Washington, March 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will attend a NATO leaders’ summit scheduled for May, the White House said. “The President looks forward to meeting with his NATO counterparts to reaffirm our strong…
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Despite a strong rap by the Bombay High Court, around 3,000 resident doctors in government hospitals in Maharashtra continued their mass casual leave agitation for the third day on Wednesday. Health…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Nearly 200 million 4G-enabled feature phones will be sold in India in the next five years, triggering a slow-down for the domestic smartphone market, a new report claimed on Wednesday….
Seoul, March 22 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that North Korea failed in its test-firing of a missile that was believed to have exploded in the air, a media report said. A…
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Wednesday foiled a suspected terror bid at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore by confiscating a cache of weapons and ammunition, a media report…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government was hoping to implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by July 1 after the enabling Bills get Parliament’s nod…
Johannesburg, March 22 (IANS) About 80 per cent of the world’s wastewater is discharged into the environment without any treatment, said a UN report released on Wednesday in Durban, South Africa, on the occasion of…
Washington, March 22 (IANS) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) meeting early April, the US State Department has confirmed. “The Secretary’s schedule does not permit him to…
Tokyo, March 22 (IANS) Tokyo shares tumbled on Wednesday on concerns over implementation of US President Donald Trump’s economic policies and reports on North Korean missile launches. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 390.51 points,…
By Hardev Sanotra Las Vegas, March 22 (IANS) Claiming it is “creating magic in the clouds” top officials of creatives company Adobe launched its Experience Cloud, bringing together digital intelligence and machine learning to provide…
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 29,341.41 points, touched a…
Colombo, March 22 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena left on Wednesday on an official visit to Russia, the President’s office said. President Sirisena is the first Sri Lankan leader to visit Russia since 1974,…
United Nations, March 22 (IANS) Nearly 600 million children, one in four worldwide, will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UN report. The report was released late Tuesday…
Seoul, March 22 (IANS) North Korea test-fired missiles on Wednesday but apparently ended in failure, South Korea’s military said. Yonhap news agency quoted the military as saying that South Korea and the US were aware…
Seoul, March 22 (IANS) Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye spend more than 21 hours at the Prosecutor’s Office here, where she was questioned over her role in the “Female Rasputin” corruption scandal, a media…
Yangon, March 22 (IANS) Myanmar is stepping up anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing drive as part of the work procedure of Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering, a government-owned newspaper reported on Wednesday. The drive includes…
Las Vegas, March 22 (IANS) In a bid to redefine customer experience, Adobe kicked off its ‘Summit 2017’ with the launch of Experience Cloud and Advertising Cloud and showcasing new platform capabilities and innovations in…
Mosul, March 22 (IANS) Iraqi government forces battling the Islamic State in Mosul’s western side evacuated hundreds of civilians from the city centre on Tuesday, as troop progress slowed down faced with strong resistance from…
United Nations, March 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the world to stand up against intolerance and build communities that recognise diversity not as a source of weakness, but a source of…
Ankara, March 22 (IANS) Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned German charge d’affaires late Tuesday over German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) chief’s remarks on Gulen, who Ankara believed was behind last year’s failed coup. The…