AI pilots say they are ready for talks, management is not
The agitating pilots of Air India on Saturday said they are willing to hold unconditional talks with the government to end the impasse caused by their five-day strike, but claimed the management is no
Now Pakistani men face revenge acid attacks from women
Using acid as a weapon to disfigure women has become a worrying trend in Pakistan. But now the tables seem to have been turned on them and Pakistani men are reported to be facing the brunt of ‘revenge
Pinarayi Vijayan will meet Dange's fate: VS Achuthanandan
In stinging remarks, CPI-M veteran V. S. Achuthanandan warned on Saturday that his party rival Pinarayi Vijayan will soon meet the fate of the once iconic Indian Communist S. A. Dange who was shown th
US takes India to WTO over poultry import bar
The United States has asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule on its assertion that India's restrictions on imports of US poultry meat and chicken eggs violates its WTO obligations.
The US r
India's forex reserves fall by $2.187 billion
India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves declined by $2.187 billion to $293.17 billion for the week ended May 4, official data showed.
Forex reserves had risen by $758.3 million to $295.36 billion
'Introvert' Chinese lady loses civil service race
A 27-year-old Chinese woman, who was ranked among the top in a civil service test, was eliminated from the race because she was an ‘introvert’.
Huang Hong had cleared the China Insurance Regulatory C
Russian beats up cop on girlfriend's request
A man in Russia has been detained for beating up a traffic policeman who dared to reprimand his girlfriend for riding a motorbike without a helmet, RIA Novosti reported.
The young woman, whose name w
Austrian to circumnavigate world in small plane
In a daredevil effort with a single-engine small aircraft, a 44-year-old Austrian recreational pilot has set off on a 48,000-km-long trip to circumnavigate the world.
Helmuth Lehner, a father of thre
NCERT advisor's office ransacked over cartoon
Republican Party of India activists ransacked the office of an NCERT advisor, Suhas Palshikar, here on Saturday, a day after he resigned in the wake of a row over a cartoon on B.R. Ambedkar in a schoo
Three Britons travel round the world in taxi!
Three Britons in their 20s have undertaken a record-breaking trip around the world in a cab, travelling over 43,000 miles (over 69,000 km) and putting 80,000 pounds (about $128,600) on the meter.
The