US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is scheduled to travel to Europe next week for economic talks with top European officials, the Treasury Department announced Monday. Lew will travel to Europe between Jan 6 and 8 for discussions with officials on economic developments in Europe and policies to boost global growth and promote financial stability, Xinhua […]
Israel has freed a group of 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of a US-brokered agreement for resuming direct peace talks, BBC reported Tuesday. They released prisoners, making up the third tranche of a total of 104 prisoners set to be freed, were greeted by cheering crowds on their return to the West Bank and Gaza. […]
Nepal’s anti-corruption body Monday ordered 35,000 government staff to pay cash penalty of Nepalese Rs.5,000 ($52) each for not submitting their property details, officials said. To make sure that the bureaucrats are not making money by foul means, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) requires government employees to make their property details […]
Beijing, Dec 30 (IANS) China’s high definition earth observation satellite Gaofen-1 has been formally inducted into service, it was announced Monday. According to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND), the satellite has undergone eight months of in-orbit tests since it blasted off April 26. It has met requirements and […]
At least 40 gunmen were killed Monday in clashes which ended in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, and the situation is under control. A government source said at least 40 attackers, who took part in gunfights, were killed in the city, Xinhua reported. The attackers took hostages at the Congolese national TV station, […]
New Delhi, Dec 19 India hit back Thursday at the US over the arrest of its diplomat Devyani Khobragade and accused American officials of interfering with the Indian legal system. Describing Khobragade as the “only … victim” in this case, the external affairs ministry said the action taken against her violated the Vienna Convention. “There […]
New York, Dec 17 Why do men succumb to sexual temptations — like cheating on a partner or preying on a female colleague — more than women? A new study has the answer. “The study suggests that men are more likely to give in to sexual temptations because they tend to have stronger sexual impulse […]
New Delhi/Washington, Dec 18 The India-US diplomatic standoff continued Wednesday with New Delhi refusing to relent on its demand for “unconditional apology” from the US for alleged mistreatment of its consular official even as the US stuck to its guns saying it acted “appropriately and demanded restoration of security for its missions in India”. Amid […]
New Delhi, Dec 17 India Tuesday sought “unconditional apology” from the US over the arrest and the purported strip search of its ranking diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York and also took a slew of steps to pare down the privileges of American diplomats in an apparent retaliatory measure. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said […]
Washington, Dec 11 Aam Aadmi Party’s impressive debut in the Delhi elections has earned party founder Arvind Kejriwal a place on Foreign Policy magazine’s list of 100 global thinkers “for leading a campaign to clean up India’s capital”. “Kejriwal is out to ignite a revolution,” says the prestigious magazine in putting him on the 32nd […]