Trump picks Indian-American Nikki Haley as UN ambassador
Washington : Nikki Haley was today picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations, becoming ...
Survey on Modi App : 93 pc support demonetisation
New Delhi, Nov 23 :More than 93 per cent of the five lakh people who participated in a survey on Narendra Modi App have supported ...
Bill Gates funds building odour-free toilets for India
Washington, Nov 22 (PTI) Sick of smelly toilets, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has funded the development of an odour-blocking perfume ...
Nepal’s Quake-Damaged Boudhanath Stupa Reopens
Nepal’s newly restored Boudhanath stupa reopened to the public today after it was damaged by the deadly 2015 earthquake that ...
Offshore quake causes tsunamis, nuclear worries in Japan
TOKYO – Coastal residents fled to higher ground as a powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis toward Japan’s ...
Carnatic musician Balamuralikrishna passes away
Carnatic vocalist, playback singer and composer Mangalamapalli Balamuralikrishna, who burst into the music world as a child prodigy, ...
Prof M G K Menon dead
Prof. M G K Menon, an acclaimed physicist, who had played a prominent role in the development of science and technology in the ...
PIL filed in Madras HC to declare Rs 2,000 currency notes invalid
Madurai : A PIL was filed in the Madras High Court today for declaring the new Rs 2,000 currency notes as “invalid” on ...
Name change for Kerala’s renowned hill shrine
Kerala’s renowned hill shrine, the Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, visited by lakhs of devotees from all over India and ...
Finding a toilet in cities around the world is no easy task, says survey
With more people than ever before migrating to cities, finding a toilet is not only a chore but a public health issue for hundreds of ...