New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Visiting French minister Christophe Sirugue on Tuesday appreciated the Indian initiatives for addressing the climate change concerns through urban sector projects, an official said. French Minister of State for Industry…
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) Actress Sonam Kapoor, who is known for voicing her opinion on various issues, has now taken up the cause to fight hunger. “Earlier I spoke about LGBT rights, feminism, health issues…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) One person was killed and four others were injured in a deafening blast outside a firecracker godown here on Tuesday, the Delhi Police said. The cracker explosion, captured on CCTV,…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Tata Sons on Tuesday moved a caveat in the Bombay High Court to pre-empt any move by Cyrus Mistry to challenge his sacking as the Chairman of Tata Sons. The…
Colombo, Oct 25 (IANS) The UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Tuesday said Sri Lanka must invest in its children and find ever-more innovative ways to support its most vulnerable young people. Tim Sutton, who assumed…
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) Massive outflow of foreign funds, along with profit booking and negative global cues depressed the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Besides — a day after Cyrus P. Mistry was removed as…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on illegally imported toxic firecrackers during Diwali and enforcement of Supreme Court’s directions banning bursting of crackers after 10 p.m. The government…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Praising the country’s tribal communities for conserving the forests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that “no one has right to snatch away tribals’ land”. Modi was speaking while…
Hyderabad, Oct 25 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making triple ‘talaq’ and Ram temple the core issues of the BJP campaign to polarise voters ahead of assembly…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Khadi has gained global recognition courtesy the fashion industry and artistic experiments. A solo exhibition inspired by Mahatma Gandhi brings across mixed media art works created using the khadi fabric,…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Digitization has made art more mystical and invigorating as it brings forward the hidden and also newer aspects to it thus giving it a fresh perspective. An ongoing exhibition of…
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) Global e-commerce giant Alibaba on Tuesday launched its “Global E-commerce Talents” (GET) programme in India. This programme is aimed at equipping students, small business professionals and entrepreneurs with the competitive skills…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Indian lyricist-playback singer Swanand Kirkire and British Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam will be among the speakers at the upcoming Jaipur Literature Fest (JLF). The literature festival, to be held from…
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Organisations globally are struggling to identify and correct vulnerabilities in virtual and Cloud environments, Skybox Security, a global leader in security analytics, said on Tuesday. According to “2016 Trends Report:…
Panaji, Oct 25 (IANS) An upcoming arts and writers festival in Goa will discuss the issue involving the raucous demand for a ban on Pakistani artistes in India, an organiser of the festival said on…
Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) A total of 2,384 Pakistanis are languishing in various jails in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for minor and major offences, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. This came…
Dhaka, Oct 25 (IANS) Seven persons, including an opposition party leader, were on Tuesday indicted in a case filed into the killing of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella in Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave Gulshan on September 28…
London, Oct 25 (IANS) A protein found in the blood of pregnant women could be used to develop tests to determine the health of their babies and aid decisions on early elective deliveries, a study…
Colombo, Oct 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s former war-torn north remained shut on Tuesday following the shooting of two university students in Jaffna last week. Roads were deserted while shops and schools were closed, Xinhua news…
Dehradun, Oct 25 (IANS) The search team on the Kedarnath trekking route in Uttarakhand discovered 19 more human skeletons on Tuesday, an official said. This takes the number of skeletons found in the past 10…