New York, Researchers have discovered a new species of lanternshark that can light up the dark and deep sea for its benefit. Called Etmopterus benchleyi, the newly identified species is the only lanternshark discovered in the the Pacific coast of Central America, the researchers said. It is one among 40 other lanternshark species with the […]
New Delhi, The government will extend all help to an Indian man working in Saudi Arabia without being paid his salary for the last 28 months, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. The minister’s comments came after she came to know of a video in which Kumar Akash, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, […]
Beijing, Eleven of the 29 people trapped on Friday in a collapsed gypsum mine in east China have been rescued by Saturday morning, rescuers said. Rescuers lifted a trapped miner, whose leg was stuck under a boulder, from the mine early Saturday morning after hours of hard work, Xinhua reported. At least 29 people were […]
Islamabad, Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday proposed January 16 for talks between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India. “Pakistan is now waiting for India’s response to the proposed dates,” Dwan online quoted Aziz as saying. The foreign secretary-level talks between the two countries will be held […]
Bogota, Colombian media and social networks lit up with reactions to the botched Miss Universe finale on Sunday night, which saw the national contestant crowned and dethroned in a matter of minutes. The pageant host, US comedian Steve Harvey, announced that Miss Colombia Adriana Gutierrez won the coveted crown but moments later corrected his mistake, […]
United Nations, The US President Barack Obama will open a high-level meeting on refugees in September 2016 at the United Nations, when world leaders will be here to attend the annual debate of the UN General Assembly. Samantha Power, the US UN ambassador who holds the rotating council presidency for December, made the statement here […]
New York, A slipper can be mightier than a gun in the hands of a valiant Sikh store-owner! In a feat caught on surveillance cameras, the 59-year-old Amrik Singh fought off a shotgun-wielding masked robber using only his slipper in the store at his petrol station in Staatsburg, about 150 km from New York City. […]
Washington, In a historic move, America’s central bank, the US Federal Reserve, for the first time in nearly a decade raised its key interest rate from a range of 0 percent to 0.25 percent to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent Wednesday’s rate hike though a small one, is seen as a sign […]
Paris, The climate conference here has been extended by another day, not for the first time at the conference of parties (CoP) seeking to narrow the difference between the developed and developing nations. After what is being called a “hard night of negotiations”, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said a final text would be presented […]
New Delhi, The India-Japan strategic relationship can contribute to peace and prosperity in Asia and the world, said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who arrived here on Friday on a three-day official visit expected to see progress towards India’s first bullet train and a civil nuclear deal. “Indo-Japanese relations will contribute to peace and prosperity […]