soars to $16.6 bn
Online hiring for government jobs fell 20% in June: Report
Farmers’ struggle forced Centre to hike MSP: Yogendra Yadav
A view through an infrastructure investor’s prism
India’s April industrial production output up 5%
France overpower Croatia 4-2 in FIFA World Cup final
Croatia in World Cup: The story of its origin
2nd ODI: England beat India to level series
World Cup: Belgium beat England 2-0 to finish 3rd
Hima Das the new poster girl of Indian athletics
Once a poetic experience, sex has now become an unfulfilling encounter: Writer Seema Anand
Injunctions, defamation suits emerge as new weapons against authors, publishers
Revenge killing or staged encounter? The synopsis of “Gangs of Jaunpur”
Incredible rescue from Thai cave: Mission “I m Possible”
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‘Ha Gulo’ revisited: Coke Studio brings musical relief to Kashmiris
Regulation of healthcare needed to check corruption: Salman Khurshid
India heading for comprehensive healthcare crisis: Amartya Sen
Delhi hospital removes 856 stones from man’s kidney
Living near woods may cut diabetes, heart disease risk
‘70% north Indian women low in vitamin D, at high diabetes risk’
Western Railway uses modern technique to scan old Mumbai bridges
30 per cent Indians planning couple trip during monsoon: Study
Why one should consider a beach holiday
US Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
Truckers ‘postpone’ strike following request from centre
Dhaka, July 14: Visiting Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday inaugurated here the world’s largest state-of-the-art visa centre, equipped with a range of modern facilities and,...
Rio de Janeiro, July 14: Apple Developer Academies will play an important role in supporting the Malala Fund’s mission to provide educational opportunities to girls across the...
Croatia’s prominence in the football World Cup freshened memories of its origin in the war which expanded after German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher recognised Croatian and...
Srinagar, July 14: The first batch of 820 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left for Saudi Arabia on Saturday to perform this year’s Haj pilgrimage. Special...
Islamabad, July 13: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Siraj Raisani was among 20 people killed after an explosion hit an election meeting in Mastung on Friday....
Beijing, July 13: A blast in an industrial park in China’s Sichuan Province killed 19 and injured 12 on Thursday evening, local authorities said. The blast occurred...
Washington, July 12: US President Donald Trump suggested the NATO countries to increase their defence spending to 4 per cent — doubling the 2 per cent target...
Panaji, July 11: Goa Congress wrote a formal letter to the Guinness World Records (GWR) to include Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name in the book for “setting...
Brasilia, July 10: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said here that voting is the most powerful weapon for change and improve the country and suggested...
United Nations, July 10: The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution aimed at a framework for mainstreaming protection, rights, well-being and empowerment of children throughout the...
Washington, July 9: US President Donald Trump said was “very close” to deciding on his Supreme Court nominee, and anticipated a final announcement by Monday. “I’m very...
Tokyo, July 7: A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Japan on Saturday evening, swaying buildings in the capital but there were no immediate reports...
Islamabad, July 6: Reacting to Avenfield Reference verdict, Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Shehbaz Sharif said we will take all legal and constitutional routes to fight for...
Islamabad, July 6: Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to ten years in jail while his daughter Maryam Nawaz has been sentenced to...
The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA.
Daraa (Syria) : – Rebels in Syria’s battered south were returning to talks with government ally Russia on Thursday after the most intensive bombing campaign yet...
San Francisco, July 5: Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech. Parts of the document was flagged...
New York, July 5: A woman was taken into custody after she climbed onto the base of the iconic Statue of Liberty on Wednesday to protest against ...
New Delhi, July 4: To celebrate the invention of a powered vacuum cleaner by Hubert Cecil Booth more than a century ago, Google on Wednesday marked the...
Dubai, July 4: The Dubai-based Emirates airlines has said it will no longer serve “Hindu meals” on its flights but passengers can order from a variety of...
Port Blair, July 4: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 hit the Andaman Islands on Wednesday.
slamabad, July 4: Pakistan and the US have agreed to remain engaged for peace in Afghanistan, a media report said on Wednesday. The agreement came during a...
Washington, July 4: NASA has announced of testing “quiet” supersonic flights over Texas that could revolutionise air travel. The space agency said on Tuesday that it will...
