Two US B-1B bombers were accompanied by two F-15K fighters from the South Korean military after leaving their base in Guam, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a news release on Wednesday. Seoul: The US military flew two Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late…
Want stricter, comprehensive and time-bound action plan to address all sources of air pollution Doctors and environmentalists have welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, and expressed the hope that it would ensure a relatively cleaner Diwali this year. “We appreciate the Supreme Court’s decision on prohibition of firecrackers’ sale…
Ruling made in effort to halt spike in toxic smog that led to closure of schools, power stations and construction sites last year India’s supreme court has banned the sale of fireworks in Delhi during the upcoming Diwali festival, hoping to prevent the usual spike in toxic air pollution levels that accompany the holiday. Last…
New York: A handful of quick-thinking Las Vegas police officers may have prevented a thousand deaths after they stormed a hotel and killed the lone shooter, the Sheriff of America’s gambling hub, who had visited Mumbai to study the 2008 terror attack, has said. Stephen Paddock, 64-year-old wealthy former accountant and high-stakes gambler has been identified…
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American entrepreneur has pitched for fast track mini nuclear reactors, saying they are economical and could be constructed within two years. Negotiations on mega nuclear power plants with US companies Westinghouse and General Electric are either in doldrums or moving at snail’s pace. “The new generation Small Nuclear Reactor uses light water technology…
The Gujarat high court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Monday on the appeals filed over the SIT court’s judgement in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case. Here’s all you need to know: A special SIT court had on March 1, 2011 convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 in the 2002 Godhra train…
JALANDHAR: After Jagmeet Singh was elevated as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) – the first nonwhite and turbaned Sikh to head any political party in Canada – 69% respondents in an online poll said they would consider voting for a national party leader who wears a turban and carries a kirpan. The…
Buying US crude has become attractive for Indian refiners after the differential between Brent (the benchmark crude or marker crude that serves as a reference price for buyers in the western world) and Dubai (which serves as a benchmark for countries in the east) has narrowed. Export of American crude oil to India will create…
The capture of the Canadian citizen came after an investigation using an undercover FBI agent posing as an Islamic extremist that also led to the arrests last year of US citizen Talha Haroon in Pakistan and Russell Salic in the Philippines, where he’s a citizen. Three Islamic State group sympathizers plotted to cause bloodshed at…
Among those targeted by the bomb calls, Friday were all four Moscow airports, five railway stations, 15 shopping malls, several hotels, more than 20 schools and many other venues, the state Tass news agency said. Moscow on Friday faced over 130 fake bomb calls that prompted the evacuation of some 100,000 people from shopping malls,…
