Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the US Congress members, before his address to the Joint Session, at Capitol Hill, in Washington DC, USA on June 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Washington, June 8 (IANS) Prime…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday validated Thailand for having eliminated mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis, becoming the first country in Asia and the…
Rome, June 8 (IANS/AKI) An Italian paramilitary policemen on Wednesday in southern Italy shot dead an African migrant worker who allegedly attacked him with knife. The Carabinieri officer and a colleague were called to a…
Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) A day after India received the US’s backing for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, Pakistan stepped up its diplomatic outreach among members of the cartel and warned that country-specific exemptions could…
Rome, June 8 (IANS/AKI) A man shot dead his ex-girlfriend in northeast Italy before turning the gun on himself because he could not accept the end of their relationship, reports said on Wednesday. Manuel Venier,…
Rome, June 8 (IANS/AKI) A man in southern Italy allegedly strangled his estranged wife to death before shooting dead their four-year-old son and killing himself with the same pistol, police said on Wednesday. Luigi Alfarano…
New Delhi/Geneva, June 8 (IANS) Emphasising that the Narendra Modi government gives great importance to employment generation, union Minister of Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya said his ministry was strategising to bring employment to the…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) Ahead of his speech to a joint sitting of the US Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met with the Congressional leadership. Advancing the dialogue of democracies. PM Narendra Modi…
Tokyo, June 8 (IANS) Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corporation’s chairman Osamu Suzuki on Wednesday said he would step down as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the firm on June 29 over the automaker’s fuel economy-testing…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) India on Wednesday strongly condemned the terror attack in Turkey’s Istanbul city on Tuesday that claimed 11 lives. India strongly condemns the terror attack that occurred in Istanbul on 7…
Beijing, June 8 (IANS) Chinese children are much taller and stronger than they were four decades ago, with the height gap standing at 8 cm, a government survey showed on Wednesday. The National Health and…
Beijing, June 8 (IANS) China and the European Union (EU) will hold the sixth round of high-level strategic dialogue in Brussels on June 10, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday. State Councillor Yang Jiechi…
Kathmandu, June 8 (IANS) Nepal’s Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun is to leave for Beijing on Friday to attend the Fourth China-South Asia Expo and the 24th Kunming Import and Export Commodities Fair, an official…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik on Wednesday said he will urge the government to make International Yoga Day a public holiday in India, if there is a demand from the…
Paris, June 8 (IANS) The French government on Wednesday launched a mobile phone application that allows people to be kept constantly informed of terrorist attacks and how to proceed if involved. The application, called ‘Alert…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) Hillary Clinton cemented her position as the Democratic nominee for president with emphatic wins in California, New Jersey and New Mexico primaries, even as her rival Bernie Sanders refused to back…
Phnom Penh, June 8 (IANS) The Cambodian Health Ministry on Wednesday warned of dengue fever outbreak as the annual rainy season has begun. The country reported 1,915 dengue fever cases in the first five months…
Moscow, June 8 (IANS) The Kremlin will consider doping abuse accusations against Russian athletes as a slander until it gets proofs of confirmation, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “The team is systematically…
Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) Pakistani lawmakers on Wednesday lashed out at Defence Minister Khawaja Asif after he made “unpleasant” comments about a fellow female member in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Targeting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader…
Manila, June 8 (IANS) Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday told UN rapporteurs, who criticised his remarks justifying journalist killings in the country, to “get some sleep”. “Go home and get some sleep. You are…