Month: February 2019

Pompeo says ‘confronting Iran’ key to Mideast peace

WARSAW : — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday at a security conference in Warsaw that Iran is the top threat in the Middle East and confronting the country is key to reaching peace in the entire region. Pompeo met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

Airbus abandons iconic A380 superjumbo, lacking clients

TOULOUSE, France— European plane manufacturer Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world’s biggest passenger jet and one of the aviation industry’s most ambitious and most troubled endeavors. Barely a decade after the 500-plus-seat plane started carrying […]

WPI inflation hits 10-month low, drops to 2.76 pc in Jan

New Delhi : Inflation based on wholesale prices fell to a 10-month low of 2.76 per cent in January over the previous month on softening prices of fuel and some food items, according to government data released Thursday. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation stood at 3.8 per cent […]

Banned poem on Jallianwala massacre now in English

New Delhi :  A poem on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by acclaimed Punjabi writer Nanak Singh which was banned by the British after its publication in 1920 has now been translated into English. Singh was present at Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919. He was 22 years old at […]

Grade 10 students develop AI device to help fix posture

Gurugram :  A team of Class 10 students here has developed a portable, cost-effective and user-friendly device driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that may help correct the posture of those suffering from ‘text neck’. Excessive watching or texting on hand-held devices over a sustained period of time can result […]

Parrikar condoles demise of ex-MLA Vishnu Wagh

Panaji : Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday expressed grief over the demise of noted writer and state Assembly’s former deputy speaker Vishnu Wagh. Wagh was a “gifted personality” who excelled in different fields, said Parrikar, who has been suffering from a pancreatic ailment and currently recuperating […]

Delhi vs Centre: AAP says SC judgment offers no clarity

New Delhi  :  Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party Thursday said it was unfortunate that there was no clarity in the Supreme Court judgement that delivered a split verdict on who controls services in the National Capital Territory. People of Delhi will continue to suffer, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj told […]

Uttarakhand High court seeks govt reply on hooch tragedy

Nainital :  The Uttarakhand High Court has sought a reply from the state government on the recent hooch tragedy, which left over 70 people dead in the state and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Hearing a PIL on the matter on Wednesday, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Rangnathan and […]

Teenage girl gang-raped in UP

Banda (UP) :  A teenage girl was allegedly abducted and raped by four persons in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Thursday. The 15-year-old girl was abducted when she was returning home from the fields Tuesday evening in the Panwadi area of Mahoba, a police officer said. The […]

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