Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) The key indices of the Indian equity markets on Wednesday traded on a flat-to-negative note during the mid-afternoon session tracking weak Asian peers. However, robust buying in auto stocks limited the…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Amid new political churning ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha’s proceedings were again disrupted on Wednesday amid vociferous protests by opposition parties including the Congress, TDP and AIADMK over various issues forcing Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu to…
Washington, April 4 (IANS) A Dutch lawyer having ties with former Trump campaign officials was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Tuesday for lying to federal investigators, the first to be sentenced in special…
Washington, April 4 (IANS) Taking another step toward building a quieter supersonic aircraft, the US space agency has awarded a $247.5 million contract to the global aerospace company Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin has been selected…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was disrupted again on Wednesday amid protests, with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourning the House till 12 p.m. As soon as the House met, AIADMK members started protesting…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) In the backdrop of the Class 12 economics question paper leak, the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry has set up a high-power committee to examine the CBSE’s examination process. The…
Srinagar, April 4 (IANS) Normal life was derailed in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as separatists announced a protest march to Shopian town in solidarity with civilians killed in fighting between militants and security forces….
San Francisco, April 4 (IANS) In a key development, Apple has hired John Giannandrea, Google’s Head of Search and Artificial Intelligence (AI), to lead the company’s Machine Learning (ML) and AI strategy. Giannandrea, who took…
Srinagar, April 4 (IANS) Heavy deployment of security forces was made in Srinagar and other sensitive places in the Kashmir Valley to maintain peace and law and order, even though the separatists did not call…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Facebook has removed several accounts owned by Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA), the group accused of meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. “We removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram…
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE, after opening at 33,437.52 points, touched a…
Sao Paulo, April 4 (IANS) Thousands of Brazilians in major cities across the country took to the streets, to pressure the Supreme Court to reject former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s habeas corpus request….
Washington, April 4 (IANS) Attorney Alex van der Zwaan has been sentenced to one month in jail and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for lying to the FBI about his contacts with the campaign…
Washington, April 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said he wants to use the military to guard the country’s border with Mexico until his long-promised border wall is built. “We are going to be…
Washington, April 4 (IANS) US space agency NASA has started to create a supersonic manned aircraft that may cause no eardrum-battering sonic boom. It announced plans on Tuesday to grant a $247.5 million contract to…
Washington, April 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has showed mixed attitude toward Russia, emphasising his toughness on Moscow while expecting better bilateral relations. “Probably nobody’s been tougher to Russia than Donald Trump,” said Trump…
Beijing, April 4 (IANS) China strongly condemns and firmly opposes the US tariff proposals and is ready to take countermeasures on US products, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Wednesday. An MOC spokesperson made…
Ankara, April 4 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia and Turkey agreed to bring forward the delivery of the S-400 missile defence systems to Turkey Speaking at a joint press conference on Tuesday…
New York, April 4 (IANS) US stocks ended higher after sharp declines in the previous session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday added 389.17 points, or 1.65 per cent, to 24,033.36. The S&P 500…