Sydney: A fire-fighting robot that can sweep away obstacles and clear smoke from burning buildings is the latest weapon being used to fight fires in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state. NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliot and Fire and Rescue Commissioner Greg Mullins unveiled the country's first remote-controlled firefighting robot, the Turbine Aided Firefighting machine (TAF 20) on Thursday,...
Los Angeles: Actor Chris Hemsworth says he suffered from a "food hangover" when he finished filming "In the Heart of the Sea". "It gave us all a bit of a food hangover. It wasn't nearly as satisfying as I thought it would be," Hemsworth said. "I had about half of one (pizza slice) before I realised I should stop and my...
New York: In what could be seen as a reply to the US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's call to ban Muslims from entering the US, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has welcomed Muslims to be part of the social giant and its growing users' community. In a post on Wednesday, the Facebook founder wrote: "I want to add my voice...
Kabul: At least 37 people including children were killed in a Taliban attack on a heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. BBC quoted Afghan defence ministry while confirming the casualties here on Wednesday, At least nine militants were also killed, the minister added. A number of hostages were seized in the 26-hour attack before...
Islamabad: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pakistan next year, the first such visit by the head of the Indian government in over a decade, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said here on Wednesday. Modi will participate in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit, Sushma Swaraj told the media. This will be the first prime...
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that carpooling was the only solution to cope with odd-and-even number cars on alternate days by further adding that a carpooling app will also be launched. "Looking at the pollution levels in Delhi in the past one month, which created a lot of panic and nervousness among people and in the...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it may appoint a retired judge to examine answer-sheets of over 600 candidates who appeared in 2014 Delhi Judicial Service main exam to ascertain if anyone could be called for final interview before appointment. Indicating the course of action it was contemplating to take, the apex court bench of Justice Dipak Misra...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to take steps to set up Organised Crime Investigative Agency (OCIA) to curb trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation by September 30, 2016, and make it operational by December 1, next year. An order from an apex court bench of Justice Anil R. Dave, Justice Madan B. Lokur...
New Delhi: The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the central government of "not doing anything for farmers" and instead showing "fake concern" on their issues. Intervening in a debate on the drought conditions in several parts of the country, the Congress leader angrily said that "it was not right to (make) claim without doing...
New Delhi: A BJP parliamentarian on Wednesday said Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia did not know anything about farmers and talked about them only after "reading from books". Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the drought situation in several parts of the country, parliamentarian Virendra Singh challenged the Congress leaders on their knowledge about farmers...
