Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS) India’s aerospace hub is revving up to treat thousands of spectators with daring aerobatic feats by metal birds of different kind at the five-day air show on the city’s outskirts from Wednesday. To be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Yelahanka air base of the Indian Air Force (IAF), […]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The air inside Delhi schools is “very unhealthy” and could affect lung functioning resulting in respiratory illness among children, Greenpeace India said Monday. The air-quality monitoring survey carried out by Greenpeace inside five prominent schools across Delhi found the particulate matter (PM) 2.5 levels to be four times the Indian […]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) India and close neighbour Sri Lanka Monday sought to begin a new chapter in their ties as the island nation’s newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena, on his maiden visit abroad since taking over last month, held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and the two sides inked four agreements, including […]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and New York City’s former mayor Michael Bloomberg Monday announced a partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and India’s urban development ministry to advance the “Smart Cities Initiative”. The Smart Cities Initiative is aimed to promote economic growth, improve governance, and deliver more effective and efficient public services […]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Global NGO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), has received a grant of $350,000 from leading pharmaceutical and healthcare firm Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) to support implementation of the Human Vaccines Project that seeks to transform disease prevention across the world. The GSK grant is aimed to help the NGO establish […]
Melbourne, Feb 15) The squeeze is on for places in Australia’s one-day side and Mitchell Marsh is in no doubt that Shane Watson remains a crucial part of the co-hosts’ quest for a fifth ICC World Cup title. Australia’s selectors will have plenty to ponder about in the coming weeks as they attempt to fit captain […]
New Delhi, Feb 15 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived here Sunday on a four-day state visit – his maiden trip abroad since he won the presidential elections last month. He was received by Minister of State for Shipping P. Radhakrishnan. On Monday, President Sirisena will be accorded a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan after […]
Hyderabad, Feb 15 BJP’s political opponents are coming together in the wake of its defeat in Delhi elections and the party will have to prepare itself to face this challenge, said union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday. “The lesson for BJP is that there is a possibility of its rivals coming together. It has to […]
New Delhi, Feb 15 Calling for an energy revolution in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said India had the strength and resources to lead the world’s fight against global warming. “If there is one country to show the world the way to combat global warming it is India,” Modi said inaugurating the first […]
Adelaide, Feb 15 India had won all their previous five meetings against Pakistan in the World Cup and it was no different Sunday as the defending champions defeated their neighbours by 76 runs to take the advantage to a perfect tennis scoreline of 6-0. India once again came out on top in the high-octane clash […]