United States of America: News
24 Dec 2016
Supreme Court Of IndiaNews that will matter to Mumbai and Mumbaikars
Mumbai is set to witness a grand celebration on the eve of bhoomipoojan ceremony of Shivaji memorial.
24 Dec 2016
Donald TrumpUS President Obama permanently bans offshore oil and gas drilling
Outgoing US President Barack Obama banned offshore oil and gas drilling "permanently" in the majority of the US-owned northern waters.
24 Dec 2016
Donald TrumpSyria situation poses uncomfortable question for Sunni countries
The current situation in war-torn Syria, particularly in Aleppo, poses an uncomfortable question, especially for the Sunni Muslim Arab countries supporting rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad and his allies- Iran and Russia.
23 Dec 2016
Morgan StanleyDeutsche Bank reaches $7.2 billion settlement with US regulators
Deutsche Bank has reached a settlement of $7.2 billion with the Department of Justice in the US (DoJ) over an investigation into the mortgage-backed securities.
21 Dec 2016
MexicoExplosion in Mexico fireworks market kills 36
On Tuesday in the north of Mexico city, a fireworks market exploded killing at least 36 people and injured 72.
20 Dec 2016
SoftBank GroupSoftBank chief pumps $1 billion into space start-up
SoftBank's chief executive Masayoshi Son has invested $1.2 billion into the satellite broadband start-up OneWeb, according to reports.
20 Dec 2016
ISISUS got it wrong on Saddam Hussein, says CIA interrogator
John Nixon, the CIA analyst who interrogated former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein said that the US "got it wrong" about Saddam.
19 Dec 2016
WorldDiwali now official holiday in Westbury, New York
The East Meadow School District in Westbury, New York will be adopting 'Diwali' as an official holiday from the next school calendar year.
17 Dec 2016
WorldAustralian Bank accidentally reveals information of account holders
Over 60,000 account holders of the National Australia Bank (NAB) have had their account information revealed to an outside party.
17 Dec 2016
South KoreaSurvey finds Indians to be extremely ignorant
While India, the world's largest democracy, continues to rise in stature and power in the global setting, its success eclipses a problem.
15 Dec 2016
SingaporeTesting innovative solutions for Delhi's pollution
Early next year, a team of researchers from Singapore, India and the US will test the efficacy of retired jet engines to reduce Delhi's toxic air.
15 Dec 2016
Donald TrumpDisney sued for replacing American workers with Indians
Disney is being sued by a group of former IT employees in the US state of Florida.
14 Dec 2016
IndiaIndia one of top-five defence spenders
India now has the fourth largest defence budget in the world.
13 Dec 2016
Mamata BanerjeeLetter demands Rs.50 crore from Eastern Railway; threatens CM Banerjee
A letter reached the Eastern Railway headquarter demanding Rs.50 crores.
13 Dec 2016
Emma Stone'La La Land' leads the Golden Globes with 7 nominations
The 2017 Golden Globe nominations were revealed today by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
12 Dec 2016
Donald TrumpDonald Trump obtains just one intelligence briefing a week: Reports
President-elect Donald Trump is currently receiving just one Presidential intelligence briefing every week, reports said.
10 Dec 2016
Delhi PoliceWhat's Delhi upto?
Demonetization has impacted UP state transport buses and fish and meat sellers in Noida.
10 Dec 2016
IndiaCelebrating Human Rights Day in India
Today, Human Rights Day is being celebrated across the world.
10 Dec 2016
TechnologyE-cigarettes now a public health threat, according to Surgeon General
A new report released by the Surgeon General of the United States includes e-cigarettes as a major health threat to the public.
10 Dec 2016
International Space Station (ISS)NASA pumps $127 million into building a space robot
United States' space agency NASA has announced plans of building a space robot worth $127 million to help repair and refuel the agency's satellites.
09 Dec 2016
ThailandOlympic may get two new sports
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may soon recognize Muay Thai and Cheerleading as Olympic sports. The two sports have already received provisional recognition from the IOC.
06 Dec 2016
IndiaThe suspicious deaths of India's nuclear scientists
Since 2008, 70 scientists and engineers with various establishments and research centres of the Department of Atomic energy have died due to unnatural causes.
05 Dec 2016
MumbaiMumbai, where dreams and distress go hand in hand
Aditi Laddha from IIT-Bombay landed the top offer during campus placements, becoming the first girl from the institute to get a US job.
05 Dec 2016
IranIran's Supreme Court confirms tycoon Babak Zanjani's death sentence
The Supreme Court of Iran has confirmed well-known billionaire tycoon Babak Zanjani's death sentence, according to the country's state media.
04 Dec 2016
AustraliaAustralian school kids develop expensive HIV drug for pennies
School children at a Sydney school in Australia, have recreated an exorbitantly priced HIV drug, Daraprim, on a shoe string budget.
03 Dec 2016
DelhiWhat's Delhi upto on Saturday?
New bars and restaurants are running dry in Delhi as liquor licences haven't been given since August.
03 Dec 2016
Russia NewsUnmanned Russian cargo spaceship crashes shortly after launch
An unmanned Russian cargo spaceship traveling to the International Space Station crashed in the atmosphere six minutes after being launched.
02 Dec 2016
San FranciscoInternet Archive plans Canada database to avoid Trump censorship
With Donald Trump set to assume his throne in the Oval Office on 20th January, 2017, a massive US-based digital archiving organization called Internet Archive has announced that it wants to create a full back up of its database in Canada to protect it from censorship during the Trump regime.
02 Dec 2016
GurugramSolar power cost drops to new low
Solar power tariffs have been consistently dropping and have now touched a new low of Rs.3 per unit.
