European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker called the meeting at the last minute as the issue causes fresh divisions in Europe, three years after the bloc faced its biggest migration crisis since World War II. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government coalition is under threat from the issue and there has also been a row over a … Read more
This will be the first time that heads of two countries will together participate in the International Yoga day. President arrived in the Suriname capital Paramaribo on Wednesday on the second leg of his three nation tour to Greece, Suriname and Cuba. He held bilateral discussions with his Suriname counterpart yesterday. The two leaders discussed … Read more
The victory in Kazan puts the 2010 winners on course for the last 16. Costa, who scored twice in a 3-3 opening draw with Portugal in Sochi, courted controversy early in the Group B encounter when he stepped on the toes of Iran ‘keeper Ali Beiranvand as he waited to kick the ball out. His … Read more
Trump signed the executive order following widespread protests against the move of his administration to separate children from their parents who illegally enter the country. In recent weeks, more than 2,500 such children were separated from their parents. “We’re keeping families together, and this will solve that problem. At the same time, we are keeping … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the 4th International Yoga Day Celebrations in Dehradun today. The Prime Minister joined 50,000 volunteers, performing Yoga asanas in the lawns of Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, located in the lap of the Himalayas. A series of Yoga related events are being organized across the world to mark the occasion. The Prime Minister had earlier participated in … Read more
Union Minister Arun Jaitley today said that Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian will be leaving the finance ministry because of “pressing family commitments” and will return to the US. Subramanian was appointed as CEA to the finance ministry on October 16, 2014, for a period of three years. In 2017 his term was extended for … Read more
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will participate as Chief Guest at the International Yoga Day 2018 Celebrations being held at Bandra Reclamation Sealink Promenade Mumbai tomorrow. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will also attend the event which is being organized by a voluntary organization from Mumbai. Recognizing that Yoga provides a holistic approach to … Read more
The Prime Minister of Nepal K. P. Sharma Oli has left on a 6 day official visit to China. K.P. Oli is accompanied by his wife Mrs Radhika Shakya and a high level delegation. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal PM Oli is visiting northern neighbor at the invitation of his counterpart … Read more
The International Cricket Council, on behalf of its Members, today released the men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) from 2018-2023. The FTP provides clarity and certainty around all bilateral international fixtures and incorporates all three formats of the game. The result of a significant collective effort from the Members, with the support of the ICC, the FTP … Read more
The current figure of refugees is equivalent to the entire population of Thailand, and the number of people forcibly displaced equates to one in every 110 persons worldwide, it said. By the end of 2017, the number was nearly three million higher than the previous year and showed a 50-per-cent increase from the 42.7 million uprooted … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the 4th International Yoga Day Celebrations in Dehradun tomorrow. The Prime Minister will join thousands of volunteers, performing Yoga asanas in the lawns of Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, located in the lap of the Himalayas. A series of Yoga related events are being organized across the world to mark the … Read more
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and George Mason University in the US developed a simple treatment that can improve the survival time for a conventional wetsuitby a factor of three. “The process works by simply placing the standard neoprene wetsuit inside a pressure tank autoclave no bigger than a beer keg, filled with … Read more
The Prime Minister of Nepal K. P. Sharma Oli has left on a 6 day official visit to China. K.P. Oli is accompanied by his wife Mrs Radhika Shakya and a high level delegation. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal PM Oli is visiting northern neighbor at the invitation of his counterpart … Read more
The ‘Petau Book of Hours’ went at an auction in Paris on an estimated price of 700,000 to 900,000 euros. Written and exquisitely illustrated over 500 years ago around 1495, this manuscript was the highest bid in a sale dedicated to medieval and Renaissance writings. The manuscript, written in Latin and illustrated with 16 golden … Read more
In Nepal a large number of programmes are being organised to celebrate 4th International Day of Yoga. The Embassy of India organised a Yoga Camp in Kathmandu today to celebrate International Day of Yoga. The programme started with a message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Yoga day. Hundreds of people including representatives from various … Read more
Top chefs are due to attend the event at which the annual ranking of the world’s best restaurants is announced. New York’s ‘Eleven Madison Park’ won first place in 2017 while Denmark’s ‘Noma’ has been crowned best restaurant four times.The Best 50 list, which was launched in 2002, has gained prominence among chefs around the … Read more
The report, published in the journal Current Biology, shows that the ancient panda found in Cizhutuo Cave in the Guangxi Province of China separated from present-day pandas 144,000 to 227,000 years ago, suggesting that it belonged to a distinct group that are not found today. “Using a single complete mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequence, we find … Read more
Located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas at US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, the juvenile manta ray habitat is the first of its kind to be described in a scientific study. Joshua Stewart, a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the … Read more
Messi made an unhappy start to the World Cup on Saturday, missing what would have been a winning penalty as Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw by minnows Iceland. It was a result that has renewed doubts about Argentina’s ability to mount a sustained challenge at this World Cup, four years after they reached … Read more
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