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New Delhi: The government on Thursday reported that the transport secretaries of India, Myanmar and Thailand (IMT) recently met to give final touches to their motor vehicle agreement (MVA). According to the government, the IMT...

Washington: NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” around a Sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone...

New Delhi: Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the death warrant for his execution on July 30. Seeking a stay of the execution, Memon sought...

Nagpur: Death row convict Yakub Memon on Thursday morning met his wife and daughter in the Nagpur Central Jail amidst tight security. Memon’s wife Rahin (42), daughter Zubeda (21) and some other relatives were permitted...

Washington: Seven Indian companies headed by Indian Oil figure in this year’s Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s 500 largest companies in 36 countries topped by retail giant Walmart. Together, these companies employing 65...

Bhubaneswar: Over a fourth of the world’s people living in extreme poverty, or 440 million out of the global figure of 1.6 billion, live in just eight Indian states, Parliament was informed today. These States...

Washington: Much of the nicotine in e-cigarettes is the addictive form of the compound like their traditional counterparts, says a new study. E-cigarettes have been touted as a tool smokers can use to get rid...

Chennai: India ‘A’ left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha struck thrice in quick succession but Australia ‘A’ recovered from the setbacks to reach 185/4 at stumps on Day 2 of the first four-day cricket match at the...

New Delhi: The union government has approved a plan of revival of 46 ailing public sector undertakings, envisaging a total assistance of Rs.40,885 crore, parliament was informed on Thursday. “The government has approved revival of...

New Delhi: &pictures, premium mass Hindi movie channel, is all set to air the “Comedystan Film Festival” from July 27 to 30. Riteish Deshmukh’s movies “Malamaal Weekly”, “Masti”, “Double Dhamaal” and “Apna Sapna Money Money”...

New Delhi: After Madhya Pradesh, the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal or Vyapam was mulling conducting examinations at the national level, an RTI query has revealed. Vyapam — or the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board — conducts...

New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on Thursday removed environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, accused in a sexual harassment case, as the institute’s director general, and replaced him with Ajay Mathur. Mathur is currently director...

Washington: Three Expedition 44 astronauts representing the US, Russia and Japan arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday to continue key research that advances NASA’s journey to Mars. The spacecraft was launched from the...

At least 19 people were killed after a boat collided with a barge and capsized on the Nile river near here, Egypt's interior ministry said in a statement today

The Guinness World Records yesterday approved the poster created during the audio launch of S.S Rajamouli's magnum opus "Baahubali" in Kochi on June 27 as the world's largest poster

Ford yesterday said it was recalling nearly 8,000 new cars and SUVs in North America because the parking brakes may not fully engage

A type of drug used to treat diabetes may reduce the risk of developing Parkinson's disease, says a new study

According to a NASA-funded study, humans may be able to live on the moon in a little more than a decade from now. The study outlines a plan to again take human missions to the...

The radiocarbon dating of ancient documents has identified an Islamic manuscript kept at the University of Birmingham as one of the world’s oldest fragments of the holy Quran

Bhubaneswar: Steel and Mines minister Prafulla Mallick said today that the inter-departmental committee has recommended the opening of seven non-captive mines in the State. Mallick said the leaseholders would be asked to sign supplementary lease...