Beijing, Sep 30 (IANS) Concerned over falling iPhone sales and the phenomenal rise of Chinese smartphone players, Apple has set up its first research and development centre in China with the initial investment of 100…
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Ambassador Richard Verma, who was in the US, is rushing back to India in the wake of the Indian Army’s surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control…
San Francisco, Sep 30 (IANS) Cloud computing company Salesforce is reportedly trying to block the $26.2 billion Microsoft-LinkedIn deal, arguing that Microsoft’s acquisition of the enterprise social network LinkedIn will be anti-competitive. According to a…
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, scientists have found the first gamma-ray binary in another galaxy and the most luminous one ever seen. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3,…
New York, Sep 30 (IANS) The Indian government and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) have signed an agreement extending the Indian Conservation Fellowship Programme to promote modern museum practices. India’s Consul General Riva…
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Following the Indian Army’s surgical strikes against terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the US has called for steps to avoid steps that escalate…
Washington , Sep 30 (IANS) Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is leading Republican rival Donald Trump by 4 per cent after their first televised debate, according to a poll. The poll published by the Public…
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign is ready to attack his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, using the infidelities of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, according to documents. In the documents,…
Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi is set to meet UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday to inform him about the “surgical strikes” that India carried out on terrorist launch pads across…
Beijing, Sep 30 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 78 basis points to 6.6778 against the US dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System….
Wellington, Sep 30 (IANS) The New Zealand government on Friday expressed appreciation for the independent investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17, saying its report is an important step towards accountability. The…
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) The US government on Thursday issued Zika virus-related special travel considerations for Southeast Asia, recommending pregnant women should consider postponing non-essential travel to 11 countries in this region. The countries included…
Rio De Janeiro, Sep 30 (IANS) Nearly 200 prisoners staged a breakout from a Brazilian prison on Thursday after staging a riot and destroying a fence. The state news service announced that around 200 prisoners…
Algiers, Sep 30 (IANS) Algerian counterterrorism forces on Thursday killed five armed militants in Tazoult of Batna province, 480 km southeast Algiers. The operation is still underway. Troops have managed to retrieve machine guns and…
Beijing, Sep 30 (IANS) Typhoon Megi has wreaked havoc in east China’s Zhejiang Province, causing deaths and huge economic losses. Megi, the 17th typhoon this year, forced the evacuation of 236,000 people in the province…
Geneva, Sep 30 (IANS) Legia Warsaw must play Real Madrid in an empty stadium as punishment for fan violence and racist behaviour at a Champions League match. UEFA said on Thursday its disciplinary panel ordered…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 29 (IANS) UN military observers are in contact with India and Pakistan over “ceasefire violations” across the Line of Control in Kashmir and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has “great…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Eleven days after a terror attack killed 18 soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, India carried out “surgical strikes” on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control, inflicting massive casualties…
Lagos (Nigeria), Sep 29 (IANS) Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Thursday said a shared struggle against colonial rule provides the foundations of India-Africa partnership and “mutually beneficial engagement” will take the relationship to a…
Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) The Pakistan military on Thursday said it had captured an Indian soldier and killed eight others, Dawn quoted security sources as saying. The soldier was identified as Chandu Babulal Chohan, 22,…