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Seoul next NSG chance for India

Seoul next NSG chance for India

India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group is expected to be deliberated upon by the atomic trading club at...

11 Jun 2016 2:12 AM IST

Air pollution among top 10 stroke risks

Air pollution among top 10 stroke risks

Air pollution was fingered for the first time as a major contributor to death and disability caused by stroke,...

11 Jun 2016 1:09 AM IST

Japan ‘naked restaurant’ to ban overweight diners

Japan ‘naked restaurant’ to ban overweight diners

Japan’s first “naked restaurant” opens in Tokyo in July with draconian rules of entry — podgy...

11 Jun 2016 1:06 AM IST

Hundreds watch, ‘help’ ISIS stone woman to death

Hundreds watch, ‘help’ ISIS stone woman to death

Militants from the Islamic State jihadist group stoned a woman to death for alleged adultery in the northern city of...

11 Jun 2016 12:54 AM IST

Syria’s besieged Daraya gets first aid since 2012

Syria’s besieged Daraya gets first aid since 2012

A food aid convoy on Thursday night entered the Syrian town of Daraya, the first delivery since the start of the siege...

11 Jun 2016 12:52 AM IST

Russia: Will counter US entry in Black Sea

Russia: Will counter US entry in Black Sea

The Russian foreign ministry said Moscow would respond to a US naval ship’s entry into the Black Sea with...

11 Jun 2016 12:48 AM IST

‘2,000 migrants rescued off Libya’

‘2,000 migrants rescued off Libya’

Around 2,000 migrants were plucked to safety off the coast of Libya in the latest series of rescue operations in the...

11 Jun 2016 12:37 AM IST

Swim lessons for refugees stir up a storm in Austria

Swim lessons for refugees stir up a storm in Austria

Swimming lessons for refugee children have whipped up a storm in Austria, with a lifeguard’s car window smashed...

11 Jun 2016 12:34 AM IST

A man sits in his damaged shop near the site of Tuesday explosion in Istanbul. (Photo: AP)

Militant Kurdish group TAK claims Istanbul bombing

The bomb was placed inside a car and detonated as a police vehicle went past.

10 Jun 2016 2:25 PM IST

Shergill admitted he had travelled to Ohio to buy the gun for USD 500 from a private owner

Indian-origin teen charged with plotting to murder cops in US

Ranbir Singh Shergill, 18, allegedly threatened to kill members of his family last month with a gun he kept at home

10 Jun 2016 1:57 PM IST

The National Finalists will be evaluated by the Presidents Commission on White House Fellowships in Washington

Two Indian-Americans shortlisted for prestigious White House Fellows...

Shah and Tripathi were among the 30 finalists selected for the programme, founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B Johnson.

10 Jun 2016 1:16 PM IST

National Parks and Wildlife officers examine the skin of a tiger at the “Tiger Temple,” in Saiyok district in Kanchanaburi

Evidence on abott's role in tiger trafficking: Thai authorities

Authorities during the raids had found frozen carcasses of at least 40 tiger cubs and at least 137 tigers were...

10 Jun 2016 1:14 PM IST