India, which is a mobile-first country, will soon have millions working on their smartphones from anywhere, any ..
An 18th century Chinese vase, left for decades in a shoebox in France, has sold for 16.2m euros (£14.2m).
"Laakhon hain yahan dilwale...". That evergreen Mahendra Kapoor number from the 1960s played on at a boutique is..
Seraphim Optronics- a long-standing provider of sophisticated electro-optic solutions for persistent surveillanc..
Weak demand along with a rise in inflationary pressures pulled the output of the Indian service sector lower dur..
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged pe..
In a maiden effort, researchers have mapped the plant diversity of the Sikkim Himalayas on the basis of geograph..
Within hours of the European Union''s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect on Friday, te..
Simple good hygiene practices such as frequent hand washing and cooking food properly before consuming can help ..
London, May 25 (IANS) The General Data Protection Regulation - better known as GDPR - that gives citizens of the..
A writer who seldom makes public appearances, Anuradha Roy rides against the tides of our times and is known for..
For the past several winters, Delhi has drawn global attention for its life-threatening smog levels. This is att..
This year marks a quarter century of the ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - an agree..
The proposed National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) would be of "no use" as it has "not mentioned sector-specific a..
Facebook today has 217 million users in India - a huge market to tap into and advertisers know this well - and a..
Defying the competition from Chinese players, Samsung has become the leader in the Indian flagship smartphone ma..
Regulating salt consumption is key to prevent hypertension, which is associated with an increased risk of heart ..
The initial results in India are promising and if deployed at big scale, AI-based models can help farmers, docto..
Worldwide, every May, the week after the second Sunday is celebrated as World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week, ded..
It''s not only Sonam Kapoor who has chosen to marry outside the film industry. There are many in tinsel town who..
Thanks to government funding, Indian physicists are preparing for a deep dive into the quantum world that holds ..
Microsoft has announced a unique partnership with China-based DJI - the world''s biggest drone company - where D..
This is the engrossing tale of Balan, a kid from South India who grows up in the towns of Punjab, Jammu and Hary..
Since childhood, I have had a keen interest in the arts - coming from a family with a strong tradition in arts a..
Having returned to the track after recovering from injuries, superbike racer Sandesh Prasannakumar is determined..
Comedy is gaining a lot of momentum in India and the challenge lies in monetising this space, says comedian-entr..
Demand for gold in India for January-March quarter (first quarter) of 2018 was down by 12 per cent at 115.6 tonn..
State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) bid on Wednesday for 37 oil and gas blocks while private sect..
The next time you are in a hotel room, relax and ask your smartphone to switch on or off the lights, moderate th..
As Apple posted a healthy revenue of $61.1 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.8 billion globally for its se..
Nine out of every 10 people on the planet breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants and kills seven mi..
There was a time when Ritu Dalmia did not know how to define the feeling of being attracted to the same gender. ..
After the massive Facebook data scandal, it has now come to notice that Twitter had also sold users'' data to a ..
From a surge in community dining experiences to increasing use of seasonal and indigenous produce, Buddha bowls ..
Indian mobile manufacturing industry is expected to touch Rs 132,000 crore by the end of 2018, Electronics and I..
Mobile chip-maker MediaTek on Thursday appointed Anku Jain as the new Chief Representative of the company''s Ind..
The consumption of goods and services is expected to rise to levels approximating those of more developed market..
Unicef announced on Tuesday that 500,000 Afghan children have been affected by a drought in the country.
Country’s premier warship building yard, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) won the 13th BML Munjal Award for ‘..
Tokyo-based Komori Corporation Ltd - the third largest manufacturer of printing presses in the world - on Friday..
Bengaluru is the most preferred city for office expansion in the Asia Pacific region, followed by Shanghai and S..
Increasing the acreage of wet crops like rice - and also increasing the watering structures in areas that alread..
Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world''s wo..
Amid problems of a fund crunch, shortage of workers and rising cost of production, Darjeeling''s tea planters ar..
Actress and stand-up comedian Amy Schumer is in talks to portray boxer Christy Martin in a biopic.
Recently, I spent an hour with a group of resident doctors and public health graduates. With World Health Day (A..
The Spain and Germany Davis Cup teams trained on the clay court inside Valencia''s bullring, the iconic Plaza de..
To disrupt the premium smartphone market in India, Finnish company HMD Global on Wednesday unveiled its flagship..
Werder Bremen''s head coach Florian Kohfeldt has penned a contract extension ahead of schedule with the German c..
In a bid to prepare an industry-ready workforce for the Indian smartphone industry, 19 key component makers have..
As the Ghanaian government struggles to find a solution to the country''s accommodation problem, Indian-owned Sw..
The number of mobile Internet users in India is likely to reach 478 million by June, a report published on Thurs..
The "Global Energy & CO2 Status Report", published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), states that "renewa..
The Cambridge Analytica scandal continued to take its toll on Facebook on Friday as verified SpaceX and Tesla pa..
The Punjab government on Friday launched a campaign to wipe out the drugs menace in the state to mark the martyr..
The travel and tourism sectors together generated 25.9 million jobs in 2017, contributing
Following the key reforms of demonetisation, Real Estate Regulation & Development Act (RERA) and Goods and Servi..
Managed and serviced co-working spaces go an extra step to promote a healthy lifestyle. Studies have shown that ..
Travelling in vehicles with self-driving technology is experienced as more stressful by passengers than journeys..
The Indian Goods and Services Tax (GST) system is among the most complex in the world with not only one of the h..
