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Alarming decline in insect populations, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 1 (ANI): Various studies have earlier demonstrated that there are fewer creatures chirping, buzzing, creeping and fluttering in German meadows. And now a recent study reveals many insect species have decreased by one third, affecting the grasslands.
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US: 9 killed in plane crash in South Dakota
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 1 (ANI): Nine people, including two children, were killed and three others sustained injuries when a plane carrying 12 people on board crashed in South Dakota, US, on Saturday afternoon (local time), authorities said.
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Suspect arrested in Black Friday shooting in New York
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 1 (ANI): A 21-year old suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident at a mall in Syracuse, New York on Friday that left one person injured, police said on Saturday.
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Meghan King celebrates Thanksgiving without husband Jim Edmonds
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 30 (ANI): Television show host Meghan King Edmonds and Jim Edmonds celebrated Thanksgiving separately a month after news of their split surfaced on the internet.
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Trump given a week to decide on representation in impeachment panel
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 30 (Sputnik/ANI): The US House Judiciary Committee in a letter on Friday asked President Donald Trump to notify it within a week if he intends to be represented at the next stage of the impeachment proceedings.
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TikTok lifts ban on teen's account over video describing China's treatment
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 29 (ANI): Social media video app TikTok on Thursday revoked its ban on an account belonging to the American teenager who posted a video in which she had chided China over its treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
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Girl band 'Pussycat Dolls' reuniting after nine years
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC (USA), November 28 (ANI): Remember the American girl band 'Pussycat Dolls'? Well, they are back!
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Suspect in Indian-American teen murder grew angry after she refused to tal
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): The man charged with the murder of a 19-year old Indian-American in Chicago earlier this week strangled her to death because he was angry she wouldn't talk to him, prosecutors have said.
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US says committed to defeating ISIS-K in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): The United States said on Wednesday that it is committed to defeating the ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) in Afghanistan, along with its partners in the war-torn country, and noted the "real" progress in terms of the number of members of the terror outfit surrenderi
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Despite opposition by China, Trump signs bill backing Hong Kong protestors
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill in support of the pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong, despite stern warnings by China that it would retaliate with "countermeasures" if the legislation became law, as it meddles with Beijing's domestic
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TikTok blocks teen's account over viral video on China's treatment of Uigh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): Short video making platform TikTok has blocked the account of a 17-year-old Muslim American girl after she posted a clip in which she slammed China for its treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
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US-based advocacy group urges Imran Khan to reopen Khokhrapar border cross
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): A US-based advocacy group has urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to reopen the Khokhrapar-Munabao border with India so as to facilitate the travel of, both, the Muslim pilgrims from Pakistan to Dargah Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, and Hindu devotees from
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