Raphael thrills fans in Mexico
Mexico City, April 15 (IANS/EFE) Spanish singer Raphael took his “Mi Gran Noche Tour” to Mexico City, where more than 9,000 fans joined him…
Coconut water to keep zoo animals cool
Patna, April 15 (IANS) With the mercury crossing 40 degrees celsius, chimpanzees, bears, apes and other animals in Bihar’s Sanjay Gandhi Botanical Garden are…
Clear, sunny Monday in Delhi
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the capital Monday and the minimum temperature settled a notch below average at…
Maduro wins Venezuelan presidential vote
Caracas, April 15 (IANS) Venezuela’s acting president Nicolas Maduro has won the presidential elections, Xinhua quoted National Electoral Council’s President Tibisay Lucena as saying.
Three ‘triggers’ for US immigration reforms
Washington, April 15 (IANS) A key architect of a bipartisan proposal for US immigration reforms has outlined three policy steps that would have to…
Ecuador to launch first domestically produced satellite
Quito, April 15 (IANS/EFE) Ecuador will send its first domestically produced satellite into orbit in late April from a launch centre in China, said…
Twelve die in Himachal accident
Shimla: Twelve people, some of them children, were killed in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into…
Havana restores legendary 20th century bar, Sloppy Joe’s
Havana, April 15 (IANS/EFE) Sloppy Joe’s, one of the legendary Havana bars of the 20th century for its bohemian clientele, its long bar and…
Indian envoy seeks more US visas for high-skilled workers
Washington, April 15 (IANS) Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has sought a generous American visa policy for high-skilled workers from India saying it would help…
One dead, eight injured in Odisha cracker explosion
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) One person was killed and eight others injured, some of them critically, when one of the fire crackers they were…