A day after a study claimed that 90 per cent of bottled water from leading brands is contaminated by microplasti..
In good news for chronic insomniacs, an ongoing study at the WellSpan York Hospital in the US to assess the impa..
Farmer suicides have been taking place across India for years now, and studies of rural distress reveal the deep..
Wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in India during February softened marginally at 2.48 per cent from 2.84 ..
The Agriculture Ministry in a late night notification cut the government-controlled price of BG-II genetically m..
To commemorate 100 years of the Champaran Satyagraha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off Swachha..
Spanish cyclist Marc Soler (Movistar) won the title in the Paris-Nice road cycling race, while his compatriot Da..
"Females are strong as hell." That''s just a line from the theme song of the sitcom "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt",..
A keen observer of India''s fluctuating gender patterns has painted a grim picture of the country''s falling chi..
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Monday said extreme right reactionary ..
There has been a significant in the number of child marriages worldwide and India contributed significantly to t..
How about visiting a beautiful beach along the Mediterranean Sea, walking on layers of history stretching back t..
With Indian industry calling for adopting hi-tech control systems to check financial frauds, a foreign data prot..
Industry disruption is no random event but is widespread across big companies globally with nearly 63 per cent o..
A day after the government set a 15-day deadline for public sector banks (PSBs) to examine all non-performing as..
When it comes to delivering enhanced user experiences in the Cloud and mobile-first era, global Cloud infrastruc..
Holi, the festival of colours, is fun as we paint the town in hues of the rainbow. But, at the same time, your h..
Anyone who thinks that the only place you could find the likes of, say, Stalin, Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway..
As filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who directed her in "Karma", said: "Introvert by nature, she was electricity with thu..
After the success of the pilot project on Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) for farmers in Bihar, the World Ban..
Aiming to help domestic smartphone manufacturers recover lost ground, the government has taken several measures ..
For most part of human history, change was glacial in pace. It was quite safe to assume that the world at the ti..
To hear these variations, I need a good "ear", especially because I translate from more than one language. The c..
The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has charged that foreign branches of other Indian banks may also be involved in w..
(ATTN EDITORS: This is the seventh in a 10-part "Translating India" series where 10 noted translators - in artic..
Meeting the Paris Agreement''s goal of keeping the global-scale warming this century to less than 2 degrees Cels..
Industrial conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said its construction arm has bagged orders worth Rs..
A dip in food and fuel prices decelerated the rise in India''s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale price..
The German government has made a proposal to introduce free public transportation as a radical measure to lower ..
At least 10 students from a high school here in the US has been hospitalised after they ingested an unknown subs..
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel on Saturday said the apex bank and the market regulator Securit..
There is no way to skirt around the issue of gender because it is right there, front and centre, in Nasreen''s o..
US politician Nancy Pelosi spoke for a little more than eight hours in the House of Representatives to oppose th..
North Korea on Thursday ruled out any official meeting with the US during the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympi..
Recalling the struggles he faced during his comeback after being shot during a train journey in 2006, former Ind..
Scientists have developed a CRISPR gene-editing technique that can potentially correct a majority of the 3,000 m..
Sabyasachi Mukherjee just wanted to earn money to get on an airplane and travel the world when he entered the fa..
A controversial book that details allegations of Chinese interference in Australian society will be released aft..
The benefits of philanthropy have come to the fore in recent years with leading businessmen and other successful..
The seven Earth-size planets of TRAPPIST-1 are all mostly made of rock, with some having the potential to hold f..
Every family has had close relatives who have been victims of cancer. In most cases, we feel the pangs of the su..
India set their date with Australia for the 2018 Under 19 Cricket World Cup summit clash after thrashing arch-ri..
India doesn''t need any lessons on nationalism 70 years after Independence, feels eminent writer and member of t..
Key Indian equity indices on Tuesday climbed to new highs as investor sentiments were uplifted by bullish global..
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Banking stocks on Thursday zoomed following reports that the government may allow 100 per cent foreign direct in..
Swati Maliwal, who will complete her term as chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) in the next fiv..
The top state in diverting forests for purposes like infrastructure and industrial projects is now reaching out ..
Communities living near wildlife reserves in Rajasthan show a high tolerance for wildlife, comprising larger car..
A new course on Sustainable Urban planning using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) has been..
Aiming to promote trilateral business opportunities among the US, India, and Israel for advance projects and ent..
US auto giant Ford will massively increase investments in electric vehicles and roll out 40 hybrid and electric ..
Microsoft Accelerator and Accenture Ventures on Friday announced a new ecosystem partnership To further strength..
US hotel chain Marriott''s chief executive officer (CEO) has apologised for listing Tibet, among other parts of ..
Ride hailing applications in Saudi Arabia are preparing to hire Saudi female chauffeurs, months ahead of lifting..
India''s first plant to convert coal to synthetic gas is to be set up in Odisha under the supervision of state-r..
Given the current market conditions in India for smartphones, it appears that Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-foun..
India captain Sunil Chhetri wants the national football team to play more away games this year as it prepares fo..
Debt-ridden Electrosteel Steels on Tuesday said four companies- Tata Steel, Vedanta, Renaissance Steel India and..
Facing a controversy over the presence of two security flaws in its chips, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich for the firs..
For an overwhelming 97 per cent of Indian businesses, adopting Next-Gen software solutions is the key to driving..
Gulf stock indexes, from Kuwait to Oman, advanced modestly on Sunday after the price of oil hit a two-and-a-half..
Following release of the Advance Estimate (AEs) of GDP and GVA for the economy for 2017-18, the Ministry of Agri..
