NOVEMBER 12, 2019
A sweet candy vendor walks amidst thick layer of smog as he looks for customers in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. A thick haze of polluted air is hanging over India's capital, with authorities trying to tackle the problem by sprinkling water to settle dust and banning some construction. The air quality index exceeded 400,...
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Google, like other big tech companies, is aggressively trying to get a bigger piece of the health care industry. - Jeff Chiu/AP
In a sign of Google’s major ambitions in the health care industry, the search giant is working with the country’s second-largest hospital system to store and analyze the data of millions of patients in an...
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
New Delhi: Prince Charles of the UK will begin a two-day visit to India on November 13 to celebrate bilateral ties and focus on shared global challenges such as sustainability and climate change.
His engagements in New Delhi include a meeting with the President Ram Nath Kovind and he will present a Commonwealth Points of Light award to...
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Ayodhya Ram Mandir
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has initiated the process to setup the trust that will be handed the responsibility of constructing the Ram temple. Sources say a team of experts in the ministry is studying the legalities of the November 9 historic judgment of the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya dispute case.
According to...
NOVEMBER 10, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 174 for 5 (Iyer 62, Rahul 52, Sarkar 2-29) beat Bangladesh 144 (Naim 81, Chahar 6-7, Dube 3-30) by 30 runs
NAGPUR - Shivam Dube bagged 3 wickets in just his 2nd match in India colours, after quickfire fifties from Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul to help their side win the 3-match series vs Bangladesh...
NOVEMBER 10, 2019
Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan died on Sunday. He was 87 years old. TN Seshan was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner and had served form December 12, 1990, till December 11, 1996.
TN Seshan was a retired 1955 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Seshan had earlier served...
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
Longhorn Village Senior Living Community
With a combined age of 211 years, one couple in Austin, Texas, has been named the oldest living couple in the world, according to Guinness World Records.
John Henderson is 106 and his wife, Charlotte, is 105.
The Hendersons have a love story that has quite literally stood the test of time. On December 15,...
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan - (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
Islamabad Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday used the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor to make a fresh pitch for peace with India, saying the two countries should make efforts to settle the Kashmir issue to usher in stability and progress in the...
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
A US appeals court on Friday refused to strike down an Obama-era rule that grants work authorization to spouses of H-1B visa holders waiting for their Green Card, bringing some relief to an estimated 100,000 Indian families, its chief beneficiaries.
But only temporarily. The Trump administration has long wanted to rescind the rule, and could start the process...
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
NEW DELHI, INDIA - The Supreme Court has said that Hindus have established “a clear case of a possessory title” to the outside courtyard by virtue of “long, continued and unimpeded worship” at the Ram Chabutra and other objects of religious significance.
It has said that according to the Hindu witnesses, the Hindus used to offer prayer to...
