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10th October 2025 2025 Nobel Peace goes to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado, no prize for Trump

10th October 2025 Obama got prize for nothing, I stopped 8 wars: US Prez Trump says hours before Nobel Peace Prize announcement in Oslo

9th October 2025 Nagaland launches National Tobacco Free Youth Campaign 3.0 across districts

9th October 2025 MP Supongmeren stresses coordinated action to deliver welfare benefits to all

9th October 2025 Hungary's Krasznahorkai, whose pensive oeuvre straddles East and West, conferred Literature Nobel

9th October 2025 'A forgotten chapter': CJI Gavai on object throwing attempt in court

9th October 2025 Guterres welcomes Gaza deal, sees opportunity for two-state solution

8th October 2025 Extortion cases dip to decade-low in Nagaland, but crime rate still second highest in India

8th October 2025 Mission Karmayogi in Nagaland to strengthen governance

8th October 2025 Encroachment breaks traditional Wokha-Assam elephant routes: DFO

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President greets Queen Elizabeth on 91st birthday

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday greeted Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her birthday on Friday. Mukherjee said in a message: "It is with great pleasure that I conv

/ 20th April 2017
Big B wants school curriculum to have waste management

Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been associated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, says that waste management should be part of the school curriculum.

/ 20th April 2017
Lawyers to go on half-day countrywide strike on Friday

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) More than 14 lakh lawyers across the country will observe a half-day strike on Friday to protest against Law Commission recommendations, including a proposal to ban strikes by advocat

/ 20th April 2017
Jaitley will take up H-1B visa issue in US visit: Sitharaman

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, currently on a visit to the US, will take up with the American administration the matter of restrictions on H-1B visas, the government said on Thursday.

/ 20th April 2017
Sharif survives Panamagate, SC says not enough evidence to disqualify him

Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday survived the Panamagate scandal that had threatened to oust him. The Supreme Court, in a 3-2 judgement, ordered a fresh probe into all

/ 20th April 2017
Once critical of global deals, Trump slow to pull out of any

WASHINGTON, April 20 (AP) — The "America First" president who vowed to extricate America from onerous overseas commitments appears to be warming up to the view that when it comes to global agreements, a deal'

/ 20th April 2017
U.S.-Russian crew blasts off for space station with one empty seat

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 20 (Reuters) - A scaled-down, two-man U.S.-Russian crew blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday for a six-hour ride to the International Space Station, a N

/ 20th April 2017
U.S. VP Pence tours Southeast Asia's biggest mosque, talks trade in Indonesia

JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence toured Southeast Asia's largest mosque on Thursday during a visit to Indonesia, calling the Muslim-majority nation's tradition of following a moderat

/ 20th April 2017
Duterte's office rejects drug-war allegations as 'movie scenes'

MANILA, April 20 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's office rejected allegations on Thursday by two senior police officers in a Reuters report that police received cash rewards for executing drug

/ 20th April 2017
Motherhood no obstacle for Serena's return, says Court

MELBOURNE, April 20 (Reuters) - Motherhood may do little to slow Serena Williams's pursuit of grand slam success but more hungry opponents, if they emerge, could yet deny her the all-time singles record, the wo

/ 20th April 2017
Bangkok bans its street food leaving foodies fed up, vendors in a pickle

BANGKOK, April 20 (Reuters) - Authorities in Thailand's capital are banishing its world-famous street-food vendors as part of a clean-up drive by the military government, outraging foodies and threatening the l

/ 20th April 2017
Indonesian prosecutors seek suspended jail term for Jakarta governor

JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) - Indonesian prosecutors on Thursday recommended a one-year suspended jail sentence for Jakarta's Christian governor in his blasphemy trial, which has been seen as a test of the Musl

/ 20th April 2017
Trump to attend three Asian summits in November – Pence

JAKARTA, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will attend three summits in Asia in November, Vice President Mike Pence said in Jakarta during a visit to the headquarters of Association of Southeast

/ 20th April 2017
China launches first cargo spacecraft as part of space station goal

BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) - China launched its first cargo spacecraft on Thursday, taking another step towards its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022. President Xi Ji

/ 20th April 2017
Another nearby planet found that may be just right for life

WASHINGTON, April 20 (AP) — Astronomers have found yet another planet that seems to have just the right Goldilocks combination for life: Not so hot and not so cold. It's not so far away, either.

/ 20th April 2017
Huge indeed: $107 million in donations for Trump's inaugural

WASHINGTON, april 20 (AP) — It was huge. Big money from billionaires, corporations and a roster of NFL owners poured into Donald Trump's inaugural committee in record-shattering amounts — to pull off an eve

/ 20th April 2017
Scientists discover super-Earth that could harbour life

London, April 20 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has discovered a so-called "super-Earth" that could contain liquid water, a situation that would make it a very good candidate for harbouring life.

/ 20th April 2017
Colombia landslide kills at least 17 as rains lash Andes

BOGOTA, April 20 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and seven are missing after a landslide sent mud and rocks crashing into several neighbourhoods in Manizales, Colombia, the government said on Wednesd

/ 20th April 2017
Back to basics: global investment banks beef up transaction business in Asia

HONG KONG, April 20 (Reuters) - With dealmaking in Asia sluggish and Chinese investment banks taking market share from global rivals, some foreign banks are ploughing resources into transaction banking, the wor

/ 20th April 2017
As Trump warned North Korea, his 'armada' was headed towards Australia

WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an "armada" as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far fr

/ 20th April 2017