Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) The US Department of Homeland Security will soon begin collecting social media data from all immigrants in an effort to more effectively screen those coming to the country, a media report…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Sep 29 (IANS) China has stepped up security on its border with India, North Korea and Myanmar ahead of the key Communist Party Congress next month. The once-in-a-five-year meet is China’s…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) In a blistering attack on its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena on Friday termed the stampede in which 22 railway commuters were killed as a “public massacre”….
Adelaide, Sep 29 (IANS) SpaceX on Friday unveiled its plans to put humans on Mars as early as 2024. Speaking on the final day of the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here, SpaceX founder and…
New York, Sep 29 (IANS) Long thought to be a carbon sink, the world’s tropical forests now release more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere than they remove from it, thanks to their continued deforestation…
Jammu, Sep 29 (IANS) The BSF on Friday denounced the killing of two of its troops by Pakistani snipers along the Jammu and Kashmir border, officials said, adding Pakistan Rangers promised to maintain peace on…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India has a unique opportunity to start a digital movement for employment, entrepreneurship and innovation at the grassroot level, a top Reliance Jio executive said here on Friday. Speaking on…
Srinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here on Friday. JKLF sources said a police party reached the uptown Abi Guzar area of Srinagar and arrested…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended his condolences over the death of 22 commuters who were killed in a stampede on a footover bridge connecting the Parel-Elphinstone Road stations of…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Friday thanked India for its “generous contributions” in reconstructing the war-torn nation and slammed Pakistan for its role in destabilizing the country. However, he…
Moscow, Sep 29 (IANS) Outspoken Russian opposition leader and a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, Alexey Navalny, was arrested on Friday as he left his house for a rally. Navalny, who is seeking to…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Akash Ambani, son of Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani, on Friday launched the new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus at Reliance Jio’s headquarters in Navi Mumbai. “Nearly 500 million Indians…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The number of requests that Google received from India in the first half of 2017 for disclosing user data was at an all-time high, reveals the latest biannual transparency report…
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) In a Dussehra-eve tragedy, at least 22 commuters were killed in a stampede on a narrow railway footover bridge connecting the Parel-Elphinstone Road stations of Western Railway here on Friday morning,…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The demand for adding fingerprint sensors to smartphones has been ever-increasing and keeping up with the trend, fingerprint scanner-capable smartphone shipments are estimated to cross a billion units in 2018….
Srinagar, Sep 29 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir during which she will visit the Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. The minister, who…
Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) Underscoring the festival spirit of sharing and bonding, people from all walks of life partook of sumptuous community feasts at marquees and called on friends and relatives on Friday celebrating Mahanavami…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday again attacked Arun Jaitley, saying that if he was a “job applicant” at 80, then Jaitley would not be holding charge of the…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) While the overall Internet penetration in India is 33 per cent, it is only 16 per cent in the rural areas, a report released at the ‘India Mobile Congress 2017’…
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said he had called a meeting of all four BJP MLAs in Delhi to discuss a Bill meant to regularize guest teachers….