Kabul, April 5 (IANS) A total of 959 polling stations, including 211 new ones, were kept shut during the presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan Saturday for security reasons. “A total of 211 polling centres were closed down on election day due to armed engagements and enemy’s attacks in parts of the country,” Chairman of […]
London, April 5 (IANS) If you are a European and fat, chances are that you have inherited a gene variant from Neanderthals. Scientists believe that modern Europeans share a number of genes involved in the build-up of certain types of fat with Neanderthals. An international team of researchers led by Philipp Khaitovich of the Max Planck […]
Perth, April 5 (IANS) The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continued Saturday in the southern Indian Ocean search area. According to the latest update from Australia’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) that is coordinating the multinational search operation, 10 military planes, three civil jets and 11 ships will assist in Saturday’s search for […]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Three Pakistani Rangers were killed and 36 others were injured, 13 critically, Saturday when their speeding truck overturned in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The truck was carrying troopers to Rahim Yar Khan when it overturned, a Punjab Rangers officer said. The injured personnel have been shifted to Sheikh Zaid Hospital in Lahore, […]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked around 300 employees, including pilots, cabin crew and engineers, for producing fake degrees, media reported Saturday. The Supreme Court has directed that necessary action be taken against some 300 fake degree holders, including pilots, engineers, air-hostesses and other departmental staff, PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajwar told […]
London, April 4 (IANS) This discovery may leave many artworks showing the crucifixion of Jesus Christ inaccurate. According to researchers, the Shroud of Turin that shows a crucified man suggests that the victim was suspended from a cross in a Y-shape position- arms above head and not outstretched horizontally on a cross or ‘T’ shape. The […]
Beirut, April 4 (IANS/WAM) The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KF), in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates embassy in Lebanon, is working to provide relief for displaced Syrians in various Lebanese areas. The new initiative, which comes within the continuous UAE support for Syrian refugees, includes material assistance such as dates, blankets, clothing and […]
Seoul, April 4 A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship carrying 16 North Korean crew members sank off the coast of South Korea Friday killing two crew members on board, reported Xinhua. The ship ran aground off the coast of South Korea’s southern city of Yeosu. Three crew members were rescued, while the remaining are missing, Yonhap quoted […]
Washington, April 4 President Barack Obama is nominating Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian American investor in the payments sector, to a key job as US Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund. “I am grateful these accomplished men and women have agreed to join this Administration, and I’m confident they will serve ably in these […]
Damascus, April 4 (IANS) The Syrian government troops killed 20 rebels Thursday in a wide-scale offensive against rebel-held areas in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus, the media reported. The troops killed 20 rebels and injured tens of others near the Big Mosque of Damascus’ eastern suburb of Jobar, a hotbed of insurgency against the […]