Sydney, Nov 29 (IANS) Refugees held in Australia’s detention centre on Nauru do not want to be transferred to the US under Donald Trump’s administration, reports said on Tuesday. Although many refugees agreed to the…
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) The first HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun in South Africa to test whether a modified vaccine candidate can provide effective protection against the AIDS virus, the US…
United Nations, Nov 29 (IANS) As nearly 500,000 children are living under siege amid escalating violence across Syria, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for lifting sieges and allowing immediate humanitarian access. The number…
Geneva, Nov 29 (IANS) An estimated 21 million people worldwide are trapped in conditions of contemporary slavery, including some five million children, a UN office said. the office of “Slavery is not something that belongs…
London, Nov 28 (IANS/AKI) Acclaimed Italian writer and activist Erri De Luca has made the short-list for the UK’s “Bad Sex in Fiction” award for a sex scene in his 2009 novel “The day before…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Delhi government on Monday launched a campaign in government-run schools against drug abuse among students, a government statement said. The campaign, kicked off at Rani Chennamma Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya,…
Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh), Nov 28 (IANS) Tikamgarh district incharge minister Rustam Singh has asked the local administration to conduct an inquiry into the death of an old man reportedly due to hunger. The body of…
Gwalior, Nov 28 (IANS) Gwalior District unit chief of the Congress party Darshan Singh died of cardiac failure on Monday while taking part in the “Jan Aakrosh March” here to protest the demonetisation decision of…
Islamabad, Nov 28 (IANS) The Digital Rights Foundation in Pakistan on Monday announced that it will launch the country’s first ‘cyber harassment hotline’ on December 1. The announcement made on DRF’s Facebook page said the…
Islamabad, Nov 28 (IANS) After the death of legendary social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi in July earlier this year, the donations of his Edhi Foundation have gone down, Dunya News reported on Monday. Faisal Edhi,…
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Two years ago, Sri Charvitha, a student of the B.V. Raju Institute of Technology, walked into the Microsoft campus in Hyderabad to join the Women in…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Ranveer Singh is going places. Not all of them worth going to. His latest ugly run-in with protestors and feminists is for an ad for a garment…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave several examples to buttress his stand that November 8 demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes has led to societal and…
Tokyo, Nov 27 (IANS) Japan’s Beppu city has figured out how to create a place that will calm your senses while driving your heartbeat through the roof, media reported on Sunday. The mayor of Beppu,…
By Vishal Narayan Jamshedpur, Nov 27 (IANS) A feeling of resentment among tribals at being “cheated” by upper-caste Hindus, of being left out in the race to progress, is now giving way to the urge…
Mexico City, Nov 27 (IANS) Antonio del Conde, who obtained for Fidel Castro the yacht Granma, on which the latter sailed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 to launch his revolution, went to the Cuban…
Buenos Aires, Nov 27 (IANS) Argentinean football star, Diego Maradona, on Saturday mourned the death of Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, saying he “was like a second father”. Castro passed away on Friday at the…
Beijing, Nov 26 (IANS) Nearly 12,000 elderly people will receive free bracelets in Beijing that could help prevent them from getting lost, local authorities said on Saturday. “The bracelets will be given to elderly people…
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Saturday launched e-pashuhaat portal (www.epashuhaat.gov.in) on the occasion of National Milk Day. Singh did this during the celebration of National Milk Day on…
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Delhi government will not release payment for local development work until the residents are satisfied with the quality of work, an official said on Saturday. The announcement came after…