Paris, Dec 12 (IANS) Negotiators from 196 countries appeared set to clinch a deal on Saturday after burning midnight oil, veering around limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and even 1.5 degrees if possible…
London, Dec 12 (IANS) A large-scale volcanic event caused the Ice age during the Jurassic period nearly 170 million years ago, say researchers. An international team of experts, including researchers from University of Exeter, found…
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) American Muslims, even those in one the most highly regarded professions in the US, encounter a less-than-inclusive and welcoming work environment during their career, a national survey has revealed. The survey…
Tripoli, Dec 12 (IANS) Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Hannibal has been freed after being briefly kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, security sources said on Saturday. In a video shown on Lebanese…
New York, Dec 12 (IANS) Engineers have developed a receiver that can detect a weak, fast and randomly occurring signal. The discovery lays the groundwork for a new class of highly sensitive communication receivers and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) A US federal judge has ordered the State Department to produce all documents by February 2016 related to Obama administration’s decision to lift a…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Saturday said Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project will be completed in seven years. Japan has given a highly concessional loan with a repayment period of 50…
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Reiterating that it wants the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack brought to justice, the US has offered to do anything it can to support Indian authorities in that…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) India on Saturday signed landmark agreements on civil nuclear energy and bullet train technology with Japan, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi described visit of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe “truly…
Agra, Dec 12 (IANS) An FIR has been registered against the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Nirmal Khatri for allegedly morphing a photo showing an RSS activist disturbing relief operations in flood affected Chennai, police said….
Accra (Ghana), Dec 11 (IANS) Indian doctor Uma Sen, who spent her entire career working in Ghana, was on Friday conferred its prestigious award – Member of the Order of the Volta (MV) – by…
Bengaluru, Dec 11 (IANS) US-based Triton Solar would set up a $100-million (Rs.670 crore) plant in Karnataka to manufacture nanotech-powered solar panels for the renewable energy sector, an official statement said on Thursday. An agreement…
Vijayawada, Dec 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh on Friday sought Rs.5,760 crore assistance from the central government to tackle drought and also for relief and rehabilitation in districts affected by heavy rains. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu…
Following his meeting with Mr. Zhang Zhao CEO of Guizhou International Investment Corporation (GIIC), a delegation called on the Chief Minister Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu at Vijayawada. The delegation headed by Mr. Guan Xiaoqing, Planning…
Bengaluru, Dec 11 (IANS) Global software major Wipro on Friday announced it had won the Aegis Graham Bell award for developing a solution for the Internet of Things (IoT). “The solution enables flexible adaptation of…
Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan on Friday donated Rs.25 lakh to the Ramanaidu Charitable Trust for Chennai flood relief. The actor sent a cheque of Rs.23 lakh and medicines worth Rs.2 lakh…
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Upcoming macroeconomic data coupled with the logjam in parliament affecting the passage of key economic bills and a likely US rate hike spooked investors on Friday, resulting in a barometer index…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) A deal on fast trains was a likely key component of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s three-day India visit that commenced on Friday with Tokyo having agreed to loan over three-fourths…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) A court here has acquitted a man, accused of raping a woman on the false pretext of marriage, observing that he has finally fulfilled the promise by marrying her. Additional…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Surpassing expectations, India’s factory output rose sharply by 9.8 percent in October, due mainly to a robust 10.6-percent growth in the manufacturing industry, official data showed on Friday. The growth…