New Delhi, July 3: Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will visit India on a three-day visit from July 5 to hold bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart...
Kuala Lumpur, July 3: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday arrested by country’s anti-graft agency in connection with the multi-billion dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MBD)...
Mexico, July 2: Left-wing candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement has won the presidential elections in Mexico, according to the country’s electoral body....
Washington, July 2: US President Donald Trump has said he would prefer to wait until after the November mid-term congressional elections before signing an updated North American...
Provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani confirmed the casualties and said it had been a suicide bombing. Khogyani did not provide more information about the blast.
Washington, June 30: US President Donald Trump celebrated the six-month anniversary of the massive tax cuts he enacted and whose positive results are shown on the macroeconomic...
New Delhi, June 29: Amid Modi government’s clampdown on suspected black money, Money deposited by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 percent to 1.01 billion...
New York, June 29: There is no fixed limit to the human lifespan, says scientists who found that the chances to be a supercentenarian — to live...
Shanghai, June 29: China is expected to become the world’s largest 5G market by 2025, accounting for 430 million 5G connections, or one-third of the global total,...
The government also plans to ban foreign political donations through a separate bill later this year.
Islamabad, June 28: Pakistan has been officially put on “grey list” by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which combats money laundering and terror financing among other...
New Delhi, June 28: There were on average five new threat samples every second that resulted in a massive 629 per cent growth in cryptojacking and other...
Beijing, June 28: Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting US Defence Secretary James Mattis that Beijing is committed to peace but will not give up “any inch...
San Francisco, June 27: Facebook said on Tuesday that it is taking steps to ease a January policy banning financial products and services associated with cryptocurrency. Rob...
Washington, June 26: Aiming to reduce aircraft noise for communities that live near airports, NASA has successfully tested new noise reduction technologies on a series of Acoustic...
Ankara, June 25: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the majority of votes in Sunday’s crucial election, surviving the most serious challenge yet to his political dominance...
Jerusalem, June 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara on Thursday charged with fraud over alleged misuse of funds at latter’s residence. Suspicions included the misuse...
Wellington, June 21: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday, the first world leader in nearly 30 years to have...
San Francisco, June 20: In an apparent attempt to get close to publishers, Twitter has launched “Twitter Media” — a website dedicated to helping small publishers get...
Beijing, June 20: Nepal and China on Wednesday signed eight agreements worth $2.4 billion on the second day of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s visit. These agreements...
Washington, June 20: The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday. The US envoy Nikki Haley told the UN, the body is “hypocritical and...
United Nations, June 20: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regretted the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), said his spokesman...
Canberra, June 19: An Australian court on Tuesday asked Apple to pay a fine worth $6.6 million for misleading customers who bought its devices between February 2015...
Washington, June 18: Star gazers could have a good view of the Red Planet next month as Mars is set to come to the closest point to...
Rostov (Russia), June 18: Switzerland came up with a gritty, fighting performance to hold title contenders Brazil 1-1 in a Group E match of the FIFA World...
Moscow, June 16: The 2018 World Cup in Russia will not be Lionel Messi’s final appearance in the global tournament, Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli said here. Messi,...
Guatemala City, June 16: Tourists from a Japanese cruise ship that docked in Guatemala this week have raised more than $11,000 for those affected by the eruption...
San Francisco, June 15: Although the percentage of women in leadership roles at Google has increased from 20.8 to 25.5 per cent in the last four years,...
New Delhi, June 14: India urged the Maldives to restore the credibility of the electoral and political process by releasing political prisoners, including former President Maumoon...
New York, June 14: An Uber driver here kicked out two women from his car after he saw them kiss in the back seat and called the...
Washington, June 13: A woman has sued NASA to make sure that the US space agency doesn’t take back a piece of moon gifted to her by...
Singapore, June 12: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said North Korean leader Kim-Jong-Un is committed to destroying missile engine test site. Addressing media after his summit...
Singapore, June 12: US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday signed a “historic” and “comprehensive” document. After Signing the document, Kim said: “We...
Guatemala City, June 12: The death toll from the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on June 3 has increased to 114 after another four...
Moscow, June 9: Over 20,000 football fans from Argentina are expected in Russia this summer to see matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Argentinian Ambassador...
