India slams Pakistan, calls it ‘Terroristan’

India slams Pakistan, calls it ‘Terroristan’

Exercising its right of reply in the general debate at the ongoing UN General Assembly Session here, India slammed Pakistan for its support to terrorism, labelling it as “Terroristan”. “In its short history, Pakistan has become a geography synonymous with terror,” Eenam Gambhir, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, said on Thursday […]

Mexico quake toll rises to 139

Mexico quake toll rises to 139

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’s Suu Kyi addresses nation over Rohingya crisis

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi addresses nation over Rohingya crisis

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. […]

iPhone X to cannibalise iPhone 8 orders: Top analyst

iPhone X to cannibalise iPhone 8 orders: Top analyst

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 […]

Rahul to address public meeting in New York

Rahul to address public meeting in New York

Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a public meeting here on Wednesday arranged by the the party’s overseas wing as part of its push to enlist Non-resident Indians (NRIs). On Monday in Washington, Gandhi, who is on a tour of the US, spoke at the pro-Democratic Party think tank, Centre for […]

Ivanka, Sushma discuss women empowerment

Ivanka, Sushma discuss women empowerment

US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed here women empowerment and the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad. Ivanka Trump, who has the official title of Adviser to the President, tweeted afterwards: “I have long respected India’s accomplished and charismatic Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, and it was an […]

Trump mocks Kim Jong-un

Trump mocks Kim Jong-un

US President Donald Trump once again mocked North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, calling him “Rocket Man”, an allusion to Pyongyang’s recent nuclear tests, as well as speaking ironically about the “long … lines” of people waiting to get fuel in the nation after the sanctions imposed by the UN. “I spoke with President Moon of […]

US could stay in Paris accord under right conditions: Tillerson

US could stay in Paris accord under right conditions: Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the US could stay in the Paris Agreement on climate change under right conditions. “Under the right conditions, the President said he’s open to finding those conditions where we can remain engaged with others in what we all agree is a challenging issue,” said Tillerson in an […]

UN options exhausted on Korean Peninsula issue: Haley

UN options exhausted on Korean Peninsula issue: Haley

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned that the world body has “exhausted” its options on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. “We have pretty much exhausted all the things that we can do at the Security Council at this point,” Haley on Sunday said in an interview with the CNN. “None of us want […]

Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe win Emmy for coming out story

Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe win Emmy for coming out story

 Indian-American Aziz Ansari and African-American Lena Waithe added a shade of diversity to the winners of the 69th Primetime Awards here as co-writers of a “Master of None” episode on a character coming out to her family as a lesbian. They won for the “Thanksgiving” episode, in which Waithe’s on screen character Denise discovers her […]