By Gaurav Sharma Hangzhou (China), Sep 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told Chinese President Xi Jinping about India’s concerns over terrorism emanating from Pakistan’s restive regions through whih the $46 billion China-Pakistan…
Vatican City, Sep 4 (IANS) Singing popular Bengali devotional songs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday walked with members of her delegation to St. Peter’s Basilica to participate in the canonisation of Mother…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Life story work, which involves helping people to record past incidents and present lives, has the potential to help people with dementia, a study has found. Life story work involves…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) At a time when businesses are obsessed with improving the customer experience, Facebook Messenger chatbots have played a significant role in making chat-based services a mainstream. But this comes at…
Islamabad, Sep 4 (IANS) The parents of those killed in the 2014 Peshawar Army Public School terrorist attack have planned a sit-in here to demand a judicial commission of inquiry and punishment to the officials…
Vatican City, Sep 4 (IANS) Tens of thousands of people flocked to Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square on Sunday to watch Pope Francis declare Mother Teresa a saint. Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass and…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Indian-origin researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a multi-modal sensing device that can track the fine-grained activities and behaviour of people with dementia and it could…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) As the two most unpopular presidential candidates prepare for their first face-off, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are haunted by ghosts of their own making. One is ‘e-nailed’,…
Kabul, Sep 4 (IANS) At least 34 persons were killed and 21 wounded when a bus collided with a truck in Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul on Sunday, an official said. “The accident took place…
Singapore, Sep 4 (IANS) Singapore’s Ministry of Health is reviewing the practice of isolating potential Zika-infected patients, a senior official said on Sunday. The ministry is considering letting suspected Zika-infected patients rest at home while…
By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Sep 4 (IANS) Aboriginal, litterateur and rebel, Witi Ihimaera is a moving force in giving voice to the Maoris in New Zealand. The first published novelist in Maori literature, the 72-year-old…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The stage has been set for canonisation of Mother Teresa on Sunday afternoon when she will be elevated to sainthood by Pope Francis in Vatican City. The canonisation ceremony will…
By Gaurav Sharma Hangzhou (China), Sep 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday raised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping, conveying to him that New Delhi and Beijing would…
Hangzhou (China), Sep 4 (IASN) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday urged Brics countries to make joint efforts to improve global governance. Brics countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — should enhance…
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the discussions on the issues concerning Brics countries were fruitful. “Fruitful deliberations with Brics leaders. Invited them to Goa for the Brics summit…
Srinagar, Sep 4 (IANS) An all-party delegation headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived here on Sunday on a two-day visit to the Kashmir Valley. The delegation members decided to travel by road in…
Kabul, Sep 4 (IANS) At least 34 persons were killed and 21 others injured on Sunday after a bus collided with a truck in Afghanistan’s Zabul province, police said. “The accident took place along Kabul-Kandahar…
Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 4 (IANS) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will attend the 28th and 29th Asean and related summits in Laos, an official said on Sunday. Suu Kyi’s attendance of the…
Beijing, Sep 4 (IANS) Beijing is to tighten control of industries that impact on air quality, the municipal bureau of quality supervision said on Sunday. The controls will cover the coal, petrochemical and chemical industries,…
By Arul Louis New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Mother Teresa, who is being declared a saint by Pope Francis on Sunday, has been hailed as the “Saint of the Gutters of Kolkata”. But her sisters…