New Delhi, June 9: US President Donald Trump is considering pardoning Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer who died in 2016 at the age of 74; reported...
Washington, June 9: In yet another bad day for Facebook, a Wall Street Journal report has claimed that the social networking giant provided select companies “customised data-sharing...
San Francisco, June 8: In the latest privacy goof-up, Facebook has admitted that the private posts of around 14 million users were made public. The bug made sure...
Guatemala City, June 8: The death toll from the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on June 3 has increased to 109 after another 10 bodies...
Washington, June 7: NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new science “results” on Mars and the agency will disclose the findings at a press conference that starts at...
Guatemala City, June 7: The death toll from Guatemala volcano eruption increased to 99 as more bodies were recovered, according to authorities. Guatemala’s National Forensic Sciences...
El Rodeo, June 6: Number of villagers and rescue workers were evacuated just before the latest eruption of Guatemala volcano on Wednesday. According to Xinhua news...
New York, June 6: Facebook has admitted sharing users’ data with Chinese company Huawei — facing the heat in the US over data privacy concerns — along...
Washington, June 6: The World Bank has kept its growth forecasts for the global economy unchanged for this year and next year, but warned of a combination...
Islamabad, June 5: A top Pakistan military official has said the countrys offer to India for dialogue always remained on the table and underscored that any progress...
New Delhi, June 5: Make your contribution in saving the Earth by using biodegradable sanitary pads, organic jeans and 100 per cent vegan skincare products. With Tuesday...
San Jose (California), June 5: Apple has announced iOS 12, the latest version of the most advanced mobile operating system, which will make daily tasks faster and...
New Delhi, June 4: At least 14 people were killed in a suicide bombing on a gathering of Afghanistan’s top clerics here on Monday, police said. At...
Washington, June 4: US First Lady Melania Trump will not attend the G7 summit this year or join her husband President Donald Trump when he travels to...
San Francisco, June 2: Social media giant Facebook is scraping “Trending” feature in a bid to make way for “future news experiences” which may include a breaking...
New York, June 2: US President Donald Trump has announced that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is back on track to take place as...
Madrid, June 1: Pedro Sanchez, the leader of Spain’s opposition Socialist Party, on Friday became the country’s new Prime Minister after winning a parliamentary vote of no...
Kozhikode (Kerala), June 1: With two more deaths in the past two days in this Kerala district, the death toll due to deadly Nipah virus has risen...
Spain, June 1: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy conceded defeat ahead of the no-confidence vote on Friday. Pedro Sanchez, the leader of Spain’s opposition Socialist Party, on...
Bogota, May 30: On July 16, 1950, Uruguay beat Brazil in the World Cup final played at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro before more than 170,000...
Jakarta, May 30: India and Indonesia Wednesday signed 15 MoUs in the fields of defence, scientific and technological cooperation, railways and health. At the end of...
San Juan, May 30: Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times the official death toll of 64, the media reported on Wednesday....
Jakarta, May 30: Starting his official engagements in Indonesia on Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at the Kalibata Heroes’ Cemetery here. “Lest we...
Seoul/Beijing, May 29: A senior North Korean official arrived in Beijing on Tuesday en route to the US to hold preparatory talks over a possible summit between...
Washington, May 29: US President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day by touting his administration’s achievements and remembered fallen service members, calling their love of country “more deep...
Kuala Lumpur, May 29: Malaysia on Tuesday will end a second search attempt to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after an area of more than...
Islamabad, May 28: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that his predecessor Nawaz Sharif was ready to go to prison for the sake of his principles,...
Washington, May 28 (IANS) Former US President George H.W. Bush was hospitalised to be treated for low blood pressure and fatigue, a family spokesman said. “The...
San Francisco, May 26: Withing hours of the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect on Friday, technology giants Google and Facebook have been...
Mumbai, May 26: Popular floating restaurant ‘Ark Deck Bar’, off the coast near Bandra, capsized and sank partially on Friday evening under the possible impact of huge...
San Francisco, May 26: The governments around the world sent requests for device information on 29,718 Apple devices, with India asking for 27 device requests in the...
San Francisco, May 25: At the time when people run some of the major tech companies across the globe, it is assumed they have accessed to...
San Francisco, May 25: Twitter has announced new guidelines for political advertisements on its platform, asking advertisers who wish to target the US with political campaigning...
