New York, Aug. Aug 2 (IANS) Indian-origin academic Akshay Venkatesh has been awarded the Fields Medal, which is often called the Nobel Prize of mathematics. The award to the 36-year-old academic was announced on Wednesday…
New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Apple shares surged more than 5 per cent Wednesday in the wake of a strong 2018 fiscal third quarter earnings report, pushing the tech giant’s market capitalization close to a…
San Francisco, Aug 2 (IANS) A US court of appeal in San Fransisco on Wednesday declared “unconstitutional” an executive order of US President Donald Trump to deny federal funding of sanctuary cities including San Francisco…
Chennai, July 31 (IANS) DMK President M. Karunanidhi will have to be remain in the Kauvery Hospital here for an extended period owing to age related health issues including altered liver function, the hospital said…
London, July 31 (IANS) Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing money laundering charges in multi-crore fraud case, on Tuesday said he has not applied for any clemency plea in India’s Karnataka High Court…
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Tuesday surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in terms of market capitalisation (market-cap) in India. At closing, the market-cap of Reliance Industries on the BSE stood at…
Harare, July 31 (IANS) Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa claimed on Tuesday that the election results were turning out in his favour, pending official confirmation, while incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa showed optimism regarding the whole…
Karachi, July 31 (IANS) As part of its efforts to form a government at the Centre, a delegation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan’s pointman Jahangir Tareen, called on leaders of former nemesis…
Washington, July 31 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned against providing an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout for Pakistan’s new government that includes funding to pay off Chinese lenders. The issue arises…
Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Tuesday surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in market capitalisation (market-cap) in India. At 1.08 p.m., the market-cap of Reliance Industries on the BSE stood at around…
Washington, July 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced that he was willing to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani without preconditions and “whenever they want”, a sharp departure from his threats against Tehran last…
Washington, July 31 (IANS) American spy agencies have said there were indicators that showed North Korea was constructing new missiles at a factory that produced Pyongyang’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) capable of reaching the…
Bengaluru, July 30 (IANS) Karnataka will soon issue an official order with guidelines to waive off agricultural loans worth Rs 49,000 crore, giving relief to distressed farmers across the state, said an official statement on…
Perumbavoor (Kerala), July 30 (IANS) A migrant labourer on Monday failed to snatch a gold chain but slit the throat of a 20-year-old college girl near here. Police said they had arrested Biju, who hails…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) India has asked Antigua and Barbuda to detain Mehul Choksi, an accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, and to prevent him from leaving the country. Informed sources…
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) The first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), comprising names of 2,89,83,677 people of Assam, was published on Monday. Releasing the document online at the state NRC headquarters…
Islamabad, July 30 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that he will take oath as Prime Minister on August 11, the media reported on Monday. Talking to the newly-elected members from Khyber…
Washington, July 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the government if the Democratic Party does not cooperate on border security issues. “I would be willing to ‘shut down’ government if…
Lucknow/New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Hitting back for the first time at critics who questioned his perceived friendly relations with corporates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that unlike “some people” he was “not…
New Delhi/Patna, July 29 (IANS) The CBI on Sunday took over the case of rapes in a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and filed an FIR to probe the crime in which at least 34…