Politics

French FM Fabius seen dozing at Algiers conference

Images of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius nodding off while attending a conference in Algiers have caused a buzz on social networks.

Jun 11, 2014

Likud's Reuven Rivlin becomes 10th president of Israel

Reuven Rivlin, a far-right member of Israel's ruling Likud, was on Tuesday elected by parliament to be the nation's 10th president when Shimon Peres steps down in July, the speaker said.

Jun 11, 2014

Fish medicine administered to patients in Hyderabad

Hundreds of asthma-sufferers gather on an auspicious day to subject themselves to a traditional medicine, which is placed in the mouth of a live fish before being slipped into the patients' mouths. Duration: 00:33

Jun 10, 2014

Syrian state TV shows prisoner release in central Hama

Syria has begun releasing prisoners from government jails under a general amnesty announced by President Bashar al-Assad, human rights lawyers told AFP on Tuesday. Duration: 00:24

Jun 10, 2014

Murder trial opens for S. Korea ferry captain and crew

The murder trial opens of the captain and crew from the South Korean ferry disaster, in a heated atmosphere that has raised concerns about a fair hearing. Duration: 00:37

Jun 10, 2014

'Flash mob' of paper mache pandas tours Hong Kong

An army of paper mache pandas tours Hong Kong as part of a charity campaign to promote conservation of the endangered bears. Duration: 00:37

Jun 10, 2014

Pakistan repels second Taliban attack on Karachi airport

Taliban gunmen attacked a security post outside Pakistan's Karachi airport on Tuesday, a day after an all-night siege by the militants left 37 dead and shredded a tentative peace process. Duration: 00:36

Jun 10, 2014

Ukraine, Russia in crisis talks on gas, insurgency

Ukraine's week of tough negotiations with Russia, aimed at ending a separatist insurgency and averting a gas cut-off, got off to a rocky start as a round of gas talks broke up early Tuesday without a deal.

Jun 10, 2014

FM-Banks Meet: Uday Kotak stresses on mutual fund rather than gold and property investment

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of a leading private bank, Kotak Mahindra, Uday Kotak said on Tuesday that there needs to be a significant boost for India s financial savers and it is important to move people away from property and gold investments to mutual funds. Banking Secretary GS Sandhu said the government is examining all suggestions put forth by the banking institution heads. Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India, Rajeev Rishi, said the discussions were mostly on funding for bank infrastructures and capitalisation and infrared ink issue was discussed in detail.

Jun 10, 2014

Power outages hit Gilgit Baltistan

Gilgit Baltistan, June 10: The erratic supply of electricity has made life difficult for the people of Gilgit Baltistan. Even though the region has abundance of water resources, the Pakistan government has failed to ensure that the remote region gets a proper supply of power.

Jun 10, 2014

BJP reacts over its leader Omveer Singh's death

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): BJP on Tuesday reacted over its leader Omveer Singh's death. Singh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Muzaffarnagar on Tuesday. The 40-year-old victim was on his way to Meerapur village when he was shot dead by two gunmen on motorcycle.

Jun 10, 2014

Government to launch vaccination drive against Encephalitis

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, on Tuesday said that government would launch vaccination programme against Japanese Encephalitis in affected states of the country. Addressing mediapersons in New Delhi, Vardhan said the vaccination programme would be taken up on the lines of pulse polio initiatives. The vaccination drive will be held in districts of northern Uttar Pradesh state and eastern Bihar province. He added Prime Minister Narendra Modi had showed concern over the recent deaths of children due to the disease.

Jun 10, 2014

Arun Jaitley lashes out at UPA govt in first speech as FM

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Arun Jaitley, in his first address in the Parliament as the Finance Minister of the present NDA government, tore into the UPA, accusing the last government for leaving the country in shambles. Jaitley said that the massive victory that his party secured in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls had increased the burden on them to perform and meet the expectations of the people.

Jun 10, 2014

Japanese firms going green to protect environment

Japan, June 10 (ANI): ORIX Corporation has been operating "Agatsuma Biomass Power Plant" in Gunma Prefecture of Japan. The plant is the country's third-largest wood chip-fired thermal power station. Agatsuma Biomass Power Plant uses 100 per cent wood chip biomass as fuel to heat a boiler. And then, using the steam from the boiler to power a turbine to generate electricity. This plant has a power generation capacity of 13,600 kW, with annual power transmission at 85 million kWh to local household and business consumers. The use of biomass resources as an alternative to fossil fuels, not only helps to reduce CO2 emissions, but also enables more environmentally friendly power generation through the use of thermal recycling technology. However, with the growth of the car ownership, automobile is becoming as a major source of environmental impacts related to air pollution and global warming.

Jun 10, 2014

Suspected ISIL militants seize Iraqi City of Mosul

Iraq, June 10 (ANI): Insurgents, reportedly fighters of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) assumed full control of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city on Tuesday. According to sources, after seize of Mosul, Terrorist organization ISIL took control over all of Mosul's government facilities, airports, central bank holding billions of Iraqi currencies. The seize came after days of heavy clashes with government forces, wherein at least 30 people were killed in a double bombing which targetted the offices of a Kurdish political party in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmato on Monday itself. A car bomb blew up at a checkpoint near the local headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, before a truck packed with explosives was detonated beside a wall late Monday.

Jun 10, 2014