Damascus, May 24: The coalition led by the US carried out an airstrike against Syrian army positions in the province of Deir ez-Zor, news agency AFP...
New Delhi, May 22: Indian ride-sharing major Ola on Tuesday expanded its services in Australia to three more cities — Brisbane, Gold Coast and Canberra. To...
Washington, May 22: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that America will “crush” Iran with military pressure and by imposing sanctions till the time it...
Colombo, May 21: At least five people have been killed and seven are missing as heavy rains and strong winds caused havoc in Sri Lanka, the...
Washington, May 19: US President Donald Trump picked Admiral Harry Harris as the next US ambassador to the South Korea, the White House said on Friday. Harris,...
New Delhi, May 18: Explosions rocked weapons and fuel depots at a regime military airbase in central Syria on Friday, a monitor said, adding that the...
London, May 18: After data scandal, Cambridge Analytica filed for voluntary bankruptcy in a New York court on Friday. #CambridgeAnalytica files for voluntary bankruptcy in US: court filing...
Pyongyang, May 18: North Korea has urged South Korea to stop its joint military drills with the US and stop using northern defectors to attack Pyongyang, so...
Washington, May 17: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie has said that the company engaged in efforts to discourage or suppress voting from targeted sections of the American...
Tokyo, May 17: An earthquake measuring 5.3-magnitude on the Richter scale hit Japan on Thursday, the weather agency said. There were no immediate reports of injury or...
United Nations, May 16: India leads the world in the number of students getting bachelors degrees in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects, according to the...
Washington, May 16: NASA has just shared a new version of the famous “pale blue dot” image originally snapped on February 14, 1990 by the agency’s Voyager...
Pyongyang, May 16: North Korea on Wednesday said it may reconsider attending a summit with US President Donald Trump if Washington unilaterally insists Pyongyang gives up nuclear...
San Francisco, May 16: After Facebook and Google, Microsoft has now banned advertisements showing cryptocurrencies and related products from its Bing search engine. “Because cryptocurrency and related...
Seoul, May 15: North and South Korea have agreed to hold high-level talks on May 16 to discuss ways to enforce the Panmunjom Declaration, Seoul’s Unification Ministry...
Jakarta, May 14: Two bike-borne militants blew themselves up at an Indonesian police headquarters in Surabaya city on Monday claiming at least one personnel, media reports said....
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 54 others injured in rain-related incidents in different areas of Pakistan’s northwestern region, the media...
Jakarta, May 13 (IANS) At least nine persons were killed and 35 others injured as suicide bombers blew themselves up on Sunday during congregations in three churches...
Seoul, May 13 (IANS)South Korea’s presidential Blue House on Sunday hailed North Korea’s pledge to dismantle its nuclear test site. Kim Eui-kyeom, spokesman for South Korean...
Redmond (Washington), May 12: Alarmed by the mammoth spread of fake news, tech giant Microsoft is working round-the-clock on building “trusted” algorithms to control false news on...
Kathmandu, May 12: Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered prayers at the Muktinath Temple in Mustang district in Nepal. Modi also played a traditional...
London, May 12: British Prime Minister Theresa May has told US President Donald Trump that her government remains firmly committed along with her European partners to maintain...
Jakarta, May 11: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted on Friday spewing 5,500-metre high column of volcanic ash, forcing residents to evacuate. The volcano situated in the borders of...
Pyongyang, May 10: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump will be positive towards easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula,...
New Delhi, May 9: After President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, India on Wednesday called on all parties to “engage constructively”...
San Francisco, May 9: Amid a global call to regulate digital platforms and safeguard users’ data privacy, Google’s Indian-born CEO Sundar Pichai has reiterated that the tech...
Washington, May 9: In a bid to show its seriousness about taking its “flying car” concept off the ground, ride hailing company Uber has signed a second...
Pyongyang, May 9: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday arrived here in North Korea, amid growing speculation over the possible release of three US detainees,...
New Delhi, May 9: Liquor Baron Vijay Mallya lost a lawsuit filed in London by a consortium of Indian banks seeking to collect the amount of...
New Delhi, May 9: A moderate 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday. 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Pakistan and Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/OdrCEBMeDl — ANI (@ANI) May 9,...
