Washington, June 18 (IANS) The US has stopped providing new funds to the three Central American nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, also known as the Northern Triangle governments, accusing their failure in managing the immigration issue, the State Department said. “We will not provide new funds for programmes[Read More…]
Washington, June 18 (IANS) A small US city near Los Angeles has announced that it will introduce a ‘RoboCop’ or a robot police to monitor public areas. The device, dubbed “HP RoboCop”, will be deployed in Huntington Park, a 50,000-resident city located 10 km south of Los Angeles. It is[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Om Birla, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Rajasthan, will be the NDA’s nominee for Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, sources said on Tuesday. If nominated, Birla, 57, will become the Speaker given the clear majority the National Democratic Alliance enjoys in the lower house.[Read More…]
Washington, June 18 (IANS) A massive wildfire in the US state of Arizona has spread to 37,765 acres in 10 days with only 6 per cent containment so far, authorities said. The blaze, dubbed the ‘Woodbury Fire’, is still burning in the Tonto National Forest, 90 km northeast of Phoenix,[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol’s son Karan’s debut film “Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas” will now hit the screens on September 20 instead of its initial release date of July 19. The “Ghayal” actor in February had announced that the film will release on July 19. Sunny on[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher visited his son Sikandar on the sets of “Sooryavanshi”, and said that the film will be life changing for him. Anupam on Monday shared a photograph of Sikandar and him along with actor Akshay Kumar and filmmaker Rohit Shetty, whom the 64-year-old[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) After Pakistan’s humiliating loss to India in their World Cup fixture, boxer Amir Khan has said that he would love to advice Sarfaraz Ahmed’s team and even promised to avenge the defeat in his next bout against India’s pro-boxer Neeraj Goyat. “Would love to help[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) It was a cool and breezy Tuesday morning in the national capital following light rain in the past 24 hours, making the weather pleasant after a long spell of intense heat. The Air Quality Index (AQI) also improved as it was seen hovering between “satisfactory”[Read More…]
Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) Two senior Congress leaders and former MPs and their followers were arrested here on Tuesday when they tried to install a statue of B.R. Ambedkar. V. Hanumantha Rao, Harsha Kumar and their supporters were arrested as they reached Panjagutta crossroads in the city with a statue[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Om Birla, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Rajasthan, will be the NDA’s nominee for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, sources said. –IANS spk/ksk
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advice to the Opposition, saying his words were most of the time not implemented by his own party leaders. Stressing on the importance of an active opposition in democracy, Modi on Monday told them not[Read More…]
Washington, June 18 (IANS) A team of astrophysicists, including one of Indian origin, has found that the Moon, where NASA will be sending astronauts by 2024, contains clues to the ancient mysteries of the Sun, which are crucial to understanding the development of life. Our natural satellite took shape when[Read More…]
Manchester, June 18 (IANS) Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, who is at the centre of a storm following an embarrassing defeat at India’s hands, has warned his teammates of possible backlash back home if they fail to improve in the remaining matches in the ongoing World Cup. On Sunday, Pakistan were[Read More…]
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New York, June 18 (IANS) Diversifying the crops in India can be an effective way to adapt its food-production systems to the growing influence of extreme climate change, said US researchers including Indian-origin. The team studied the effects of climate change on five major crops: finger millet, maize, pearl millet,[Read More…]
New York, June 18 (IANS) International auction house Sotheby’s has made a formal announcement of its acquisition by French-Israeli telecommunications mogul Patrick Drahi for $3.7 billion. Sotheby’s said in an official statement on Monday that it has “signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by BidFair USA” — an[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 18 (IANS) Apple has added the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode on the developer beta of Apple TV’s operating system tvOS 13. The feature would allow users to watch shows on the Apple TV app while navigating and multi-tasking around the device and its operating sytstem, 9TO5Mac reported on[Read More…]
Patna, June 18 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday visited Muzaffarpur district, where 107 children have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) so far. Nitish Kumar, accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, visited the state-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), where they met[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (IANS) Fresh trouble has broken out for the ruling CPI-M in Kerala, after the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s eldest son Binoy Kodiyeri. A 33-year-old woman has alleged that she has been sexually exploited by Binoy Kodiyeri. The CPI-M leader’s son though[Read More…]
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, June 18 (IANS) After Guwahati and Imphal, the Agartala airport is set to become the third international airport in the northeastern region by the end of this year or by early 2020, a Minister said here. “The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has informed us that[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A three-storey building collapsed here on Tuesday, an official said, adding that there were reports of any casualties. According to the senior fire official, they received a call at around 6.25 a.m., informing them that a portion of the building in the national capital’s Sadar[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) The Sensex on Tuesday opened marginally higher ahead of the US Federal Reserve policy meet. The two-day US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. At 9.44 a.m., the S&P BSE Sensex traded 32.57 points or 0.08 per cent higher to 38,993.36.[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday said it has nothing fresh to add to the Indian government’s demand to trace the origin of messages on its platform as it “undermined the privacy of the people”. Reacting to an ET story that claimed government officials have asked WhatsApp[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Pakistans humiliating loss to India in their World Cup encounter at Old Trafford on Sunday hasnt gone down well with the fans and more than the result, the supporters have complained about the lack of intent. In fact, some fans also released photos of players[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 18 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati has slammed the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for proposing a hike in power tariff. Mayawati said that the proposed hike would have the biggest impact on families living below the poverty line (BPL). “The BJP is turning its ‘Saubhagya’[Read More…]
