Wetlands issue deserves very serious attention: SC to Centre
AMN Supreme Court has expressed concern over the disappearance of wetlands in the country and told the government that this was an important issue which deserved very serious attention. A…
Fidayeen attacks cannot be stopped, our response is important: DG BSF
Srinagar/ agencies Admitting that suicide attacks by militants cannot be stopped as long as the neighbouring country Pakistan does not behave, Border Security Force Director General K K Sharma said…
‘Prevention is better than cure’ says CM Kejriwal at Perfect Health Mela
Our Correspondent / New Delhi Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said that his government has been working towards making Delhi a clean and green city, and to make its…
Pro-independence Catalans defy King Felipe VI’s warning
Pro-independence Catalan leaders are pressing ahead despite an emphatic warning from King Felipe VI. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he would declare independence at the end of this week or…
Fukushima operator can restart nuclear reactors at world’s biggest plant
WEB DESK The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant cleared a major regulatory hurdle on Wednesday to restart two reactors in Japan, its first since the 2011 tsunami sparked…
Russia cuts oil production by 346,000 bpd under OPEC deal
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that Russia has decreased oil production in September under the oil output reduction agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries by 346,000 barrels…
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson win Nobel Prize for chemistry
Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for the development of cryo-electron microscopy. It’s a method of simplifying and improving the…
New TB drug to be introduced in controlled manner: Govt
AMN Concerned over the rising number of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases in the country, the Health Ministry will introduce a new drug Delamanid in a controlled manner. As a pilot,…
Haryana Police produces Honeypreet in court; seeks 14-day remand
Panchkula / Haryana police on Wednesday produced Honeypreet Insan alias Priyanka Taneja, adopted daughter of jailed Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, in a court and sought…
Rajnish Kumar appointed SBI Chairman
AMN /NEW DELHI Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI), Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the largest public sector bank. He will succeed Arundhati Bhattacharya,…