As Google celebrated its 18th birthday with an animated, festive-balloon Doodle on Tuesday, there were some confusion regarding the date as the search engine giant has celebrated its birthday on other days in the month of September in the past. The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998. The company’s own […]
In a surprise find, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have spotted water vapour plumes erupting off the surface on Jupiter’s moon Europa, suggesting that life may exist in our solar system. The observation increases the possibility that missions to Europa may be able to sample Europa’s ocean without having to drill through miles of […]
US presidential contenders, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, sparred for 90 minutes at the Hofstra University auditorium in New York state in the first of their three presidential debates with pollsters giving an edge to the former first lady. The debate covered American prosperity and security, and in each of these issues Trump […]
Short covering, along with positive global indices buoyed the Indian equity markets during the early morning trade session on Tuesday. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 30.80 points or 0.35 per cent to 8, 753.85 points. The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 28,373.02 […]
President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Uttarakhand on Tuesday for a three-day visit, officials said. Elaborate security arrangements were made for the high-profile visit and security has been beefed up at places where he is slated to visit. On his first day, the President will inaugurate a building ‘Aashiana’ at the Presidential Bodyguards’ campus at […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s advisor on Hispanic issues, Jose Fuentes, hopes that Monday night’s debate helps get across the mogul’s image of “change” compared to his “stiff” Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, who – he says – speaks more to people’s heads than to their hearts. In an interview with EFE news at the debate […]
The US dollar slipped against most major currencies on Monday ahead of the country’s first presidential debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Analysts said the debate has cast huge amount of uncertainties over the country and thus hurt the currency, Xinhua news agency reported. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against […]
The US Senate will vote on Wednesday to override President Barack Obamas veto of legislation that would allow the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue the Saudi Arabian government. The revelation was made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday, Politico reported. The Congress is expected to easily […]
K.J. George on Monday rejoined the Siddaramaiah ministry in Karnataka, over two months after he resigned on July 18 following an FIR against him in the suicide case of a police officer. Governor Vajubhai R. Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to George at Raj Bhavan in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, […]
Another photograph has surfaced of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s sons — Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav and Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav — with an absconding accused in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan. The photograph of Lalu’s younger son Tejaswi and elder son Tej Pratap with accused Jawed Bhath on Monday went viral […]