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Photojournalist Rabin Sengupta dead

Agartala, February 7 (IANS) Photojournalist Rabin Sengupta, one of the few Indian journalists who extensively covered the 1971 Bangladesh war, died here on Tuesday after a protracted illness, his family said. H

/ 7th February 2017
UN questions Myanmar probe into abuses against Rohingyas

Nay Pyi Taw, February 7 (IANS) The UN on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a government-led investigation into allegations of abuses against the Muslim minority Rohingya community in Myanmar. "

/ 7th February 2017
Assam Finance Minister tables budget

Guwahati, February 7 (IANS) Considering the vision document of the BJP-led Assam government, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday tabled the Budget 2017-18 with a deficit of Rs 2,349.79 crore.

/ 7th February 2017
Government has saved Rs 49,500 crore going to middlemen: Modi

New Delhi, February 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday said the government had taken several measures to plug leakages in government schemes and made annual saving of Rs 49,500 crore which, h

/ 7th February 2017
Jaitley moves demonetisation bill for passage in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, February 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday moved the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill for passage in the Lok Sabha to formally make the banning of Rs 500 and Rs 1,

/ 7th February 2017
Analysis - Islamic State sees chance to revive fortunes in Trump presidency

BEIRUT, February 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has set out to crush Islamic State when it is already at a low ebb, but Islamists and some analysts say his actions could strengthen the ultra-hardline grou

/ 7th February 2017
PM Modi says cash crackdown is a fight for the poor

NEW DELHI, February 7 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday defended his decision to abolish high denomination bank notes that has left the economy reeling, calling it a "fight" for the poor. &

/ 7th February 2017
Pakistan bans hit bollywood film 'Raees' starring Pakistani actress Mahira Khan

ISLAMABAD, February 7 (Reuters) - Pakistan has banned cinemas nationwide from screening an Indian blockbuster movie starring a famous Pakistani actress, a censor official said on Tuesday, the latest media clamp

/ 7th February 2017
Channeling Steve Jobs, Apple seeks design perfection at new "spaceship" campus

SAN FRANCISCO, February 7 (Reuters) - Inside the original Macintosh computer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs inscribed the signatures of his team, revealing his deep concern for even the hidden features of his pro

/ 7th February 2017
Iran says unlike what Trump thinks, nuclear deal is a "win-win" accord

DUBAI, February 7 (Reuters) - Unlike what U.S. president Donald Trump thinks, the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was a win-win accord, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, noting that the deal

/ 7th February 2017
Netanyahu, Trump align on Iran ahead of Israeli leader's visit

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seizing on an Iranian missile test, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and new U.S. President Donald Trump are nearing common ground on a tougher U.S. policy towards Tehr

/ 7th February 2017
South Korea's prosecutor says indicts former top Park aide, ex-minister

SEOUL, February 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a former top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abuse of power, coercion and perjury for thei

/ 7th February 2017
Preview - RBI seen cutting rates, but it will be a close call

MUMBAI, February 7 (Reuters) - India's falling inflation rate gives the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) room to cut its policy rate to a more than six-year low to help an economy hit by a crackdown on cash. &nbs

/ 7th February 2017
Home of Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi burgled, peace medal replica stolen

NEW DELHI, February 7 (Reuters) - Thieves broke into the New Delhi home of India's 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and stole a replica of his prize medal, police said on Tuesday. Polic

/ 7th February 2017
China downplays significance of senior official at Vatican

BEIJING, February 7 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday downplayed the significance of a top health official's attendance at a Vatican conference on organ trafficking this week, saying it probably h

/ 7th February 2017
Golden chariot restored for Thai king's "ascent to heaven"

BANGKOK, February 7 (Reuters) - Inch by gilded inch, the chariot to take Thailand's late king on his last journey is being restored by workers in Bangkok in a labour that will last months. Built of

/ 7th February 2017
California is not 'out of control,' leaders tell Trump

SACRAMENTO, Calif., February 7 (Reuters) - California leaders pushed back on Monday against President Donald Trump's claim that the state is "out of control," pointing to its balanced budget and high jobs numbe

/ 7th February 2017
Exclusive: SpaceX to hit fastest launch pace with new Florida site – executive

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., February 7 (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies Corp, better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Falcon 9 rockets every two to three weeks, its fastest rate since starting launches

/ 7th February 2017
Trump: militant attacks 'all over Europe,' some not reported

TAMPA, Fla., February 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday accused the news media of ignoring attacks by Islamist militants in Europe. Trump, who has made defeating Islamic State a core g

/ 7th February 2017
Oldest captive fish euthanized in his mid-90s by Chicago aquarium

(Reuters) - The longest-living fish in a zoological setting, a lungfish known as Granddad acquired by the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago in 1933, has been euthanized after suffering failing health well in his mid-90

/ 7th February 2017