Nobel peace prize goes to anti-nuclear campaign in rebuke to armed nations.
An influential anti-nuclear campaign group has won the 2017 Nobel peace prize, in a decision that underlines the mounting danger of nuclear conflict amid simmering tensions between the US and North Korea and the increasing vulnerability of the Iran nuclear deal. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel... read more »
Once done with chest thumping, explain how China built road in Doklam: Rahu...
Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the road construction by the Chinese in Doklam, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked the PM if he was done “thumping” his chest. The development came to the fore five weeks after India and China stepped away from a standoff at Doklam on the... read more »
Five restrictions imposed on VK Sasikala during parole.
Imprisoned AIADMK leader Sasikala Natarajan who was convicted earlier this year by the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case, was granted five-day parole by Karnataka jail authorities on Friday to attend her husband who is recuperating after a surgery. But the authorities have imposed... read more »
India, European Union enhance cooperation: Full text of Narendra Modi’...
India and the European Union on Friday decided to increase cooperation in counter-terrorism and areas of trade after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the president of the European Council, Donald Franciszek Tusk, and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in New Delhi. India pushed the... read more »
Tuberculosis free India: J P Nadda formulates strategy to eliminate TB by 2025
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said that India has formulated a national strategic plan with a special focus on stamping out the bacterial disease at grass root levels. India on Friday... read more »
Banks Asked To Update ATM Software To Prevent ‘WannaCry’ Cyberattack
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to follow the instructions of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), a government organisation, to prevent attack by... read more »
Five carcasses wash up on Juhu beach in one month
Reagan Creado who regularly visits Juhu beach for walks on Tuesday shared that he found a dead and probably half eaten olive ridley turtle carcass and decided to alert the Forest department... read more »
Behind China’s Silk Road vision: Cheap funds, heavy debt, growing risk
BEIJING: Behind China’s trillion-dollar effort to build a modern Silk Road is a lending programme of unprecedented breadth, one that will help build ports, roads and rail links, but... read more »
AC Put Up At Slain BSF Trooper’s Home, Removed After Yogi’s Visit...
The family members of slain BSF head constable Prem Sagar were befuddled when the Deoria district administration installed a window air conditioner, put up a sofa and carpet at their home ahead of... read more »
