Baghdad, Aug 16 (IANS) At least 15 Sunni militants were killed in a US air strike near Iraq’s largest dam in Mosul, media reports said Saturday. US fighter jets hit the Islamic State (IS) militants as part of a military operation to help the Kurdish forces to regain control of the Mosul dam from jihadis, who […]
Thimphu, Aug 16 (IANS) Bhutan’s first nationwide tiger survey that began in February has identified 20 animals in the Himalayan nation’s southern region. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay launched the preliminary report submitted by the country’s wildlife conservation division for the southern belt recently at the wildlife conference in Thimphu. The report further states that 543 pictures […]
The following are the salient points of the constitutional amendment bill which will scrap the collegium system of judges’ appointments: * Chief Justice of India to head six-member National Judicial Appointments Commission. * Law minister, two senior Supreme Court judges and two eminent people to be the other members. * Collegium comprising prime minister, Chief […]
British Prime Minister David Cameron is heading for a rout in the general elections scheduled in May 2015 over the rumblings in the coalition, problems in the party and the mood of the British electorate. Cameron, holidaying in Portugal, is facing unprecedented opposition over the government’s stance on Gaza. Coalition partner and Deputy Prime Minister […]
Tehran, Aug 9 (IANS) The recent bilateral talks between Iran and the US over outstanding sticking points in Tehran’s nuclear programme were useful, a senior Iranian nuclear negotiator said Saturday. “The main focus of bilateral talks with the US in Geneva Thursday was the existing differences” between Iran and the world powers pertaining to the country’s […]
Riyadh, Aug 9 (IANS) The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Saturday called for a united stand to show solidarity with the Palestinians against the Israeli atrocities. In a GCC statement during a forum in Morocco, Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani demanded a united stand to put an end to the Israeli crimes against […]
Manama, Aug 8 (IANS) Three clerics in Bahrain have been forbidden from preaching in mosques following allegations that they incited sectarian hate. Sunni cleric and Bahrain Quran Society chairman Adel Hassan Al Hamad was summoned to the interior ministry Thursday where he was told “he could no longer conduct Friday sermons”, Gulf Daily News reported. Shi’ite […]
Agartala, Aug 6 (IANS) The first confirmed case of dengue has been reported in Tripura, an official said here Wednesday. “A man was found with dengue virus at the G.B. Pant Medical College and Hospital here. This is the first case of dengue in Tripura,” health department spokesperson Pranab Chatterjee told IANS. He said the state […]
Santiago, Aug 6 (IANS) Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activity in Latin America doubled in the past 50 years and will continue to worsen if nothing is done to reverse the trend, a UN agency has said. Emissions of carbon dioxide from agricultural and animal farming in the region increased from 388 million tonnes to more […]
Hiroshima, Aug 6 (IANS) Hiroshima, the Japanese city that suffered US atomic bombing in 1945 during the World War II, commemorated the 69th anniversary of the bombing Wednesday at the city’s Peace Memorial Park. Addressing survivors of the attack, their descendants, peace activists and officials, including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Ambassador to Japan […]