Extreme weather kills six in Italy
Rome, March 1 (IANS/AKI) At least six people were killed in severe storms in parts of Italy over the past three days. A farmer, 51, was killed in Candinoni, Calabria, when gale-force winds caused a…
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NASA gives nod to quieter supersonic passenger jet
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The US space agency has finally given green signal for preliminary design of a “low-boom” supersonic passenger plane that will take people places with an unimaginable speed. This is the first…
Myanmar resets March 10 for presidential run
Nay Pyi Taw, March 1 (IANS) Myanmar’s union parliament on Tuesday reset March 10 instead of March 17 for presidential run. Of the last three candidates nominated respectively from the group of elected House of…
Trump, Clinton hope to sweep Super Tuesday
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 1 (IANS) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hope to lock their frontrunner status in the US presidential race as Republicans face primaries in 12 states and Democrats in 11 on…
NASA announces plans to build supersonic passenger jet
Washington, March 1 (IANS) US space agency NASA announced that it is planning to build a supersonic passenger jet which will be as quiet and efficient as possible, the media reported on Tuesday. NASA Administrator…
Tokyo shares end lower
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Tokyo shares ended the morning session lower on Tuesday as selling of export-oriented issues was triggered by an advancing yen. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 109.92 points, or 0.69 percent,…
‘Pakistan-US strategic dialogue strengthened ties’
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Ministers Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said the strategic dialogue with the US has further strengthened bilateral relations, the medi reported on Tuesday. Aziz made the comments along…
Stricter action against banned outfit members in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan has decided call for stricter action against members of banned organisations by cancelling their passports and blocking national identity cards. The decision was taken at a meeting on Monday chaired…
Eight Indian-Americans in fray for Tuesday’s Lexington elections
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Eight Indian-American leaders, who are in the fray for Tuesday’s local elections in Lexington city in the US state of Kentucky, have urged the members of the Indian community to vote…
Indian-Americans protest to show support to JNU students
New York, March 1 (IANS) Students from two US universities gathered here to express their solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who were arrested in a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy….
Japan’s unemployment rate falls in January
Tokyo, March 1 (IANS) Japan’s unemployment rate fell one-tenth in January, and now stands at 3.2 percent, official data released on Tuesday showed. The number of unemployed people in January were 2.11 million, representing a…
Indian doctors successfully perform 16 open-heart surgeries in Fiji
Suva, March 1 (IANS) A team of doctors from India has successfully performed 16 open-heart surgeries at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Fiji’s capital city of Suva, a media report said. The surgeries were…
Chinese yuan strengthens
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 67 basis points to 6.5385 against the US dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
FIFA President to visit Uruguay in March
Montevideo, March 1 (IANS) Newly-elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino will visit Uruguay in March, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) announced on Monday. “Today it was confirmed by telephone that on (March) 29 he (Infantino) will…
1,500m world champion Aregawi fails doping test
Geneva, March 1 (IANS) 1,500-meter world champion Abeba Aregawi was tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended pending an investigation, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Swedish track and field…
UN chief condemns IS terrorist attacks in Iraq’s capital, eastern town
United Nations, March 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq’s Baghdad and eastern town of Muqdadiya which are claimed by the extremist group Islamic State (IS). Earlier…
US stocks decline after China cuts bank reserve ratio
Washington, March 1 (IANS) US stocks ended lower on Monday after volatile trading, as China’s central bank announced a cut in its reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial banks by 0.5 percentage points. The Dow…
Pentagon waging cyber war against IS
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The Pentagon announced on Monday it was waging cyber attacks against the extremist group the Islamic State(IS) apart from airstrikes and occasional ground missions. “We are also using cyber tools to…
London mayor says risks of Brexit ‘wildly exaggerated’
London, March 1 (IANS) London mayor Boris Johnson on Monday slammed Britain’s pro-EU campaigners for fear-mongering, saying the risks of a Brexit had been “wildly exaggerated”, Xinhua reported. Writing in a column for the Daily…
Death toll mounts to 34 in Iraq’s suicide bombing
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) The death toll from Monday’s suicide bombing attack at a funeral in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala rose to 34, a provincial security source said. The deceased include seven Shiite militia…