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  • Leprosy eradication campaign launched
    New Delhi, September 6 (IANS) With an aim to eradicate leprosy from India, the country's biggest leprosy detection campaign has been launched in 19 states and union territories, it was announced on Tuesday.
    / 6th September 2016
  • Mother Teresa Film Festival begins in Meghalaya
    Shillong, September 6 (IANS) Days after she was declared a saint, the Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) 2016, a four day film festival highlighting her life and work got underway here on Tuesday
    / 6th September 2016
  • Duterte regrets his remarks for Obama
    Vientiane, September 6 (IANS) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday expressed regret over his obscene remarks for US President Barack Obama in which he called the latter "son of a whore".  
    / 6th September 2016
  • India nearly doubles budget for digitisation of land records
    MUMBAI, September 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India will nearly double the budget and extend the deadline for a programme to digitise land records as states struggle to survey land and property, large chun
    / 6th September 2016
  • Muslims are treated very well in India: Emraan Hashmi
    Mumbai, September 6 (IANS) Actor Emraan Hashmi, who believes in speaking his heart out without any hesitation, says he is happy that Muslims are being treated well in India.   "Given our situation in
    / 6th September 2016
  • 'Northeast India, B'desh high prevalence cancer zone'
    Agartala, September 6 (IANS) India's northeast region neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar is in the high prevalence zone of different types of cancer and the disease can be prevented by adjusting lifestyle and
    / 6th September 2016
  • Your perfumes may pollute environment
    London, September 6 (IANS) Love to wear designer perfumes? Be careful, as certain molecules produced in these man-made fragrances act as potential contaminants of the environment, and may also impact our ecosys
    / 6th September 2016
  • Rajan ends his term with caution on interest rates
    Mumbai, September 6 (IANS) Raghuram Rajan, whose term as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ended on September 4, had a word of caution on interest rates for the global economy.   D
    / 6th September 2016
  • Modi looks forward to visit Pakistan, says Indian envoy
    Karachi, September 6 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking forward to visit Pakistan in November to attend the Saarc Summit, India's High Commissioner said in comments published on Tuesday. &
    / 6th September 2016
  • Trump, Clinton court Ohio as White House race enters final 2 months
    CANFIELD, Ohio/CLEVELAND, September 5 (Reuters) - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton opened a final two-month sprint to the Nov. 8 election on Monday with the Republican presidential nominee suddenly looking stro
    / 6th September 2016
  • 'We are not butchers': Philippines defends drug war at Asian summit
    VIENTIANE, September 6 (Reuters) - The Philippines on Tuesday defended a surge in killings since Rodrigo Duterte became president over two months ago, handing out a 38-page pamphlet at a regional summit praisin
    / 6th September 2016
  • Philippines scrambles to soothe tensions after insult to Obama
    VIENTIANE, September 6 (Reuters) - The Philippines scrambled to defuse a row with the United States on Tuesday and its new president, Rodrigo Duterte, voiced regret for calling President Barack Obama a "son of
    / 6th September 2016
  • Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi's panel on Rohingya Muslims
    SITTWE, Myanmar, September 6 (Reuters) - Hundreds in Myanmar rallied on Tuesday against an advisory commission led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between the country's Buddhis
    / 6th September 2016
  • 2,234 get HIV via blood transfusion; government claims ignorance
    IANS | September 6 By Silvio Grocchetti   As many as 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after receiving blood transfusions in hospitals between October 2014 and March 2
    / 6th September 2016
  • Fed up with blockades, Manipur's wage-earners defy strike calls
    Imphal, Sep 6 (IANS) In Manipur, if there is a constant, it's the crippling effect of unending strikes and blockades. But people in this northeastern state no longer seem willing to passively acquiesce to the d
    / 6th September 2016
  • No slacking from Murray on Labor Day, makes quick work of Dimitrov
    NEW YORK, September 6 (Reuters) - It was the Labor Day holiday in the United States on Monday but Andy Murray came to Arthur Ashe Stadium ready to work, demolishing Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-2 6-2 to storm into the
    / 6th September 2016
  • Radwanska falls to teenager Konjuh at U.S. Open
    NEW YORK, September 6 (Reuters) - Croatian teen Ana Konjuh upset fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-4 on Monday to claim the last women's quarter-final spot at the U.S. Open.   The 18-year-old, wh
    / 6th September 2016
  • 'Gaps of trust' hamper Syria deal with Russia, says Obama
    Washington, September 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday said an agreement with Russia on ending the violence in Syria is being hampered by "gaps of trust" between the two governments.   As
    / 6th September 2016
  • Philippines president to Obama: 'I'm no American puppet'
    Washington/Manila, September 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama had better think twice about raising the issue of Philippine extra-judicial killings, warned the country's confrontational leader on Monday. &n
    / 6th September 2016
  • World will miss education-for-all target by 50 years - U.N.
    LONDON, September 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world is set to miss by more than half a century a deadline for ensuring all children receive secondary education, the United Nations said on Tuesday, addi
    / 6th September 2016
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