Bangkok, June 14 (IANS) The siblings of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday accused him of abusing his position and said they had lost confidence in him as head of the city-state. Lee…
Toronto, June 14 (IANS) Seal oil has the potential to help promote nerve regeneration in patients with Type-1 diabetes, says a study. The study, published in the journal Neurology, showed that patients who ingested an…
Oslo, June 14 (IANS) Norway’s food safety authority found gross hygiene breaches and closed down nine take-away restaurants in Oslo and neighbouring areas. Dirty premises, rat droppings and lack of hygiene were what the food…
Lucknow, June 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday inaugurated a new terminal at the Gorakhpur airport. The Chief Minister, whose Lok Sabha constituency is Gorakhpur, said the terminal would provide better…
Agra, June 14 (IANS) A nonagenarian freedom fighter, Chimmanlal Jain, on Wednesday tried to commit suicide to protest against “the Uttar Pradesh government’s failure” to implement prohibition — but was prevented by police. After Jain,…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Fuelled by fast smartphone adoption, changing users’ behaviour and disruptive pricing strategies, the data traffic per smartphone user in India will reach 11GB per month by 2022, communications technology and…
Rio de Janeiro, June 14 (IANS) Brazilian football giants Sao Paulo have made an offer to sign Ecuador international centre-back Robert Arboleda from Chilean outfit Universidad Catolica. Talks are at an advanced stage and Sao…
Beijing, June 14 (IANS) China’s service sector continued to expand in May, lending steam to the country’s stable economic growth and employment, official data showed on Wednesday. The Index of Services Production increased by 8.1…
Imphal, June 14 (IANS) All rivers in Manipur are flowing above the danger level following torrential rains in the state, with the Imphal river breaching the banks in Kairung village on Wednesday. Many low-lying areas…
San Francisco, June 14 (IANS) Facebook-owned Instagram has introduced a new feature called “Archive” which lets you move previously shared posts into a private space much like photo-sharing app Snapchats “Memories”. Instagram hopes that “Archive”…
Tehran, June 14 (IANS) Iran will play a friendly football match against Russia as part of their preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The friendly match will be played on October 10, Iran coach…
Canberra, June 14 (IANS) The Australian government on Wednesday agreed to pay detainees on Manus Island more than 70 million Australian dollars ($53 million) in the “largest settlement in a human rights class-action” in the…
Paris, June 14 (IANS) Ousmane Dembele helped France beat England 3-2 with a late winner in an international football friendly at the Stade de France here. Tuesday night’s game was tied at 2-2 when the…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan ditched his regular luxury car drive for an auto-rickshaw ride back from the Mehboob Studio in Bandra here. The 51-year-old actor, who was accompanied by filmmaker…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 (IANS) The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday appointed a three-member committee to study the various issues and needs of women engaged in the Malayalam film industry and suggest measures. Speaking to IANS, State…
Dhaka, June 14 (IANS) The death toll from the devastating rain-triggered landslides in Bangladesh’s three southeastern districts has risen to 134 as rescuers retrieved more bodies including those of two Army officers, officials said on…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Concepts such as ‘environment-friendly’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘socially relevant’ which are buzzwords in architecture today were discussed by British-born Indian architect Laurie Baker in the 1950s, says Baker’s grandson Vineet Radhakrishnan, who…
By Kinjal Sampat & Nandini Dey India’s 860 million-strong working population (15-64 years), the world’s largest, is beginning to age. Over the next 33 years, by 2050, 32.4 million Indians, or 20 per cent of…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches in 10 cities across five states as part of a probe against Kolkata-based Ramsarup Industries group accused of cheating the United Bank of India…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) on Wednesday urged the government to rollback 5 per cent GST imposed on raw tobacco, saying “the move will severely endanger the…