September 7, 2015
The UN’s humanitarian agencies are on the verge of bankruptcy and unable to meet the basic needs of millions of people because of the size of the refugee crisis in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, senior figures within the UN have told the Guardian.
September 6, 2015
WASHINGTON – In what could be a bid for a post in a future Donald Trump administration, Sarah Palin emerged out of the weeds on Sunday and urged the country to "speak American."
September 6, 2015
Shane Watson has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, Cricket Australia announced on Sunday (September 6).
Watson said a spate of injuries - the latest being a calf strain that ruled him out of the remainder of the One-Day International series in England – forced him to call time from the longest format.
September 6, 2015
London: A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the UK has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, more than physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Lydia Sebastian from Essex has joined the one per cent of all entrants to attain the highest mark in the Cattell III B paper supervised by Mensa, the society for people with high IQs.
September 6, 2015
A new numbering system and seven new security features will be incorporated in all currency notes, especially in high denomination Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, in order to check the menace of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).
September 6, 2015
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September 6, 2015
The Dalai Lama and his followers were hatching a plan towards Tibetan independence; China said on Sunday, adding that had it not been for Beijing’s intervention in 1959 Tibetans would have remained in the “dark age” of medieval practices and slavery.
September 5, 2015
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Saturday criticized Russia, the country that has granted him asylum, calling its crackdown on human rights and online freedom "fundamentally wrong" and said he would prefer not to live in exile.
September 5, 2015
Ankara: India on Saturday made a strong pitch for global safety nets to tackle volatility in currency movements and markets, a demand that has come against the backdrop of economic shocks triggered by Chinese devaluation of yuan.
A file photo of finance minister Arun Jaitley. Photo: Reuters
September 5, 2015
New YORK – Serena Williams flirted with grand slam danger once again but kept her calendar-year Grand Slam bid on track by beating a battling, 101st-ranked Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3-6 7-5 6-0 at the U.S. Open on Friday.
Serena Williams was proud of her own fighting spirit. (Source: Reuters
