The Bihar government has provided an assistance of Rs 3,000 to every family in the state affected by drought-like conditions. The amount was deposited through...
Archive - September 2019
The Senate”s most vocal critic of the tech industry has offered a challenge to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Sell your WhatsApp and Instagram properties...
The UN Security Council has voted on two competing draft resolutions on a ceasefire in Syria”s Idlib, but failed to adopt either of them. The 15-member...
India has become a leader in the global fight against a youth e-cigarette epidemic by taking a “historic” decision to ban such nicotine and tobacco...
The 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 74) will spotlight climate change in the coming days when leaders gather at the UN headquarters...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet twice in less than a week this month, India”s top envoy to America has...
The Madhya Pradesh government has sought a financial package of Rs 11,861 crore from the Central government for relief and rehabilitation work in the flood...
Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi Ji is ‘set to return to life’ in the form of a ‘hologram’ at UNESCO, ‘Paris’ to mark...
The Security Council has voted to extend the UN mission in Afghanistan after China backed down from a threat to veto it if it did not include a reference to...
A Delhi court is likely to start hearing final arguments in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case from September 23. Additional Sessions Judge...
Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence and fiancé Cooke Maroney were spotted at the New York City marriage bureau, and fans promptly took to social media to...
Every fourth non-resident foreign national in the US in 2016 was an India, according to a report which states that about 60 per cent of the resident non...
A bipartisan group of 44 influential lawmakers has urged the Trump administration to reinstate India”s designation as a beneficiary developing nation...
The attacks on Saudi Arabia”s oil facilities have global consequences and the UN must play its part to address threats to international peace, a senior...
Actor Gul Panag has a number of shows, including one produced by Anushka Sharma, releasing on different streaming platfoms, which, she says, are liberating for...
Investing in mutual funds has become less expensive in India due to several investor-friendly measures taken by the markets regulator Sebi, including ban on...
Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) successfully test fired the Astra, air to air missile with a range of over 70 kms. The missile was test...
Urvashi Rautela, who features in the music video of Tony Kakkar”s new song “Bijli ki taar”, feels that so far she hasn”t had the chance...
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he will be meeting the prime ministers of India and Pakistan soon, even as he maintained that tension between the two...
Achieving a nutritious diet with adequate calories in developing countries will require a substantial increase in greenhouse gas emissions and water use...
South Korea on Tuesday reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from China to North...
In the last three years, pollution in Delhi decreased by 25 per cent. This is what Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on September 6 but just seven days...
India and Iran on Monday reviewed ongoing connectivity and infrastructure development projects, including the progress on full operationalisation of the...
Anchorage City in the US state of Alaska began to enforce a stringent ban on plastic bags, including biodegradable ones, according to an announcement on the...
A top commander of Iran”s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that the US military bases in the region are within reach of Iranian missiles...
Pakistani Minister of Planning, Development and Reforms Khusro Bakhtiar said that Chinas growth and development in short span of time are unparalleled in the...
A big step towards women empowerment in India’s defence sectors, Wing Commander Anjali Singh has been appointed the first female officer from any of the...
Police used batons and water canons on teachers holding a protest at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday as they attempted to move towards the Chief...
A 15-year-old girl who was allegedly sold by her mother to a trafficker last week has been rescued from Bawana, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) asserted...
A violent mob vandalised three Hindu temples, as well as houses belonging to the Hindu community and a school in Ghotki in Pakistan’s Sindh province...
England crushed Australia by 135 runs in the fifth and final Ashes Test on Sunday to level the series at 2-2, ending their historic World Cup-winning season on...