Need to open up India’s dredging market to boost ports trade: NITI
New Delhi, Dec 24: India needs to open up its dredging market to boost trade by its major ports which at present cannot handle very ...
PM Modi announces new award for National Unity
New Delhi, Dec 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the institution of a new national honour for National Unity on the ...
Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll tops 280
Indonesian rescuers battled heavy rains Monday in a desperate search for survivors after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed at least ...
Indonesia: Tsunami kills 20
Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec 23 : At least 20 people were killed after Tsunami hit the beaches around Sunda Strait in Indonesia on ...
PM to flag off 1st train on longest rail-road bridge on Dec 25
Bogibeel (Assam), Dec 23: The first passenger train passing through the Bogibeel bridge will be flagged off by Prime Minister ...
Govt reduces GST on 17 items; 7 goods removed from 28 pc slab
New Delhi, Dec 22 : With an eye on 2019 general elections, the Government on Saturday reduced Goods and Services Tax on 17 items and ...
Trump to pull half of US troops from Afghanistan
US President Donald Trump has decided to pull about 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, a US official said Friday, but the Afghan ...
US defense chief quits as Trump pulls from Syria, Afghanistan
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday, leading a chorus of protests at home and abroad after President Donald Trump ...
With final goodbye, Germany to shutter last black coal mine
Germany will close its last black coal mine on Friday, a milestone marking the end of a 200-year-old industry that once fuelled the ...
Astronauts return safely to Earth from Space Station
Three members of the International Space Station’s crew returned safely to Earth on Thursday, landing in Kazakhstan on a Russian ...