By Ahana Bhattacharya Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Filmmaker Mohit Suri is strictly against nepotism and he insists he casts actors on the basis of merit and suitability for a role. Opening up on why he chose Aditya Roy Kapur as leading man for his upcoming flick “Malang”, despite the fact[Read More…]
Meerut, Feb 5 (IANS) A newborn boy was allegedly stolen by a woman from the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, the police said. The incident happened on Monday. The family mistook the woman, who was in her forties, as a hospital staff when[Read More…]
Hamilton, Feb 5 (IANS) New Zealand captain Tom Latham on Wednesday won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Seddon Park. “We are going to bowl first. Chasing here is a good option, it can be hard to defend[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) The word “impeachment” is not in US President Donald Trump’s third State of the Union address, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said. “I’ve read through the speech and I’ve not seen the word impeachment,” Gidley told reporters at the White House. “As he likes[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi on Iran, according to US State Department. The two, on Tuesday, discussed the IAEA’s monitoring work in Iran, nuclear security, and the importance of the IAEA to[Read More…]
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) The US dollar rose in late trading as investors’ risk appetite increased. On Tuesday, traditional safe-haven currencies such as the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc all weakened against the greenback for the day. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers,[Read More…]
United Nations, Feb 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the world body is committed to its established position of a two-state solution with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “The United Nations remains committed to supporting Palestinians and Israelis to resolve the conflict on the basis of United Nations[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) The Pentagon said that US Navy had deployed low-yield nuclear weapons, a move that critics believed will not contribute to strategic stability. US Department of Defence confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that US Navy had fielded W76-2 low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead, adding that[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) Chinese health authorities on Wednesday said it received reports of 3,887 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 65 deaths on Tuesday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. All of the deaths are in Hubei Province, according to China’s National[Read More…]
United Nations, Feb 5 (IANS) UN General Assembly (UNGA) president Tijjani Muhammad-Bande urged the international community to avoid further destruction and safeguard oceans for future generations. In his remarks to 2020 UN Ocean Conference preparatory meeting on Tuesday, Muhammad-Bande stressed that life under water is essential to life on land,[Read More…]
Ramallah, Feb 5 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif the latest developments over the newly unveiled US peace plan in a phone call, official Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported. Abbas briefed Zarif on the Palestinian moves internationally aimed at rallying support to foil[Read More…]
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) US stocks finished significantly higher, adding to the previous session’s rebound, fueled by solid gains in tech shares. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 407.82 points, or 1.44 per cent, to 28,807.63. The S&P 500 went up 48.67 points, or 1.5 per cent,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) After the Delhi police claimed that Kapil Gurjar, the person who fired gunshot at Shaheen Bagh, is a Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched an attack on the AAP. BJP national president J.P. Nadda on Tuesday evening said slammed[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 5 (IANS) Ashton Kutcher says he will “never stop loving” ex-wife Demi Moore’s children. Kutcher, 41, was married to Moore, 57, for eight years between 2005 and 2013. During that time, he helped raise Moore’s three children from her prior relationship with actor Bruce Willis — Rumer,[Read More…]
Istanbul, Feb 5 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the phone, a day after a Syrian attack on the Turkish soldiers in Idlib. On Tuesday, Erdogan told Putin that the attack carried out by the Syrian government forces harmed the joint efforts[Read More…]
Baghdad, Feb 5 (IANS) Caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi met with the visiting commander of the United States Central Command over the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq. During Abdul Mahdi’s meeting with Kenneth F. McKenzie on Tuesday, they discussed the Iraqi parliament resolution to withdraw foreign forces,[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 5 (IANS) “Aquaman” star Jason Mamoa knows best how to pull off the jacket look in style. He recently stepped out for dinner with wife Lisa Bonet. A lot of pictures of his outing are doing the rounds on the Internet, reports dailymail.co.uk. In the pictures, Momoa[Read More…]
Nairobi, Feb 5 (IANS) Four Kenyan counties signed a joint funding agreement with an international nutrition agency to combat the malnutrition crisis affecting low-income households. Nutrition International (NI) and the four counties each agreed to contribute 60 million shillings (about US $600,000) to support interventions that can boost nutrition indicators[Read More…]
United Nations, Feb 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Selwin Hart of Barbados as special adviser to the secretary-general and assistant secretary-general of the climate action team. According to a statement released on Tuesday, the special adviser will lead the climate action team to focus on[Read More…]
Damascus, Feb 5 (IANS) Turkish forces were deployed inside the city of Saraqeb, which is the target of a current military operation by the Syrian army in the northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights posted photos online, purporting to show Turkish military[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) With the sizable numbers of voters in Delhi around 40 lacs, the BJP President JP Nadda reached out to Maithil speaking migrants in the nation capital, seeking their votes on February 8 when Delhi Assembly Polls on the day. He was speaking at a function[Read More…]
Addis Ababa, Feb 5 (IANS) The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will attend the upcoming 33rd ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), said an Ethiopian official. Speaking to Xinhua[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Five people brought back from China’s Wuhan who have developed symptoms of cough and cold have been shifted to Army Base Hospital here. According to officials, the five were taken to hospital as a precaution since the coronavirus infection was yet to be confirmed in[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 5 (IANS) Four Karnataka districts bordering Kerala — Kodagu, Mangluru, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru — have been put on high alert in the wake of positive coronavirus cases in Kerala. “Kodagu, Mangluru, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts have been put on high alert for coronavirus monitoring,” Kodagu district health officer[Read More…]
Rome, Feb 4 (IANS/AKI) Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday urged his people not to discriminate against Chinese citizens amid the Coronavirus epidemic after reports of stone-throwing and attempts to exclude Chinese children from school. “Signs of discrimination that can also turn violent are unacceptable,” Conte said during a visit[Read More…]
