Obama permanently bans offshore drilling in Atlantic and Arctic
With only a month left in his presidency, Barack Obama announced an indefinite ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and ...
S Korean ruling party faces split over impeachment
Seoul, Dec 21 : South Korea’s ruling conservative party today faced an imminent split over the impeachment of scandal-hit ...
Pak cinemas resume showing Bollywood movies
Karachi, Dec 20 : The screening of Bollywood films has resumed in Pakistan after three months in a low-key manner with cinema owners ...
Class X CBSE Board exams to be mandatory from 2018
New Delhi, Dec 20 : Board exams for Class X are set to become compulsory for all CBSE students from 2018, three language formula ...
Hong Kong to withdraw visa free entry facility for Indians
Beijing, Dec 20 : In a setback to Indian travellers, the Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, has withdrawn the ...
Whistleblowing mascots to stop open defecation, urination in New Delhi area
A man in a costume — a turban, yellow t-shirt, and aqua blue jodhpuri-style pants — will blow the whistle on the practice ...
TRAI chief bats for low charges in digital payments
New Delhi : Transaction charges need to be kept at a minimum level to encourage digital payments and make it “ubiquitous” ...
Municipal solid waste should not cause public health hazards : National Green Tribunal
New Delhi : Municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the most serious pollutants in the country specially in Delhi, the National Green ...
Govt to start Digital Village programme soon
New Delhi : Government will soon launch a new programme, Digital Village, to provide services like health and education in villages ...
Cyrus Mistry quits from Tata Group firms
Mumbai : After a bitter eight-week boardroom battle against Ratan Tata’s “illegal coup”, ousted Tata Group ...