Washington, May 9: Former US President Barack Obama criticized the decision made on Tuesday by President Donald Trump to pull the United States out of the 2015...
Washington, May 8: US President Donald Trump said that he would announce his decision on whether Washington will pull out of the Iran nuclear accord at...
Washington, May 8: US Attorney Jeff Sessions has said that Washington will take a stricter stance on illegal crossings at the Mexico border by separating parents from...
Washington, May 7: Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the CIA, has offered to withdraw her nomination after some White House officials raised concerns about...
Gaza, May 6 (IANS) At least five Palestinians were killed and six wounded on Saturday evening in an explosion in a house Gaza Strip, security officials and...
Washington, May 5: NASA launched its historic InSight spacecraft bound for Mars on Saturday aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force...
San Francisco, May 5: Learning from the Facebook fiasco, Google has rolled out new policies for verifying election advertisers in the US that require additional verification...
Washington, May 5: US President Donald Trump addressed the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention where he reassured his commitment to protect gun owners’ Second Amendment rights...
United Nations, May 5: Israel has withdrawn from the election for a two-year term on the Security Council that pitted it against Germany and Belgium. Israel’s UN...
Abu Dhabi, May 3 (IANS) An Indian has hit the jackpot by winning 7 million dirhams in a Big Ticket raffle in the United Arab Emirates...
Honolulu, May 4 (IANS) The Kilauea volcano, one of the world’s most active, has erupted near a residential area on Hawaii’s largest island, prompting a local...
United Nations, May 4: Ambassador Joanna Wronecka of Poland, UN Security Council president for May, has said that the world body must act when Rohingya refugees are...
Washington, May 3 (IANS) NASA has said that it successfully demonstrated a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable crewed missions to the Moon, Mars and...
Canberra, May 3: Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has admitted losing the bank records of almost 20 million people, a media report said. These were the names, addresses, account...
Geneva, May 2: Nine out of every 10 people on the planet breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants and kills seven million people each year,...
Washington, May 1: Adult film star Stormy Daniels is suing US President Donald Trump over a “defamatory” tweet about alleged threats against her, her lawyer says. Daniels,...
San Francisco, May 1: In a jolt to Facebook, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum has decided to move on amid reports that he had a difference...
"This is the deadliest day for Afghan media in the past 15 years," the head of Tolo News TV, Lotfullah Najafizada, told the BBC.
London, April 30: After the Facebook data scandal, it has now come to notice that Twitter had also sold users’ data to a Cambridge Analytica researcher who...
Islamabad, April 30: Pakistan Army on Sunday sent back an Indian citizen who had crossed the border by mistake, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Dalwandar Singh,...
Beijing, April 30: Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will embark on a two-day visit to North Korea from May, a ministry spokesman said on...
Washington, April 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has called on a Democratic Senator to resign over his opposition to White House physician Ronny Jackson’s nomination for...
Sydney, April 28: If you want to remember your dreams, taking vitamin B6 supplements before going to bed may help, suggests new research from University of Adelaide...
San Francisco, April 28: A California judge halted porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen for 90 days while the...
Mexico City, April 28: Mexico, Canada and the US have agreed to extend negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and resume talks on May...
Seoul, April 27: The North and South Korea leaders on Friday created history by holding a summit that took place after a gap of over a...
San Francisco, April 27: Facebook has warned investors that more users’ data scandals in the future may adversely affect the social networking giant’s reputation and brand image....
Washington, April 27: Mike Pompeo was sworn in as the 70th US Secretary of State, after the Senate voted to confirm installing the former CIA Director as...
New Delhi, April 26: India’s ranking in the Press Freedom Index has fallen two places to 138 in a ranking of 180 countries, according to the...
Yerevan, April 26: The Armenian parliament will elect the country’s new prime minister on May 1. The Armenian Parliament will elect Prime Minister on May 1,...
Seoul, April 26: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will cross the border on foot to attend the historic inter-Korean summit on Friday, the Presidential office said here...
Washington, April 25: A third US federal judge based here has ruled against President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme (DACA)....
Washington, April 25: US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that Iran will have “bigger problems” if it restarts its nuclear programme. Meeting with visiting French President...
Seoul, April 21: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday announced the immediate suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests. “From April 21, North Korea will stop...
