Toronto, May 28 (IANS) Facebook can not just make or break relationships, it can also find a missing child. The Quebec Police in Canada have cracked a newborn kidnapping case using a Facebook post early this week. The Facebook post – showing a photo of the vehicle and the 21-year-old woman driving it with the kidnapped […]
Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 (IANS) The proposed Rs.2,000-crore KGS Aranmula international airport project in Kerala suffered a huge setback Wednesday when a tribunal cancelled its environment sanction. After a legal battle between the airport’s promoters and five organisations based in Aranmula, the Chennai bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Wednesday ruled that the agency which conducted […]
Thimphu, May 28 (IANS) Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to commence four new joint-venture hydroelectric projecta with a capacity to generate 2120 MW, media here reported Wednesday. Tobgay attended Modi’s swearing-in ceremony Monday and the two leaders held talks Tuesday, Kuensel online reported. During the meeting, Modi assured […]
Kabul, May 28 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to lend its all-round support to Afghanistan under the bilateral partnership agreement between the two countries. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai attended Modi’s swearing-in ceremony Monday and the two leaders held talks Tuesday, Afghanistan Times reported. During the meeting, they discussed last week’s attack on the […]
Abuja, May 27 (IANS) Nigeria’s military have acquired the location of abducted schoolgirls, but could not rescue them by force for fear of civilian casualty, the media reported Monday. Defence Chief Alex Badeh reportedly told News Agency of Nigeria that “the good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are,” […]
Isha Sahni We have all known that the global warming at large has affected rainfall, cropping patterns,livelihoods of the people across the world. But are there any alternatives that people could take whose livelihoods are being challenged by the effects of climate change? In recent times, an initiative was taken by the counties Britain and […]
Dharamsala, May 26 (IANS) The 17th Karmapa, the third most important Tibetan religious head, has left here for Germany on a fortnight-long religious tour, one his aides said Monday. This is 28-year-old Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s first visit to Europe. His programme includes traditional Buddhist teachings as well as secular events, addressing current social issues such as […]
Rabat, May 25 (IANS) King Mohammed VI, the King of Morocco, has sent a congratulatory letter to Narendra Modi, India’s Prime Minister-designate, on the victory of his Bharatiya Janata Party in the parliamentary elections and conveyed his sincere wishes for success of his “noble mission”. The king expressed pride in the excellent friendship and cooperative ties […]
In the 1970s, Vasant Sathe, the information and broadcasting minister, stirred a political storm by suggesting that India needed a presidential form of government. He wasn’t being altruistic; it was just his way of paying obeisance to his political master — prime minister Indira Gandhi. But then, it was an idea whose time was seen […]
Comic books, like many products we know, are an American invention. The US and Japan (manga) account for most since the form appeared in the 1930s, but neither can lay claim to having produced the most famous comics ever – an honour which goes to two hugely popular Franco-Belgian series translated into over 100 languages. […]