open view web desk JAMMU, NOVEMBER 28: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved repeal of the Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001, (commonly known as Roshni scheme). Advisors B […]
HONG KONG — The Latest on a scientist’s claim to have made the world’s first gene-edited babies (all times local): 4:30 p.m. A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be underway. The researcher, He Jiankui […]
WASHINGTON — Russia said on Wednesday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned. Trump, in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday, said he may cancel the sit-down with Putin in Argentina following Russia’s seizure of […]
A Russian-born German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund last year, wounding two people, faces his verdict and sentence Tuesday. Sergej Wenergold, 29, had hoped to profit financially from the attack by betting on an anticipated plunge in […]
The UN children’s fund warned Tuesday that a funding gap and the start of winter could leave nearly one million children “out in the cold” in the Middle East and North Africa. “Years of conflict, displacement and unemployment have reduced families’ financial resources to almost nothing. Staying warm […]
New Delhi, Nov 28: The Delhi High Court Wednesday upheld the conviction of around 80 people and awarded them five year jail term for rioting, burning houses and violation of curfew during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Justice R K Gauba dismissed their 22-year old appeals against conviction by a […]
One of the most influential figures in international sport on Wednesday officially stepped down from a powerful Olympic body as he fights forgery charges in Switzerland. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah had already announced he was “temporarily” stepping aside from his IOC duties and asked not to be re-elected […]
New Delhi, Nov 28: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday urged people in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram to exercise their franchise in large numbers, saying “time for change” has come and electors should vote for prosperity and progress. In two separate tweets for voters of Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh, he […]
Bengaluru, Nov 28: IT czar and philanthropist Azim Premji was bestowed with the highest French civilian distinction Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) here Wednesday. Premji, who is the chairman of Bengaluru-headquartered IT major Wipro, received the distinction from the Ambassador of France to […]
New Delhi, Nov 28: Not more than 3500 tickets are left in total for the 2019 World Cup in England, said a top ICC official here on Wednesday. Campbell Jamieson, General Manager – Commercial at the International Cricket Council, said most of the tickets have been sold out for […]
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