Stockholm [Sweden], Oct 14 (ANI): Indian-born economist Abhijit Banerjee, his French-American wife Esther Duflo and the US' Michael Kremer on Monday were awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): At least 12 people died and several others were injured after a two-storey building collapsed following a cylinder blast in Mohammadabad here on Monday morning.
Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Four national-level hockey players were killed while three others sustained injuries after the car they were travelling in met with an accident here on Monday, police said.
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Eight people died, five others were injured and one person was missing after a vehicle fell into Kail river in Tharali Tehsil on Sunday.
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 35 people have so far been killed and 17 others are missing as typhoon Hagibis ripped through Japan including Tokyo's metropolitan area, causing multiple rivers to overflow and power blackouts in 376,000 houses.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): A 22-year-old man, named Uttam Kumar, died in a level-3 fire that broke out at Aaditya Arcade building at Charni road here on Sunday.
Tokyo [Japan], Oct 12 (ANI): Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on the Izu Peninsula on Saturday evening, bringing heavy downpours and winds that have claimed the lives of two persons and injured at least 70 others.
New York [USA], Oct 12 (ANI): Four people were killed and three others sustained injuries in a shooting incident that took place in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, a spokesperson for the New York Police Department said.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 11 (ANI): "I am sorry that Goods and Services Tax (GST) did not meet your satisfaction," said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Friday while responding to a question during an interaction with businessmen, entrepreneurs, CAs and others.
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): The city's Saket Court on Friday sent Ranbaxy's former promoters Malvinder Singh, Shivinder Singh, and three others -- Sunil Godhwani, Kavi Arora and Anil Saxena -- to four days of police remand in an alleged fraud case.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Punjab Vigilance Bureau registered a case against the headmaster and the president of the management committee of a school in Taran Taran for allegedly embezzling government funds by misusing their official position.