The death toll in Philippine typhoon Goni has risen to 14, the state disaster management agency said on Sunday. At least 11 others were injured and three remained missing, Xinhua quoted the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as saying. Over 33,000 were evacuated in five regions in Philippines due to the rough […]
The Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference on Saturday said India’s policy of non-inclusion of the Kashmir issue in the NSA level talks with Pakistan was “unfortunate”. “It is very unfortunate that India has put pre-conditions to Pakistan ahead of the talks. It also proves that India has no argument to put before the international […]
Pakistan on Thursday refused to host the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference after declining to change its stance on not inviting the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. The announcement was made by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, who said Pakistan would not compromise on its stand on Jammu and Kashmir which it considers a […]
India-born former Google executive Nikesh Arora has bought shares valued at $482 million (Rs.3,148 crore) of Japanese multinational SoftBank Group Corporation in which he is director, president and chief operating officer. In a regulatory filing to the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, SoftBank said its board members had approved Arora investing in the group in […]
The Taj Mahal in Agra is perhaps the world’s most photographed monument. Each minute hundreds of cameras click to shoot memorable photographs. “It’s a matter of pride to be photographed with the Taj Mahal,” Denis, a tourist from Australia, told IANS. These days, with almost every one in possession of a mobile or a digital […]
Domenico Dolce of Italian luxury industry fashion house Dolce & Gabbana says that after doing ‘some soul-searching’ he has realized that his IVF ‘synthetic’ children comments were ‘inappropriate’. Dolce and Stefano Gabbana had previously criticized IVF and called the children “synthetic”, and opposed gay adoption. Now they have apologized for their controversial remarks, reports aceshowbiz.com. […]
Canada, which created history by electing the western world’s first turbaned Sikh – Gurbax Singh Malhi – as an MP in 1993, may create another record by electing a first white Sikh MP in the October 19 parliamentary elections. Martin Singh ‘Paaji’, 42, who converted to Sikhism in 1991 and got baptised in 1993, is […]
By Arun Kumar Washington Chennai born, IIT Kharagpur-educated Sundar Pichai became the CEO of the core business of Google as the search giant in a major corporate restructuring formed an umbrella company called Alphabet. With the change entrusting Pichai, 43, with operational management of Google’s search, YouTube and financial-services units, the company’s founders Sergey Brin […]
Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit had a guest from Kashmir earlier this week -hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani ‘s son-in-law Altaf Shah – in what is being seen as an effort at rebuilding bridges after the senior separatist leader decided against attending the Eid Milan at the Pakistan High Commission last month. Shah, […]