Indonesia plans cloud seeding to halt rain as floods death toll hits 30
JAKARTA: Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding on Friday in a bid to prevent further rainfall over the capital Jakarta, after deadly ...
Taiwan’s military chief killed in chopper crash
Taiwan’s military chief was killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday, the defence ministry said, just days before the island ...
TRAI’s New Tariff Order Offers More Channels At Lower Prices
Cable TV users could soon access more channels at a lower subscription price—a move that’s likely to affect broadcasters and ...
IIMs seek exemption from quota in teaching positions
All 20 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have requested the HRD Ministry to exempt them from reserving positions in the teaching ...
At 67,385, India records highest number of babies born globally on New Year’s Day: UNICEF
Nearly 4,00,000 babies were born around the world on New Year’s Day with India recording the highest number of these births ...
Military moves in to help mass-scale evacuation from Australian bushfires
MELBOURNE: Tens of thousands of holiday makers raced to evacuate popular seaside towns on Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, ...
Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad
Pro-Iran demonstrators left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered ...
Dozens of monkeys die in German zoo fire
Flames from flying New Year’s Eve lanterns might have sparked a blaze that killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in northwestern ...
Israel’s Netanyahu asks parliament for immunity
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday asked parliament for immunity, weeks after the embattled premier was indicted ...
Dwarf T-rex dinosaurs probably did not exist: study
For three decades, paleontologists the world over have been split over a provocative finding: did a dwarf species of Tyrannosaurus ...