Mathura, Sep 22 (IANS) Animal lovers on Friday celebrated Elephants Appreciation Day at the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation Centre in Mathura during which a jumbo buffet was organised for the pachyderms rescued from a life…
London, Sep 22 (IANS) Ride-hailing app Uber will not be issued a new private hire licence, Transport for London (TfL) said on Friday. The TfL rejected Uber’s application on the basis that the company was…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) India has progressed better than US and China in terms of its specialist doctors adopting digital modes to interact with patients and prescribe medicines, a study revealed on Friday. The…
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday termed the mysterious death of a Manipuri youth in Uttar Pradesh as tragic, saying he is personally following up the…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Sep 22 (IANS) Worried over the growing number of youth who are single at their “marriageable” age, the Chinese government is encouraging them to go on organised blind dates. The government…
By Nury Vittachi This columnist, who is also a writer of books, was at a school as a Visiting Author when one of the children asked a question: “How much does Thor get paid?” “Good…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Sep 22 (IANS) The busting of a child-bride racket involving elderly Arabs has revived the memory of the 1991 incident when 11-year-old Ameena Begum was rescued by an airhostess from the…
Beijing, Sep 22 (IANS) Archaeologists have discovered 19 Neolithic tombs and unearthed over 400 cultural relics in China’s Heilongjiang province, the authorities said on Friday. Most of the relics, consisting of jadeware, stoneware and pottery,…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Vrindavan, Sep 22 (IANS) Abandoned by her family, an elderly and wrinkled woman lies crumpled on a hospital bed here, maggots falling off one of her decaying hands. The Ramakrishna Mission…
Canberra, Sep 22 (IANS) An Australian brewer has announced of launching a “fossil beer” to commemorate 10 years of regional fossil research. Mike Holden, an independent brewer based on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, said the…
Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) The US Marine Corps is expected to assign its first female infantry officer next week. The female officer, whose name was not revealed, is expected to break the major gender barrier…
Vienna, Sep 22 (IANS) A 500 kg unexploded World War II-era aerial bomb was discovered here, prompting the officials to carry out extensive evacuations. The local media reported that the relic from the Second World…
Raigarh (Madhya Pradesh), Sep 21 (IANS) Amid reports of children ending their life driven by infamous Blue Whale game, a young boy in Madhya Pradesh’s Raigarh district, who became frightened of the final task of…
Gorakhpur, Sep 21 (IANS) The teacher of a school in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh was arrested on Thursday under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for abetting suicide by a Class V student,…
Patna, Sep 21 (IANS) The Bihar State Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation (COMPFED), which sells milk and milk products in the state and outside it under the brand name of “Sudha”, on Thursday increased prices of…
Mumbai, Sep 21 (IANS) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted an aerodrome licence to the Shirdi Airport in Ahmednagar district, enabling the launch of the long planned flight operations from this world…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Hundreds of youth from the northeast on Thursday staged a protest outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan here, demanding a probe by the state government into the mysterious death of a…
Chandigarh, Sep 21 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court of Canada stayed the extradition of two prime accused in the Jassi Sidhu murder case, Punjab Police was on Thursday awaiting details from Canadian and…
Haridwar, Sep 21 (IANS) A spiritual organisation based here has rolled out four “raths” from four corners of the country to campaign against drugs and tobacco use and to highlight the importance of environment, a…
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) on Thursday alleged huge corruption in the recruitment of senior resident doctors and assistant professors at the city’s Safdarjung Hospital, saying that the…