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…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would look into a petition seeking cancellation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s membership of the state Legislative Council for allegedly concealing a…
Damascus, Aug 1 (IANS) At least 60 civilians were killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Tuesday, the media reported. The US-led “aggression” on several villages and towns in Deir…
Denver (US), Aug 1 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the 2024 Games to Paris while Los Angeles will host the next edition in 2028. Los Angeles and Paris were originally competing to…
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced Rs 2,000 crore for northeastern states to deal with the damage caused by recent floods that killed 76 persons in Assam and affected millions….
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 1 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China cannot let a single piece of its territory split and won’t allow anyone to damage its sovereignty. Speaking at the…
New York, Aug 1 (IANS) Global temperature is likely to rise more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, two different studies have revealed. This rise in temperature is the ominous conclusion reached by the studies…
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump was joking at an event last week when he told police officers to be “rough” with suspects, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “I…
Hyderabad, Aug 1 (IANS) Telugu film actor Ananda Krishna alias Nandu on Tuesday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana’s Excise Department, which is probing drug racket. Nandu reached Abkari Bhavan, the office…
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) Anthony Scaramucci, the bombastic and colourful White House communications director, has been fired just 10 days after he was hired, the media reported. Scaramucci’s ouster on Monday is the latest high-profile…
London, July 31 (IANS) WikiLeaks on Monday released more than 21,000 emails allegedly hacked from French President Emmanuel Macrons campaign team. The whistleblowing website released the trove of leaked emails as a searchable archive. It…
Hyderabad, July 31 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Telangana’s Excise Department, probing a Hyderabad drug racket, questioned Telugu film actor Tanish Alladi for nearly four hours on Monday while another actor Nandu will…
Vijayawada, July 31 (IANS) Popular Telugu film actor and Jana Sena party chief Pawan Kalyan on Monday announced that he will become fully active in politics from October. He said he would devote more time…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 31 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday held a meeting with the CPI-M and BJP-RSS leaders here following violence over the killing of an RSS worker and announced an all-party meeting…
Beijing, July 31 (IANS) Trade between Beijing and Washington has nothing to do with the North Korean conflict, a senior Chinese official said on Monday. Vice Minister of Commerce Qian Keming’s statement came in response…
By Sanu George Ever since the arrest of superstar Dileep, the big fat egos of those in the Malayalam film industry, be it in the actor’s body or other organisations, have been pricked badly, leaving…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, July 31 (IANS) Medical scientists in the US have found yet another use for curcumin, the bioactive component of turmeric that is widely used in Indian cuisine, this time to cure…
San Francisco, July 31 (IANS) Days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that artificial intelligence (AI) was the biggest risk, Facebook has shut down one of its AI systems after chatbots started speaking in their…
Washington, July 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has been pressuring Republican senators not to give up their fight to overturn Obamacare despite their failure last week to pass a bill to partially replace it….
Moscow, July 31 (IANS) Moscow will reduce diplomatic staff of the US in Russia by 755 people in order to equal the number of Russian diplomatic personnel in the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said…