Tokyo, Jan 18 (IANS) Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Thursday successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite, equipped with X-band radar which is capable of obtaining high-resolution terrain images. The Advanced Satellite with New…
United Nations, Jan 18 (IANS) Afghanistan is making progress in education, health and the empowerment of women while security remains a matter of concern, the UN Security Council found during a trip to the Asian…
Paris, Jan 18 (IANS) France has scrapped a controversial project to build an airport near the western city of Nantes, saying it did not have broad popular support. The plan was opposed by environmental groups…
Ottawa, Jan 18 (IANS) A Canadian woman has been convicted of killing her friend after police discovered the murder weapon used in a picture of the pair on social media. Cheyenne Rose Antoine, 21, pleaded…
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) The US government is a day away from a shutdown as lawmakers and the White House feud over immigration. Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a stopgap measure that would…
Abuja, Jan 18 (IANS) At least 10 persons have been killed and 65 others injured in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city following two suicide blasts, police and rescue officials said. Two persons suspected to be members of…
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) The US Senate Banking Committee has voted again to approve President Donald Trump’s nomination of Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. The panel had approved Powell’s nomination…
Jammu, Jan 18 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and a civilian were injured in overnight Pakistan shelling and firing on the international border in R.S. Pura sector of Jammu district in Jammu and…
United Nations, Jan 18 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the importance of an international deal on Iran’s nuclear issue on the second anniversary of the implementation of the agreement. “The secretary-general remains convinced…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 17 (IANS) Afghanistan’s leaders have asked the Security Council to mobilise international pressure on Pakistan to stop supporting terrorists, United States Permanent Representative Nikki Haley said on Wednesday. Meeting…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) A day after the Narendra Modi government announced withdrawal of Haj subsidy, prominent Muslim organisations, including Jamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, on…
By Amit Cowper Gandhinagar, Jan 17 (IANS) The greetings from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ‘Dhanyavad Mere Pyare Dost’ to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and ‘Aliechem Shalom’ by Modi to his Israeli counterpart depicted the…
New Delhi/Chandigarh, Jan 17 (IANS) As a series of rapes, gang rapes and murders, especially of minor girls, pushed the Haryana government and the state’s police on the defensive, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on…
Chennai, Jan 17 (IANS) In a new twist to the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the brother of her close aide, now jailed, V.K.Sasikala on Wednesday said that she died on December…
Seoul, Jan 17 (IANS) Bitter cross-border enemies North and South Korea on Wednesday said both countries would march under a single flag during the opening ceremony of the upcoming Winter Olympics. The development comes amid…
Lucknow, Jan 17 (IANS) In good news for tipplers in Uttar Pradesh, they will now be allowed to consume liquor inside model shops. This comes after an amendment in section 24(a) of the Combined Excise…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Chief Justice Dipak Misra is likely to meet the four rebel judges — Justices J. Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph — on Thursday to resolve issues…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) After a brief respite, the air quality of the national capital and regions around it worsened on Wednesday again, with pollution levels slipping back to “severe” or “severe-plus” category in…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the city government to file a status report on the steps taken to stop the private manufacture and sale of army apparel and gear….
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that Aadhaar was “an electronic leash” to which every resident of India was tethered, and was violative of the Constitution as it reduces…