New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) India on Thursday “categorically” denied that a Pakistan High Commission staff member was manhandled after he was detained for engaging in spying activities. “Categorically deny this. He was treated with…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The union cabinet on Thursday approved a financial package of Rs 500 crore for apple growers of Jammu and Kashmir. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Jitender…
London, Oct 27 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a prototype of a next-generation lithium-sulphur battery which takes its inspiration in part from the cells lining the human intestine. The batteries, if commercially…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Thursday said it would continue to charge commuters toll tax for travelling on the Delhi-Noida-Direct Flyway (DND) till it receives an official communique to…
Dhaka, Oct 27 (IANS) Bangladesh on Thursday launched the country’s first toll free helpline for children facing violence, abuse and exploitation. The Child Helpline “1098” enables anyone to report child rights violations, child abuse or…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday stressed on India’s need to urbanise rapidly in the next two decades in line with its present development in order to relieve the…
New York, Oct 27 (IANS) Researchers have come up with a new wearable patch for skin that claims to treat children and young adults with peanut allergy, finds a study. The study, published in the…
By Shreya Shah India had double the number of estimated deaths by tuberculosis (TB) in 2015 — 480,000 deaths, up from 220,000 deaths in 2014 — because previous estimates were too low, according to the…
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) Bhutan is definitely not a quiet place in the Himalayas and the small nation east of Nepal sandwiched between India and China is capable of producing a large earthquake — just…
New York, Oct 27 (IANS) Personal values of students are often influenced by school Principals and become more similar to those of them with time, a new study has found. The findings indicate that principals’…
New York, Oct 27 (IANS) Easing pain during labour through administering epidural anesthesia is likely to decrease the likelihood of postpartum depression in some women, suggests a study. Epidural anesthesia is a regional anesthesia that…
Berlin, Oct 27 (IANS) Hundreds of flights of low-cost German airline Eurowings were cancelled on Thursday due to a cabin crew strike. Some 380 flights of Eurowings, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, were grounded…
Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) Negative global indices, coupled with lower crude oil prices and a weak rupee subdued the Indian equity markets during the late-afternoon trade session on Thursday. Besides, disappointing quarterly earning results, caution…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 27 (IANS) Odisha is likely to receive rainfall as cyclonic storm Kyant forming over the Bay of Bengal weakened into a deep depression, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. “Rain or…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a plea by the NOIDA Toll Bridge Company challenging the Allahabad High Court order making the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) Flyway toll free. A bench…
Chennai, Oct 27 (IANS) City based Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance Ltd is looking at buying portfolios of smaller housing finance companies and also extending a line of credit to them amounting to around Rs…
Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics’ net profits in the third quarter dropped by a massive 16.8 per cent, primarily due to the Galaxy Note 7 discontinuation, the company announced on…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Aiming to cater to the gold demand in the country during the ongoing festive season, three more banks – HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Andhra Bank – have partnered with…
Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) LG Electronics Inc said on Thursday its third-quarter operating profit fell 3.7 percent from a year earlier, hit by sluggish sales in its money-losing smartphone business. LG said in a regulatory…
Guwahati, Oct 27 (IANS) Police in Assam’s Dibrugarh district arrested an engineer on Thursday after they caught him red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh. The incident took place at the house…