Beijing, March 1 (IANS) China’s Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) which measures the trend of industrial activity, showed the secondary sector contracted in February for the seventh consecutive month. According to data issued by China’s National…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 1 (IANS) The US commended Pakistan’s commitment not to differentiate between terrorist groups including those targeting India, as Pakistan assured it had reached out to India as part of its…
New York, March 1 (IANS) In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, an international team of researchers has identified new genes that predispose people to ischemic stroke, the cause of…
New York, March 1 (IANS) A German court has fined social networking giant Facebook $109,330 for failing to comply with a court order to make amendments to its terms regarding user content, Wall Street Journal…
Rome, March 1 (IANS/AKI) At least six people were killed in severe storms in parts of Italy over the past three days. A farmer, 51, was killed in Candinoni, Calabria, when gale-force winds caused a…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The US space agency has finally given green signal for preliminary design of a “low-boom” supersonic passenger plane that will take people places with an unimaginable speed. This is the first…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 1 (IANS) Myanmar’s union parliament on Tuesday reset March 10 instead of March 17 for presidential run. Of the last three candidates nominated respectively from the group of elected House of…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 1 (IANS) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hope to lock their frontrunner status in the US presidential race as Republicans face primaries in 12 states and Democrats in 11 on…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) US space agency NASA announced that it is planning to build a supersonic passenger jet which will be as quiet and efficient as possible, the media reported on Tuesday. NASA Administrator…
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Tokyo shares ended the morning session lower on Tuesday as selling of export-oriented issues was triggered by an advancing yen. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 109.92 points, or 0.69 percent,…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Ministers Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said the strategic dialogue with the US has further strengthened bilateral relations, the medi reported on Tuesday. Aziz made the comments along…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan has decided call for stricter action against members of banned organisations by cancelling their passports and blocking national identity cards. The decision was taken at a meeting on Monday chaired…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Eight Indian-American leaders, who are in the fray for Tuesday’s local elections in Lexington city in the US state of Kentucky, have urged the members of the Indian community to vote…
New York, March 1 (IANS) Students from two US universities gathered here to express their solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were arrested in a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy….
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Japan’s unemployment rate fell one-tenth in January, and now stands at 3.2 percent, official data released on Tuesday showed. The number of unemployed people in January were 2.11 million, representing a…
Suva, March 1 (IANS) A team of doctors from India has successfully performed 16 open-heart surgeries at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Fiji’s capital city of Suva, a media report said. The surgeries were…
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 67 basis points to 6.5385 against the US dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
Montevideo, March 1 (IANS) Newly-elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino will visit Uruguay in March, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) announced on Monday. “Today it was confirmed by telephone that on (March) 29 he (Infantino) will…
Geneva, March 1 (IANS) 1,500-meter world champion Abeba Aregawi was tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended pending an investigation, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Swedish track and field…
United Nations, March 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq’s Baghdad and eastern town of Muqdadiya which are claimed by the extremist group Islamic State (IS). Earlier…