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'Assam's rice wine qualifies for GI registration'

Bengaluru, January 24 (IANS) The "Judima" traditional rice wine, a popular alcoholic beverage of Assam's Dimasa tribe -- and an integral part of the community's social and cultural life -- is a fit candidate fo

/ 24th January 2017
Trump appoints Ajit Pai to head communications agency

New York, January 24 (IANS) President Donald Trump has appointed Ajit Pai to head the powerful US communications regulatory agency, becoming the third Indian American picked for key positions in his administrat

/ 24th January 2017
UK's May to find out if she can trigger Brexit without parliament

LONDON, January 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will learn on Tuesday whether parliament must agree to the triggering of Britain's exit from the European Union, potentially giving lawmakers wh

/ 24th January 2017
HDFC Bank third-quarter profit up 15 percent, beats estimates

MUMBAI, January 24 (Reuters) - HDFC Bank Ltd, India's third-biggest lender by assets, on Tuesday reported a 15 percent rise in third-quarter net profit, above analyst estimates, due to higher interest and fee i

/ 24th January 2017
'Illegals' cost me popular vote: Trump

Washington, January 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump, during his discussion with congressional leaders, claimed that "illegals" voting deprived him of a victory in the popular vote, a media report said on Tu

/ 24th January 2017
Trump's approval rating lowest during first days as President

Washington, January 24 (IANS) Newly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump entered the White House with the lowest approval rating of any American President, a new poll revealed. According to the Ga

/ 24th January 2017
US Senate confirms Mike Pompeo to head CIA

Washington, January 24 (IANS) The US Senate has confirmed Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo as director of the CIA, replacing John Brennan, a media report said on Tuesday. Pompeo was tapped by Preside

/ 24th January 2017
Scandal, gaffes mar ex-UN chief's presidential prospects in South Korea

SEOUL, January 24 (Reuters) - It has been an inauspicious return to crisis-plagued South Korea for former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, once the odds-on favourite to be the next president, who has been ensnared in a

/ 24th January 2017
Demonetisation drive to favour country's big gold jewellery store chains – WGC

MUMBAI, January 24 (Reuters) - India's drive to bring transparency to bullion trading, along with the rise of branded gold jewellery, could help major retailers raise their share of the world's second-biggest g

/ 24th January 2017
Trump makes early move on restricting abortions around the world

NEW YORK, January 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday reinstated a global gag rule that bans U.S.-funded groups around the world from discussing abortion, a move that was wid

/ 24th January 2017
Trump White House lowers expectations for quick embassy move in Israel

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, January 24 (Reuters) - During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump's team spoke often about moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But since taking office, the co

/ 24th January 2017
Yahoo revenue rises 15.4 pct amid Verizon deal uncertainty

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc reported a 15.4 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Monday, ahead of a proposed sale of its core internet business to Verizon Communications Inc . The fate of the deal was th

/ 24th January 2017
Ecclestone's exit marks end of an era for F1

LONDON, January 24 (Reuters) - Bernie Ecclestone used to joke that retirement would come on the day of his funeral but in the end it was an American businessman in a suit who quietly ushered Formula One's 86-ye

/ 24th January 2017
Trump White House vows to stop China taking South China Sea islands

WASHINGTON, January 24 (Reuters) - The new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the Sout

/ 24th January 2017
Governments snooping on you on internet, phones, warns Wikileaks, Snowden journalist

Jaipur, January 24 (IANS) Internet and mobile phones, smart and otherwise, may have made communications and information access to information instant but also leave users vulnerable to surveillance from state a

/ 24th January 2017
1st Republican replacement for Obamacare presented

Washington, January 24 (IANS) Two Republican senators presented on Monday their party's first bill to replace the Affordable Care Act signed into law by ex-President Barack Obama in 2010, under pressure from th

/ 24th January 2017
Trump's White House reserves 'right to disagree'

Washington, January 24 (IANS) White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said that he and his team reserve the right to occasionally "disagree with the facts" asking for the same chance as the press to issue a

/ 24th January 2017
Blind football orientation camp in Dimapur from January 30

DIMAPUR, JANUARY 23 (MExN): The Indian Blind Football Federation (IBFF), an independent body promoted by Society for Rehabilitation of the Visually challenged (SRVC), has been working with the Paralympic Commit

/ 24th January 2017
Wedding Bells

Mapu Jamir I.A.S. (Retd) Autumn, winter and spring are generally taken as the marriage season in Nagaland. Month of December in particular is an exciting period of festivities. This adds more colour t

Public Space / 24th January 2017
Bengaluru Tigers win against Goa pirates in Super Fight League

Shührazhüo A. Mao Dimapur | January 23 The ongoing season of Super Fight League saw another exciting event at Siri Fort, New Delhi, where the Bengaluru Tigers won against Goa Pirates winning fou

/ 24th January 2017