Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) With the FTA in Services and Investments with Asean yet to be operational, the trade between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region is unlikely to reach $100 billion by 2015, an expert said here Friday. Speaking at the Indian Chamber of Commerce organised event “Look East” to “Act […]
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 9 (IANS) A shop in Malaysia’s Bandar Baru Bangi town, near capital Kuala Lumpur, has been found selling militant merchandise, media reported Friday. The shop is filled with militant-themed flags, T-shirts and caps, and also sells clothes bearing the symbols of militant groups, especially the Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban. “I […]
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) A rights group Friday urged Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to stop illegal buffalo and bulbul (songbirds) fights ahead of the Bihu festival in the state. “The illegal practice of animal fighting, be it with buffaloes or bulbuls, involves immense cruelty that ultimately results in distress, injury and painful death of […]
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Dating app Vee has launched a contest that gives its users an opportunity to win a coffee date with Mr.India Prateek Jain and former Miss India Vanya Mishra. The users need to install Vee and like their profiles, which in turn will be communicated to Prateek and Vanya. The duo […]
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) Actor Arjun Kapoor, who’s film “Tevar” released Friday, says that now he wants to do only one film at a time, to put all his efforts into that project. Arjun was present along with his co-star Sonakshi Sinha to promoter their film here Thursday, when he was asked to comment on […]
Sydney, Jan 9 (IANS) Former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody has emphasised the need for Australia to deploy a specialist fielder at the short-leg fielding position where, in the ongoing Test series against India, several catches have been dropped by the home team. Joe Burns, one of the newest members in the Australian squad, dropped Indian […]
Paris, Jan 9 (IANS) French police Friday surrounded a building in a town northeast of Paris where two men who killed 12 people at the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, are said to be holding a hostage, BBC reported. Shots were fired and several people are said to have been wounded as the […]
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) An international team of researchers has developed a simple new fabrication technique mimicking the action of a children’s pop-up book to transform two-dimensional micro- and nano-structures into more complex 3D shapes. Using a variety of advanced materials, including silicon, the researchers said they produced more than 40 different geometric designs, including […]
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Holding out hope for scarred acid attack victims and those with congenital defects, researchers at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in collaboration with US-based Ohio University have developed a revolutionary technique to regenerate human body parts and tissue. The new technique would have a direct impact on over […]
Mexico City, Jan 9 (IANS/EFE) Thirteen police officers in the Mexican state of Veracruz have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the disappearance of journalist Jose Moises Sanchez, the state’s prosecutor Luis Angel Bravo has announced. At the same time, the National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) called on the country’s federal attorney to […]