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  • Pope backs global nuclear arms ban as U.N. conference sputters
    VATICAN CITY, March 28 (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged the United Nations on Tuesday to seek the "total elimination" of nuclear weapons, speaking as the United States and some other major powers boycotted a conf
    / 28th March 2017
  • Facebook adds camera features, moving closer to Snapchat
    SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is giving the camera a central place on its smartphone app for the first time, encouraging users to take more pictures and edit them with digital stickers that s
    / 28th March 2017
  • NDA government trying to scuttle MGNREGA: Tripura CM
    Agartala, March 28 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government is trying to close the rural job scheme MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Ru
    / 28th March 2017
  • Militant, three protesters killed in Kashmir gunfight
    Srinagar, March 28 (IANS) A militant was killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Tuesday while three local youth protesting the operation were also killed, officials said.   De
    / 28th March 2017
  • New technique could lead to earlier diagnosis of liver cancer
    New York, March 28 (IANS) Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a way to determine, by sequencing DNA of liver cells, whether those cells have been exposed to a potent ca
    / 28th March 2017
  • High-fiber diet may check onset of diabetes
    Sydney, March 28 (IANS) A diet rich in high-fiber foods -- such as fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains -- encourage the production of short-chain fatty acids that are beneficial for the immune system a
    / 28th March 2017
  • Five to hang for killing photojournalist in Bangladesh
    Dhaka, March 28 (IANS) A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced five persons to death for killing award-winning photojournalist Aftab Ahmed in 2013, a media report said.   The verdict was announced by Judg
    / 28th March 2017
  • Earth-life planetary waves discovered around Sun
    New York, March 28 (IANS) The same kind of large-scale planetary waves that meander through the atmosphere high above Earth's surface may also exist on the Sun, new research has found.   Just as the
    / 28th March 2017
  • Ivanka Trump spells the rules for success in upcoming book
    Washington, March 28 (IANS) Ivanka Trump, the daughter of US President Donald Trump, is all set to share her rules for success in an upcoming business book.   Titled "Women Who Work: Rewriting the Ru
    / 28th March 2017
  • Here's how primates developed larger brains
    New York, March 28 (IANS) A diet rich in fruits may have been responsible for larger brain size in primates, researchers say.   The findings revealed that primate species whose food consumption had h
    / 28th March 2017
  • Kim Jong-nam's body still in Malaysia, says minister
    Kuala Lumpur, March 28 (IANS) Malaysian Health Minister S. Subramaniam on Tuesday confirmed that the body of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother who was assassinated here last month, is
    / 28th March 2017
  • India should not bar China in rail sector: Chinese daily
    Beijing, March 28 (IANS) It is not in India's best interest to bar China from entering into partnership on high-speed train projects, a Chinese daily said on Tuesday.   An editorial in Global Times s
    / 28th March 2017
  • Australia end run of draws with 2-0 UAE victory
    SYDNEY, March 28 (Reuters) - Jackson Irvine and Mathew Leckie headed home corners as Australia got their World Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory over the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday,
    / 28th March 2017
  • Analysis - Changes: Five ways Brexit will transform the EU
    BRUSSELS, March 28 (Reuters) - Leaving the European Union, to be triggered by Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday, may transform Britain but it will also change the EU. Here's how:   EU BUDGET: W
    / 28th March 2017
  • Hong Kong leader-elect says she's determined to tackle high cost of housing
    HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-leader elect Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was "very determined" to tackle the high cost of housing in the densely populated city, among the top concerns of foreign bu
    / 28th March 2017
  • Virat Kohli says friendship with Australia players over
    DHARAMSALA, India, March 28 (Reuters) - India captain Virat Kohli declared that his friendship with Australia's cricketers was over after his team triumphed 2-1 in the acrimonious four-test series between the w
    / 28th March 2017
  • Ashwin receives Garfield Sobers Trophy
    Dharamsala, March 28 (IANS) Indias off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday received the Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016 from f
    / 28th March 2017
  • India retain ICC Test championship mace
    Dharamsala, March 28 (IANS) The Indian cricket team on Tuesday retained the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship mace and also won a cash award of $1 million for ensuring the top position in th
    / 28th March 2017
  • India beat Australia to win Test series 2-1
    Dharamsala, March 28 (IANS) India defeated Australia by eight wickets in the fourth and final Test at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium here on Tuesday to clinched the four-matrch series 2
    / 28th March 2017
  • Peerless Federer rolls on with win over del Potro
    March 28 (REUTERS) - Roger Federer produced another dazzling performance on Monday, easing past Juan Martin del Potro in the third round at the Miami Open.   Federer wowed a boisterous, capacity crow
    / 28th March 2017
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