Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has reiterated he will soon renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and discuss immigration when he meets the leaders of Canada and Mexico. “Anybody ever…
Chennai, Jan 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor C.H. Vidyasagar Rao on Monday said a bill to replace the ordinance issued to enable holding of Jallikattu will be placed in the assembly immediately. Addressing the state…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) While 40 per cent of Indian parents allowed their children to access the internet before age 11, 54 per cent of them fear that their children are more likely to…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) In a big boost to the tuberculosis control programme, the Supreme Court on Monday said all new tuberculosis patients will get doses of drugs on daily basis instead of thrice…
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) officers are backing the move to replace Mahatma Gandhi’s photographs with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s in 2017 calendars and diaries. In the process, they have virtually…
Beijing, Jan 23 (IANS) The second-child policy implemented in China increased the number of births to 17.86 million in 2016, an increase of 7.9 per cent and the highest annual number since since 2000, according…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led the nation in paying tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 120th birth anniversary and saluted his valour during the freedom struggle….
Imphal, Jan 23 (IANS) Security has been tightened in all the eight northeastern states for the upcoming Republic Day celebrations on Thursday. In Imphal, 62 contingents representing state and central forces, government offices, educational, cultural…
Agartala, Jan 23 (IANS) The Tripura High Court has punished a local court judge for drunken driving, a court notification said here on Monday. “After a thorough investigation, the full court of the Tripura High…
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 23 (IANS) The death toll in the train derailment in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district rose to 41 as NIA and CID teams visited the scene on Monday to study if there…
Srinagar, Jan 23 (IANS) Life was adversely affected in the Kashmir Valley on Monday as public transport operators suspended services against a hike in taxes on passenger vehicles. Taxis, buses, mini buses and even three-wheelers…
Shimla, Jan 23 (IANS) Patient care services in all government hospitals and dispensaries in Himachal Pradesh were affected badly as doctors went on a day-long strike on Monday. Only casualty services and emergency surgeries were…
Hyderabad, Jan 23 (IANS) Swine flu claimed one more life in Telangana, taking the toll to five this month, an official said. Lakshman, 31, of Nagarkurnool district died at the government-run Gandhi Hospital here on…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes and his Swiss mixed doubles partner Martina Hingis entered the quarter-finals of the Australian Open here on Monday. Paes and Martina beat Australians Casey Dellacqua and…
Beijing, Jan 23 (IANS) The number of people, who opted for mobile payments in China soared 31.2 per cent in 2016 to reach 469 million, a new study revealed on Monday. This strong growth was…
Seoul, Jan 23 (IANS) Samsung Electronics on Monday said its months-long probe into what caused some Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire has established that faulty batteries were the main problem, not the device’s…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday saluted Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary and extolled him for his valour displayed during the struggle for freedom. “I salute Netaji…
Beijing, Jan 23 (IANS) China plans to launch the Chang’e-5 lunar probe at the end of November this year aboard the heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March-5. This mission, which will be the first to collect…
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) With Donald Trump promising to “unlock the mysteries of space” in his time as US President during his inaugural address, NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot has taken over as its acting…
New York, Jan 23 (IANS) Taiwan technology giant Foxconn is teaming up with Cupertino, San Francisco-based Apple to set up a display-panel manufacturing facility in the US with an investment of $7 billion, the media…