Washington, April 24 (IANS) In a shocking revelation, a study has found that 4.8 million people above the age 60 go hungry in the US due to financial strains. “In 2011, 8.35 percent of Americans over age 60 faced the threat of hunger – that translates to 4.8 million people,” said Craig Gundersen, a professor […]
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf requested the special court that is trying him for high treason Thursday to order the government to provide him with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) report. The three-judge bench comprising Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Syeda Tahira Safdar and Justice Yawar Ali Khan heard the case Thursday, […]
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained an Indian national from Benapole, a border town with India, for possessing contraband gold. The border guards, after receiving a tip-off, caught Putul Rani, 35, from Ghiba border area, Motiur Rahman, commander of Jessore 26 BGB Battalion, said Rani hails from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas […]
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has revoked the licences of eight Haj agencies and withheld the licences of 43 others for alleged irregularities. Action has been taken against 208 agencies after a probe committee formed by the country’s ministry of religious affairs found that they were responsible for irregularities, Chowdhury Md. Babul Hassan, secretary […]
Rome, April 24 (IANS) Italy opened a new phase Thursday by replacing its special envoy Staffan de Mistura, handling the case of its two marines held in India, and sending its ambassador back to New Delhi to help steer the case towards arbitration. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone were arrested for killing two Indian fishermen off […]
New York, April 24 (IANS) Although a human partner is a better motivator during exercise, a software-generated cyber partner can also be effective in making you work a little extra, research reveals. “We know that people tend to show more effort during exercise when there are other partners involved because their performance hinges on how the […]
Beijing, April 23 (IANS) China will focus on the development of a new operating system (OS) based on Linux to cope with the shutdown of Windows XP, an official said Wednesday. Zhang Feng, chief engineer of China’s ministry of industry and information technology, said “the ministry will beef up support for the development of such […]
Tokyo, April 23 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Wednesday arrived in Japan on the first leg of his four-nation Asian trip. Obama will stay here through Friday and will hold a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the focus on the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks, Xinhua reported. The two […]
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has called a joint meeting Wednesday of the government and Taliban committees engaged in attempting to restore peace in the country’s troubled north. The meeting will discuss progress in dialogue process and chalk out future line of action, Geo News reported citing an interior […]
New York, April 23 (IANS) Have you unfriended your best friend on Facebook because he/she posted frequent, uninteresting or contradictory comments about religion or politics? You are not alone. An interesting research reveals that the most common reason for unfriending someone is that the person posted polarising comments often about religion or politics – the […]