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250,000 affected in Myanmar Floods; Death Toll rises to 69
Yangon, Aug 5: The death toll from severe flooding in Myanmar has risen to 69, with 259,799 people affected by the disaster, the ministry of social welfare said on Wednesday.
The flooding has submerged vast areas, and four states and…
Bobby Jindal fails to make the cut for First Debate
Washington, Aug 5: Bobby Jindal failed to make the cut for Fox News' prime-time first Republican presidential debate on Thursday with celebrity real estate mogul leading the ten top polling candidates.
Besides Trump, former Florida…
Pakistan must admit mistakes vis-a-vis 26/11: Tariq Khosa
Islamabad, Aug 4: Pakistan must admit its mistakes for allowing Pakistani terrorists to sail to Mumbai in 2008 and carry out a massacre, a retired Pakistani official said in remarks published on Tuesday.
"Pakistan has to deal with the…
China to launch Jilin-1 Satellite in October 2015
Beijing, Aug 4: China's Jilin province plans to send Jilin-1, the country's first self-developed remote sensing satellite for commercial use, into space in October, its designers said on Tuesday.
Jilin-1 consists of four satellites, one…
Islamic State Terrorists execute 15 Iraqi Police Officers
Baghdad, Aug 3: The Islamic State radical group on Sunday executed 15 Iraqi police officers and kidnapped four journalism students accused of collaborating with the foreign press in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Mohammed al-Bayati,…
4 People killed in Private Plane crash in England
London, Aug 1: A private jet crashed into a car auction site in England killing all the four people aboard, police said.
The jet crashed in Hampshire on Friday while attempting to make a landing, Xinhua quoted an official as saying.…
Dr. Kalam an ‘inspiration’, says Ban Ki-moon
United Nations, Aug 1: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's "inspiration" to the world on Friday during a visit to the Indian Mission in New York as a special gesture of condolence.…
US House introduces resolution on India’s Independence Day
Washington, Aug 1: Ami Bera, Co-chair of Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, has introduced a resolution to recognize India's Independence Day and the significance of the US-India partnership.
The resolution introduced by…
Fresh Wreckage Most Likely from Missing Malaysian Plane MH370
Paris/Kuala Lumpur, July 30: The discovery of wreckage on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has made authorities suspect it might be a part of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 that mysteriously disappeared in March 2014, media reports said…
India very high on Obama’s US list for Investments Abroad
Washington: India is very high on the US list for investments in foreign countries as economic growth across the world remains a priority for President Barack Obama, according to the White House.
"In terms of the US-India partnership,…