Rome, Feb 4 (IANS/AKI) An Italian priest has offered to bless users of smartphones, tablets, computers and laptops “to protect them from any harm these devices may bring”. Don Giorgio, parish priest of Citta di…
(160203) — PYONGYANG, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) — A model of Unha-3 rocket is displayed at the Sci-Tech Complex in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Feb. 3, 2016. (Xinhua/Lu…
California, Feb 4 (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook on Thursday Hijacked “Friendship Day” on its 12th anniversary by rolling out a special video. The video titled “Friends Day Video” was launched as Facebook crossed 1.5…
New Delhi: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, CY Leung calls on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Feb 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Prime Minister…
credit: Twitter London, Feb 4 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will turn himself over to the police here on Friday if a UN panel rules he has not been unlawfully detained. Australian…
Mexico City, Feb 4 (IANS) Mexico has confirmed 37 cases of Zika virus infection in seven of the country’s 32 states, the media reported on Thursday. Thirty-four people were infected locally while three were infected…
New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during a programme organised to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 126th birth anniversary in New Delhi on Nov 14, 2015….
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) As the suicide of Rohith Vemula puts the focus back on the contentious issue of Dalit rights, former IAS officer and author P. Sivakami says that the community is denied…
Jakarta, Feb 4 (IANS) Indonesia will chemically castrate child sex offenders, the country’s National Commission on Child Protection announced on Thursday. President Joko Widodo is set to issue a regulation in lieu of law which…
Bengaluru, Feb 4 (IANS) Five people suspected of assaulting a Tanzanian woman were arrested early on Thursday, Police Commissioner N.S. Megharik said. “We have arrested the five accused after interrogating them on Wednesday night under…
Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Superstar Chiranjeevi will on Thursday undergo a minor shoulder surgery at a private hospital here, said a source close to the actor. “It’s a very minor…
Washington, Feb 4 (AP) Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum says he is ending his bid for the White House and will support Republican candidate Marco Rubio. Santorum said yesterday on Fox News Channel that he…
Canberra, Feb 4 (IANS) Footage of one of Australia’s leading television personalities has appeared in the latest Islamic State (IS) propaganda video that calls on more supporters to join their war against the West. The…
Bengaluru/New Delhi Feb 3 (PTI) A Tanzanian woman student was allegedly beaten up and stripped by a mob in a case of “mistaken identity” after a woman was mowed down by a car here, prompting…
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Police on Wednesday booked MIM leaders Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbaruddin Owaisi and arrested three activists of the party for attacks on their political rivals during elections to the Greater…
Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Delhi-Dasna-Meerut Expressway & Upgradation of Dasna- Hapur Section of NH24, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb…
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (IANS) Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is developing world’s first vaccine for Zika virus, which has been declared as a public health emergency by the World Health Organisation. The vaccines and biotherapeutic manufacturer on…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Days after three people were awarded the death penalty for gang-raping and murdering a college student in West Bengal’s Kamduni, the BJP on Wednesday began a 10-day march from the village…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Former telecom minister A. Raja on Wednesday apprised a court here that he had informed the then prime minister Manmohan Singh about the law ministry’s opinion on referring the 2G…
New York, Feb 3 (IANS) Wearing an antiperspirant or deodorant doesn’t affect an individual’s social life, and it substantially cuts down the microbial life that survives on a person, says a new study. Thousands of…