Kabul: A Taliban suicide bomber targeted a Nato convoy in downtown Kabul on Sunday, triggering a powerful explosion in a rush-hour attack that comes just days after the resurgent militant group overran a key northern city. No casualties were immediately reported from the bombing, which sent a thick plume of smoke rising into the sky, as the Taliban ramp up […]
» Read moreANKARA: At least 86 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers hit a rally of pro-Kurdish and leftist activists outside Ankara’s main train station on Saturday, weeks ahead of an election, in the deadliest attack of its kind on Turkish soil. Bodies covered by flags and banners, including those of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), lay scattered […]
» Read moreEighteen hours aloft, covering more than 9,000 miles and crossing eight time zones: not an endurance test for air force personnel but the future longest commercial flight in the world, intended to start within two years. Qantas plans to connect the UK non-stop with Australia by 2017, using the latest Boeing 787-9 to fly between London and Perth. The airline’s […]
» Read moreWASHINGTON: India’s leading global IT company Wipro has said it will provide new books to tens of thousands of children in need across five cities in North America. For this it has entered into a tie up with First Book, a non-profit social enterprise. Wipro and First Book will distribute 35,000 books to educators and programme leaders in 2015, serving […]
» Read moreNOBEL PRIZE WINNERS, 2015 1. Arthur McDonald | Physics Mr. McDonald is a professor emeritus at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. The research group Mr. McDonald demonstrated that the neutrinos from the Sun were not disappearing on their way to Earth. Instead they were captured with a different identity when arriving to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. 2. Takaaki Kajita | Physics […]
» Read morePakistan has arrested 100 Indian fishermen for allegedly entering its waters, the media reported on Sunday. The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) in Karachi made the arrests and confiscated 12 Indian boats, Radio Pakistan reported. The report did not say when the arrests were made.
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