Initial results of Greek’s referendum on the signing of a new debt deal with creditors showed the “No” campaign leading by a significant margin, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Of the 14.09 percent of votes counted till 8:33 p.m. on Sunday, 60.15 percent were “No” votes, while 39.85 percent were “Yes” votes, the ministry […]
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The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), has inducted the Old City of Sanaa to the list of World Heritage in danger due to the “serious damage” done amidst clashes between Shiite Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Yemen. The decision was made on Thursday during the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee […]
The UN-backed Libya political talks have resumed in Morocco amid General National Congress’s (GNC) decision to continue consultations on the latest UN draft peace agreement in Tripoli. The GNC said in a statement on Wednesday that its negotiating team at the peace talks postponed returning to the Moroccan city of Skhirat until next week to […]
A stolen 11th-12th century Chola bronze statue from India worth at least $1 million in the open market has been recovered by the US authorities during an international smuggling probe focused on an Indian art dealer. An anonymous collector of Asian antiquities voluntarily surrendered the idol representing Saint Manikkavichavakar, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Four Indian-Americans are among 38 individuals being honoured for having “helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy” as “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” by Carnegie Corporation of New York. As a July 4th American independence day “Salute to Great Immigrants Who Help Make America Strong” and their accomplishments, the corporation for the […]
Reiterating that relations between India and Pakistan are important to it, the US has expressed the hope that New Delhi and Islamabad would work on issues between them and reduce tensions. As US Secretary of State John Kerry mentioned a couple of weeks ago after a call with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “relations between […]
NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft has captured stunning coloured images of Pluto as it gets ready for a close flyby of the mysterious planet system on July 14. The images show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a series of intriguing spots along the equator that are evenly-spaced. Each of the […]
Darshan Jain, an Indian American teacher is one of the 108 teachers named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Jain, who has taught mathematics at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois for eight years where he currently serves as the director […]
In the two weeks after a racially motivated massacre claimed lives of nine African-Americans, at least six predominantly African-American churches in south US had been burnt down, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The latest fire occurred on Tuesday night in the Mount Zion Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, 20 years after it was set […]