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  • France, Germany concerned about Trump's moves to limit refugees
    PARIS, January 28 (Reuters) - France and Germany voiced disquiet on Saturday over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim countries, and they reaffirmed a firm
    / 28th January 2017
  • Waiving off farm loans, free laptops among BJP's poll promises
    Lucknow, January 28 (IANS) Batting for all-round development of Uttar Pradesh and wooing voters, the BJP on Saturday released its manifesto promising to waive off loans of marginal farmers, provide interest fre
    / 28th January 2017
  • Trump's executive order prompts Google to recall staff
    Washington, January 28 (IANS) Google has recalled its travelling staff members back to the US after an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting entry for nationals of seven Muslim-majority countr
    / 28th January 2017
  • Amartya Sen rues lack of good healthcare in India
    Mumbai, January 28 (IANS) Although India has made great progress on the economic front, our progress in healthcare has so far been extraordinarily limited, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said at an international co
    / 28th January 2017
  • BJP will construct Ram temple under constitutional ambit: Shah
    Lucknow, January 28 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday said that if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh, it will work towards construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya under "constitutional ambit".   Bharatiya Jan
    / 28th January 2017
  • Serena wins Australian Open for 23rd grand slam crown
    MELBOURNE, January 28 (Reuters) - Serena Williams pushed sentiments aside in an emotion-charged 6-4 6-4 defeat of sister Venus to win the Australian Open on Saturday and a record 23rd grand slam title in the pr
    / 28th January 2017
  • Acharya sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh Acting Governor
    Itanagar, January 28 (IANS) Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya was on Saturday sworn in as Acting Governor of Arunachal Pradesh by Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh at the Raj Bhavan her
    / 28th January 2017
  • Demonetisation put RBI's reputation at risk: Chidambaram
    Kolkata, January 28 (IANS) Echoing former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday that demonetisation has put the central bank's reputation
    / 28th January 2017
  • I will not resign: Meghalaya Home Minister
    Shillong, January 28 (IANS) Meghalaya Home Minister Horju Donkupar Roy Lyngdoh on Saturday said that he will not resign in connection with the rape of a minor girl in his son's guest house here.   "I
    / 28th January 2017
  • Trump's 'extreme vetting' evokes widespread condemnation
    Washington, January 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's 'extreme vetting' executive order to bar entry to the US to refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries has evoked widespread condemn
    / 28th January 2017
  • Vidya one of the best actresses in modern Indian cinema: Anupam Kher
    Mumbai, January 28 (IANS) Veteran actor Anupam Kher lauded critically acclaimed actress Vidya Balan and said that she is one of the best actresses in modern Indian cinema.   "There is a myth that tho
    / 28th January 2017
  • Five soldiers trapped under snow in Kashmir
    Srinagar, January 28 (IANS) Five soldiers were trapped after their snow tracks caved on Saturday near the Line of Control in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.   The incident comes just days after two
    / 28th January 2017
  • Chinese New Year fireworks spark a return to hazardous Beijing pollution
    BEIJING, January 28 (Reuters) - Residents of China's capital awoke on Saturday to dense, choking smog after many set off a barrage of fireworks overnight to ring in the Lunar New Year, despite limits and public
    / 28th January 2017
  • Trump upbeat after conversation with Mexican president
    Washington, January 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he had a "very good" telephonic conversation with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Peña Nieto amid a diplomatic spat over Washington's plans for a bo
    / 28th January 2017
  • Sleep deprivation leads to weakened immunity: Study
    New York, January 28 (IANS) People who are deprived of sleep regularly are likely to have a weak immune system, a study has found.   The findings showed that chronic short sleep shuts down programmes
    / 28th January 2017
  • Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala 'heartbroken' by Trump's refugee order
    Islamabad, January 28 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Saturday said she was "heartbroken" by President Donald Trump's executive order calling for new vetting of refugees entering the US.
    / 28th January 2017
  • Zuckerberg criticises Trump's orders on immigration
    New York, January 28 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to his social network to criticise US President Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies and his plans to build a wall along the border with Mexico.
    / 28th January 2017
  • Tripura CPI-M begins stir against demonetisation
    Agartala, January 28 (IANS) The ruling CPI-M in Tripura on Saturday launched a five-day statewide agitation to protest the demonetisation of high value notes.   "The Central government must vacate al
    / 28th January 2017
  • FEATURE - Is there life after Roger and Rafa?
    MELBOURNE, January 28 (Reuters) - The performances of Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal in reaching the final of this year's Australian Open have served a timely reminder as to what men's tennis was missing when bot
    / 28th January 2017
  • Will Trump era provide respite to destroyed countries?
    IANS By Saeed Naqvi   The procession of breast-beating "liberals" doesn't seem to end, not since Donald Trump eclipsed their most shining star -- Hillary Clinton.   True, Hillary would
    / 28th January 2017
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