HONG KONG – Violence in Hong Kong’s anti-government protests is becoming more serious but the government is confident it can handle the crisis itself, the embattled leader of the former British colony said on Tuesday. Carrie Lam was speaking in public for the first time since demonstrations escalated […]
NEW DELHI – Maruti Suzuki India Ltd Chairman R.C. Bhargava said on Tuesday the company had not renewed the contracts of 3,000 temporary employees, as the automaker battled rising inventory amid a slowdown in demand. Safety norms and higher taxes have “added substantially” to the cost of cars, […]
NEW DELHI – To quell protests and militant attacks in India-controlled Kashmir after abrogating the region’s rights to set its own laws, the government in New Delhi doesn’t rely so much on its million-strong army or the police. Rather, it is a paramilitary police force that is often […]
Hooghly (WB), Aug 27: A security guard of a private school in Hooghly district was arrested on Tuesday on the charge of molesting a minor girl student, following demonstration by angry guardians in front of the school. The security guard allegedly molested the 11-year-old girl inside the premises of […]
Indian badminton star P.V. Sindhu said she won it for her country as her long-awaited maiden world title sparked jubilation back home. Sindhu, 24, thrashed Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in Sunday’s women’s singles final as she was finally crowned world champion after a string of near-misses. “I […]
New Delhi, Aug 27: India’s first badminton world champion P V Sindhu was welcomed exuberantly on her return to the country and promised to work harder to clinch more medals. The Olympic silver-medallist, who out-played Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in a lop-sided final of the big event in […]
New Delhi, Aug 27: Newly-crowned badminton world champion P V Sindhu on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called her India’s pride. Sindhu defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in the final of the world championship in Basel, Switzerland to become the first Indian to claim a gold […]
New Delhi, Aug 27: A Delhi court has summoned five doctors for their alleged negligence which led to the death of a 10-month-old baby here in 2012. The court noted that the Medical Council of India (MCI) has also ordered removal of their names from its register for […]
An unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia’s first humanoid robot to be sent into orbit successfully docked at the International Space Station on Tuesday, following a failed attempt over the weekend, Moscow’s space agency said. The lifesize robot called Fedor copies human movements and can help astronauts carry out tasks […]
Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of “his home and his colonies.” Nearly 80,000 forest fires have broken out in Brazil since the beginning of the year — […]
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