New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday extended his greetings to the people of Thailand on their National Day on Saturday. "I have the pleasure to extend warm greetings and felicitations to Your Majesty and to the people of Thailand on the occasion of your National Day," Mukherjee said in his message to King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. He said...
New Delhi: India rode on excellent batting from Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin to fight their way to a strong position at lunch on the second day of the fourth and final cricket Test against South Africa at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Friday. Rahane scored 127 runs with 11 hits to the fence and four sixes to his name....
Taipei: Researchers have identified a biomarker that detects the most common lung cancer in its earliest stage. The scientists believe that the discovery could help increase survival of lung cancer patients. According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer kills about 158,000 Americans each year -- as many as the next four most deadly cancers combined. Non-small cell lung cancer...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended greetings to naval personnel on 44th Navy Day. "India is proud of a strong and valiant Navy that has always risen to the occasion to protect our nation. Navy Day greetings to Navy personnel," Modi tweeted. December 4 is celebrated as the Navy Day in India, to commemorate the start of...
New York: University of Pennsylvania researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have created the thinnest plates that can be picked up and manipulated by hand, claims a study. Despite being thousands of times thinner than a sheet of paper and hundreds of times thinner than household cling wrap or aluminum foil, the new corrugated plates of aluminum oxide spring back to...
By Arun Kumar Washington: An arsenal of explosives and ammunition has been found at the home of a Chicago-born health worker and his Pakistani wife who killed 14 people and injured 21 others during a holiday party in California. Chicago born Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, his Pakistani wife in the US. on a visa, were both...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said more than 3,000 villages across the country have been provided electricity in around 100 days by the government. "Against a target of 1,900, we have electrified over 3,000 villages in around 100 days," Modi said at the inaugural function of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2015 here. He said: "Even after 70...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that two railway engine factories will be set up in Bihar. "We are building railway engines and the two factories will be set up in Bihar," Modi said in his inaugural address at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2015 here. He said the development of eastern parts of India cannot be...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to former president R. Venkataraman and former prime minister I.K. Gujral on their birth anniversaries and said they were "influential" in shaping India's history. "Shri R. Venkataraman and Shri I.K. Gujral were influential in shaping India's history," Modi said in a statement issued here. "Tributes on their birth anniversary"....
Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has questioned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's announcement that 35,000 new policemen will be recruited soon in the state. In a state where for 100 peon posts, more than 23 lakh applications came, how will the government handle the police recruitment when it has decided to waive off the written exams, state BJP...
