Britain’s Prince Philip, 97, escapes unhurt from car crash
Queen Elizabeth's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip escaped uninjured from a car crash while driving on Thursday near the Sandringham estate in eastern England. Police said two people in a car that collided with that of the prince, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh,...
read moreDue to govt shutdown, Trump postpones House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s foreign trip
US President Donald Trump has postponed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to meet military officials and troops in Afghanistan and Brussels, saying she was needed here for negotiations to end the partial government shutdown. Trump's move came Thursday a day after the...
read moreUS, India in talks over strategic missile defence cooperation: Pentagon
The Trump administration has discussed a potential missile defence cooperation with India as part of its effort to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership, the Pentagon has said, asserting that New Delhi is a "key element" in America's Indo-Pacific strategy. The...
read moreIndian-origin man charged for murder of ‘girlfriend’ in Singapore apartment
A 34-year-old Indian-origin man was on Friday charged with the murder of a woman, who was found dead in a rented apartment in Singapore, according to a media report. Singaporean M Krishnan allegedly killed 40-year-old Mallika Begum Rahamansa Abdul Rahman in the...
read moreAiming to be in ‘Top 50’ in ease of doing business next year: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is aiming at being in the list of top 50 countries next year in the 'ease of doing business' category. The country's ranking has jumped 75 places in the World Bank's ease of doing business rankings, PM Modi said. India...
read moreLok Sabha polls schedule likely to be announced in March first week: report
The dates for the Lok Sabha elections are likely to be announced in the first week of March, sources indicated on Friday. The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 3. The Election Commission is in the process of deciding the number of phases and the months in...
read moreBritish PM Theresa May loses key vote on Brexit procedure in Parliament
Britain's government suffered another setback Wednesday as lawmakers voted to force it to announce within three sitting days what steps it will take next if its Brexit deal is rejected by parliament next week as appears likely. The contentious amendment was passed by...
read moreCitizen scientists find new planet
Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a world roughly twice the size of Earth located within its star's habitable zone, the range of orbital distances where liquid water may exist on the planet's surface. The new world,...
read moreBritish PM Theresa May loses key vote on Brexit procedure in Parliament
Britain's government suffered another setback Wednesday as lawmakers voted to force it to announce within three sitting days what steps it will take next if its Brexit deal is rejected by parliament next week as appears likely. The contentious amendment was passed by...
read moreElon Musk gets China ‘green card’ offer
Tesla boss Elon Musk has been offered a “green card”, China said on Thursday, a privilege enjoyed by an elite group of foreigners, including several Nobel laureates and a former NBA star. Musk was in China for the ground-breaking of Tesla’s first overseas factory,...
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