OCTOBER 31, 2018
Karthyayini Amma, who lives in Cheppad in Alappuzha district, was the oldest among 43,330 students who sat for the examination in August this year in a bid to be deemed ‘literate’. (Photo credit: Sati Krishnan)
96-year-old woman, oldest among her peers, cracks Kerala literacy exam
Defying the shortcomings of old age, a 96-year-old woman has cracked the literacy examination...
OCTOBER 31, 2018
597 feet Sardar Vallabhai Patel statue inaugurated in Gujarat
India on Wednesday inaugurated the world's biggest statue with pomp, fireworks and tight security amid an outcry among local groups over the cost of the 182 metre (600 feet) high reproduction of an Indian independence hero.
Activists said about a dozen of their leaders had been detained before Prime...
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Chinese tourists spend an average of $6,900 on each trip to the United States, and China sent over 350,000 college students here last year. - Robert Alexander/Getty Imagaes
Fewer Chinese business executives, tourists and students are visiting the United States, a sign that the trade war between Washington and Beijing might spread in unpredictable and costly ways.
The...
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Lorraine D. Parsons of Fort Myers, Fla., said she worked with Special Counsel Robert Mueller in 1974 and was recently offered money to make false claims about him. - Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the FBI to investigate an alleged scheme to manufacture sexual assault stories about him.
At issue is an email widely circulated...
OCTOBER 30, 2018
In this March 24, 2018, photo, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tours an innovation gallery of Saudi Arabian technology, including an exhibit by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, during a visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. While some U.S. colleges rethink their ties to Saudi Arabia, many more have...
OCTOBER 30, 2018
President Trump is vowing to sign an executive order that would seek to end the right to U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States to noncitizens, a move most legal experts say runs afoul of the Constitution.
The action, which Trump previewed in a television clip broadcast Tuesday, would be the most aggressive by a president...
OCTOBER 29, 2018
NETGEAR Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot (Photo: Courtesy of AT&T)
You’re going to hear a lot of claims about “5G firsts” as the leading telecom companies slug it out to deliver the next generation of wireless. And one just came from AT&T.
The company says it has successfully completed the “world’s first millimeter wave” 5G connection over a live network to what...
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 377 for 5 (Rohit 162, Rayudu 100) beat West Indies 153 (Holder 54*, Khaleel 3-11, Kuldeep 3-42) by 224 runs
October 29, 2018: India v West Indies, 4th ODI, Mumbai - India won by a thumping 224 runs - their third biggest victory margin ever - AFP
MUMBAI - Not often does a knock of 162...
OCTOBER 29, 2018
A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press secretary in the Trump administration rebuked President Trump on Monday for his repeated claims that the press is the "enemy of the people."
"Over 30+ years as a U.S. Marine, I defended our country against its true enemies. In 20+ years as a USMC, Pentagon and DHS spokesman, I dealt...
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference at the Syria summit in Istanbul
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to discuss U.S. plans to exit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) arms treaty with Donald Trump when the two meet in Paris on Nov. 11, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Trump and Putin plan to hold a bilateral meeting...
