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PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

Cong questions PM’s ‘silence’ over Trump’s mediation claim on Kashmir issue

10:32 am July 23, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday welcomed the government’s reiteration ofIndia’s ‘no third party involvement’ stand on the Kashmir issue but asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “mum” over US President Donald Trump’s claim that the Indian leaderasked him to mediate on the matter. India denied Trump’s claim that Modi had asked him to […]

Govt tightens rules for social media, OTT platforms

Sitting while watching TV linked to higher risk of heart attack: Study

3:00 pm July 4, 2019

New York: Sitting for longer hours at work may not be as bad for the heart as sitting while watching television, a study claims. The study, led by researchers at Columbia University in the US, found that leisure-time sitting (while watching TV) was associated with a greater risk of heart disease and death. The research, […]

Benchmark indices rally on easing trade war worries

7:29 pm July 1, 2019

Mumbai: Indian stock market Monday rallied in line with global equities as investors globally heaved a sigh of relief after the US and China called a truce in their long-drawn trade tussle. Besides, hopes of reform measures in the Union Budget to be unveiled on Friday also fuelled the rally in domestic equites. Starting the […]

European leaders remain attentive, cautious in US-Iran spat

10:58 pm June 21, 2019

Brussels: European leaders are being guarded in their responses to the deepening tensions between the United States and Iran, urging both sides to step back from confrontation. Influential European countries have for months been steering a delicate path between Washington and Tehran, since the President Donald Trump’s administration last year pulled out of a nuclear […]

US, Russia blame each other in near-collision of warships

8:51 pm June 7, 2019

Tokyo: The US and Russian militaries accused each other of unsafe actions on Friday after an American guided-missile cruiser and a Russian destroyer came within 165 feet (50 meters) of each other in the East China Sea. The U.S. 7th Fleet said the Russian destroyer put the safety of the USS Chancellorsville and its crew […]