New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha is likely to pass the Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2019, which is aimed at bringing in transparency, accountability and quality in the governance of medical education…
Pul-e-Khumri (Afghanistan), July 2 (IANS) Taliban militants have captured the strategically important Kayan valley in Dushi district of Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, District Governor Sahib Dad Ghafoori said on Tuesday. “Taliban have overrun Kayan valley,”…
New York, July 2 (IANS) In the most damning study so far, a US research team has found that e-cigarettes, often targeted at youth and pregnant women, damage brain stem cells. Even short-term exposure of…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Chinese short video-making app TikTok on Tuesday refuted Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s claim that it was illegally collecting data and sending it to China. Speaking in the Lok Sabha during…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Ahead of the Union Budget, the Sensex and Nifty on Tuesday were trading marginally in the red. Union Budget is scheduled to be tabled on July 5. Analysts said that the…
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) His grave was dug and his body was about to be buried — just when some of the family members noticed movement. Mourning stopped and a bewildered family rushed Mohammad Furqan…
Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) Commuters across Punjab faced inconvenience as employees of the state-owned Punjab Roadways went on a three-day strike on Tuesday, demanding regularisation of their services and raise in salaries. Protestors did not…
Canberra, July 2 (IANS) The Australian government is “close” to a deal that will take it one step closer to legislating its signature 158 billion-Australian-dollar ($110 billion) tax cut package. Stirling Griff, a senator from…
San Francisco, July 2 (IANS) MacKenzie Bezos, wife of world’s richest man Jeff Bezos for 25 years, is set to walk away with a whopping $38 billion this week — roughly $1.52 billion a year…
Tangier, July 2 (IANS) Port operations of the new Tangier Med II port was launched in northern Morocco over the weekend that will make it the leading port not only in the Mediterranean but a…
San Francisco, July 2 (IANS) To the horror of thousands of Facebook employees at it Menlo Park, California headquarters, emergency teams evacuated some buildings after a packet with possible sarin (a potentially deadly nerve agent)…
Sydney, July 2 (IANS) Australia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday reaffirmed its opposition to all forms of commercial whaling a day after Japan’s withdrawal from the international commission and convention banning the practice came into effect….
Hong Kong, July 2 (IANS) Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam has condemned what she called the “extreme use of violence” by protesters who stormed and vandalised the territory’s parliament on Monday night. Activists occupied the…
By Amit Dasgupta Australia is fast emerging as the preferred higher education destination for meritorious Indian students and there is credible speculation that it would challenge the traditional preference for the US before long. There…
Manila, July 2 (IANS) A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol province in the central Philippines on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The institute said the quake, which struck at 12:59 a.m.,…
By Shubha Singh Gun Island By Amitav Ghosh Penguin Random House, Rs 699 Journeys to distant lands, migration and ancient connections between civilisations are recurring themes in Amitav Ghosh’s books. His latest offering, “” is…
Buenos Aires, July 2 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured when a bus carrying retirees overturned on a foggy road in Argentina, media reported. According to the police, the incident…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Considering the ongoing water crisis across the country, West Bengal has been fortunate enough in receiving rainfall but there should be stress on avoiding water-intensive crops and the state must carry…
London, July 2 (IANS) Pakistani diplomats in London are making all-out efforts to prevent the extradition of D-Company’s top lieutenant Jabir Motiwala to the United States. Hearing the extradition plea of the US Federal Bureau…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) The Central Railway (CR) early on Tuesday suspended suburban train services after incessant heavy rain flooded tracks at several spots between Mumbai-Thane, and services on Western Railway were also hit as…