It''s 9 p.m. and a biting chill has set in as dozens of migrant labourers start gathering near the Yamuna embank..
The 15th Finance Commission, which the government notified on November 27, 2017, will have to first contend with..
The government on Thursday sought Parliament''s approval for additional expenditure of Rs 80,000 crore for recap..
US-based data analytics company Teradata on Thursday announced the appointment of Souma Das as its Managing Dire..
President Donald Trump has declared that his nuclear button is "much bigger" and "more powerful" than North Kore..
Pakistan''s UN envoy Maleeha Lodhi has condemned US President Donald Trump''s remarks against Islamabad and said..
The draw of the Qatar Open tennis tournament has been broken wide open after the second and third seeds were bea..
A total of 141 Kerala fishermen remain missing following Cyclone Ockhi that hit the southern districts of Kerala..
After he was denied a Rajya Sabha nomination, disgruntled AAP leader Kumar Vishwas said he has been "punished" f..
India''s direct selling industry has nearly doubled since 2011 to Rs 126.6 billion in 2016 and is expected to gr..
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has successfully commissioned its refinery off-gas cracker (ROGC) complex of 1..
India''s manufacturing sector''s activity expanded exponentially in December 2017 due to accelerated increase in..
In order to make information on all government schemes and initiatives for women more easily accessible, the Min..
A rise of just 2 degrees Celsius in global warming could make over a quarter of the world''s land to become drie..
China has established an underwater surveillance network which will help its navy track target vessels more accu..
Cricket was not the only game in India which was embroiled in controversy in 2017. There were several others as ..
The men''s team experienced an array of transformations with skipper Virat Kohli taking over the mantle of all t..
Mega cyber attacks such as "WannaCrypt" and "Petya" this year forced governments and enterprises globally, inclu..
It was another glorious year for literature with its top prizes honouring the universality and diversity of huma..
A man-made sand crisis in Bihar over the past five months has angered all stakeholders: Thousands of labourers, ..
The swampy Loktak, originally a "wetland of wetlands" and the "lifeline" of the Manipur Valley''s people, is fam..
As Indian enterprises look forward to digital transformation, Deskera, a leading global Cloud-based business sof..
The acquittal of DMK leaders Kanimozhi, daughter of party President M. Karunanidhi, and former Union Telecom Min..
Over 10,000 twinkling colourful fairy lights, cherubic angels and fairies, reindeer and snowmen, bells, streamer..
India''s National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and China''s Dalian city have signed ..
There will probably be a mixed reaction in the secular camp to Rahul Gandhi''s temple-hopping in Gujarat.To some..
One obviously reads how social media and technology have the power to breed beliefs only qualifiable as post-tru..
If the farmers of Punjab and Haryana were to adopt smart techniques and use appropriate machinery, say experts, ..
According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2016-17, Delhi reported the highest crime rate (160.4..
It is impossible to make sense of the Bitcoin-mania that has been making waves of late. In just a span of one ye..
George Soros, the legendary hedge manager, once said that in the financial markets, it doesnt matter whether one..
Deep forests surrounding the city complemented by emission control measures provide the complete answer to Delhi..
As part of a 30 million euro intervention, the EU has signed a 17.2 million euro agreement with three UN institu..
The Election Commission will get 40 lakh VVPAT machines and EVMs by September 2018 for use in the 2019 general e..
Over the last weekend, tobacco advertisements were again seen across US media channels after decades of being ba..
An immunotherapy drug has the potential to treat a rare pregnancy cancer belonging to a group of diseases called..
In the wake of growing threats in cyber space, lack of an international law has become a hindrance and countries..
You can answer any question asked by your child with "Go ask your mama", including "Where''s mama?" The tragedy ..
Eight months after it was denied a censor certificate on various grounds, the producers of the Hindi feature fil..
A UN-linked fund awarded $1 million to two Bangladeshi companies in recognition of their novel project to allow ..
To connect the next billion, India must establish micro-data centres - which can even run on a laptop from any l..
It''s that time of the year again when our sentiments are hurt, and it is acceptable to temporarily suspend libe..
Goa has the potential to become the Venice of the East if it taps its intricate network of inland waterways for ..
Aiming to reduce the possibilities of signals failing, Indian Railways has undertaken remote condition monitorin..
Though its origin isn''t exactly Indian, chicken tikka masala has strangely epitomised Indian food across the wo..
With mobile handset vendors shipping 80 million mobile handset units in India in the third quarter this year, th..
Moving away from old trends, young women are now opting for preservative-free products for a long-lasting glow a..
More than 19,700 people die due to diabetes in Afghanistan annually, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
The government on Monday launched Phase II of BharatNet project through which it aims to provide high-speed broa..
Veteran vocalist Shubha Mudgal, who has been batting for royalty rights for artistes, has now questioned the log..
The backbone of India''s manufacturing sector - micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) - had not yet recove..
With a net worth of $38 billion, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbes annual l..
Ancient species of Australian lizards and snakes, including some of the world''s most deadliest, migrated from A..
As bank customers suffered by waiting in long queues to withdraw their money from November onwards last year, an..
Genomics and genetic analysis are the most effective ways to manage cancer, not only in India but also across th..
The Andhra governments flip-flop on extensive cultivation of unapproved genetically-modified (GM) herbicide-tole..
Veteran actress Hema Malini says she shares a "beautiful relation" with her stepson Sunny Deol. After her 2015 a..
Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Lt will use the proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO) of around ..
