Three prominent US senators have warned that Russia may face sanctions over the country’s alleged interference in the recently concluded presidential election, media report said on Thursday. Outgoing President Barack Obama is expected to announce retaliatory measures as early as Thursday, the BBC reported. The Republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham, and Democrat Amy Klobuchar, […]
Police have seized nearly $360 million worth of cocaine in what authorities have claimed is the largest in Australia’s history, authorities said on Thursday. Fifteen men, including a former National Rugby League (NRL) player, were arrested during the Christmas Day raids on Sunday following an undercover operation that had been ongoing for more than two […]
Undeterred by a resounding defeat at the UN, the Israeli government has said that it would move ahead with thousands of new homes in the disputed West Bank area, a media report said on Tuesday. It said: The city intends to approve 600 housing units in the predominantly Palestinian eastern section of town on Wednesday […]
The 13th edition of Nepal’s five-day Chitwan Elephant Festival kicked off here with the participation of over 50 elephants. The annual festival which brings fun, sports and adventure together was inaugurated on Monday in Sauraha, the gateway to Chitwan National Park, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. The festival would feature unique and spectacular games […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that the government will spare no effort to secure Father Tom Uzhunnalil’s release from captivity in Yemen. “I have seen the video from Father Tom. He is an Indian citizen and the life of every Indian is most precious for us,” Sushma Swaraj said in a series […]
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has retrieved over 90 per cent of the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in South Korea, leading the company to consider software upgrades to further limit the battery-charging capability. Over 850,000 Note 7 devices have been retrieved among about 950,000 phones sold here, raising the recovery rate […]
Short covering, along with bargain hunting buoyed the Indian equity markets during the morning trade session on Tuesday. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) gained 30.30 points or 0.38 per cent to 7,938.55 points. The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 25,815.43 points, traded at 25,909.31 […]
Pakistan and Israel has been led to a verbal feud, threatening each other of nuclear war after a fake news story caused tensions between the two nuclear nations. According to a report on CNN on Monday, in an article published by AWDNews on Tuesday, December 20, former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon was falsely quoted […]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday again criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the demonetisation issue and said he had divided the country into two. He said the November 8 demonetisation — wherein old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes were scrapped — was not against corruption but against the poor and other […]
Notwithstanding its Uttar Pradesh chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshits name featuring in the list, the Congress on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes clean on the Sahara diaries bribery issue. Modi’s name allegedly featured in the diaries as a receiver of kickbacks from the Sahara Group while he was the Chief Minister of […]