Samsung registers over 19 patents per day in US
Seoul, Aug 7 (IANS) South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co registered an average of 19 patents per day in the US in the first seven months of this year, industry data showed. Citing the…
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American Bowie wins women’s 100m title at Worlds
London, Aug 7 (IANS) Olympic silver medallist Tori Bowie captured the women’s 100 metres title at the World Athletics Championships here. The 26-year-old American threw herself at the line to take the gold in a…
Cigarette butts can be used to make asphalt roads
Sydney, Aug 7 (IANS) Researchers have found that cigarette butts can be safely disposed of by sealing them up inside roads and paths, an advance that could not only solve a huge waste problem but…
Tillerson urges Pyongyang to stop missile tests
Manila, Aug 7 (IANS) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday urged North Korea to put a stop to its missile tests and return to the negotiating table at a time of maximum international…
Telangana MP Kavitha gifts helmet to minister-brother
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Telangana’s Industry and Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao received ‘rakhi’ and a helmet as gift from his sister and Parliament member K. Kavitha. Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister…
Hyderabad student dies of botched abortion
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) An engineering student died of botched abortion at a private maternity hospital in Hyderabad’s Vansthalipuram area on Monday, police said. The 21-year-old died of excessive bleeding. As her condition was deteriorating,…
Third man arrested in Sydney terror plot raids charged
Sydney, Aug 7 (IANS) Police in the Australian state of New South Wales charged a third man in the terror plot to bring down a plane on Sunday, after last week’s raids saw two men…
S.Korean President, Trump agree over maximum pressure on Pyongyang
Seoul, Aug 7 (IANS) South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday stressed the need for maximum pressure on North Korea to induce it to change its behaviour and choose…
US VP Pence dismisses rumors he will run in 2020
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) US Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday called rumours that he plans to run for White House in 2020 “absurd”. “The American people know that I could not be more honoured…
Telangana to wait for PM’s response on 5 percent GST for projects
Hyderabad, Aug 6 (IANS) Telangana, which has threatened a legal war with the Central government over 12 percent GST on public utility projects, on Sunday decided to wait for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response on…
China asks US, North and South Koreas to exercise restraint
Manila, Aug 6 (IANS) North Korea, the US and South Korea should exercise restraint and make right choice to de-escalate tensions in the Korean peninsula, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday. Wang made…
Humans like faulty robots more than flawless ones
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Humans prefer interacting with faulty robots significantly more than with robots that function and behave flawlessly, new research has found. For the study, published in the journal Frontiers in Robotics and…
Google engineer’s anti-diversity ‘manifesto’ angers employees
San Francisco, Aug 6 (IANS) In July, Google emerged triumphant in its fight with the US Department of Labour over supplying pay gap data, but the ghost of discrimination came back to haunt the tech…
Second Test: India beat Sri Lanka to win series
Colombo, Aug 6 (IANS) India rode on a superb bowling performance to defeat Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs in the second Test at the Sinhallese Sports Club here on Sunday. Forced to…
Fox News host suspended over sex harassment allegations
New York, Aug 6 (IANS) Another famed TV host of American Fox News Channel has been suspended by the network amid allegations that he sent lewd images to female co-workers via text messages. Eric Bolling,…
Trump praises Sessions’ plans to combat leaks
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) Donald Trump has praised Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ plan to combat leaks of classified information in a rare show of support for the man the President called “beleaguered”, the media reported…
Trump wants Pakistan’s ‘paradoxical’ policies to change
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump wants Pakistan to change its policy of supporting militants who have safe haven in the country and are causing great losses, the media reported on Sunday. US…
Gatlin dashes Bolt’s farewell 100m title dream
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Justin Gatlin, the 2005 world champion, staged by far the biggest surprise of the London world championships as he edged defending champion Usain Bolt to take the world title here on…
Trump supporters’ optimism starting to wear off: Poll
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) More than six months into Donald Trump’s young presidency, optimism among his core supporters and American voters at large is starting to fade, a new poll has revealed. After Trump’s surprise…
UNSC approves new sanctions on North Korea
United Nations, Aug 6 (IANS) The United Nations Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third North Korea’s $3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang’s two intercontinental…