Cooling of food prices helped ease India''s annual rate of inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) in..
Indo-American DJ and record producer KSHMR, who is set for his maiden India tour starting here from October 20, ..
The wheat crop in Punjab - the breadbasket of India - and also in Pakistan, is vulnerable to air-borne attack by..
Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar for shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh are in desperate need..
With the population of elderly people in the country growing fast, the incidence of Alzheimer''s is increasing a..
Sweden-based Wheelys, a first of its kind ''Cafe on wheels'', is making its foray into India with its first orga..
Once dubbed the world''s heaviest woman, Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abd-El Aty passed away at a hospital here ..
Investment banking firm Jefferies on Monday said there is growth in digital payment mode by bank customers post-..
Automobile major Maruti Suzuki on Monday commenced bookings for the new variant of its "all-new" premium crossov..
As Facebook faces intense fake news scrutiny after disclosing the details about the presence of Russian politica..
New satellite images and videos from Myanmar''s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, c..
After making his name in India, Manish Mundra, the founder of Drishyam Films, is in the news in Nigeria for cont..
As compared to last year, Kashmir has so far witnessed a steady in both the intensity and prevalence of street v..
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged movie actor Kamal Haasan to join politics. The Tamil icon..
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urgently pass the Women''s Res..
The central and state governments should pump in about Rs 50,000 crore ($7.5 billion) to transform half a millio..
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments worldwide to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with..
The Indian government is seeking a dramatic increase in tourist figures, both foreign and domestic, in a way tha..
Increase in volume of digital transactions, widening of tax base and squeezed circulation of high denomination c..
Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders on Monday urged Myanmar to grant international humanit..
A team of experts from India and Sweden has flagged concerns over uncontrolled dumping of partly treated/untreat..
On August 22, the Supreme Court ruled that triple talaq - the practice which allows a man to divorce his wife in..
Returning to power after a long gap of 10 years and bearing the political burden of the populist promises made i..
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the law underlining Aadhaar will have to be strength..
Apple on Tuesday launched iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus with new glass and aluminium design and A11 Bionic chip des..
The ''singularity'' event that scientists talk about in artificial intelligence (AI) - when robots would outsmar..
Germany''s second-largest airline, Air Berlin, was forced to cancel dozens of flights on Tuesday due to an unusu..
Choosing foreign soil, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has declared he is "absolutely ready" to be the part..
India being one of the most polluted countries globally, just meeting the international air-quality standards ca..
Over 80 female entrepreneurs from more than a dozen countries have gathered in Nepal to participate in the first..
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday inaugurated the 65 MW-capacity first stage of the Kash..
As India urbanises at a rapid pace, there''s a daunting challenge in balancing higher energy use with a developm..
It is no secret that India has had an appalling record in keeping her children healthy. The country records deat..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the cancellation of the credentials of all Al Jazeera repo..
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Thursday said his party would fight the 2019 assembly polls ..
Bangladesh authorities are preparing more camps in Cox''s Bazar district for the tens of thousands of Rohingya m..
Private carrier Vistara and Japan Airlines(JAL) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointl..
There is an increasing opportunity to innovate in solar markets in India thanks to the rapidly declining price o..
State-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a voice and data centric plan for Rs ..
Authorities in Hong Kong on Tuesday replaced a 24-hours BBC World Service radio channel, that has been running f..
Slamming demonetisation as a major factor responsible for the current deceleration in the economy, former Financ..
Former Planning Commission member Arun Maira contends that "physical violence" in the real world and "verbal vio..
It will take time for the economists to figure out whether the fall in the growth rate to 5.7 per cent is the re..
The overall health of India''s manufacturing sector improved in August due to resumed growth of new orders, prod..
India''s GDP growth for the first quarter of the current fiscal ended June slowed down to 5.7 per cent, from 6.1..
Atmospheric scientist and MIT Professor Ronald G. Prinn, whose group''s findings the Donald Trump administration..
Over 95 exhibitors from India''s textile industry showcased their products at the global textile and light indus..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India could no longer afford to delay modernisation of infrastructu..
Druk Air flight KB 205 that took off from New Delhi on the afternoon of August 24 was no ordinary flight. At Ter..
New road projects will be launched only after securing all due clearances so that they are not held up, Union Ro..
China on Monday said that India has withdrawn its troops from Doklam but Chinese troops will "remain in the regi..
Seen as an convict under law, treated as a God by his millions of followers, courted by politicians and politica..
As floods ravage India and its neighbours, experts at IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) say states with high forest cover ..
In Rio, US women won 61 of the 121 medals claimed by the US, against 55 by the men (five medals came in mixed ev..
Aiming to strengthen India''s geo-strategic stand and transform the northeastern region into an economic powerho..
The government has approved a scheme to enable select institutions become ''Institutes of Eminence'' to catapult..
A visually-impaired computer programmer was barred from giving a test for a government-certified programmer when..
A hammer and compass in hand, India''s women geologists are literally rocking it. Notwithstanding the dangers of..
A series in Sri Lanka has always been tough and no captain before Virat Kohli won back-to-back series in the isl..
A top United Nations official in Yemen said on Monday that a total of 201 children have been killed in the Yemen..
The US, which has announced its backing for India''s membership of the UN Security Council, is to raise the issu..
The Bharat 22 exchange traded fund (ETF), comprising of 22 companies, or investments from central public sector ..
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) on Friday commemorated the 18th anniversary of Kargil Diwas by..
The new cabinet of Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in at the Presidency here on Friday.
Unregulated fishing of critically endangered sharks off India''s Gujarat coast is driving them to extinction, wa..
