British MPs have backed the renewal of the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system, a move backed by newly appointed Prime Minister Theresa May. The MPs voted late Monday night 472 to 117 in favour in the House of Commons, the BBC reported. The vote approves the manufacture of four replacement submarines at a current estimated […]
Social networking giant Facebook has partnered with the US television network ABC for a non-stop live streaming of both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The Republican National Convention started in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday night and will run till Thursday while the Democratic National Convention is set for July 25-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Not […]
Legendary Bollywood playgback singer and ghazal maestro Mubarak Begum Shaikh passed away after prolonged illness at her residence late Monday night, a family member said. Known simply as ‘Mubarak Begum’, the Rajasthan-born singer was a widow and breathed her last at 80. She is survived by her son Hussain, daughter-in-law Zarina and granddaughter Sana with […]
Security forces in Rio de Janeiro have successfully completed two large-scale simulation exercises to prepare for next month’s Olympic Games. An operation aimed at averting a terrorist threat was carried out at Deodoro – home to the second largest Games venue cluster – on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, a full-rehearsal of the security plan […]
North Korea on Tuesday test-fired three short-range ballistic missiles in a show of force against the decision between South Korea and the US to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in Seoul. Yonhap news agency quoted South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying that North Korea fired off three ballistic missiles, […]
A piece of possible aircraft debris suspected to be a part of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which washed up off the coast of Tanzania, arrived in Australia for examination, officials announced on Tuesday. According to a joint statement from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia, […]
Australian researchers are set to develop more customized video games for orangutans in the Melbourne Zoo to play with, following the success of the world’s first interactive study which aimed to entertain and stimulate the animals. Earlier this year, researchers from the University of Melbourne’s Microsoft Research Centre collaborated with Zoos Victoria to experiment the […]
Republicans on Monday prepared to kick off their convention at Cleveland to crown Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee as the nation reeled from another outburst of violence. True to form, Trump himself provided the first surprise of the week, announcing on Monday morning that he was headed for Cleveland to watch his wife […]
The CBI on Monday said that it had arrested B.K. Bansal, director genral of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, who was dealing with matters related to alleged violations by a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company, on charges of bribery. Bansal, who was detained by sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday while allegedly receiving […]
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N. Ramachandran said on Monday that he expects India to reach double digits in the medals tally at the upcoming Rio Olympics. Ramachandran, who was here for the official send-off ceremony for the Indian contingent, also urged people not to pressurise the athletes by having huge expectations. “I am expecting […]