Modi-Abbas meet raises hope for captives’ kin
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the leaders discussed the issue of Indians being held hostage in Iraq. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in New York before leaving for India on Tuesday. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup... read more »
UP horror: Mob kills man, assaults his son over rumour they were eating bee...
His family reportedly never carried out sacrifices on Bakri-Eid to avoid any confrontation with other villagers, but on Monday night a mob surrounded the house of Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri area and beat him to death over a rumour that his family was consuming cow meat. The mob... read more »
It takes two livers to save an obese patient
An obese man requiring liver transplant had to seek donation from two of his family members as the portion of liver donated by one was not sufficient. Sameer Mitra, 46, weighed 93kg. Doctors had to take out 220 grams of the liver lobe from his brother-in-law, and another 550gm from his... read more »
India to soon launch 23 foreign satellites
Sriharikota: India has signed up contracts to launch 23 foreign satellites soon, an official of Antrix Corporation said here on Monday. Antrix Corporation is the commercial arm of Indian space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).Out of 23 foreign satellites, two will go in two separate... read more »
Pressure for rate cut mounts as Raghuram Rajan completes second year as RBI Governor
Known for his hawkish outlook, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan completes two successful years in office today. Bringing the retail inflation down to 3.8 per cent in July from... read more »
Saudi king to meet with Obama amid Gulf concerns over Iran
Saudi King Salman will meet with US President Barack Obama in Washington on Friday to seek more support in countering Iran, as the Obama administration aims to use the visit to strengthen... read more »
Father of drowned Syrian boys prepares to take bodies home
The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to reach Greece identified their bodies on Thursday and prepared to take... read more »
First Tamil in 32 years to lead opposition in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: A Tamil lawmaker became leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka’s parliament for the first time in 32 years on Thursday, in the latest sign of progress towards ethnic... read more »
Canada ‘takes back’ asylum refusal of drowned three-y...
The family of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, whose photograph was taken at the Turkish beach where his body washed ashore, was seeking asylum in Canada but the family’s application was... read more »