San Francisco, April 21: For the second time this week, Twitter users around world faced difficulties in sharing their thoughts on the microblogging platform, the media reported....
Beijing, April 20: China on Friday defended Pakistan against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that Islamabad was a “terror export factory”, saying the country must be...
New York, April 20: Police in the US city of Pittsburgh are preparing for rioting should President Donald Trump fire special counsel in Russia probe Robert Mueller,...
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday rejected as “false” and “baseless” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims of having launched a surgical strike on terrorist...
Islamabad, April 19: Pakistan on Thursday rejected as “false” and “baseless” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims of having launched a surgical strike on terrorist camps in...
Washington, April 19: US President Donald Trump has said that if his planned talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are not fruitful he will “walk out”,...
Washington, April 19: The US space agency NASA’s next planet-hunting spacecraft has lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida successfully. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey...
London, April 18: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his bilateral engagements in Britain on Wednesday with a meeting with his British counterpart Theresa May during the...
Washington, April 18: A majority of Americans supported the April 13 retaliatory strikes on Syria carried out by the US in coordination with the UK and France,...
Stockholm, April 18 (IANS) India is a strong candidate for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council, according to a joint statement issued here...
Washington, April 18: Top 34 global technology and securities firms, led by Microsoft and Facebook, have signed a “Cybersecurity Tech Accord” to defend people from malicious attacks...
Washington, April 18: The White House has denied any direct talks yet between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, though Washington has...
Washington, April 18: The Former First Lady of the US, Barbara Bush, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 92 after having been in failing health...
San Francisco, April 17: After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress last week, the company on Tuesday tried to clarify on questions...
Kathmandu, April 17: A pressure cooker bomb went off near the Indian Embassy field office in Nepal’s Biratnagar late on Monday damaging the walls of the premises,...
New Delhi, April 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a five-day visit to Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK). The visit of the prime minister...
Rabat, April 16: Morocco has deplored the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, including last week’s military escalation in Syria, and has said that...
Paris, April 16: French President Emmanuel Macron said that he “convinced” his American counterpart Donald Trump to remain in Syria before the coordinated strikes launched against targeted...
Lahore, April 16: Pakistan’s first school for the transgender community was launched here with its first classes slated to begin from Monday, a media report said. The...
Addis Ababa, April 16: The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on world powers to undertake international efforts to solve the Syrian civil war that respects the...
Washington, April 15 (IANS) Meteorologists with the US Air Force 45th Space Wing have predicted an 80 per cent chance of favourable weather for SpaceX Falcon...
Beijing, April 14: China on Saturday criticized the allied airstrikes conducted by the US, Britain, and France in Syria and said it violated the UN Charter, complicating...
Berlin, April 14: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday said coordinated airstrikes against Syria were ‘necessary and appropriate’ response to the chemical attack that claimed dozens of lives...
Brussels, April 14: The NATO Secretary General on Saturday backed the joint strikes by the US, the UK, and France targeting the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons capabilities....
New Delhi, April 14: Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an emergency session of UN Security Council over strikes on Syria by the United States and...
New Delhi, April 14: Warning the United States, France, and the UK over coordinated military strikes on Syria, the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov...
Damascus, April 14: The US in coordination with UK and France launched strikes against Syrian research, storage and military targets as President Donald Trump sought to “punish” his...
Islamabad, April 13: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office or contesting elections for lifetime in a landmark verdict...
Washington, April 11: US President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday that it should “get ready” for a missile strike on Syria in response to an alleged...
Algiers, April 11: At least 257 people were killed as a military aircraft crashed in Algeria on Wednesday after taking off, media reports said. Ennahar private television...
Washington, April 10: NASA is all set for its first interplanetary launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5 with the Mars-bound InSight lander....
Washington, April 9: Stormy Daniels’ lawyer has filed a renewed motion to depose Donald Trump and his personal attorney Michael Cohen over a $130,000 payment made to...
New Delhi, April 9: Facebook will begin connecting with the 87 million users – including 562,455 in India – from Monday if their personal data was “improperly...
Damascus, April 9: An airbase in Syria’s Homs province was hit by a missile attack on Monday, claiming several lives and many injured, state-media reported. State news...
Damascus, April 8 (IANS) At least 70 people were killed in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta in a suspected chemical attack, medics...
