Sunita Willams returns from space with new record
byWashington: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has returned to earth after 127 days in space with a new record under her belt – the most spacewalking…
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SAYC 2012: Youth to script a new Indo-Pak Chapter
byShimla: The South Asian Youth Conference 2012, which featured 120 delegates from eight countries belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),…
For preventing Nuclear War, Soviet era officer to be given award
byMoscow: A retired Soviet lieutenant colonel whose self-control prevented a nuclear war from being triggered by a long-classified accident in 1983 was named yesterday a…
After Jindal, more Republicans shun Romney
byWashington: Following the example of Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has become the latest Republican to distance himself from the…
It is time for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet, says exiled Tibetan PM
byDharamshala: “Tibetans in Tibet are doing all they can and by giving up their lives with the hope and belief that exiled Tibetans and…
Dhaka, top city facing climate change risks
byDhaka: The Bangladesh capital has topped a list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming years. Kolkata came seventh, Mumbai eighth…
IPad mini worth $1.5 mn stolen in US
byNewcastle: A total of 3,600 new Apple iPad mini tablet computers worth $1.5 million were stolen from the JFK airport in New York, the New…
Savita Halappanavar’s death a wake-up call says Irish senator
byLondon: It’s time for us to “stop talking and legislate”, said an opinion piece by an Irish senator who described the agonising death of…
Indian doctors to do polio surgeries in Nigeria
byChandigarh: A team of Indian doctors will undertake a 10-day medical mission to conduct polio corrective surgeries in Nigeria, a Rotary International functionary said here…
Second edition of Aung San Suu Kyi’s book released
byDelhi: Second edition of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s book ‘Burma and India: Some Aspects of Intellectual Life under Colonialism’ published by Indian Institute of Advanced…