Dubai : Air India Express will launch its first direct flight service from Surat to Sharjah on February 16 and will also expand services from Gulf to Kannur in Kerala. The carrier, the international budget arm of Air India, will deploy Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft on this route. The […]
Beijing : Scientists in China have cloned five monkeys after editing genes to induce several human diseases like Alzheimer’s that they claim will help in medical research, an advance which is likely to raise fresh ethical concerns about gene-editing. The announcement follows the recent confirmation that the world’s first […]
Makassar : The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia jumped to 26, a disaster agency official said Thursday, as rescuers race to find still-missing victims. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes as heavy rain and strong winds pounded the southern part of Sulawesi island, swelling […]
Jakarta : Jakarta’s former governor has been released from prison, his assistant said Thursday, nearly two years after his blasphemy conviction fanned fears over religious intolerance in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama — the Indonesian capital’s first non-Muslim governor in half a century and its first […]
Toronto : Canada’s ambassador to China said he thinks a top Chinese executive has a strong case to avoid extradition to the United States and said he hopes she will be released soon in remarks one of his predecessors called “mind-boggling.” Ambassador John McCallum told Chinese language media in […]
Washington : President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will not testify before a House committee next month as scheduled, his adviser said Wednesday, depriving Democrats for now of a prime opportunity to scrutinize Trump, his links to Russia and payments to buy the silence of a porn star. […]
Kolkata : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has stressed that “collective leadership” is the need of the hour for the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) of opposition parties, and said the name of the leader for the prime minister’s post would be declared after elections. Naidu, the Telugu Desam […]
Jammu, Jan 24 (PTI) The Pakistan Army Thursday targeted forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district with mortars and small arms, official said. The Indian Army is effectively retaliating. “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arms fire and shelling with […]
Imphal : Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has called a meeting of all political parties in the state on January 29 to discuss the Citizenship Amendment Bill even as protests against the Bill continue in the state. The chief minister’s media advisor, Irengbam Arun Thursday said the CM […]
Panaji : Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will attend the entire three-day session of the state Assembly that is scheduled to begin on January 29, Speaker Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. Talking to PTI, Sawant said on the second day of session, Parrikar will present the Budget in […]
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