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  • Pope to oversee migration issues in shakeup of Vatican offices
    ROME, August 31 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday announced major changes to the Vatican bureaucracy, slimming down the number of offices and giving himself direct charge of migration issues, continuing a r
    / 31st August 2016
  • UN a steady partner in Myanmar's reform, reconciliation process: Ban
    Nay Pyi Taw, August 31 (IANS) The United Nations has been a steady partner supporting the reform and reconciliation process in Myanmar, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Con
    / 31st August 2016
  • An analogy, across the world
    By Aheli Moitra The United States of America has a proud history. Emancipation and democracy are buzz words that have become closely knit to popularly held ideas of America.   Yet, many are aware
    / 31st August 2016
  • Names have meanings: how Kolkata built Calcutta
    Garga Chatterjee   Recently, the judges of the Calcutta High Court in Kolkata rejected the Union cabinet decision to the change the name of the first high court in South Asia to Kolkata High Court. T
    / 31st August 2016
  • 'Brainjacking' could become a reality, warn researchers
    IANS   Vulnerability of brain implants to cyber-security attacks could make "brainjacking", which has been discussed in science fiction for decades, a reality, say researchers from the University of
    / 31st August 2016
  • John D. Rockefeller: Dominating the Market to Create Wealth
    Dominating a market is a highly effective strategy for accumulating wealth. It has produced multi-billionaires like John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil Company and Bill Gates, the founder of Micros
    / 31st August 2016
  • Indian growth slows sharply in June quarter
    NEW DELHI, August 31 (Reuters) - India's economic growth slowed sharply in the June quarter, putting the government's target further out of reach and raising concerns that Asia's third-largest economy will crea
    / 31st August 2016
  • Intelligent brains now more blood thirsty
    Sydney, August 31 (IANS) Evolution has not only made human brains larger, but has also increased the supply of blood to the brain, a new study has found.   The research team calculated how blood flow
    / 31st August 2016
  • Withings launches wireless BP monitor in India
    New Delhi, August 31 (IANS) Taking home health monitoring to a whole new level, French consumer electronics company Withings has announced the launch of a wireless blood pressure monitor for the Indian market.
    / 31st August 2016
  • I have tears of joy, now I can die in peace, says Mamata
    Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court's verdict in the Tata Motors' Nano project case as a "landmark victory", adding she had "tears of joy" on
    / 31st August 2016
  • Teenager killed in fresh Kashmir violence
    Srinagar, August 31 (IANS) After two days of relative peace, a teenager was killed in firing by security forces on Wednesday as more violent clashes erupted in the Kashmir Valley, officials and witnesses said.
    / 31st August 2016
  • Cabinet approves new norms to push construction sector: Jaitley
    New Delhi, August 31 (IANS) In a bid to lift the fortunes of the beleaguered construction sector, the government on Wednesday approved new norms to ensure quicker resolution of disputes, kick-start stalled proj
    / 31st August 2016
  • From big oil to big data: inside Mukesh Ambani's $20 billion start-up
    MUMBAI, August 31 (Reuters) - At the vast open-plan headquarters of Indian telecoms start-up Jio, billionaire oil tycoon Mukesh Ambani stands in short sleeves beneath a digital tracker that logs every new subsc
    / 31st August 2016
  • Courting Republicans, Clinton to tout 'American exceptionalism'
    WASHINGTON, August 31 (Reuters) - In a foreign policy speech meant to reach out to Republican and independent voters, Democratic President Hillary Clinton on Wednesday will argue for a robust commitment to U.S.
    / 31st August 2016
  • Brexit town wants government to 'get on with it' and leave EU
    CLACTON-ON-SEA, England, August 31 (Reuters) - Gazing out across the calm, grey North Sea towards northern France, families in Clacton enjoy the English summer, some sipping tea, others with cans of beer, outsi
    / 31st August 2016
  • Love litfests, but no booktalk, please: Tabu
    Thimphu, August 31 (IANS) The 'thinking actress' of Bollywood, Tabu, has no pretensions in admitting that she is not a bookworm and loathes labels of any sort.   The 44-year-old actress said that she
    / 31st August 2016
  • Priyanka Chopra denies rumours of relocating to LA
    Mumbai, August 31 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra, who is shooting for American TV series "Quantico" in New York, has quashed rumours that she is shifting her base to Los Angeles, saying Mumbai is her home. &
    / 31st August 2016
  • From Sister to Mother to Saint: The journey of Mother Teresa (Profile)
    (Mother Teresa's canonisation is on Sep 4)   By Vikas Datta IANS | August 31, 2016 Known to many generations of Indians as a diminutive but determined woman in a blue-bordered white sari who care
    / 31st August 2016
  • Day of the Disappeared: South Asia's torturous wait for the missing
    NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU, August 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Shova Bhatta vividly remembers the morning 16 years ago, when five men came to her grocery shop on the outskirts of the Nepali capital and took her
    / 31st August 2016
  • Kerry says no military solution to South China Sea dispute
    NEW DELHI, August 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the disputed South China Sea and said the
    / 31st August 2016
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