Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Military rule has always brought the country back on track whereas civilian governments have always derailed it, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said. In an interview with BBC Urdu on…
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) NASA is hiring a “planetary protection officer” who would be tasked to protect the Earth from potential alien contamination. The US government’s official employment site advertised the job which is open…
San Francisco, Aug 3 (IANS) Globally, the number of women working at Facebook has risen to 35 per cent, up from 33 in 2016 while their number in the technical department has risen by two…
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 3 (IANS) A proposed US immigration reform legislation is narrowly focused on Green Cards and it does not cover temporary non-immigrant visas like the H1-B given to tens of…
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping sanctions measure that targets Russia, Iran and North Korea, the White House has said. The US President’s signature on Wednesday has come after…
New York, Aug 3 (IANS) The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 22,000 milestone for the first time as shares of Apple soared following strong quarterly earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday was…
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has endorsed a bill with far-reaching consequences for Indians that would drastically cut immigration to the US while boosting skilled immigration at the…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) The Union Cabinet today cleared a proposal to extend proxy voting to overseas Indians by amending electoral laws, a senior government functionary said. For overseas Indians, the Representation of the…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here on Wednesday evening after he suffered dehydration, hospital sources said. “He was admitted with dehydration. He is stable,” Ravishankar, CEO…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Income Tax Department officials on Wednesday raided Karnataka Power Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s residences and a private resort outside Bengaluru where 44 Gujarat Congress legislators are housed and said Rs 10…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Though the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to slash key lending rates was on expected lines, it could not lift the sentiments of the business fraternity as it felt a…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US on Wednesday successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a military base in California to a Pacific atoll, the US Air Force Global Strike Command said in…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Cisco Executive Chairman John Chambers says it was wrong to replace American workers by bring in software professionals from abroad, cautioning “we have to be careful not to misstep” when…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has called the White House a “real dump”, and said that he prefers staying at his own properties rather than at the executive mansion, a media report…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Washington does not seek to topple the Kim Jong-un regime in Pyongyang and is willing to sit down for talks with the…
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Apple has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2017, with profit rising to $8.7 billion, nearly 12 per cent higher than in the same…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) The US Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Christopher A. Wray as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Wray, with a 92-5 vote, replaces James Comey who…
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he will not quit using social media, as he claimed to have relied on it to get unfiltered messages out to his supporters. “Only the Fake…
Hyderabad, Aug 1 (IANS) It was believed to be a murder attempt but turned out to be a self-inflicted injury. Police here on Tuesday solved the mystery behind the firing on former Andhra Pradesh minister…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Arvind Panagariya, an academic on leave from Columbia University, on Tuesday resigned as the NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, a sudden development that set off speculation about his successor. Panagariya, appointed…