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US govt says 12.2 million consumers in Obamacare individual plans

NEW YORK, March 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday that 12.2 million Americans across 50 states had selected an individual insurance plan as of Jan. 31, 2017, one-third of whom were new to thi

/ 15th March 2017
Bowie Stamps launched into space

A set of commemorative David Bowie stamps were launched into space in a fitting tribute to the late galactic space rocker. The stamps honoring Bowie's most-beloved albums were sent into the stratosphere on heli

/ 15th March 2017
Engineering sales lift India's exports for sixth month in Feb

NEW DELHI, March 15 (Reuters) - India's exports rose in February for the sixth straight month, helped by a pick-up in engineering sales despite fears of protectionist and anti-trade sentiment in the United Stat

/ 15th March 2017
U2's 'Pop': A Reimagining of the Album 20 Years Later

U2 are going all out to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree this year, complete with a new super-deluxe box set and a stadium tour where they'll play the 1987 LP straight through. Lost in all the

/ 15th March 2017
'Despicable Me 3' introduces Gru's twin brother

New trailer of animated comedy film "Despicable Me 3" gives a sneak peak of the character Gru's twin brother. While the first trailer highlights the film's villain Balthazar Bratt (voiced by Trey Parker), the n

/ 15th March 2017
No famine in Yemen but over half on the brink -U.N.-backed report

Yemen is one of four current famine or near-famine situations, along with South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and Somalia, with more than 20 million people at risk of starvation in the next six months G

/ 15th March 2017
Cleaner air could save 3 million early deaths in China each year – study

JAKARTA, March 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - China could prevent three million premature deaths a year if it enforced tighter air quality standards in accordance with United Nations guidelines, according to

/ 15th March 2017
Syria sanctions indirectly hit children's cancer treatment

DAMASCUS, March 15 (Reuters) - In the cancer ward at Damascus Children's Hospital, doctors are struggling with a critical shortage of specialist drugs to treat their young patients - and it's not just due to th

/ 15th March 2017
Indian stocks hit record high, rupee rallies on Modi's election in Uttar Pradesh

MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Nifty rose as much as 2.1 percent to a record high while the rupee hit a 16-month peak on Tuesday, as a big win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in a key Indian state el

/ 15th March 2017
Britain's May "good at getting it wrong", says France's Le Pen

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has criticised British Prime Minister Theresa May for hosting her main rival, centrist Emmanuel Macron, while apparently snubbi

/ 15th March 2017
FIFA ethics chiefs facing uncertain future

ZURICH, March 15 (Reuters) - The two FIFA ethics chiefs responsible for banning some of the sport's most prominent figures following a corruption scandal face an uncertain future and may not have their mandates

/ 15th March 2017
Life of Dalits hasn't changed since Ambedkar's times: Chidambaram

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Revisiting the death of Rohith Vemula and the assault against Dalits in Gujarat's Una, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that people of India should hang their heads in s

/ 15th March 2017
New Manipur CM assures Naga blockade will be lifted

Imphal, March 15 (IANS) Manipur's new Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday said his first priority is to get lifted the indefinite economic blockade of the state imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC).

/ 15th March 2017
Writers and innovative scholars important to us: President

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has said that writers and Innovation Scholars are special because they have innovative, sensitive and imaginative minds which transcend the boundaries of ti

/ 15th March 2017
Congress to work as a responsible opposition: Okram Ibobi

Imphal, March 15 (IANS) Former Congress Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Wednesday said his party will be a responsible watchdog of the coalition government lef by the BJP. Ibobi was a conspicuo

/ 15th March 2017
Federer, Nadal enter pre-quarters in Indian Wells

Indian Wells (California), March 15 (IANS) Two of the best tennis players of the generation, Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal won in the third round to set-up a pre-quarter-final clash at th

/ 15th March 2017
Low anti-anxiety hormone levels may up postpartum depression

New York, March 15 (IANS) Pregnant women having lower levels of an anti-anxiety hormone in their second trimester had an increased chance of developing postpartum depression, a study has shown. Pos

/ 15th March 2017
Bringing unorganised sector under pension a tough task: PFRDA

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Bringing the unorganised sector -- which accounts for 85 per cent of the country's labour force -- under the ambit of pension to provide them income security is the most challenging t

/ 15th March 2017
'Trump wrote off $100 million in business losses'

Washington, March 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's tax affairs were back in the spotlight after leaked 2005 returns showed he wrote off more than $100 million in "business losses" to reduce his federal tax

/ 15th March 2017
Three militants, minor girl killed in Kupwara gunfight

Srinagar, March 15 (IANS) Three foreign militants and a six-year-old girl were killed in a gunfight between holed-up militants and security forces in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday.

/ 15th March 2017