Over 60 per cent of marketers in India believe new-age technologies are going to impact their workplace practice..
The Indian stock markets seem to be on a steroid-infused dream run. Both the National Stock Exchange''s Nifty-50..
In order to meet the target of increasing solar power capacity to 100 gigawatt (GW) by 2022, India will need to ..
With rumours of the Centre planning a withdrawal of the newly-introduced Rs 2,000 note doing the rounds, Ministe..
Former West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta, who chaired the Empowered Committee of State Finance Minister..
Tax authorities of the five BRICS countries inked a landmark document to establish a mechanism for taxation coop..
The organisations, however, are not clear how such maps were submitted. While officials from the Rajasthan Fores..
Land acquisition for a 15 km India-Bangladesh railway line has finally begun in both countries - more than seven..
Erasing morning gains, the Indian equity markets provisionally closed on a flat note with marginal losses. Howev..
India has to make suitable policy changes by December this year to remove measures it had undertaken to protect ..
Only the naive will believe that the elevation of a Dalit, Ramnath Kovind, as the President is of seminal import..
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif''s fate hangs in the balance on unexplained finances, most specifically for..
China and India should resolve their border dispute in Doklam before the BRICS summit in September and much of t..
The economic prosperity of the Bay of Bengal can improve the lives of millions in South Asia, said experts here ..
The Sino-Indian border row is an offshoot of rising Hindu nationalism in India which has hijacked New Delhi''s C..
The Indian government is partnering with a Ghanaian company to build capacity of the country''s professionals in..
Though the population worldwide protected by tobacco control measures has grown almost five-fold than ten years ..
Ever since Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati threw her final political trump card on Tuesday by quitting ..
Buoyed by rising mobile adoption in the Asia-Pacific region especially in India and China, mobile penetration gl..
Lawmakers across India voted on Monday to elect the country''s 14th President in a contest in which the ruling N..
NDA''s candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday met legislators and parliamentarians from Maharashtra here seeking ..
The Indian team is in a tricky situation at the womens cricket World Cup as back to back losses have dented thei..
Even though six of India''s least developed states - among eight high-focus states in government jargon - spent ..
As the monsoon begins, some parts of Bangladesh are already flooded, and the Brahmaputra and Ganga rivers are ex..
India''s annual retail inflation eased to a record low of 1.54 per cent during June, while the country''s factor..
Potentially harmful chemicals found in everyday plastic have been linked to the prevalence of chronic diseases i..
Unidentified terrorists reportedly opened fire on a police vehicle at around 8 pm on July 10. When police retali..
Energy consumption in India is expected to double by 2035 and the demand will continue to rise for more than a d..
A federal judge in the US has halted deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis, many of them Christians, who argued ..
The strong commitment to the Paris climate agreement by India and Mexico could make the deal work despite the Tr..
An Indian-American doctor couple, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was killed when their private plane crashed in th..
Former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri was on Tuesday named the Indian cricket team''s new head coach till the 20..
The bodies of all seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir arrived here on Tuesda..
Shocking facts revealed during investigations of a narcotic drug racket busted here last week have sent alarm be..
Microsoft has launched an all-in-one software product called ''Microsoft 365'' - a new set that brings together ..
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday closed all educational institutions and suspended internet facility ..
With the decks being cleared for the construction of a second airport for the capital at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh,..
China is preparing to start a freight train service to Pakistan - the second such link in South Asia.
The annual US Congress-mandated report on human trafficking last week continued to place India in the tier-2 cat..
Authorities have imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Saturday to prevent protests against the impl..
More than 30 million people, the majority in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been vaccinated a..
Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh have recorded high levels of damage to crops and human life by the wildlife. The so..
Difference of opinion between Reserve Bank of India and the government is not a bad thing at all, says former RB..
Experts and environmentalists have criticised Bangladesh's environment agency for its decision to declare fo..
The healthcare reform bill being discussed by the US Senate would leave 22 million people without medical insura..
Adanis'' Mundra plant has previously been disclosed to be operating with 100 per cent imported coal from Indones..
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Thursday unveiled its most powerful device ''''OnePlus 5'''' here that comes..
If more Indian mothers can be persuaded to care for their babies like kangaroo mothers do, many of the 750,000 b..
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushing yoga on the global stage, the ages-old vedic practice is now gaining i..
Undisturbed by his silent neighbours in the capital''s Nicholson Cemetery, this leading author has penned numero..
Full of strange facts and objects, our museums and history books carry some very interesting stories from bygone..
Indian publishing houses are fast becoming the preferred choice of writers from the neighbouring countries, with..
he stage is all set for India to hold the third edition of International Yoga Day on Wednesday with Prime Minist..
The West Bengal government''s flip-flop on making Bengali compulsory in schools seemingly played a major role in..
The first ever UN Ocean Conference came to a close on June 9 with a "Call For Action", over 1,300 voluntary comm..
A plentiful harvest in 2016 but imports drive some prices down 63 per cent. A shortage of cash because of demone..
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose''s niece-in-law Krishna Bose on Friday said India must face the "truth" of the revolu..
Since coming to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced one green energy initiative after the other. O..
For a decade during the previous Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) rule in Punjab, Congress l..
"War Machine" director David Michod - whose film portrays the absurdity of war - believes that the US is still e..
On the economic front, the country displayed some worrying trends in 2014 that seem to have been contained. The ..
Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has dared the opposition and critics to show a single ac..
Imagination conjures up sounds of the organ as I stand in the shadow of that brooding architectural wonder. It f..
