CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
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World / Asia

85-year-old aiming to be oldest Everest climber dies 06 May 2017 - 06:04 pm
In this photograph taken on February 10, 2017, Nepalese mountaineer Min Bahadur Sherchan speaks during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu. AFP / Prakash Mathema
300 students hospitalised after gas leaks from chemical container 06 May 2017 - 01:23 pm
Children lie on hospital beds as they receive treatment after complaining of breathlessness and eye irritation following a gas leak from a fuel tanker in New Delhi, India, May 6, 2017. Reuters / Stringer
Madras Atomic Power Station unit 2 to restart on Monday 06 May 2017 - 11:24 am
Inside the control room at the Madras Atomic Power Station, Kalpakkam, India.
Discovering the ethereal world of modern masters 06 May 2017 - 11:11 am
Peninsula
Afghan Taliban take district near northern Kunduz in spring offensive 06 May 2017 - 10:47 am
City of Kunduz
Kudankulam Unit-II shut down due to water, steam leakage 06 May 2017 - 09:47 am
Construction site of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant
IAF opens recruitment path for women NCC cadets with C certificate 06 May 2017 - 09:35 am
Indian Air Force
Fuel tanker gas leak in Indian capital puts 30 school pupils in hospital 06 May 2017 - 09:18 am
Peninsula
Government makes top management changes in major PSBs 06 May 2017 - 09:07 am
Peninsula
RBI revises NPA norms, announces penalty on banks for non-compliance 06 May 2017 - 08:46 am
Reserve Bank of India
Much to be done to reach forest cover target: President 06 May 2017 - 08:22 am
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressing at the Annual Convocation of the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), in Dehradun on May 05, 2017.
N Korea accuses US of plot to assassinate Kim 05 May 2017 - 09:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet.
About 200 inmates escape from Sumatra 05 May 2017 - 09:19 pm
Plain clothes police recapture escaped inmates from the jail in Pekanbaru, Riau province, yesterday.
India launches South Asia Satellite 05 May 2017 - 09:01 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation's GSAT-9 on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09), launches from Sriharikota, yesterday.
SC upholds Nirbhaya case death sentences 05 May 2017 - 09:01 pm
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As Trump woos Xi, Dalai Lama waits on the sidelines 05 May 2017 - 09:00 pm
A file picture of Dalai Lama greeting US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize award ceremony in the Capitol in Washington.
Can Hekmatyar’s return help stabilise Afghanistan? 05 May 2017 - 06:58 pm
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (centre), former Afghan president Hamid Karzai (left) and former Jihadi leader Abdul Rabb Rasool Sayyaf attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.
Uttar Pradesh truck accident leaves 14 dead 05 May 2017 - 06:58 pm
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