US economist, Richard Thaler, has been awarded Nobel Prize for Economics for this year. He is one of the founding fathers of behavioural economics. The Nobel prize panel said his work had immensely contributed to an understanding of the psychology of economics. Prof Thaler, of the University of Chicago Booth,[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met European Council President, Donald Tusk, for a bilateral meeting with the European Union. The duo released a joint statement, where they agreed upon fighting terrorism. They also agreed on cooperation on global and regional issues. “Agreed to develop dynamic trade and step up[Read More…]
Around 19 people have been killed after a passenger bus was hit by a shuttle train in the Vladimir region east of Moscow. According to Sputnik news agency, the authorities said that the bus drove into the train’s path of the train at a railway crossing. Kazakhistan Foreign Ministry spokesman,[Read More…]
Bangladesh foreign secretary, Shahidul Haque, on Friday said that the solution to the Rohingya crisis has to be found in Myanmar as it originated there. “Our position is very clear, the problem has been created in Myanmar and the solution has to be found in Myanmar,” Haque said at a[Read More…]
It has hardly been a month since the winding of an aggressive stand-off with India at the Sikkim border, and the Chinese army is back to building a road on the Doklam Plateau. The Plateau is claimed by both Beijing and Bhutan as their territory, where India supports Bhutan’s claims.[Read More…]
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died from natural causes at the age of 91 at his home. Hefner founded popular Playboy magazine in 1953. The magazine’s website, paying tribute, has a file picture of Hefner, with a quote, “Life’s too short to be living somebody else’s dream”. Born on April 9,[Read More…]
Bollywood actress turned international icon, Priyanka Chopra has made it to the Forbes list of highest paid TV actresses in the world for the second year in a row. Similar to 2016, Chopra safely maintained herself at eighth position with $10 million (Rs 65 crore) this year. With the earnings[Read More…]
A coffee table book on the life story of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been launched and presented to many American lawmakers. “The Making of a Legend” has pictures and text tracing Indian PM’s journey, his struggles and initiatives since assuming the office in 2014. Written by Bindeshwar Pathak, the[Read More…]
External affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, on Wednesday offered help and granted visa to 7-year-old Pakistani girl from Karachi to undergo an open heart surgery in India. Swaraj shared this information on Twitter. She accepted Nida Shoaib’s request for granting visa for her daughter’s treatment. Nida had applied for the visa[Read More…]
Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive for the first time in a landmark decision. So far, Saudi Arabia was the only nation in the world to curb women from driving. The Muslim-dominated ultra-conservative kingdom had attracted global criticism for years for detaining women who defied the ban. Reportedly, an[Read More…]
In a sad incident, a Youtuber and snake expert allowed his pet mamba snake to bite him to death while he streamed the video. Arslan Valeev live streamed his death after ‘allowing deadly his pet black mamba to bite him’. He took the drastic step after a failed marriage. The[Read More…]
Army chief General Bipin Rawat warned that surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) can occur again if the neighboring nation “does not behave”. He said that the surgical strikes last year were meant to send a message to Pakistan. “Surgical strikes were a message that we wanted to communicate, and[Read More…]
The Philippines has banned companies from making women wear high heels to work, under a government order hailed by a labour group Monday (Sep 25). The labour department took this step on Sunday after considering concerns of shopping mall clerks, hotel receptionists, and flight attendants. Employers should encourage the use[Read More…]
Responding to Sushma Swaraj’s comments at the UN, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, accused India of sponsoring terrorism in various parts of her country. She termed India as the “mother of terrorism” in South Asia. Exercising her right to reply after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj hit out at[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday called on NRIs to join hands with the old party in New York. Addressing a gathering at Times Square, Gandhi said, “You (NRIs) have tremendous knowledge and understanding so you need to involve. I want to invite you to work with Congress to discuss[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that India’s reputation of peace and harmony is being ruined abroad due to the dividing forces in the nation. Gandhi was addressing non-resident Indians in New York on the last day of his two-week tour to US. “Many people in the Democratic party[Read More…]
The performance of India and China would determine how the world would fundamentally be reshaped despite the path chosen by them, said Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday. Gandhi was interacting with students at the Princeton University. He noted that there was “a lot of synergy” between India and the[Read More…]
As many as 217 people died and several others were injured after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck central Mexico early Wednesday. Officials along with locals dug worriedly through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings in look out for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades.[Read More…]
Congress Vice-President, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday, had an interactive session at the Princeton University in New Jersey, where he spoke about several issues like employment generation and uniform civil code. The Congress Vice President, who is in the US for a two-week-long tour, took on PM Modi-led BJP over lack[Read More…]
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday quoted intolerance and unemployment as the key issues that pose a serious challenge to India’s national security and development. Gandhi, who is in the US on a two-week-long tour, held a series of meetings, including a roundtable with eminent Indian/South Asia experts hosted by[Read More…]
Amid ongoing Rohingya crisis, the Myanmar government has allocated additional funds of 20 billion kyats ($14 million) to urgently revamp the spoiled portion of the border with Bangladesh, said an official statement. For 2017-18 fiscal year, over 8 billion kyats had been given for the task, reports Xinhua news agency.[Read More…]
Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Tuesday broke her silence on the ongoing Rohingya crisis and said that she has invited Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, to lead a commission that would help Myanmar resolve the problems in Rakhine. She has also invited members of the international[Read More…]
The Kent police on Saturday arrested an 18-year-old boy from the port area of Dover in connection with the London blast that took place on Friday. He was detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act. Neil Basu, senior national coordinator for counter-terrorism policing, said that the arrest of the[Read More…]
The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for London underground tube blast on Friday morning. The militant group had also claimed their role in attacks in London and Manchester this year. It said, “The bombing on a metro in London was carried out by a detachment of the Islamic State”[Read More…]
A blast on a London underground train on Friday morning left several commuters injured, panicked and disrupted service drawing heavy responses from police officers and emergency workers. The BBC, citing unnamed counterterrorism sources, said the blast was being treated as a terrorist attack. Britain was hit by several terrorist attacks[Read More…]