Anshula Kant appointed MD, CFO of World Bank Group
Washington, July 13 : Indian banker Anshula Kant was on Friday appointed as the World Bank Group’s Managing Director and Chief ...
In Paris, cars forced to make way for the two-wheel revolution
With the wind rushing through their hair, they zip past on bikes, electric scooters and mono-wheels, effortlessly passing lines of ...
Mediterranean sharks risk ‘disappearing’: conservationists
Sharks — the sea’s top predators for millions of years — are at risk of disappearing from the Mediterranean as ...
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty in 10 years: UN
India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty ...
ISRO carries out checks at launch pad ahead of Chandrayaan 2 launch
New Delhi [India], July 12: Ahead of the country’s second mission to the moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on ...
Venezuelan govt, opposition agree to initiate ‘permanent peace dialogue’
Caracas [Venezuela], July 12 : After three days of intense talks, the Venezuelan government and the opposition on Thursday agreed to ...
Brazil escalates WTO dispute over India sugar subsidies
BRASILIA : The Brazilian government said on Thursday it had asked the World Trade Organization to establish a panel aimed at resolving ...
AI program beats pros in six-player poker — a first
Artificial intelligence programs have bested humans in checkers, chess, Go and two-player poker, but multi-player poker was always ...
Federer, Nadal braced for Wimbledon epic
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal battle for a place in the Wimbledon final on Friday, 11 years after they mesmerised Centre Court in a ...
UK warship fends off Iran bid to ‘impede’ its tanker in Gulf
London said Thursday that armed Iranian boats tried to “impede” a UK supertanker before being warned off by a British ...