JULY 15, 2018
Theresa May was appearing on the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show. - Rex/Shutterstock
Theresa May has revealed that Donald Trump advised her to “sue the European Union” rather than negotiate with the 27-country bloc, in a private conversation that the US president referred to during his visit to the UK on Friday.
The prime minister was asked on...
JULY 15, 2018
An Indian petrol pump attendant serves a customer at a Petrol station in Kolkata on January 31, 2018. - Getty
India, the world’s fastest growing oil consumer, is bucking an emerging market trend of populist measures to curb surging oil prices.
While governments in Indonesia, Brazil and elsewhere are cutting or freezing prices, India is standing its ground on...
JULY 14, 2018
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 287 (Karunaratne 158*, Rabada 4-50, Shamsi 3-91) & 190 (Karunaratne 60, Maharaj 4-58, Rabada 3-44) beat South Africa 126 (du Plessis 49, Dilruwan 4-46, Lakmal 3-21) & 73 (Philander 22, Dilruwan 6-32, Herath 3-38) by 278 runs
July 14, 2018: Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, 3rd day, Galle Dilruwan Perera ripped through...
JULY 14, 2018
The government agency that handles US citizenship applications has been using newly digitized fingerprints to investigate cases of fraud since the beginning of 2017. So far, one person’s citizenship has been revoked.
Davinder Singh came to the US on a fall day in 1991.
He left India, his home country, and arrived at San Francisco International Airport without any...
JULY 14, 2018
Thursday was a special day for Pluto. On July 12, the dwarf planet crossed the plane of the solar system for only the second time since its discovery. It will be another 161 years before it does so again. The opportunity provides scientists a unique chance to look at Pluto using telescopes from Earth.
Today, Pluto is crossing...
JULY 13, 2018
Chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Goddess Subhadra during the final leg of preparation ahead of Rath Yatra festival in Puri on Friday, July 13, 2018. (PTI Photo)
The nine-day annual Jagannath Rath Yatra festival is all set to begin on Saturday, July 14, amid tight security arrangements in Odisha's Puri. The administration is expecting a congregation...
JULY 13, 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump meet at Ellesborough, England on July 13, 2018
ELLESBOROUGH, England — President Trump sought Friday to tamp down tensions with British Prime Minister Theresa May, saying that “she’s doing a terrific job” — hours after publication of an interview in which he questioned May’s handling of “Brexit,” praised her deposed...
JULY 13, 2018
MUMBAI - The minister's statement came after a heated debate on the raging issue of the exorbitant rates charged by multiplexes for food, water and beverages which were higher than the printed maximum retail price (MRP).
Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde raised the issue of differential pricing of the same product inside and outside multiplexes.
In...
JULY 13, 2018
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Getty
The number of Modi's followers went down to 43.1 million from 43.4 million.
According to SocialBlade.com that tracks the number of Twitter followers on a daily basis, Modi's personal Twitter handle (@narendramodi) lost 2,84,746 followers.
The official handle (@PMOIndia) lost 140,635 followers.
Indian Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi - Reuters
Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi)...
JULY 12, 2018
A file photo of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Reuters
Islamabad: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be arrested upon landing at Lahore airport on Friday as he travels from London to appeal his conviction and face a 10-year jail sentence handed down by an anti-corruption court last week.
and his daughter Maryam, who was given...
