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Thursday, Sep 21st 2017
Thursday, Sep 21st 2017
India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had a Ministerial Trilateral with US Secretary of State Tillerson and Japanese FM Kono in New York today. Views on maritime security, connectivity and proliferation issues were exchanged.
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 149 people, including 22 pupils from one school in central Mexico, according to officials.
Mumbai has once again been hit with heavy rainfall that began Tuesday evening and is continuing today. On Tuesday, several low-lying localities were flooded, leading to traffic jams across the city. Operations at the Mumbai International Airport remain suspended until this morning
Creation of jobs is the biggest challenge that India faces right now, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday. The job numbers are nowhere where they should be
Today google celebrates the 308th birthday of Samuel Johnson. He was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist...
NASA's $3.9 billion Cassini spacecraft today ended its 20-year-long groundbreaking journey with a fiery plunge into the Saturn's crushing atmosphere, beamin...
Currently, the officials have no evidence to verify the claim. According to a report by Reuters, Western Intelligence officers have questioned similar claims in the past,...
by : FnF Correspondent
In a bid to check the menace of multiple driving licences being issued to individuals, the central government will soon introduce linking of Aadhaar with driving licences, Union minister Ravi Shankar ...
by : FnF Correspondent
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the "green shoots of peace" were sprouting in Jammu and Kashmir and he was hopeful that there would soon be an end to the violence and unrest in the st...
by : FnF Correspondent
The Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) held its maiden MedTech Summit emphasizing 'Demystifying the MedTech Sector', in New Delhi. The first-of-its kind Summit brought together t...
by : FnF Desk
China on Tuesday said that it cannot share the hydrological data of the Brahmaputra river with India for the time being as the data collection station in Tibet is being upgraded....
by : FnF Correspondent
Code named 'Operation Insaniyat', in response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of refugees into Bangladesh, Government of India has decided to extend ass...
by : FnF Desk
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj called up Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday night and assured her of New Delh's full support on the Rohingya infiltration issue. "India...
by : FnF Desk
The Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to look into the technical issues faced by Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), headed by Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, is hopeful of reso...
by : FnF Desk
Work on India's first post-GST Union Budget 2018-19 will start next week with the finance ministry issuing timelines for different processes that will culminate with its presentation in February....
by : FnF Desk
People who own bikes and cars are not starving and can afford to pay higher prices for fuel, Union Minister KJ Alphons said late on Saturday, drawing sharp criticism from the Congress that attributed ...
by : Indulata Mohanty, Translated by Rabinarayan Patnai
The elder brother, the entrepreneur that he was, Goddess Lakshmi did not budge from his shoulders. It is not years or months, every day he improved financially. With the favour of the Goddess Lakshmi ...
by : Vishal Gulati
The elusive and endangered fishing cat - almost twice the size of a house cat - is under significant threat of local extinction in India and Sri Lanka, a US-based Indian biologist has warned. This spe...
by : Silu Das
Poet Silu Das is a homemaker, settled in Bhubaneswar. She has several stints of teaching English in schools and colleges in Bhubaneswar, Borada and Delhi. Her Poem: Solitary Walk ...
by : FnF Desk
Bhumi Pednekar who was last seen in hit Bollywood film Toilet opposite Akshay Kumar talked about marital life and sex openly. She hails from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. She says, "Pre-marital sex is not a...
by : FnF Desk
Several theories and reports about popular comedian and TV show host Kapil Sharma's "illness” have been doing the rounds for months now....
by : FnF Correspondent
The upcoming edition of Teamwork Arts' Jazz India Circuit (JIC) is all about getting into the groove, the subtleties of rhythm, and the power of percussion with legendary jazz drummers headlining...
by : FnF Desk
You might think you are doing yourself good, but having a shower every day is bad for you....
by : FnF Desk
One of the best feelings in the world is the deep-rooted belly laugh. It can bring people together and establish amazing connections. Everything from a slight giggle to a side-splitting guffaw can cha...
by : FnF Desk
One in three Americans doesn't get enough sleep, and 45% of the world's population doesn't either. ...
by : Priti Prakash
Independence was a painful journey that got with it death, destruction, migration, division, sacrifi...
by : Satya Narayan Sahu
Every living and lively unit of family or the extended family be it father, mother, brother or siste...
by : Rajeshwar Singal
This may sound like a dilemma, but it is not far from truth. Conduct Rules are meant to govern condu...
by : Sunita Narain
The idea of secularism is this very idea of India which respects the equality of all. Of course, wit...
by : Ravi Kishore
Today every one is talking about judicial accountability i.e. how the whole system of judiciary is t...
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