The government''s surprise announcement that solar photovoltaic cells and modules will attract a levy of 18 per ..
As the government gears up to push generic medicines to bring down costs for patients, World Health Organisation..
The Naga community in Arunachal Pradesh has urged the Centre to intervene in the long-delayed matter of granting..
The US city of Chicago is launching a campaign in response to President Donald Trump''s threats to cut off fundi..
Chemicals and chemical products, construction, land transport, agriculture, petroleum products, iron and metalli..
China on Thursday again invoked the Panchsheel agreement to discuss the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) ..
They say its not the destination, but the journey that makes the travel worthwhile. But avid travellers will kno..
India understands the potential of technology and should aspire for nothing less than a leadership role when it ..
Ignorance, people say, is bliss. Not so with hypertension though. For, uncontrolled high blood pressure, if left..
Veteran Indian artist Ganesh Haloi is in the forefront of representing modern Indian art at the ongoing Document..
The Indian IT industry is at the crossroads. It first suffered the long-expected shock of the Trump administrati..
Terming demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) as "two historic decisions" of the Narendra Modi governm..
Iraqi paramilitary units of Hashd Shaabi units on Sunday continued heavy clashes against the Islamic State milit..
An Indian woman who sought refuge in the Indian High Commission here after arriving in Pakistan to marry, on Fri..
A photographer for a Russian state-owned news agency was allowed into the Oval Office during US President Donald..
Intermediaries and service providers in India need to be careful about their cyber law compliance, failing which..
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday emphasised his desire to build a better relationship between the US and R..
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced jeering from Bethune-Cookman University graduates on Wednesday as she gave..
Taiwan authorities should accept the 1992 Consensus which embodies the one-China principle, to break the current..
Myanmar is keen to set up a border ''''haat'''' (market) on its border with India and an official team from the ..
Far from reducing the risk of hearing loss, hormone therapy after menopause may actually aggravate the problem, ..
Sixty per cent of India spends more than four hours a week on fitness with people from Pune spending the maximu..
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved Iowa Governor Terry Branstad to be the next US ambassa..
A section of an underground storage tunnel in a plutonium uranium extraction (PUREX) plant collapsed at the Hanf..
European IT services provider Atos has been positioned as leader in cloud infrastructure migration and managemen..
At least 435,000 people have been displaced from Iraq''s Mosul city since the military operations on its western..
Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Monday pushed further into northern Mosul, the Iraqi mili..
His political accomplishments are still worthy of emulation. A successful war leader-turned-outstanding statesma..
Seabed dredging near Mormugao port to facilitate the expansion of its coal-handling berths may sound the death k..
The first Thursday of May of each year is designated as World Password Day - an occasion to promote better passw..
"But he was human. He could not resist an all-consuming passion to liberate an enslaved India, and to make all I..
Taxing agricultural income has always been a politically sensitive topic. This was evident last week after NITI ..
North Korea on Monday vowed to step up its nuclear weapons programme to a "maximum pace" in response to increasi..
After the resounding victories of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the UP assembly and Delhi municipal electi..
After scoring success with the US, Australia and Iran, India is now eyeing the untapped Japanese and South Korea..
Dara Shikoh, the great grandson of Akbar, was a child of India, Minister of State for External Afffairs M.J. Akb..
India and Poland on Thursday signed an agreement on the exchange of information and technology in the agricultur..
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel say that market forces will ultimately tempe..
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai once again slammed the US for its failure to take action against the Taliba..
The Modi government has been pulling all stops to improve the ease of doing business rankings since it came into..
A total of 285 people were killed and 1,073 others injured across Myanmar during a four-day water festival, medi..
It wasn''t long ago that villages in western Odisha would wear a deserted look for much of the year due to distr..
Services sector is likely to attract a higher tax rate of 18 per cent from the current 15 per cent under the Goo..
Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations at the United Nations on Thursday will focus on the empowerment of the poor and th..
A UAE-based company has sacked an Indian employee here for abusing a fellow Indian on the social media and for p..
The central government on Tuesday announced its decision to block accounts of those individuals who do not provi..
On March 30, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak arrived in Chennai for an official visit following an invi..
"Sonia Gandhi has been de facto prime minister of India for ten years and leader of our oldest political party (..
At a time the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh is reviewing schemes launched by form..
A mobile reactor to convert waste plastic into fuel, that uses technology developed by an India-born chemist, is..
In the face of China''s protest over the Dalai Lama''s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Minister of State for Home Ki..
Eating peanuts with a meal may help protect against cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and stroke, an..
Warning that wheat blast could be "catastrophic" for South Asia, scientists from Bangladesh, which was ravaged b..
The unlocking of the Babri Masjid in 1986 that led to the "shilanyas" (groundbreaking) of the Ram Janambhoomi te..
Communications Minister Manoj Sinha on Monday said 26 banking and non-banking companies have shown interest to c..
A rebellion began Indian-American teen Indrani Das on her way to the brain research that got her the quarter-mil..
Somewhere in a mountain village in the Himalayas, a woman folds a taro leaf into a cone, fills it with soil, and..
Between 2014 and 2016, 58 soldiers died in natural calamities, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Did the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) desist from naming its Chief Ministerial candidate for UP before the assemb..
The Pakistani government is preparing a bill for the protection and welfare of journalists in the country, a top..
SpaceX on Thursday launched the EchoStar 23 communications satellite after high winds delayed a previous attempt..
While the fear of book bans continues to prevail, protests, ink attacks and trolls have now emerged as weapons o..
