Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that yoga has the power to unite individuals, society, country and the world at large, and has emerged as a major unifying force globally. “Yoga has become one of the most powerful unifying forces in the world. It unites individuals, families, society, country and the world,” Modi said […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 35, 329.61 points and touched a high of 35,417.15 points and a low of 35,329.51 points. On Tuesday, the Sensex closed at 35,286.74 points. The Sensex is trading […]
Striking a blow against the UN Human Rights Council’s credibility, the US is withdrawing from the “hypocritical” organisation, US Permanent Representative Nikki Haley has announced. “For too long, the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias,” Haley said on Tuesday. UN Human Rights Commissioner Zeid […]
While you are busy giving Alexa commands to play your favourite song or book an Uber, the intelligent virtual assistant from Amazon is helping the US space agency organise daily tasks while making sense of intrinsic data-sets. According to Tom Soderstrom, IT Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), voice as […]
Three Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed and five security men injured in a gunfight in Tral area of Pulwama district, police said. The gunfight had started on Tuesday and ended late last evening. The police have confirmed that all the three JeM militants hiding in Nazneenpora village of Tral area have been killed by the […]
Stock markets fell around the world on Tuesday in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs threat to China. The Dow Jones was down more than 300 points, or 1.6 per cent, at the open after Asian and European markets fell sharply earlier, reports BBC. Trump has threatened to put tariffs on an […]
Russia may have significantly upgraded a nuclear weapons storage bunker in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory between Poland and the Baltics, as tensions between Moscow and the West continue to rise, according to a new report. On Monday, the Washington-based Federation of American Scientists (FAS) published aerial photographs that the group says show the facility in […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended his greetings to Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the latter’s 48th birthday. “Birthday greetings to Congress President Shri Rahul Gandhi. I pray for his long and healthy life,” the Prime Minister tweeted. This is Gandhi’s first birthday after becoming the party President. He was born on this day […]
Five persons were killed as fire broke out in two hotels here on Tuesday, police said. The fire broke out at the Hotel Virat international on Tuesday morning and soon engulfed the adjacent SSJ International Hotel, gutting both buildings. Fire tenders were rushed to contain the blaze. It took more than two hours for the […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is on a two-day visit to China from Tuesday, his third such trip to the country since March this year. Kim’s visit, announced by the Chinese state media, comes just a week after his historic meet with US Donald Trump in Singapore where the two leaders pledged to denuclearise the […]