January 3, 2016
NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told scientists that the government would make it easier to do scientific research in the country and asked them to keep the five principles of economy, environment, energy, empathy, and equity at the centre of enquiry and engineering.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Source: PTI Photo
January 2, 2016
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU – Politics is hotting up in Tamil Nadu as all parties come out of a fairly longish silence on pre-poll alliances. Jayalalithaa is showing up more often but not saying much while the Opposition parties have begun jabbing guardedly.
January 2, 2015
The five Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, who were killed in an encounter with security forces on Saturday, seemed to have sneaked in from the rear side of the Pathankot air force base that is spread in 20-km radius.
The area has dense foliage and elephant grass. The spot where terrorists abandoned the Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh’s SUV is about 1.5 km from the wall of the air base.
January 2, 2016
Moscow, Russia – A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia's national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end of year news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015.
January 2, 2016
An ancient femur found in a Chinese cave is unlike any bone formerly discovered, suggesting it belonged to a previously unknown human species that lived alongside modern man just 14,000 years ago.
January 2, 2016
TIRUPATHI, ANDHRA PRADESH – Over 80,000 devotees from different parts of the country thronged the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara on Friday to celebrate the new year.
January 1, 2016
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday called for an end to the "arrogance of the powerful" that relegates the weak to the outskirts of society, and to the "false neutrality" toward conflicts, hunger and persecution that triggers a sometimes-deadly exodus of refugees.
January 1, 2016
Lakes around the world are growing rapidly warmer, according to a new scientific study that warns of potential consequences ranging from depleted fisheries to harmful algae blooms that kill fish and contaminate water supplies for cities large and small.
January 1, 2016
NEW YORK — A throng of 1 million revelers in Times Square rang in the New Year with raucous cheers and a blizzard of confetti, striking an optimistic, even defiant, tone amid jitters over extremist attacks and heavy security that included 6,000 police officers.
December 31, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – The State Department released another 5,500 pages of emails from former secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server on Thursday, pushing the total pages released so far to more than 40,000.