Close to 140,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar since September owing to armed conflicts in several weste..
Veteran journalist Arvind Padmanabhan, an Executive Editor at IANS, died of cardiac arrest here early on Wednesd..
India has already conveyed its concerns to the US over its move to curb H-1B visa processing, IT Minister Ravi S..
According to a senior Pakistan Army official, the collapse in security since the draw-down of Western troops fro..
Amid the myriad discordant voices on Kashmir, just when it seemed there is no end to the ongoing madness, comes ..
US President Donald Trump tried on Friday to turn the tables on Democrats by linking them with Russia, at the sa..
A helipad is being built at US President Donald Trump''[]s winter White House in Palm Beach, Florida, where he i..
North Korea on Thursday warned that it will respond with ''merciless military counter-action'' to the annual joi..
The Delhi Police on Wednesday said the probe in the rape threats to Delhi University student Gurmehar was being ..
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Amid rising concerns over the Naga accord, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured Manipur that there i..
The allies are upset. Bad hombres are scared. Millions of illegal immigrants, over 300,000 desis among them, hav..
Kashmiri youth picked up arms for a cause and they can not be intimidated with death threats, former Union Minis..
Noted historian and biographer, Ramachandra Guha has said that India offers an "inhospitable" atmosphere for wri..
Pope Francis met the families of the nine Italians killed in last year''s terrorist attack at a cafe in the Bang..
A type of fasting diet may reprogramme pancreas cells, promote the growth of new insulin-producing pancreatic ce..
US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has pledged that the military would not be used to expel undocumented ..
The US Embassy here on Friday strongly condemned the killing of an Indian, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, and injuries to..
The BSF shot dead a woman who sneaked into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan, police said.
An IS suicide bomber who attacked Iraqi forces in Mosul was a former Guantanamo bay detainee and was originally ..
Mass deportation is not the goal of the Trump administration, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said a..
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of President Donald Trump''s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and former President..
Trade and investment issues figured prominently at a meeting here between Anil Ambani, chairman of India''s dive..
China''s Trade Minister on Tuesday said talks on the proposed Asia-Pacific free trade agreement are progressing ..
Gupta, whose book is titled "The Tree With A Thousand Apples", feels settling Kashmiri Pandits in separate towns..
Pakistani forces on Sunday killed several militants affiliated with Jamaat-ul-Ahrar after bombing their hideouts..
A military delegation from the Chinese People''s Liberation Army Western Theatre Command held a meeting with Nep..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their statehood da..
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel on Friday said the central bank was moving at a fast pace towar..
The Odisha government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AirAsia for direct international..
A US national was arrested for drug peddling at Kullu in Himachal Pradesh, an official said on Friday.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday reiterated his governments resolve to counter terrorists and authorised th..
Sixteen new JF-17 Thunder jets have been added to the fleet of 14-Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force on Thursday..
The Centre of Excellence in Aerospace and Defence aims at training instructors in academia, working professional..
Nalco has signed an agreement with Teri for various scientific, technological and educational activities in the ..
Pakistan has decided to boycott a key meeting of South Asian Speakers to be held in India later this month.
State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is set to go public soon to sell 10 per cent of equity shares of Rs 10..
Welcoming the calm on the India-Pakistan border, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said New Delhi des..
The tradition of hero worship has queered the pitch for the succession battle in Tamil Nadu. In normal circumsta..
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik was arrested here on Friday while Huriyat Conference..
The US Senate confirmed Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the new attorney general, the media reported on Thur..
If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could pride itself on professional poll management in the run-up to the 2014..
The year gone by has thrown up the huge paradox of globalisation with much uncertainty created by nationalist-pr..
Pakistan''s Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday imposed a "complete ban" on Basant, a festival celeb..
According to a CNN report on Tuesday, the White House is now in search of a Communications Director, a position ..
The 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company Stratasys Ltd on Tuesday announced a collaboration ..
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), a state-run firm, on Tuesday reported a standalone net profit of Rs 93.54 crore..
Maini Group, one of India’s premier design and manufacturing entities, is set to participate in the 2017 edition..
The UN on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a government-led investigation into allegations of abuses agains..
The beauty of peacocks, with their dazzling multi-coloured feathers, has always provided inspiration to poets an..
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) received its second Y-12e aircraft as part of a six-aircraft deal between Nepal..
At a time when Islamophobia is riding high with US President Donald Trump''s ban on citizens of seven Muslim-maj..
He has since his childhood seen the ecological degradation of the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh - which remai..
The per capita public expenditure on health (by both Centre and states) is the lowest in UP among the five state..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invoked threats from Pakistan to urge people to vote for the Akali Dal-BJ..
Aziz expressed Pakistan''s commitment to host the 19th Saarc Summit in Islamabad at the earliest so that the obj..
Turkey has recently moved closer to Russia on Syria and there is a degree of understanding between the two along..
The bodies of four more Indian Army soldiers were recovered on Friday from under the debris of an avalanche in G..
India is becoming one of the most transparent and open economies in the world with sector after sector opening u..
US President Donald Trump''s threats to modify economic and immigration policy toward Mexico have sparked fears ..
Police on Thursday made preventive arrests and imposed restrictions here to foil protests to demand special cate..
Extraordinary security arrangements have been put in place in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Republic Day on Thursda..
The Bangladeshi government has made jute bags mandatory for packaging of 11 more products to boost domestic use ..
Setting an example for other nations, especially the first world, to contain global warming, India on Tuesday ap..