Jerusalem, April 7: About 20,000 Palestinians participated in protests dubbed the “Friday of Tires” along the Israel-Gaza border. During the violent confrontations with Israeli border soldiers on...
New York, April 5 (IANS) Taxes on unhealthy products like soft drinks, alcohol and tobacco, have the potential to produce major health gains among the poorest...
Manila, April 5: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck the eastern coast of the Philippines on Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS)....
San Francisco, April 5: Facebook believes the data of up to 87 million people was improperly shared with the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica — many more than...
Washington, April 4: US space agency NASA has started to create a supersonic manned aircraft that may cause no eardrum-battering sonic boom. It announced plans on Tuesday...
Minister of State for External Affairs V. K. Singh, who left for Iraq on Sunday, informed that one man's remains would not be brought as his...
Islamabad, March 31: Nobel peace laureate and young education activist Malala Yousafzai visited her home in Swat Valley, more than five years after she was shot...
Washington, March 30 (IANS) The US State Department has said that it plans to require all American visa applicants to submit their social media information. Applicants...
Washington, March 30: In a bid to study the deep interior of the Red Planet and find traces of how it was formed, NASA is all set...
Washington, March 30: President Donald Trump said that the US would “be coming out of Syria very soon”, the media reported. “We’re knocking the hell out of...
San Francisco, March 30: Giving a fresh impetus to his vision of achieving Intelligent Cloud and Edge, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has realigned duties of his core...
Beijing, March 29: China on Thursday said it supports friendly ties between India and Nepal and that New Delhi, Kathmandu and Beijing are important neighbours to each...
Islamabad, March 29: Nobel Peace Prize winner and social activist Malala Yousafzai is back to Pakistan on Thursday, for the first in nearly six years after she...
Washington, March 28: China told the US that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visited Beijing this week, the White House has said. The communication on Monday between...
The Chinese media termed Kim's visit from March 25 to 28 "unofficial" and said the North Korean leader and Xi held bilateral talks regarding Korean Peninsula nuclear...
Islamabad, March 27: A Pakistani news channel has hired the country’s first transgender TV news anchor. Marvia Malik, a journalism graduate who has also worked as a...
San Francisco, March 27: Stormy Daniels, the porn star who alleges of having an affair with Donald Trump, has filed a lawsuit for defamation against the US...
A total of 64 people were killed in the fire that started on the top floor of the four-storey Zimnyaya Vishnya or Winter Cherry shopping mall...
London, March 25: The first non-stop scheduled flight from Australia to Britain landed in London on Sunday after a 17 hour, five minute journey across 14,875 km...
Cairo, March 24: A car bomb killed two people and injured several others in the centre of the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Saturday, officials...
Canberra, March 24: Volunteers have helped rescue five of the 150 short-finned pilot whales that were stranded on a beach in Western Australia, authorities said on...
New York, March 24: The war on children in Syria continues relentlessly and with no mercy, UN children’s agency Unicef has said. “Across Idlib, 1 million children...
London, March 24: Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily, was sliding towards the Mediterranean sea at a rate of 14mm per...
Washington, March 24: NASA’s will get $20.7 billion — $1.1 billion more than 2017 funding and $1.6 billion above the White House request — under a spending...
Washington, March 24: US President Donald Trump has moved to formally ban most transgender persons from serving in the military with limited exceptions, according to a White...
New Delhi, March 24: On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged all stakeholders to help eliminate the...
Seoul, March 23: A South Korean court on Thursday issued a warrant to arrest former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak over a series of corruption charges. The...
San Francisco, March 22: As tech companies reel under mounting pressure to prevent their platforms from data breach and fake news, Twitter’s Chief Information Security Officer...
Colombo, March 22: After witnessing forty-five days of crises, President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Thursday lifted the state of Emergency in Maldives. “Upon the advice of...
Kabul, March 21: At least 25 people lost their lives and 18 wounded in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday as people were celebrating Nawroz or...
New York, March 21: In the wake of rising speculations of Facebook’s involvement in the alleged misuse of users’ personal data, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said its...
Manila, March 21: Nineteen persons were killed in the Southern Philippines when a bus ran off a highway and plunged into a ravine. At least 25 others...
