Santiago, Feb 28 (IANS) Six years after a devastating earthquake shook Chile on February 27, 2010 and claimed over 500 lives, the Chilean government is close to completing reconstruction of infrastructure essential for restoring public…
Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian army on Sunday rescued a Russian skier from the Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu and Kashmir after he lost control and fell into a gorge at the Apharwat skiing…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) More than 400 artefacts from a 2,000-year-old tomb in China’s Jiangxi province are set to go on display at Beijing’s Capital Museum. The exhibits on show from March 2 to June…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 22 Taliban militants were killed over the past 24 hours in a fighting with the security personnel in Baghlan province of Afghanistan. The battle occurred in Dand-e-Ghori district of…
Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS) At least six people were killed in a coalmine blast in Russia on Sunday, the country’s emergency ministry said. Sunday’s blast took place a day after a similar blast occurred in…
Rohtak: People from Jat community stage a demonstration to press for Special Backward Class (SBC) status in Rohtak on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Grmukh Singh Toronto, Feb 28 (IANS) Pained by the large-scale…
Hong Kong, Feb 28 (IANS) Thousands of people in Hong Kong cast their votes on Sunday in a legislative by-election in which seven candidates are vying for a seat vacated by a prominent pro-democracy lawmaker….
Toronto, Feb 28 (IANS) Scientists have created an energy efficient biological supercomputer that is able to process information very quickly and accurately using parallel networks in the same way that massive electronic supercomputers do. The…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court remanded in custody three men suspected of involvement in the Pathankot airbase attack in India’s Punjab state, media reports said. Judge Bushra Zaman on Saturday granted six-day…
Tokyo, Feb 28 (IANS) A total of 37,000 people on Sunday participated in the 10th edition of the Tokyo Marathon. The marathon started at 9.00 a.m. from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in the business…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested 20 Indian fishermen for fishing in Pakistani waters, a media report said on Sunday. The Indian fishermen were arrested on Saturday by the MSA…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) Socially conservative people tend to oppose same sex marriage because they believe that gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous, and a threat to their own way of life,…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty has won a Golden Reel Award for the documentary film “India’s Daughter”. Pookutty was nominated in two categories at Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 63rd annual…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton easily cruised to a sweeping victory in crucial South Carolina Democratic primary bringing her campaign back on track heading into Super Tuesday contests…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 10 militants were killed during airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, a senior police official said on Sunday. “The airstrikes were conducted in Khan Abad district late Saturday night, killing…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) China will send its second orbiting space lab Tiangong-2 into space in the third quarter of this year, which is expected to dock with a cargo ship next year, authorities said…
Beijing, Feb 28 (IANS) China will set a plan to raise the statutory retirement age in 2017 to relieve pressures from an aging population, a media report said on Sunday. “The plan is likely to…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Pakistan and the US will hold the sixth round of the strategic dialogue in Washington on Monday, the media reported. Sartaj Aziz, adviser to the prime minister on national security and…
Harare, Feb 28 (IANS) Zimbabwe’s ruling party has been criticised for hosting a lavish 92nd birthday celebrations for President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest leader, while majority of the country’s population face food shortages. The…
Nay Pyi Taw, Feb 28 (IANS) Myanmar has tripled its expenditure on electricity supply over the past five years, an official report said on Sunday. In the fiscal year 2015-16 until March, the government invested…