Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal said his goal was to enjoy playing tennis and avoid getting hurt. Following seasons marred by injuries, Nadal regained his form this year to win his 10th French Open and third US Open, among other titles, and surge to the top of the ATP rankings. “For me, being number 1 […]
 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he considered US President Donald Trump’s remarks in his United Nations General Assembly speech to be a death threat. “I know that I’m interpreting the threat that Donald Trump made yesterday (Monday) and today (Tuesday) correctly and exactly and I want to tell the public, Trump today threatened the […]
Facebook is reportedly removing posts and suspending accounts of activists who are documenting the “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Daily Beast has reported. The activists said their accounts are frequently being suspended or taken down and hoped that the social media giant would let them speak the truth. Myanmar considers the Rohingyas illegal […]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that anger was building up in India against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over its failure in creating jobs. People who had voted the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) out in 2014, were now going to get angry against the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the 2019 […]
Five persons were killed in a powerful blast in a cracker godown in Punjab’s Sangrur district, police said on Wednesday. At least 18 people were injured in the blast. Some of them had serious injuries, police said. The blast took place on Tuesday night at the illegal cracker godown in Sular Gharat village near Dirba […]
A day after Indian telecom regulator TRAI slashed the mobile termination charges to six paise from 14 paise, Bharti Airtel on Wednesday called it an “extremely disappointing decision” for the industry. “We are extremely disappointed with the latest regulation on the IUC (interconnection usage charges), especially at a time when the industry is facing severe […]
The Mexican authorities have raised the number of casualties to 139 after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook the centre of the country, an official said. The emergency services were carrying out rescue operations in the areas affected in the Tuesday disaster, Efe news reported. Mexico’s National Coordinator for Civil Protection, Luis Felipe Puente, confirming the toll […]
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said that her country does not fear the scrutiny of the international community as over 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh after fleeing the ongoing violence in Rakhine state. “It is not the intention of the Myanmar government to apportion blame or to abdicate responsibility. […]
s Apple gets ready to ship iPhone 8 and 8 Plus before it opens iPhone X for pre-orders, a top analyst with Taiwanese business group KGI Securities has warned that iPhone X will cannibalise iPhone 8 orders. According to Ming-Chi Kuo, the most famous analyst with KGI Securities when it comes to Apple, it is […]
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal’s decision to disqualify 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs as “blatantly partisan” to help the minority government and said the state has become a “theatre of the absurd”. “Nothing can save a sinking ship. Eighteen MLAs disqualified to manufacture a majority for the […]