A Russian court on Monday sentenced a former policeman, described as the country’s “most prolific mass murderer in modern time”, to a second life imprisonment for committing 56 murders, while he is already serving one for killing 22 women, the media reported. Mikhail Popkov, 53, was found guilty of murdering 56 women near the […]
China on Thursday demanded the immediate release of Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of tech giant Huawei, whose arrest could escalate into a major diplomatic incident. Calling Meng’s detention a “rights abuse”, Beijing urged both Ottawa and Washington to clarify their reasons for the action. She was arrested in Vancouver on Saturday and […]
The British High Commission on Thursday sought consular access to Christian Michel, who was extradited from the United Arab Emirates. The CBI said it had received the request. The agency said Michel was being questioned “round the clock”. “The CBI has a lot of material to confront him (Michel),” an official source said. Michel is […]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi He might be gone, but the world he created with strokes of his imagination will live on forever. Stan Lee believed his universe of superheroes and super villains will keep on entertaining people around the globe, making his legacy eternal. In a rare interview to Indian media back in 2016, […]
New York While Type-2 diabetes is expected to rise by more than a fifth, from 406 million in 2018 to 511 million in 2030 globally, India along with China and the US will share over half of these high blood sugar cases, say researchers led by one of an Indian-origin, while asserting the need to […]
Personal information of over 100 million Quora users including their name, email address and encrypted passwords have been compromised, the California-based popular question-and-answer platform said. “Questions and answers that were written anonymously are not affected by this breach as we do not store the identities of people who post anonymous content,” Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo […]
Apple puts a spam-filtering app “Do Not Disturb” on its iOS App Store, months after regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) threatened to ban iPhones if the firm did not approve the app by January 2019. “Fed up with years of waiting for Apple to implement anti-spam measures for iPhones, India’s telecom regulator TRAI […]
Leaders of India, China and Russia at a trilateral meeting held here had an in-depth exchange of views on expanding mutual cooperation in international forums and to encourage greater interaction among the three countries under new circumstances. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Friday agreed […]
George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the US and father of the 43rd who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs, has died at the age of 94 in Houston, his family said in a statement on Saturday. “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 94 […]
India is the fastest growing economy in the world. With much of the world beating a path to India’s door, the Australia-India trade and investment relationship will depend on two fundamentals: delivering on India’s expectations for an upgraded and broadened relationship that benefits both partners. The current shaping power and influence in the Indo- Pacific […]