The highest-ranking military officials of Turkey, Iraq and the US have discussed issues about counter-terrorism and regional security at a trilateral meeting in Ankara, the Turkish Armed Force (TSK) said. Joseph Votel, US Central Command Commander, Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of US Forces in Europe, and Iraqi Chief of General Staff Osman Ghanimi were present at […]
Only one-way traffic was allowed on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Friday due of bad road conditions, officials said. Authorities in Jammu said no vehicle would be allowed to move on the highway from Jammu to Srinagar on Friday. The highway was restored for one-way traffic on Thursday after it remained closed for three […]
Extending previous session’s gains, key Indian equity indices on Friday opened on a higher note with healthy buying in banking, consumer durables and capital goods stocks. Around 9.17 a.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded higher by 93.90 points or 0.92 per cent at 10,346 points. The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index […]
India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars 2018, “Newton”, is out of the race for the honour. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced that nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 90th Academy Awards, […]
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) approach from Google researchers helped NASA discover two exoplanets, including an eighth planet around the star Kepler-90. With an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, NASA and Google said in a statement late on […]
The co-chairs of the Security Council reform process have been holding informal consultations with various countries and have reported that they found “openness to dialogue”, an official said. Brenden Varma, the spokesperson for General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak, said this on Thursday. The next meeting for the reform process known as the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) […]
A five-year inquiry into child sexual abuse in Australia released its final report on Friday with 1,300 witness accounts and over 8,000 harrowing stories from survivors. The royal commission uncovered harrowing evidence of sexual abuse within institutions, including churches, schools and sports clubs, reports the BBC. Since 2013, it has referred more than 2,500 allegations […]
Minimum temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region remained below freezing point on Friday as Gulmarg and Kargil witnessed lowest minimum temperatures. The Met has forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir till Sunday. “At minus 10 as the minimum temperature today Gulmarg was the coldest place in the valley, while Kargil at minus […]
A firefighter was killed while trying to contain the biggest wildfire that has scorched more than 98,000 hectares in Southern California. Ken Pimlott, chief of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection of California, said in a statement on Thursday that the firefighter from the San Diego unit, whose identity remains unknown, reports Efe news. […]
It was a foggy morning here on Friday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.3 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average. The visibility further reduced to 600 metres from 700 metres recorded on Thursday, an India Meteorological Department official said. The maximum temperature was likely to hover around 19 degrees Celsius. “While shallow […]