Washington, July 6 (IANS) In a major leap ahead to life beyond chargers, cords and dying phones, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have invented a cellphone that works without batteries. Instead, the phone harvests the…
Tel Aviv, July 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced to start a new flight service connecting Delhi, Mumbai and Tel Aviv. “Now a Delhi-Mumbai-Tel Aviv air service will be initiated. And so…
Jerusalem, July 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met three recipients of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, an award instituted by the Indian government for Indians abroad who achieve success in various fields. “Living…
London, July 5 (IANS) An elderly Sikh postmaster in the UK was stabbed in the neck and head and his turban was ripped off by a robber during a violent knife attack. Tarsem Thethy, 67,…
Jerusalem, July 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that an Indian Cultural Centre would be set up in Israel. “Appreciating the contribution of the Jewish community in India and Jews of Indian…
Panaji, July 4 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said he will be on a personal visit to the US to attend a convention organised by the Brihan Maharashtra Mandal at Michigan, where…
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha says music maestro A.R. Rahman was not completely sure of doing “Partition: 1947” and that he came on board only after she showed him a cut of the…
Patna, July 4 (IANS) A Saudi Arabia-based NRI has joined hands with Super 30, a free coaching centre which helps children from poor families reach the prestigious IIT engineering institutes, to help talented youth from…
Patna, July 4 (IANS) Super 30, a free coaching centre which helps children of the poorest of the poor get into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), has joined hands with a non-resident Indian…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Ahead of his visit to Israel starting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his trip will bring the people of the two countries closer. “I will be…
London, July 3 (IANS) British Indian sarod maestro Soumik Datta will curate a day-long festival, Indian Summer Baaja, as part of the Horniman Museum and Gardens’ Indian Summer season, on July 23. The event will…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Though India and Israel share strong cooperation in the defence sector, it is areas like agriculture, water management, innovation and start-ups that are expected to come under focus during Prime…
Sofia, July 3 (IANS) With the aim of showing culture and history unknown to many Bulgarian citizens, the first Asian festival was organised here on Sunday. The festival was organised jointly by the embassies of…
Jeddah, July 2 (IANS) A 15-year-old Indian girl has died of a heart attack while playing at the popular Half Moon beach in Al-Khobar city of Saudi Arabia. Saher Parvez was a 10th grade student…
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday sanctioned Rs 3,56,700 from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, on humanitarian grounds, to facilitate the return of a Gurdaspur resident from a ship he…
Washington, June 30 (IANS) An Indian-American man wanted for shooting his former wife and killing her husband was arrested here, officials said. Sayantan Ghose, 41, was arrested at a border checkpoint near Las Cruces, New…
London, June 30 (IANS) An 11-year-old Indian-origin boy here has scored 162 in the prestigious Mensa IQ test, two points higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Arnav Sharma, from Reading town in southern…
New York, June 29 (IANS) An Indian-origin man here was stabbed to death by his cousin following an argument, a media report said. Sharanjit Singh, 26, was stabbed in the chest by Lovedeep Singh, 24,…
Washington, June 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has nominated Krishna R. Urs to be the ambassador to Peru, the White House announced on Wednesday. The appointment of Urs, a career member of the Senior…
Cape Town, June 28 (IANS) South Africa’s Parliament was briefed on naturalization granted to the controversial Indian Gupta family. Director General of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Mkuseli Apleni on Tuesday, appeared before Parliament’s…