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'La La Land' leads Oscar nominations with 14 nods

LOS ANGELES, January 24 (Reuters) - Romantic musical "La La Land" led the Oscar nominations on Tuesday with 14 nods, including the top prize of best picture. It will contend with sci-fi movie "Arri

/ 24th January 2017
U.N. "racing" to prepare emergency aid ahead of battle for western Mosul

BAGHDAD, January 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it is "racing against the clock" to prepare emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of endangered civilians in Mosul with an Iraqi army offensi

/ 24th January 2017
Bharti Airtel's profits plunge as India's price war bites

MUMBAI, January 24 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecoms network operator, reported its lowest profit in four years as competition from a new rival hit revenues that were also affected by a cash c

/ 24th January 2017
Parliament must vote before UK can trigger Brexit, top court rules

LONDON, January 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain's exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, giving

/ 24th January 2017
Militants ambush convoy along Manipur-Assam highway

Imphal, January 24 (IANS) Suspected armed militants on Tuesday ambushed a convoy of trucks and oil tankers along a national highway that connects Assam with the Manipur capital, a police officer said.

/ 24th January 2017
Know how to get good sleep

New York, January 24 (IANS) People who fall asleep within 30 minutes or less and wake up no more than once at night qualify for several health benefits associated with good sleep, researchers have suggested.

/ 24th January 2017
AirAsia India offers 50% discount on round trips

New Delhi, January 24 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier AirAsia India has started a discount offer of 50 per cent on the return leg of round trips booked via its website and mobile-based application (App). &nb

/ 24th January 2017
Congress names Priyanka Gandhi as 'star campaigner' for UP polls

Lucknow, January 24 (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, will be campaigning for party candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the state assembly elections. Her name figured in the

/ 24th January 2017
Railway Minister inaugurates rail line in Tripura

Agartala, January 24 (IANS) Asserting that the northeast is a priority area for the central government which proposed to make the region a most developed area, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday inaugura

/ 24th January 2017
Cabinet nod to short-term Nabard loans to facilitate co-op banks

New Delhi, January 24 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave post-facto approval to the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) to make short-term market borrowings of Rs 20,000 crore for

/ 24th January 2017
Rajnath warns Pakistan to mend its ways

Abohar (Punjab), January 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday warned Pakistan of stern action if it continued trying to destabilise India through smuggling of drugs and terrorism.

/ 24th January 2017
No Muslims, no single women: housing bias turning Indian cities into ghettos

MUMBAI, January 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, an Indian real estate company ran an advertisement with the slogan 'Homes that don't discriminate', calling

/ 24th January 2017
China says will protect South China Sea sovereignty

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, January 24 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it had "irrefutable" sovereignty over disputed islands in the South China Sea after the White House vowed to defend "international territories" i

/ 24th January 2017
Russia, Turkey, Iran near deal over Syria truce efforts

ASTANA, January 24 (Reuters) - Russia, Turkey and Iran on Tuesday were working on a statement to reaffirm a fragile ceasefire between Syrian warring parties that could agree to establishing a mechanism to obser

/ 24th January 2017
China says hopes Mongolia learned lesson after Dalai Lama visit

BEIJING, January 24 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it hopes Mongolia has learned a lesson and will keep a promise not to invite the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama again after his visit in November l

/ 24th January 2017
Trump calls for more U.S. auto jobs, factories ahead of CEO meeting

WASHINGTON, January 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will push the chief executives of General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV to increase production in the United

/ 24th January 2017
Back to the future as Federer storms into Melbourne semis

MELBOURNE, January 24 (Reuters) - Four-times champion Roger Federer continued to roll back the years as he took apart Mischa Zverev 6-1 7-5 6-2 with a clinical display of all-court tennis to reach his 13th Aust

/ 24th January 2017
Schools should provide equal opportunity to both genders from the beginning

(January 24 is National Girl Child Day) New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Differences between genders can be improved if educational institutes like schools provide equal opportunities to children, experts sa

/ 24th January 2017
Donald Trump to speak with PM Modi on Tuesday

Washington/New Delhi, January 24 (IANS) Newly-installed US President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak over phone with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday night, four days after he was sworn in as the 45th

/ 24th January 2017
Trump presidency receives words of hope, prayers for civility

January 24th, 2017 By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON – Words of congratulations as well as caution emerged from political and religious leaders as President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated Jan. 20.

/ 24th January 2017