Paris, Jan 17 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande has that the European Union (EU) “does not need external advice” to tell it what it has to do, a media report said on Tuesday. Hollande’s remarks…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the Chicago Cubs to the White House to pay tribute to them for the World Series they won last November after a 108-year championship…
Yangon, Jan 17 (IANS) Five terror suspects involved in fatal armed attacks on police and soldiers in Myanmar’s Rakhine have been arrested, a local media reported on Tuesday. The five suspects were captured by the…
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Six-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams progressed to the second round of the Australian Open 2017 with a straight-set win over Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic on Tuesday. The American, 35, won…
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump met with the eldest son of the late civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. amid tensions escalating between the the New York magnate and prominent…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said “we have to wait” to see how US President-elect Donald Trump performs in the White House and that he did not think he could be “worse”…
Tokyo, Jan 17 (IANS) The Tokyo Stock Exchange opened on Tuesday with a drop and the Nikkei fell below 19,000 points due to investor caution ahead of a speech by UK Prime Minister Theresa May,…
Sydney, Jan 17 (IANS) Over 90 animals on the protected species lists including a bottlenose dolphin and a green sea turtle were killed by newly installed shark nets in Australia’s New South Wales, a government…
Ottawa, Jan 17 (IANS) The Canadian stock market was down on the first day of the week following US President-elect Donald Trump’s claims to impose a tax on foreign-automotive companies. on Monday, the Toronto Stock…
Lucknow, Jan 17 (IANS) The class X and XII examinations of students of the UP Board will be held between March 16 and April 21, an official said. While the official schedule and time table…
Moscow, Jan 17 (IANS) Washington is “initiating a new arms race” by deploying large-scale troops to Europe, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. The US military build-up in Europe has “a powerful potential for…
Istanbul, Jan 17 (IANS) The man suspected of fatally shooting 39 people in a New Year’s Eve attack on an Istanbul nightclub was arrested Monday, media reports said. The suspect, identified as Abdulkadir Masharipov, was…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) The wife of Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen was arrested by the FBI in connection with her husband’s shooting claiming 49 lives in June, 2016, media reports said. Noor Salman was…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices rose marginally to 3.39 per cent in December 2016 from 3.15 per cent in November due to hardening of manufactured products…
By Arul Louis United Nations/Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund on Monday cut India’s growth estimate for the current fiscal year by one percent to 6.6 percent unseating the nation as the world’s…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court will, on Tuesday, hear a plea by Hurriyat leader Abdul Gani Bhat raising several issues including that he was not being heard by the Jammu and Kashmir…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday recognised the faction led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as the Samajwadi Party and allotted it the ‘cycle’ symbol, dealing Akhilesh’s father and…
Ahmedabad, Jan 16 (IANS) After spending six months in exile, firebrand Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel is set to return to Gujarat to a hero’s welcome on Tuesday. Patel starts early Tuesday morning from his…
New Delhi/Noida, Jan 16 (IANS) People on Monday welcomed the RBI’s move to raise the ATM withdrawal limit from Rs 4,500 to Rs 10,000, saying it would ease the overall situation as they would not…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) The IMF on Monday cut India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal by as much as one percentage point due mainly to the disruptions caused by demonetisation of 500 and 1,000…