Dhaka, April 11 (IANS) The father of a Maldivian model who was found dead in her college in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, last month has accused her best friend, a student from India’s Jammu and Kashmir, of…
London, April 11 (IANS) UK-based scientists are set to travel to the Himalayas in a bid to become the first team to successfully drill through the world’s highest glacier, the media reported on Tuesday. The…
Dubai, April 11 (IANS) A UAE-based company has sacked an Indian employee here for abusing a fellow Indian on the social media and for posting offensive posts against Islam on Facebook, a media report said….
London, April 11 (IANS) Environment activists blocked the entrance to Coca-Cola’s UK headquarters in London with a 2.5-tonne sculpture featuring a seagull regurgitating plastic, and called for the company to do more to help prevent…
New York, April 11 (IANS) The New York Times won three Pulitzer Prizes this year in the categories of best feature writing, best special reporting and best breaking news photography, as journalism presented its highest…
Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) “There is not much worse that India can do,” a Pakistani newspaper said on Tuesday as New Delhi warned Islamabad against hanging alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. “It can be argued…
New York, April 11 (IANS) A single dose of the first live-attenuated Zika vaccine — in which the virus has been weakened so that it cannot cause disease — has been found to provide mice…
London, April 11 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump have agreed there is a “window of opportunity” to persuade Russia to abandon its support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the…
Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) Pakistan is a peace loving country but this should not be seen as a sign of weakness, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday. “Cooperation rather than conflict and shared prosperity…
New York, April 11 (IANS) A compound commonly found in extra-virgin olive oil can significantly reduce symptoms of insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease — the negative effects of a high-fat diet, a study…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) A US state governor has resigned after fighting for over a year against allegations that he used public resources to carry out and conceal an affair with his former top aide,…
London, April 11 (IANS) People with higher scores on life skills — such as emotional stability, determination, control, optimism and conscientiousness — are more likely to experience a broad range of health benefits and positive…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said New Delhi will do everything required to secure justice for Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan. “We…
Chicago, April 11 (IANS) The United Airlines has apologised after an Asian doctor was forcibly dragged off an “overbooked” flight as he refused to give up his seat for United Airlines staff. The airlines said…
New York, April 11 (IANS) Twitter shareholders want to turn the micro-blogging site into a user-led cooperative, following a petition by a group of company fans urging it to sell itself to its users. According…
New York, April 11 (IANS) US chip manufacturer Qualcomm has lambasted Apple in a court for breaching deals between the two companies and urged that the lawsuit filed in January against them by iPhone maker…
Canberra, April 11 (IANS) A new cyclone warning was issued for Australia’s Northern Territory on Tuesday as a slow-moving tropical storm is gathering strength, the media reported. It is likely to become a cyclone on…
New York, April 11 (IANS) Software giant Microsoft has bought startup Deis that specialises in containers — a modern way to develop and deploy software. The deal is seen as a boost to Microsoft’s cloud…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) NASA is set to reveal this week at a news conference new results about ocean worlds in our solar system. The announcements will be related particularly to findings from the agency’s…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Mars has electrically charged metal atoms (ions) high in its atmosphere, show results from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. The metal ions can reveal previously invisible activity in the mysterious electrically charged upper…