Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Abheek, the second fast patrol vessel of the coast guard designed and built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), was commissioned here Tuesday by Defence Minister A.K. Antony. Antony said that as the resources on land were getting depleted at a rapid pace, nations are turning to oceans for sustenance. […]
In the past one year, if there is one political party that has sent the entire political spectrum into a tizzy it is undoubtedly the Aam Aadmi Party. With barely a year since its launch, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is set to take Delhi’s political circles by storm in the upcoming 4 December elections. While there are […]
Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) will expand its base here through research and innovation parks, an official release said Monday. The move aims at merging industry and academia as well as fostering international collaborative studies. The hubs would give scope to young scientists from the institute to not only enhance their academic prospects but also […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities was trading flat at 21.81 points or 0.10 percent up during the pre-noon trade Tuesday. Good buying was observed in the oil and gas and auto sectors while selling pressure was seen in banking index (bankex) sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), […]
Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Ashraf Jehan, the first woman judge to be appointed to the Federal Shariat Court in the country. The ceremony was held at the Sindh High Court in Karachi, the Associated Press of Pakistan […]
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf Tuesday filed an appeal against the special court constituted to try him for treason. The petition was filed in the Islamabad High Court against Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan’s decision rejected all three pleas of Musharraf against the special court formed to try him for treason, Geo News reported. Musharraf is […]
The truth behind the unique sex-determination system in honeybees – where males develop from unfertilised eggs and females develop from fertilised eggs – is out. Five amino acid separate males from females in honeybee colonies, say scientists who added that the molecular switch for haplodiploidy – genetic sex-determination – was gradual and adaptively evolved in […]
As India set up a group of experts, including on international law, to examine how to pursue the case against the US in the arrest and strip-search of envoy Devyani Khobragade, a number of former Indian staff of US consulates in India have complained they have been underpaid. As a measure of reciprocity following the […]
Across the world, 70 journalists were killed in 2013 while on the job, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The figure was marginally down from 74 in 2012. The committee is investigating the deaths of 25 more journalists in 2013 to establish whether these were work-related. According to the report, Syria, Iraq, Egypt were the […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 Built by the British in 1933, Connaught Place, the Indian capital’s crecent-shaped central business district that had fallen on bad days, has now been restored to its pristine glory, complete with a fresh coat of white paint, brighter signposts, a landscaped central fountain lawn and better access roads. The long-delayed renovation […]