World Bank chief to meet Modi, review key development priorities
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week to understand his development priorities. Mr. Kim, who arrives in New Delhi on Monday on a three-day visit, will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his stay... read more »
College girl gang-raped
A 19-year-old college girl was on Friday gang raped by four youths after tying her 24-year-old male friend to a tree in a grove at Rayakottai village of Denkanikottai taluk in Krishnagiri district. The police on Saturday arrested and jailed all the four accused. Cheralathan (24), a cab driver of... read more »
Two American-Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
The US on Monday confirmed that two Americans who were soldiers with the Israel Defense Force have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip. “We can confirm the deaths of US citizens Max Steinberg and Sean Carmeli in Gaza,” State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said. 24-year-old Steinberg,... read more »
NASA celebrates 45 years of moon landing
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. Forty-five years later, NASA will celebrate on Monday the giant leap by honouring Armstrong, who died in 2012, with a renaming ceremony of the historic “operations and checkout... read more »