Beijing, March 20: President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China won’t cede even an inch of its land and was prepared to fight the bloody battle...
Washington, March 20: President Donald Trump has said that he would ask for the death penalty for certain “really bad” convicted drug traffickers and will try to...
The warnings came after Trump on Sunday morning criticised Mueller on Twitter, one day after his lawyer John Dowd issued a statement saying he prays for...
Beijing, March 19: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will now be its key negotiator with India on the vexed border issue after Beijing promoted him to the...
Moscow, March 19: Vladimir Putin clinched victory in Russia’s presidential election, securing his fourth term in office. Putin, who has ruled the country nearly two decades got...
Moscow, March 18: Voting was underway for Russia’s presidential election on Sunday, in which incumbent President Vladimir Putin is seeking a fourth term in office and is...
Beijing, March 18: Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Sunday was re-elected for his second five-year term at the ongoing parliament session. Li is the second-ranking leader...
Kabul, March 17: At least 35 Islamic State militants were killed in airstrikes on their hideouts in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, an Army spokesperson said. “In deadly...
New Delhi, March 17: Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on Saturday said India has made rapid progress on the economic front but economic inequality in the country...
Washington, March 17: Donald Trump’s lawyers have claimed that Stormy Daniels, a porn star who alleges of having an affair with the US President, has violated a...
Beijing, March 17: China’s legislative body, the National People’s Congress (NPC), on Saturday unanimously approved extending Xi Jinping’s term to a second mandate after a plenary session...
Manilla, March 16: The Philippines on Friday informed the UN Secretary-General of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Teodoro Locsin, the permanent representative...
Washington, March 16: US President Donald Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his National Security Adviser and was actively discussing potential replacements, The Washington Post...
New York, March 16: Vanessa Trump, the wife of President Donald Trump’s older son — Donald Trump Jr — has filed for divorce in a New York...
Islamabad, March 15: Pakistan has called back its High Commissioner in New Delhi, Sohail Mahmood, for consultation to Islamabad over incidents of “harassing” of its Embassy’s staff...
Washington, March 15: Stephen Hawking was a longtime friend to NASA, and a brilliant cosmologist and an inspiration to generations around the world, said the US...
Beijing, March 15: Heavy snow hit northeast China causing flight delays and 29 expressways to shut down. The snowstorm hit most part of Liaoning province late on...
United Nations, March 15: India has shared with other countries its insights on empowering rural women and girls at an event on the sidelines of the meeting...
Washington, March 15: Thousands of students across the United States (US) walked out of their schools on Wednesday to call for action against gun violence precisely...
United Nation, March 15: Expressing solidarity with the UK, US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has warned that if concrete measures were not initiated, “Russia will...
United Nations, March 15: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the alleged use of nerve agent in the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. “The...
Washington, March 15: A US Navy fighter jet has crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida, killing its two crew members, a media report said. The...
Germany’s parliament elects Angela Merkel for her fourth term as chancellor
New Delhi, March 14: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Science Minister Harsh Vardhan have condoled the demise of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who...
London, March 14: Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76, a spokesman for his family said on Wednesday. Hawking shaped modern...
Washington, March 14: Sacked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned of Russia’s “troubling behaviour and actions” in a parting statement after being fired by President...
Kathmandu, March 12: An aircraft of the US-Bangla Airlines from Dhaka to Kathmandu crash-landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) here on Monday, officials said. According to...
United Nations, March 12: Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman has condemned the violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka and urged the government to bring those behind the attacks and...
Kozhikode (Kerala) March 11: The Hindus of Bangladesh were dwindling with their strength decreasing from one-third in 1947 to one-fifteenth in 2016, said a human rights activist...
A Shoe was hurled at former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by a student during an event in Lahore, reported Pakistan Media. The former prime minister...
In a historic decision, China on Sunday removed the two-term limit on presidency, clearing the decks for the all-powerful President Xi Jinping to rule the world’s...
Bengaluru, March 10: In a first of its kind meeting to conserve the unique and endangered species of sloth bears in India, Wildlife SOS hosted the...
San Francisco, March 10: Three women and a gunman were found dead at the Veterans Home of California after an hour-long standoff, the media reported. The grim...
United Nations, March 10: Responding to Islamabad’s bid to raise the Kashmir issue for a second day on Friday at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in...
