Norway PM Solberg succeeds in forming majority government
OSLO: Norway’s minority centre-right government has struck a deal with the small Christian Democratic Party to form a ...
Tenure of CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana ‘curtailed’
New Delhi , Jan 17 : The government on Thursday “curtailed” with immediate effect the tenure of Special Director of CBI ...
NGT slams Volkswagen for not depositing Rs 100 crore as per its 2018 order
New Delhi, Jan 17 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Thursday slammed German auto major Volkswagen for not depositing Rs 100 crore ...
Nearly 900 villagers killed in DR Congo in one month: UN
United Nations, Jan 17 : At least 890 villagers were reportedly killed in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo last month, ...
6.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Nicobar islands region
Mayabunder (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) , Jan 17: An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck the Nicobar Islands region ...
FIAPO writes to CM for disbarment of nursing students accused of killing pups
Kolkata, Jan 17 : The Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO)
has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, ...
Opposition seeks scrapping of 1870 sedition law after JNU students charged
New Delhi: India opposition politicians and media called for a colonial-era sedition law to be scrapped on Wednesday, accusing ...
Human diet causing ‘catastrophic’ damage to planet: study
The way humanity produces and eats food must radically change to avoid millions of deaths and “catastrophic” damage to ...
Romeo and Juliet: the last hopes to save Bolivian aquatic frog
Almost a year after conservationists sent out a plea to help save a species of Bolivian aquatic frog by finding a mate for the last ...
The International Criminal Court halts release of Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday dashed Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo’s hopes of a swift release ...