Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) “CEOs opinion poll” on Monday showed that 82 per cent of the chief executives expect GDP growth to be higher than seven per cent for 2018-19. As per the poll data, out of the 82 per cent, 10 per cent of CEOs expect the growth rate to even […]
Australian and French scientists have discovered that honeybees can understand the concept of zero, making them into the ranks of an elite club of clever animals including dolphins, parrots, primates and preschool kids that can grasp the abstract mathematical notion of nothing. The findings reported on Thursday in the journal Science demonstrated even tiny brains […]
The UN General Assembly will hold elections for five new members of the Security Council on Friday, with contention between Indonesia and the Maldives for one seat for the Asia-Pacific group. The elections are scheduled for Friday morning, Brenden Varma, spokesman for the president of the General Assembly, Xinhua reported. Six member states will contest […]
The death toll from the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on June 3 has increased to 109 after another 10 bodies were found, according to authorities. On Thursday, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) said that seven of the bodies found were transferred to the morgue of Hunahpu village, in the south […]
The Canadian Senate has voted to pass the government’s landmark legislation to lift the country’s 95-year-old prohibition on recreational marijuana by a vote of 56 to 30 with one abstention. Despite the resolute opposition of the 32 Conservative senators and trepidation among some independent senators, Bill C-45 after Thursday night’s vote now moves back to […]
In yet another privacy goof-up, Facebook has admitted that 14 million users were affected by a bug in May that automatically suggested posting publicly when the users were writing posts meant only for friends. The bug made sure that the posts could be viewed by anyone, including people not logged on to Facebook. The bug, […]
US President Donald Trump will skip scheduled sessions on climate change, clean energy and oceans during the two-day G7 Summit which is slated to begin on Friday in Quebec, Canada, the White House announced. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, announced on Thursday that Trump will leave the resort in Charlevoix (where all […]
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said that India, under the “Act East” policy, has undertaken direct road links with southeast Asian nations to boost connectivity. “The Indian government under the ‘Act East” policy, is carrying out various projects and schemes. Under the policy, direct road links are being developed with Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and […]
The Afghan government on Thursday announced an eight-day ceasefire with the Taliban in response to a historic ruling issued by hundreds of religious scholars. The ceasefire starting from the 27th day of Ramadan (June 13) will continue until the fifth day of Eid-ul-Fitr, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said in a statement. “With the ceasefire announcement, […]
After Delhi Congress chief spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee warned her father, former President Pranab Mukherjee, against attending an RSS event in Nagpur, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said “he did not expect this from Mukherjee”. “I did not expect this from Pranab da!” tweeted Patel, tagging Sharmistha’s tweet. On Wednesday, Sharmistha tweeted: “Hope CitiznMukherjee now realises […]