Nay Pyi Taw, March 25 (IANS) The Myanmar government has rejected a UN mission to investigate the alleged persecution of the Muslim minority Rohingya group in Rakhine state, according to an official statement on Saturday….
Gurugram, March 25 (IANS) SABIC’s annual blood donation drive across India collected 1,800 units of blood in camps, a company spokesperson said on Saturday. This year, the initiative brought people together in four cities –…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A petition launched by Congress MP Sushmita Dev asking for taxes on sanitary pads to be removed has received support from several Members of Parliament. On February 25, Sushmita Dev…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The relationship between culture and nationalism as well as the impact of both of these on each other remained the high-point at a culture conclave here on Saturday. Panelists included…
Washington, March 25 (IANS) The world will celebrate Earth Hour on Saturday night by switching off lights and going “dark” for one hour to encourage participation in fighting climate change. This year the event is…
Ranchi, March 25 (IANS) Taking a cue from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand has launched its own anti-Romeo squads, with police pouncing on young men found loitering around schools and colleges without any reason. The Jharkhand Police,…
Washington, March 25 (IANS) People from the Jewish, Muslim, and Indian American communities gathered on the steps of Tifereth Israel Synagogue in northwest Washington and stood in solidarity against rising hate crimes in the US….
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his rather off-the-cuff remarks on “women’s protection”, author-columnist Twinkle Khanna on Friday suggested that he needed to do a…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A magnificently elegant interior dotted with all things artistic — surreal paintings, graffiti and moving quotations etched on its walls — houses, to the wonder of many,…
London, March 25 (IANS) Britain’s Prince George will attend a private primary school where the first rule is to “be kind” and pupils are discouraged from having best friends. Thomas’s Battersea is a few miles…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) After being barred by airlines for assaulting an Air India employee, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad had to take a train to Mumbai where he has been summoned by his…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his rather off-the-cuff remarks on “women’s protection”, author-columnist Twinkle Khanna on Friday suggested that he needed to do a…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has taken action on consumer requests and told eCommerce sites selling packaged food products to disclose manufacturing and expiry dates and has…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The uniform civil code won’t help Muslim women as majority of them won’t approach a court if it’s violated, the founder of Women’s Jamaat Sharifa Khanum has said. Khanum had…
London, March 24 (IANS) More than 10 million UK workers are at high risk of being replaced by robots within 15 years as the automation of routine tasks gathers pace in a new machine age,…
By Karthik Madhavapeddi The world has vowed to eliminate poverty and hunger by 2030 as part of 169 sustainable development goals adopted in 2015. Yet, increasing urbanisation is posing new challenges to progress, according to…
Beijing, March 24 (IANS) China registers around 900,000 new cases of tuberculosis every year and remains among the 30 countries with the highest incidence of the disease, despite a decline in cases since 2011, health…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) He is the author of the fastest-selling book series in Indian publishing history — “The Shiva Trilogy” — and his last book, “Scion of Ikshvaku”, was the biggest literary blockbuster…
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: Gods Own Kitchen; Auhtor: Rashmi Bansal; Publisher: Westland; Pages: 263; Price: Rs 350 Rajiv Gandhi, as a newly-elected MP, often spoke extempore at conferences and seminar. At one such event, an…
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) In a late night development, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) on Thursday urged all resident medicos to call off their four-day-long mass CL agitation immediately. The MARD said the…