By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) A public interest litigation — probably holding the key to the historic demonetisation of November 8, 2016 — filed by RTI activist Manoranjan Roy will finally come up…
Beijing, Feb 11 (IANS) The police have arrested a suspect involved in a knife attack at a shopping mall in Beijing on Sunday. The attack took place at around 1 p.m. at Joy City in…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Indian electric vehicles (EV) market is expected to grow at double digit rates till 2020, while the nascent telematics market is also poised to develop at a much faster…
(ATTN EDITORS: This is the third in a 10-part “Translating India” series where 10 noted translators — in articles written exclusively for IANS — share their experiences of translating from their respective languages.) By Vikrant…
London, Feb 11 (IANS) Are you planning to go vegan very soon? That’s good news for our home planet as a new study claims that a diet high in fruit and vegetables is better for…
By Abu Zafar Srirangapatna (Karnataka), Feb 11 (IANS) Surrounded by a cluster of coconut trees and at a stone’s throw from the tomb of 18th century ruler Tipu Sultan in this town near Mysuru, Darul…
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) Researchers have developed a metallic tab which, when connected to a human body, is capable of generating electricity from bending a finger and other simple movements. According to a research…
By Vikas Datta Along with philosophers, tax lawyers and computer programmers, scientists are perceived as speaking in a language which is supposedly the same as that of common people, but scarcely intelligible to them. And…
San Francisco, Feb 11 (IANS) US intelligence officials used Twitter to send “nearly a dozen” coded messages to a Russian spy who claimed to have in his possession the National Security Agency (NSA) data stolen…
Guwahati, Feb 11 (IANS) At least four elephants were killed and two others injured in Assam after a train hit a herd trying to cross railway tracks, officials said. The incident took place late Saturday…
By Rohit Vaid Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) The volatility of global stock markets, along with macro-economic data points, are expected to influence the Indian equity market next week, opined analysts. Market observers pointed out that…
Srinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) The weather office on Sunday forecast chances of light rain and snowfall in the next 24 hours in the Kashmir Valley. Meanwhile, minimum temperatures remained below the freezing point in the…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. At least 18 trains were…
Ankara, Feb 11 (IANS) A Turkish military combat helicopter crashed on Saturday in northwestern Syria’s Afrin during the ongoing operation, and two soldiers were killed, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. It is not clear…
Dubai, Feb 11 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France announced on Saturday the launch of a new cultural initiative to strengthen the long-standing and fruitful relationship between the two countries. The new initiative,…
Jakarta, Feb 11 (IANS) At least 27 people were killed and 18 others seriously wounded when a bus collided with motorcycle in Indonesia’s West Java province on Saturday, according to officials on Sunday. The incident…
Hong Kong, Feb 11 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 62 injured on Saturday after a double-decker bus overturned in Hong Kong. Authorities said 10 of the injured were in critical condition and…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday made a veiled attack on the BJP, accusing it of practising “competitive communalism” in the name of Hindutva and claimed his party chooses the politics…
Abu Dhabi, Feb 10 (IANS) India and the UAE on Saturday signed five MoUs, including in the areas of energy and railways, following delegation-level talks headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Crown Prince…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) The West Bengal CID issued an arrest warrant against former West Midnapore district police chief Bharati Ghosh on the charges of alleged extortion and criminal conspiracy, a senior CID official said….