Rome, Sep 27 (IANS/AKI) Nations must urgently address gender inequality in agriculture in Africa that are holding back development and slowing progress towards ending hunger, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General Jose Graziano da…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday said the party has always maintained that all sides should accept a Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid issue and the government should take…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) A Delhi Police Sub-Inspector has been booked on the charge of stealing over 70 case files, certificates and dozens of complaint copies after transfer from one police station to another,…
Shillong, Sep 27 (IANS) Meghalaya’s Congress legislator George Lyngdoh on Thursday demanded swift action against the illegal limestone mining in Nongtalang area near the India-Bangladesh border. However, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said action has been…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) would talk to Unique Identification Authority of India and telecom operators to make sure telecom regulations and service providers are in compliance with the Supreme…
Panaji, Sep 27 (IANS) The Congress in Goa on Thursday said that there was no question of being sympathetic towards the disposition of ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as the ruling BJP was insisting that…
Kolkata, Sep 27 (IANS) In view of the proposed nationwide strike on Friday to demand scrapping of the Centre’s draft notification on sale of drugs by e-pharmacies, West Bengal’s chemists and druggists on Thursday said…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) In yet another landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously decriminalised adultery after striking down a British era law, Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, terming it as…
Nyon (Switzerland), Sep 27 (IANS) The UEFA Executive Committee on Thursday chose Germany to host the EURO 2024 over Turkey, which failed for the fourth time to become a venue for the continental national teams’…
Singapore, Sep 27 (IANS) Singapore’s total population stood at 5.64 million as of June 2018, growing slightly by 0.5 percent over the past year, mainly due to stable growth in the population, according to a…
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 27 (IANS) After 16 years, India progressed to the quarter-finals of the AFC U-16 football championship as they played out a goalless draw against Indonesia in their final group stage match on…
Wuhan (China), Sep 27 (IANS) Anett Kontaveit of Estonia won 6-4, 6-4 over Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the quarter-final action on Thursday at the Wuhan Open, a WTA hard court event. Kontaveit…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The government sees the rising fuel prices and falling rupee as a “small storm” for an otherwise robust Indian economy which it expects to sail through due to various steps,…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said the credibility the Election Commission gained when it was headed by T.N. Seshan should be seen in the conduct of the upcoming Madhya Pradesh…
Dhaka, Sep 27 (IANS) Two junior commanding officers of the Bangladesh Navy were killed in an accident during a test firing in the Bay of Bengal, the military announced on Thursday. Six other navy personnel,…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) State-run Punjab National Bank (PNB)’s board on Thursday approved a proposal for capital infusion of Rs 5,431 crore from the Central government by way of preferential issue of equity shares….
Mumbai: (L to R) ITW Playworx CEO Sidharth Ghosh, singers Suresh Wadkar, Shaan, Sonu Nigam, Abhijeet Bhattacharya and ITW Blitz and Playworx Music CEO Neeraj Bahl at the launch of multi artist collaboration single “Aye…
Yangon, Sep 27 (IANS) A 4.3-magnitude quake on Thursday jolted Myanmar’s Sagaing region, the Meteorology and Hydrology Department said. The earthquake’s epicentre was 48.3 km northwest of Htamanthi town in the region and 169 km…
Satna, Sep 27 (IANS) Wooing farmers in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, party President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised to waive farm loans within 10 days of coming to power. The Congress chief also said that once…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid issue, Union Minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said Ayodhya is a place of Hindus and hoped the construction of a Ram…