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Remembering KPS Gill, a man behind India's successful counter-insurgency s
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): In the late 1980s, India appeared to be at the cusp of disintegration, with a multiplicity of insurgencies raging - at a peak in Punjab, in multiple states of the Northeast, a raging Maoist movement across wide swathes of territory from Andhra Pradesh in the
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Cosmic ring of fire: Astronomers see super-rare type of galaxy
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 26 (ANI): A team of astronomers has captured an image of a rare type of galaxy, which is described as a "cosmic ring of fire" - as it existed 11 billion years ago.
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US Senator introduces 3 bills to punish China over censorship amid pandemi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 22 (Sputnik/ANI): US Senator Ted Cruz announced that he introduced three bills to counter Chinese propaganda and hold China accountable for what he described as medical and political censorship that helped fuel the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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IBC extension, reforms, focus on rural economy among laudable features of
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): Describing emergent measures like one-year abeyance for the insolvency proceedings under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and further reducing company law compliance burden as a hallmark of an agile and responsive government, the ASSOCHAM today said the P
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Nirav Modi's 'phenomenal' growth in jewellery business discussed during tr
Updated : 6 years ago IST
London [UK], May 14 (ANI): The extradition trial of the fugitive diamond dealer Nirav Modi continued at a London court on Thursday with evidence from a jewellery expert about the "phenomenal" growth of the Nirav Modi brand, which was described as unparalleled in India.
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Kareena Kapoor's 'Saturday mood' is a trip to Morocco
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Taking a trip down memory lane, superstar Kareena Kapoor Khan on Saturday posted a throwback picture from her Morocco trip and described it as her 'Saturday mood.'
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Amitabh Bachchan quotes 'Subah hoti hai' sung by Lata in latest Instagram
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Posting a picture of himself, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday quoted lyrics of Lata Mangeshkar's famous song 'Subah hoti hai' to describe how time is flying during lockdown.
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Manual scavenging-- a caste-based discrimination that persists in Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): It's a cultural, traditional inertia of sorts that the descendants of lower-caste Hindus who converted to Christianity centuries ago still find themselves marginalized and subjected to menial labour, including manual scavenging in Pakistan.
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People say I'm hardest working US President in history: Trump renews attac
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 27 (ANI): Continuing his tirade against American media over his work habits, US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) described himself as the "hardest working president", claiming that he has possibly done more work in his first tenure than any other pr
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India's response to COVID-19 has been proactive, pre-emptive, graded: Dr H
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday described India's response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as 'proactive, pre-emptive and graded.'
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Study focusing on model that may protect minority languages from extinctio
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 22 (ANI): Using mathematical modelling, statistical physicists have described two mechanisms through which the minority language extinction scenario does not occur, that is, several languages come to coexist in the same area.
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'Gratifying, humbling and thrilling': Ayushmann Khurrana on completing 8 y
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): As he completed eight years in Bollywood as an actor on Monday, actor Ayushmann Khurrana described his journey in the industry as "gratifying, humbling and thrilling."
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