London, May 22 (IANS) Forget games, camera or the new friend-making app. For most of British people, battery life of a smartphone is what concern them the most. According to a latest survey, 89 percent of them want a longer battery life. “The fact that a long-lasting battery is the leading criterion when buying a new […]
Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) Two alleged guerrillas were killed Thursday in a police firing incident in Pakistan, media reported. The two opened fire when police stopped their vehicle for checking in Lyari town in Karachi, The News International reported. Police has recovered arms and ammunition from the vehicle.
“No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come” is a favourite quote of the outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. If ideas can come in the form of men, Narendra Modi, set to be sworn in as India’s new prime minister, is one such manifestation. Thirty years after 1984, the last time […]
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) After a farewell phone call to Manmohan Singh shortly after he demitted office, US President Barak Obama also wrote to the former Indian prime minister appreciating his role in strengthening the Indo-US strategic relationship. On May 17, Obama made a farewell phone call to Singh barely hours after the latter demitted […]
London, May 21 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed Wednesday in an attack by alleged Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, media reported. The attack on a village in northeast Nigeria, close to where hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted last month, came a day after 118 people died in a twin bomb attack in the central […]
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Wednesday closed in the negative territory for the first time after four straight sessions of gains. The benchmark index closed 78.86 points, 0.32 percent down – as capital goods, banks and healthcare stocks declined. Heavy selling pressure was observed in capital goods, banks, healthcare, consumer […]
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday ordered former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to be sent to judicial custody after he refused to furnish personal bail bond in a defamation case filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.
Kochi, May 21 (IANS) With the support of the Kerala government, a women-only cab service called “She Taxi” was launched here Wednesday to ensure safety and empowerment of the fairer sex. Kochi is only the second city after Thiruvanathapuram in India to have such a facility focused for women. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy launched the […]
Kentucky (US), May 21 (IANS/CMC) Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic medallist Deon Lendore has expressed doubts about his participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. “The Commonwealth Games right now is a kind of iffy situation, because this season I have really been hitting it hard,” CMC quoted Lendore as saying. “I went from being […]
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) As part of efforts to ensure that Indian pharmaceutical products meet international standards, the government is spending about $500 million to build the capacity of the country’s drug regulators, a senior official said here Wednesday. National drug controller G.N. Singh said part of the money is to be used to set up […]