The invasions of Mongol warlord Genghis Khan, which also demonstrates the effects of climate change on pastoral ..
The bionic leaf turns sunlight into liquid fuel. It uses solar energy to split water molecules and hydrogen-eati..
He also said that common service centres (CSCs) are functioning as ground level soldiers for spreading awareness..
The electoral pact between the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress is a done thing now. But as both par..
The accident at Etah, in which 40 schoolchildren were also injured, reportedly took place under bad weather cond..
The northeastern border state of Nagaland, recently projected by a geologist as a promising place to prospect fo..
The Secretary-General of NATO was confident that the President-elect of the United States would remain committed..
A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced 26 persons to death in a sensational seven-murder case in Narayanganj ar..
Afghan senators asked President Ashraf Ghani to dissolve the High Peace Council (HPC) following the insensitive ..
Balaram dismissed claims of "saffronisation of science" under the Modi regime, days after the 104th edition of t..
Indian American Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was sworn in as a Member of the US House of Representatives earlier thi..
Over a million pilgrims from across India and abroad took holy dip in the river Ganges on Saturday braving the i..
Author Naseera Sharma, named last month for a Sahitya Akademi Award, laments that communal riots are continuing ..
Noting that coal will continue to be vital to economic life, the World Coal Association has said that while Indi..
Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to start consultation for verification and repatriation of refugees, said a s..
New UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, has no "lack of interest" in helping solve the Kashmir issue, but has..
North Korea has declared that it could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "anytime and anywhere..
They also accomplished several get-ahead tasks, including a photo survey of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.The ..
Veteran Indian actor Om Puri died on Friday morning of a heart attack at his residence here, a family friend sai..
Nurul Islam Marzan, one of the key figures behind the Gulshan café attack, has been killed in a gunfight with th..
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Bharat Ratna awardee and internationally-renowned chemist C.N.R. Rao has said that former Prime Minister Manmoha..
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Israeli police have interrogated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over corruption allegations, a statement said..
Several women have raised arms against Taliban militants and Islamic State (IS) loyalists in northern Jawzjan pr..
Myanmar authorities said they will investigate a video which appears to show police beating members of the Rohin..
Bangladesh has settled all its border disputes with India peacefully and improved ties with its closest neighbou..
Russian emergency services on Thursday concluded operations in the Black Sea where a Russian military aircraft c..
Iraqi troops backed by US-led airstrikes pushed deeper into besieged Mosul on Thursday in a multi-pronged assaul..
At least 74 persons have died of methanol poisoning in Russia''s Siberia after they consumed a bathing lotion co..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the Foreign Ministry to temporarily limit all work..
Afghanistan''s first female pilot Nilofar Rahmani has dismissed reports of her move to seek asylum in the US and..
Afghanistan''s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has voiced its displeasure over the trilateral meeting between Pakist..
Several flights scheduled to depart and arrive at Sri Lanka''s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) were del..
The suspect in the December 19 terror attack at a Berlin Christmas market, which claimed 12 lives, was on Friday..
In what is being seen as a major evolution in the Indian publishing space - which, according to industry insider..
A UN Security Council session on the issue of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories has been postponed ..
The last rebel convoy is slated to leave eastern Aleppo through Ramouseh crossing on Thursday, according to mili..
It is way beyond India''s capability to employ the Dalai Lama and Mongolia against China, a Chinese newspaper sa..
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday offered prayers at the Lord Venkateshwara temple at T..
Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre on Wednesday inaugurated a Married Accommodation Project (MAP) at M..
The frontline combat unit of Pakistan Navy on Wednesday undertook live missile firing in the North Arabian Sea, ..
India and Kyrgyzstan share common concerns on the threat of terrorism and extremism, President Pranab Mukherjee ..
Japan''s top court on Tuesday upheld a lower court''s ruling in favour of the government''s plan to relocate a U..
Her rather bold book opens up her personal life, her bonding with her father and sisters, her disrupted marital ..
The SIES-Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati National Awards carry a cash reward of Rs 250,000 each, a citation, a s..
A court here on Wednesday sent former the Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, to judicial cust..
Outgoing US President Barack Obama asserted on Friday that a September confrontation with his Russian counterpar..
A 12-year-old boy attempted twice to launch terrorist attacks in the western German city of Ludwigshafen this an..
Pakistan on Friday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh after alleging that a civilian was killed..
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US President Barack Obama has warned that his government will take action" against Russia for cyber attacks..
More than 1.7 million people - some 21.7 per cent of the population - are living in poverty in Israel today, acc..
A California college professor who had voiced anti-Trump comments has been forced into hiding after receiving de..
Terming the decision to devalue high-denomination notes a pseudo war against black money, anti-corruption activi..
It also features a rich cast of characters, from a shadowy Iranian militia commander successful in leading milit..
Banks and ATMs on Wednesday continued to be crowded with long queues visible outside even after 35 days of the b..
A new book launched here looks at the world that thrives in the shadows, fuelled by money that exchanges hands i..
As the Punjab assembly elections draw closer, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leadership are grappling with a ..
The Syrian representative at the United Nations denied reports that the Syrian Army has committed atrocities in ..
Multimillionaire Bill Gates said on Tuesday that US President-elect Donald Trump has the chance to establish his..
Accusing the Narendra Modi regime of "wilfully ignoring parliament" in finalising the "Major Defence Partner" ag..
Pakistan Navy on Tuesday established a special task force, which will safeguard and protect the China-Pakistan E..
The World Bank Group has announced a pause in the separate processes initiated by India and Pakistan under the I..