Legendary former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who had been hospitalised following respiratory problems, has passed away, a family spokesman said. “After a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74,” family spokesman Bob Gunnell said in a statement on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. Ali was hospitalised […]
A major rescue operation was underway off the south coast of Crete island on Friday, to save some 700 migrants and refugees, the Greek Coast Guard said. Approximately 250 people have already been evacuated from the sea, about 75 nautical miles off Kali Limenes in Crete, officials told Greek national news agency AMNA. Greek Coast […]
A woman in Arizona state of the US is suspected of stabbing her three sons to death, hiding their bodies in a closet and then trying to kill herself, police said. The woman’s brother called police on Thursday after finding her wounded in a bathroom at her residence in Phoenix, authorities said. Phoenix police said […]
Rohan Bopanna has been India’s top ranked doubles players over the last few years and had a very successful 2015 where he won four titles and reached the final of the year ending ATP Tour Finals tournament at London. He has also done well at the majors, reaching the quarter-finals of two Grand Slams, including […]
Using non-invasive electrodes to track the brain’s electrical activity — or brainwaves — researchers have developed a simple way to monitor brain health over time. The discovery makes it possible to translate complex brainwaves into objective, practical and deployable brain vital signs, using longstanding brainwave technologies that have existed for nearly a century. “We know […]
By Jaideep Sarin Bangkok A ‘Spice Library’ with traditional condiments from all corners of India, Mumbai’s famous ‘Dabbawalas’, an Indian mixology concept at the bar to fire up your drinks and a restroom where you can hear the lively noises of Delhi’s famous Chandini Chowk area – all of this and more are on offer […]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia was freshly charged in two cases over violence during last yearÂ’s blockade violence in Dhaka. The former prime minister was named as the instigator of violence in the two chargesheets filed at DhakaÂ’s Chief Metropolitan MagistrateÂ’s Court on Sunday, bdnews24 reported. Metropolitan Magistrate Imdadul Haque set May 31 […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton narrowly defeated Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo after an epic battle to win the Monaco Grand Prix here on Sunday. Hamilton clocked 1 hour 59.29 minutes, ahead of Ricciardo by 7.252 seconds. Force India’s Sergio Perez came in third, his sixth career podium, ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Fernando Alonso secured McLaren’s best […]
An angry anti-fascist activist on Saturday threw a creamy chocolate cake at a top official of Germany’s Left Party at a party congress. He said the action was prompted by the politician’s anti-refugee stance. RT online reported that Sahra Wagenknecht, an outspoken leader of Die Linke’s parliamentary faction, was targeted by an activist who threw […]
The Punjabi American Heritage Society of Yuba City and various Sikh temples in California will honour Vishwa Mitra Tandon, a journalist whose investigative reporting brought to light the killing of 11 Sikhs in fake encounters by UP Police in Pilibhit district in 1991. Tandon will be honoured this weekend at multiple ceremonies in Yuba City […]