By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 12 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not facing any funds crunch for its ongoing activities, the agency Chairman said on Thursday. ISRO Chairman K.Sivan made…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 12 (IANS) India’s Babita Kumari entered the final of the women’s 53 kilogram wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. Babita started off by defeating Bose Samuel of…
Washington, April 12 (IANS) The FBI sought communications that Donald Trump had with his personal lawyer Michael Cohen over the “Access Hollywood” tape that captured the President making lewd remarks about women a month before…
Gold Coast (Australia), April 12 (IANS) Indian wrestlers Rahul Aware and Sushil Kumar entered the finals of their respective categories in the men’s freestyle competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Thursday. Aware,…
Berlin, April 12 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday kept an ambiguous tone on the possible airstrike on Syria after the alleged chemical attacks in the war-torn country. “We deeply regret that the UN…
Damascus, April 12 (IANS) Bouthaina Shabaan, the political and media adviser to President Bashar al-Assad, said on Wednesday that her country is not fearing the US threats of striking Syria. In an interview with pan-Arab…
Jerusalem, April 12 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked over the phone on Wednesday amid rift between the two countries over Syria. “The Prime Minister reiterated that Israel will…
Washington, April 12 (IANS) US Federal Reserve officials signalled that the central bank may have to accelerate the pace of future rate hikes amid stronger economic growth and inflation, according to the minutes of the…
Washington, April 12 (IANS) An international team led by Chinese scientists has revealed the wing colour of a 200 million-year-old insect via fossil scales. The study, published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found…
Stockholm, April 12 (IANS) The Nobel Foundation on Wednesday warned that the international reputation of the Nobel Prize may be at stake after a series of rows that have rocked the Swedish Academy, the body…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), April 12 (IANS) India early on Thursday put into orbit navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of Indian satellite navigation system NavIC in copy-book style. The 1,425 kg satellite was…
Moscow, April 12 (IANS) Russia hopes common sense will prevail regardless of the increasingly disordered international affairs, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. “The situation in the world is becoming more chaotic, nevertheless we…
Sanaa, April 12 (IANS) Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebels fired a barrage of ballistic missiles on the Saudi Defense Ministry in Riyadh and oil giant Aramco in Saudi border region of Najran, the Houthis said in…
Washington, April 12 (IANS) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted on Wednesday the marketing of the first medical device to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect greater than a mild level of the…
Jaipur, April 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals rode their bowlers’ good show coupled with skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s 45 to beat Delhi Daredevils by 10 runs via Duckworth-Lewis Method in a heavily rain-truncated Indian Premier League (IPL)…
London, April 12 (IANS) Liu Xiaoming, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, on Wednesday published a signed article in a major British newspaper, saying that “the United States has announced successive protectionist tariffs pursuant…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Accusing the Congress and CPI-M of ganging up with the BJP for the coming panchayat polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the two parties whether they supported…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Central government and the Unique Identification Authority of India on Wednesday defended Aadhaar, saying that there were no instances of its duplication and cited the fiscal benefits of linking…
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that a dangerous and false binary between freedom and development was emerging in the country’s political discourse which could be a danger to…
Lucknow, April 11 (IANS) Facing all-round fire over the alleged gang rape of a woman by a ruling party legislator and the subsequent death of victim’s father in police custody, the BJP government faced yet…