80 Indian fishermen released by Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sep 5 (IANS) Sri Lanka has released at least 80 Indian fishermen who had been caught poaching in the island nation’s waters, officials said Tuesday. The Sri Lankan Navy handed over the fishermen to…
Colombo, Sep 5 (IANS) Sri Lanka has released at least 80 Indian fishermen who had been caught poaching in the island nation’s waters, officials said Tuesday. The Sri Lankan Navy handed over the fishermen to…
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Smartphones with an 18:9 aspect ratio are becoming a rage in the Indian market and South Korean tech major LG is the latest to join the bandwagon…
Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) An operational error at a substation caused a power outage affecting around 41,000 passengers travelling on major train networks in Tokyo on Tuesday morning, East Japan Railway Co said. A total…
By Gaurav Sharma Xiamen (China), Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the 9th BRICS Summit here on Tuesday, with Xi calling for “healthy,…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Popular playback artist Kumar Sanu says that he prefers singing for the regional film industry as compared to Bollywood as the quality of lyrics and the poetic value of Hindi film…
By Rohit Vaid New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Aiming to allay employee fears in the face of a possible divestment of Air India (AI), Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said their interests…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Extending its Inktank printers range, global printing solutions provider Epson on Tuesday launched its first A3-size multi-functional InkTank printer — L1455 in India at a price of Rs 70,899. Designed for…
Toronto, Sep 5 (IANS) Researchers have found that presence of a bacterium in children’s throat is strongly liked to a deadly bone and joint infection with the same bacterium. The research published in CMAJ –Canadian…
Xiamen (China), Sep 5 (IANS) Days after a standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Sikkim sector of the international border, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi…
Seoul, Sep 5 (IANS) The South Korean military on Tuesday carried out more live-fire drills in the Sea of Japan, as a response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test launched. The drills included the 2,500-tonne…
By Amit Kapoor It has been a decade since the biggest financial crisis in living memory swept the globe. In the run-up to the crisis, the debt levels of the developed economies saw a rapid…
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Upset over charges brought against senior doctors of a state-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad, where 49 infants died within a month, all government doctors in the district went on mass…
By Vikas Datta Title: A Voice in the Night; Author: Andrea Camilleri/Stephen Sartarelli (Translator); Publisher: Picador/Pan Macmillan; Pages: 288; Price: Rs 450 Law and justice seem an uneasy, unlikely pair in our world where “networks”…
Xiamen (China), Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended his greetings on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. “On Teachers’ Day, I salute the teaching community that is devoted to nurturing minds and…
London, Sep 5 (IANS) After 10 years of its inception, US tech giant Apple has confirmed that it would no longer host its annual music festival in London. The annual show was first held in…
By Gaurav Sharma Xiamen (China), Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday again raised the issue of terrorism at a BRICS forum here while suggesting 10 commitments to be made by the…
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in the US state as a rapidly growing Category 4 hurricane named Irma wass expected to make landfall later this week,…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) It was a sunny morning here on Tuesday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.6 degrees Celsius, the season’s average. The MeT predicted a partly cloudy day ahead. “It will…
Tokyo, Sep 5 (IANS) A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane bound for New York made an emergency landing at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday due to a fault in its engine, the Transport Ministry said. After…
Xiamen (China), Sep 5 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday suggested 10 commitments to be made by the BRICS nations, including counter-terrorism efforts, for their role in global transformation. Speaking at the Dialogue…