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  • Zoramthanga urged to start peace talk with NSCN (K)
    Aizawl, August 16 (PTI): Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga has said the Centre and the Myanmarese government have urged him to initiate a peace deal with NSCN's Khaplang faction.   &qu
    Nagaland / 16th August 2016
  • On 33% Women Reservation
    Reservation is not a substitute to equality and equal participation   Dr Asangba Tzüdir   How would the menfolk feel and react if they were fighting for 33% reservation in the Urban Local B
    Editorial / 16th August 2016
  • China won't take sides on Kashmir: Chinese media
    Beijing, August 16 (IANS): China will not stop building the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) despite India's protests but will also not side with either country over the Kashmir dispute, a state-run dail
    / 16th August 2016
  • Brazil's former FIFA soccer boss Havelange, 100, dies in Rio
    RIO DE JANEIRO, August 16 (Reuters) - Joao Havelange, the former president of FIFA, died in Rio de Janeiro's Samaritano Hospital on Tuesday, the hospital said, without giving further details until authorized by
    / 16th August 2016
  • Clinton announces transition leadership should she win in November
    NEW YORK, August 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign on Tuesday named a leadership line-up for her transition team, which will prepare the way should she win the Novem
    / 16th August 2016
  • Christians condemn Patanjali's 'holy Cross' commercials
    Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) The Indian Christian Voice (ICV) on Tuesday condemned yoga guru Baba Ramdev for a TV commercial which depicts the holy Cross while urging Indians to boycott all foreign products.  
    / 16th August 2016
  • Petrol cut by Re 1 a litre, diesel by Rs 2
    New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Amid the recent fluctuation in global oil prices, state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) cut the price of transport fuels effective from Tuesday, of petrol by Re 1 a litre and of diesel by Rs
    / 16th August 2016
  • India yet to realise its economic freedom
    Amit Kapoor IANS   It has been just over 69 years since the stroke of the midnight hour when India awoke to life and its freedom. Over the past 69 years, we have had many of the pledges realised n
    / 16th August 2016
  • Sit less, move more to cut heart risk
    New York, August 16 (IANS): Living a sedentary life can be a potentially independent risk factor for heart disease and stroke, warns a study, suggesting to "sit less and move more".   The findings sh
    / 16th August 2016
  • Chronic kidney disease may lead to diabetes
    Toronto, August 16 (IANS): Establishing a novel link between chronic kidney disease and diabetes, a team of researchers have identified molecular mechanisms that may be responsible for the increased blood gluco
    / 16th August 2016
  • Banana faces extinction threat, warns pathologist
    Sydney, August 16 (IANS): Banana, perhaps the world's favourite and highest selling fruit, could be extinct within a decade, warns a new study.   The threat could be coming from something called the
    / 16th August 2016
  • New York to pay $4 mn to slain black man's kin
    New York, August 16 (IANS): The city of New York has agreed to pay over $4 million to the family of a black man who was killed by the police in 2014.   The unarmed victim, Akai Gurley, 28, died due t
    / 16th August 2016
  • Viral infections more dangerous during morning: Study
    London, August 16 (IANS): Our body clock accelerates the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between cells ten times faster during the morning than by the end of the day, placing people at a higher risk
    / 16th August 2016
  • Women vulnerable in India's richest civic body
    Mumbai, August 16 (IANS): With average 29 cases of sexual harassment each year, the women employees of India's richest and Asia's biggest civic body -- Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai -- are a vulnerabl
    / 16th August 2016
  • Modi criticises Pakistan, its 15-year terror bill Is $118 bn
    IANS By Chaitanya Mallapur   As Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised Pakistan -- without naming the country -- for supporting terror groups, 671 infiltration incidents and 738 terrorist attacks
    / 16th August 2016
  • Social media helps bring aid to Assam's flood-affected
    Jorhat (Assam), August 16 (IANS) In this age of social media, no event can remain ignored for long and the floods in Assam are no exception.   Every year, floods hit the northeaster state, ravaging d
    / 16th August 2016
  • Five killed in new Kashmir violence
    Srinagar, August 16 (IANS) Five civilian protesters were killed in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, taking the toll to 65 in the weeks of unrest triggered by
    / 16th August 2016
  • Obama warns Democrats against overconfidence about Clinton victory
    CHILMARK, Mass., August 16 (Reuters) - Declaring he was tired of talking about Donald Trump, President Barack Obama urged Democrats on Monday not to grow too confident about their prospects in the 2016 election
    / 16th August 2016
  • Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State
    YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, August 16 (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants if he wins the White House, reversing an earlier threat th
    / 16th August 2016
  • Majority of US young adults reject Trump: Poll
    Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) Despite US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's strategy of patching together a bipartisan coalition by appealing to the millions of young supporters of former Democratic can
    / 16th August 2016
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