Palu (Indonesia), Oct 2 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 1,347 in the devastating 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Sulawesi island last week even as the survivors grew increasingly…
San Francisco, Oct 2 (IANS) Amazon.com on Tuesday said it was raising the minimum wage for all its US employees to $15 an hour, starting from November 1. The move comes after the company faced…
Stockholm, Oct 2 (IANS) The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday to Arthur Ashkin of the US, Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada, making her the third woman to…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 2 (IANS) Supporters of various Hindu organisations on Tuesday took to the streets in various cities of Kerala to protest against the September 28 Supreme Court verdict that threw open the Sabarimala temple…
Wardha (Maharashtra), Oct 2 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “betraying the people by making false promises” ahead of the 2014 general elections. Addressing the ‘Gandhi Sankalp Rally’…
Palu (Indonesia), Oct 2 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 1,234 in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Sulawesi island last week. The twin disasters on Friday left the…
Ottawa, Oct 2 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a good deal for the three countries. The USMCA, signed on Sunday night, came in the final hours before…
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said he plans to sign a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada by the end of November to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement…
Palu (Indonesia), Oct 1 (IANS) Mass graves were dug on Monday as Indonesia began burying hundreds of people killed by an earthquake and a tsunami that cracked streets, crumbled buildings and swept homes on the…
Stockholm, Oct 1 (IANS) James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan have jointly won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for developing a pioneering therapeutic approach for cancer treatment. The pair…
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Krishna Kapoor, the widow of the legendary Bollywood actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor, died here on Monday at the age of 87, bringing an end to the second generation of the influential clan….
Washington, Oct 1 (IANS) US Defence Secretary James Mattis has cancelled a planned visit to China in October in a latest sign of deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing, the media reported. According to a…
Panaji, Oct 1 (IANS) The case involving the mysterious disappearance of the mortal remains of a 24-year-old footballer from the mortuary of Goa’s biggest government hospital was handed over to the Crime Branch by Director…
San Francisco, Oct 1 (IANS) Amid a slew of controversies surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk, there comes some good news for the electric-car company’s investors and staff as the tech billionaire has now said that…
Washington, Oct 1 (IANS) The US and Canada have reached a last minute deal to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), overcoming deep divisions to keep the 25-year-old trilateral pact intact. The deal…
San Francisco, Oct 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration has sued the state of California in an effort to strike down its new net neutrality law, signed only hours earlier by Democratic Governor Jerry…
Jakarta, Sep 30 (IANS) The death toll from Indonesia’s strong quakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province soared to 832 on Sunday as lack of rescuers and vast stretches of land hard to access hampered…
Ranchi, Sep 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Sunday expressed doubts over the effectiveness of offering reservation in education and jobs for an indefinite period to bring prosperity to the country. “The idea…
Agartala, Sep 30 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday demanded that Pakistan be broken into four regions – Sindh, Balochistan, Pakhtun and West Pakistan – and the first three must be handed over to…
New York, Sep 30 (IANS) Coming under pressure from his lawyers and investors of Tesla, tech billionaire Elon Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the company for three years and pay a…