Face of devastation, two-year-old cries for parents
byDehradun, July 2 (IANS) Wearing a white frock with violet flowers and her two tiny legs in plaster, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, who has attracted…
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China, Russia to hold joint military drills
byMoscow, July 2 (IANS) China and Russia will hold two joint military drills in the coming two months, military officials from both countries said….
Disaster preparedness needs to permeate our consciousness
byThe Uttarakhand tragedy needs to be understood in its entirety. Natural river courses and other drains seldom respect human-made concrete, stone or tar structures….
Man hurls wife to death from ninth-floor apartment
byRome, July 2 (IANS/AKI) An Albanian woman died when her husband threw her from the balcony of their ninth-floor apartment in northern Italy, police…
US spying report could harm ties with Italy: Minister
byRome, July 2 (IANS/AKI) Reports that the US spied on the European Union and Italian diplomats must be verified but if proved to be…
Keep Mandela’s legacy alive: South African government
byJohannesburg, July 2 (IANS) The South African government has called on all people in the country to keep Nelson Mandela’s legacy alive as the…
UAE president honours Kazakh envoy
byAbu Dhabi, July 2 (IANS/WAM) UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has conferred the Independence Order-First Class on Kazakh ambassador Askar A….
UAE embassy helps evacuate Emiratis from Egypt
byCairo, July 2 (IANS/WAM) More than 50 Emirati citizens have been evacuated from Egypt and the UAE embassy in Cairo is closely monitoring the…
India plans series of satellite launches by March 2014
bySriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 2 (IANS) The Indian space agency has lined up a series of launches for this fiscal, including the silver jubilee…
First in IRSO history: Mission spread over two days!
bySriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 2 (IANS) As India’s first navigation satellite was Monday midnight successfully placed in orbit, a person present at the launch…