More possible MH370 debris found in Mozambique
London, May 27 (IANS) A new piece of debris found possible belonging to the missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370 was found on a beach in Mozambique. A person contacted the BBC on Thursday and said…
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Nigerian girl thrashed in Hyderabad, MEA seeks report
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from the state government over the incident of a Nigerian girl being thrashed in Hyderabad. “On reports of a Nigerian…
Sanders picks up West Virginia super delegate
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Democrat presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has picked up another super delegate, West Virginia Democratic National Committeewoman Elaine Harris. In an interview to Politico on Thursday evening, Harris said she had been…
Microsoft, Facebook to build 6,600 km subsea cable for faster internet
San Francisco, May 27 (IANS) Microsoft and Facebook have joined hands to build a new, state-of-the-art subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean that will help meet the growing customer demand for high speed, reliable connections…
Second day of G7 summit underway in Japan
Tokyo, May 27 (IANS) The second and final day of the G7 leaders summit began on Friday in Japan’s Ise-Shima, where they are expected to adopt a strategy to promote economic growth and an anti-terrorism…
Ice age on Mars occurred 400,000 years ago: Scientists
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Using radar data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), scientists have found a record of the most recent Martian ice age recorded in the planet’s north polar ice cap. The new…
US lawmakers get preachy before Modi visit
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 27 (IANS) It was supposed to be a welcome mat, a warm-up exercise for the triumphant return of the only man on the planet once barred entry to the US…
EgyptAir crash: Signals detected in Mediterranean
Cairo, May 27 (IANS) Airbus has detected signals from the Mediterranean Sea where the EgyptAir flight 804 crashed last week, media reports said. The signals were emitted by the plane’s emergency locator transmitter, a device…
Key Indian equity indices open higher
Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened higher on Friday following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 87.16 points or 0.33 percent up during the early session. The wider…
Parents of 43 missing Mexican students stage protests
Mexico City, May 27 (IANS) Parents of 43 students who went missing in Mexico in 2014 staged protests in front of embassies in Mexico City to demand long-term follow-up on the disappearances. Thursday marked 20…
Trump to revive controversial pipeline, rejects Paris climate agreement
Washington, May 27 (IANS) Republican Party’s presidential nominee Donald Trump outlined his energy and environmental policy, which involves reviving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project and rejecting the 2015 Paris climate agreements. Speaking on Thursday,…
Sunny Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) It was a sunny and warm Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature settling at 30.6 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average, weather officials said….
Australian man arrested in counter-terrorism raids
Melbourne, May 27 (IANS) Australian police on Friday arrested a 25-year-old man during counter-terrorism raids in Melbourne. The man has been charged on suspicion of terrorism, namely that he was at risk of leaving Australia…
Gunfight starts in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 27 (IANS) A gunfight started on Friday between security forces and militants in Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. “Security forces surrounded Kotchipora village in Tangmarg area late Thursday night following information that two…
Beijing to launch 100-day anti-smoking campaign
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) China’s capital Beijing will launch a 100-day anti-smoking campaign from July 1 to encourage more smokers to quit. The effort will build on the success already achieved since China’s strictest tobacco…
Adoptions decline after China drops one-child policy
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) The relaxation of China’s family planning policy has led to a drop in the number of children being adopted, a trend that is expected to continue, a media report said on…
Original thinkers add interest to life – if you survive them
By Nury Vittachi My wife bought seedless grapes. I refused to eat them on moral grounds, but she didn’t even care that they were the last surviving members of that particular grape family line. (Women…
Chinese yuan strengthens
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese yuan strengthened 62 basis points to 6.5490 against the US dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China’s spot…
Letters to the past, tale from a tiny town, some science
Embark on a fictional journey of a widow who reads fragments of her dead husband’s unfinished book that goes deep into issues of equality, love, caste and religion; Then, there’s a tiny town that tells…
Chinese lunar probe to land on moon, return in 2017
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) China will send lunar probe Chang’e 5 to land on the moon and return with samples in the second half of 2017, officials said on Friday. According to State Administration of…