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GST is a blessing for non-manufacturing states, says BJP MP

The GST Bill and three other supplementary bills were tabled on Wednesday in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Mar 29, 2017

For the first time in history, India exporting more electricity than it is importing

India exports power to Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar, while importing it from Bhutan.

Mar 29, 2017

Massive 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Russia

The earthquake, which was originally recorded at a magnitude of 7.0, struck 33 km deep off the coast in the Bering Sea.

Mar 29, 2017

PM Modi to visit Washington later this year: 5 things he and US President Donald Trump may discuss

Trump had called up Modi to congratulate him on his victory in the recently-held Assembly elections.

Mar 29, 2017

Watch a Boeing passenger jet go up in flames at Peru airport

A Boeing 737-300 jet operated by Peruvian Airlines went up in flames upon landing at Francisco Carle Airport near the Andean town of Jauja in central Peru on Tuesday (28 March) after it veered off course on the runway. All 141 people on board were evacuated safely before the fire spread to the fuselage. No serious injuries were reported. The right wing of the plane scrapped the runway, which may have triggered the fire, Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio said. The incident took place at about 4.30pm local time (9.30pm GMT).

Mar 29, 2017

Donald Trump signs executive order to roll back Barack Obama's climate change policies

The executive order directs the EPA to begin a formal "review" to roll back Obama's Clean Power Plan, under which states were mandated to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.

Mar 29, 2017

Congress is adopting two revolutionary strategies to take on BJP in Gujarat polls 2017; is Modi changing the Grand-Old Party?

The Congress, which has been out of power in Gujarat for over two decades now, has decided to follow two paths — organisational and ideological — that are nothing less than revolutionary by its standard.

Mar 28, 2017

Spanish police seize £12m worth of cocaine hidden in fake bananas

Spain’s Civil Guard said, on 26 March, that it had seized a shipment of cocaine hidden in fake bananas. Some 7kg (15lb) of the drug was found in 57 fake resin bananas; a further 10kg were found hidden among real bananas. The military force charged with police duties said a Spanish man and an Italian man had been arrested and that a second Italian national was being questioned.

Mar 28, 2017

Happy Ugadi 2017: Best wishes, messages, picture greetings in English to SMS or Whatsapp to your loved ones

Here is a compilation of some Ugadi wishes, messages and picture greetings in English to celebrate the occasion.

Mar 28, 2017

Jammu and Kashmir: Drug peddler arrested in Anantnag; 25 kg of poppy straw recovered

An FIR has been registered against the drug peddler under Section 8/18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Mar 28, 2017

IAF flew 33 sorties with 604 tonnes of currency notes after Narendra Modi announced demonetisation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his decision to demonetise the old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 on November 8 last year.

Mar 28, 2017

Real life Dr Dolittle helps injured animals walk again

From miniature ponies to goats, dogs and other animals, Derrick Campana fashions prosthetics which use non-invasive techniques to help them walk again.

Mar 28, 2017

Jharkhand orders closure of illegal abattoirs despite no data on the same

Interestingly, the government does not seem to have any record of the number of illegal slaughterhouses operating in Jharkhand.

Mar 28, 2017

Drunk and under-aged, Malia Obama 'wanted to punch' a White House correspondent at a club? [PHOTO]

Malia Obama, who is interning in New York at Harvey Weinstein's company, was brashly behaved at a club. The underage teenager couldn't even find her jacket, say eyewitnesses. The horror!

Mar 28, 2017

Iceland celebrated their Euro 2016 victory against England way too HARD!

The little island of Iceland, with a population of 300,000, surprised everyone by winning the match against England and shocking a football powerhouse,

Mar 28, 2017