New York, May 25 (IANS) Educated and working mothers, please take serious note! If you frequently post photos of your new-born babies on Facebook and fail to get enough positive posts, depression is out their…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) CPI-M leader and Kerala Chief Minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday the people have high hopes of the new government ahead of his swearing-in later in the day. “Yes, the people…
New York, May 25 (IANS) Severe depressive symptoms can decrease your chances of becoming pregnant, says a study. The study found a 38 percent decrease in the average probability of conception in a given menstrual…
(Photo: IANS) Washington, May 25 (IANS) Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday night won the Washington state primary. According to projections by major US media, Trump won in the northwestern state of…
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: Multi-party Democracy in the Maldives and the Emerging Security Environment in the Indian Ocean Region; Publisher: Pentagon Press (in association with IDSA), Price: Rs.750; Pages: 192 India would like democracy to…
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced a new leader to replace former chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan. In an online statement, the…
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) Afghan Taliban has named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as its new leader following the death of former chief Mullah Mansour in a drone strike in Pakistan, BBC reported on Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Indian government, seeking to woo the 54-nation African continent, was expected to answer some tough questions from the African diplomatic community who have decided to stay away from this…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Protesters lit fires, smashed a door and threw rocks outside a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday night in the state of New Mexico — the latest scuffle to follow the presumptive…
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) China’s capital Beijing is slated to implement new vehicle emissions standard from December 2017. According to the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, the new standards will be the strictest of anywhere in…
By K. Siddhartha India is going through severe water shortage in several states. The scarcity is mainly due to the dry season, but it has been exacerbated by our inability to manage water resources, and…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) A NASA scientist has suggested a possible link between primordial black holes — formed during the first second of our universe’s existence — and dark matter, a mysterious substance composing most…
Caracas, May 25 (IANS) Venezuelan authorities on Tuesday reported irregularities in signatures handed over by the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) in a petition to hold a referendum to oust President Nicolas Maduro. Of the…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) It was a cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky will remain…
Madurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa addresses during an election rally in Madurai on April 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa urged the central…
Brasilia, May 25 (IANS) Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer announced a decision to give the national oil company Petrobras more flexibility with investments in the exploitation of pre-salt subsea oil fields. “We must leave it…
Brussels, May 25 (IANS) Eurozone finance ministers on Wednesday agreed to extend further bailout loans to Greece as well as debt relief, in what they called a “major breakthrough”. After talks that ended late Tuesday…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a higher note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 25,432.10 points touched a…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) The US government is seeking the death penalty in the case of the Charleston church shooting which killed nine people last year. US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Tuesday that…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Donald Trump will move closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with an expected win in the crucial Washington primary election, CNN reported. Trump became the party’s presumptive nominee…