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Japan culls 122,000 more birds 20 Dec 2016 - 10:19 pm

Tokyo: Japan began killing about 122,000 farm birds yesterday to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said....

4 Filipinos feared kidnapped 20 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

Manila: The Philippine military said Abu Sayyaf militants are suspected of kidnapping four Filipino fishermen in the latest such attack by the ransom-seeking...

Tourists paraded in Indonesia's 'walk of shame' 20 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

Two Australian tourists accused of stealing a bicycle have been forced to take a "walk of shame" through an Indonesian island with signs...

Government floats trilingual Haj website to streamline process 20 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Mumbai: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi yesterday launched a new trilingual website that would provide all information related...

CBSE approves compulsory Class X board exams 20 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) yesterday approved a proposal to reintroduce compulsory Class X board examination from the 2017-18...

China returns seized naval drone to US 20 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Washington: China has returned a US underwater probe it seized in the South China Sea, the Pentagon confirmed after Beijing's capture of the...

Demonetisation a monumental tragedy: Chidambaram 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

Berlin: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram yesterday termed the demonetization of Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes "a monumental tragedy" which has brought misery to...

Delhi govt wants body to clean Yamuna 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

New Delhi: The Delhi government yesterday demanded a special body to clean the Yamuna river. Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain said the...

Would-be child bride calls police to stop wedding 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

Chennai: Karnataka Police have rescued a schoolgirl who called them for help after learning she was to be married to a much older...

Confusion over deposit curbs draws opposition flak 20 Dec 2016 - 10:09 pm

New Delhi: The government yesterday drew flak from the opposition amid confusion over RBI's new curbs on depositing more than Rs5,000 in scrapped...

Norway replaces oil and justice ministers 20 Dec 2016 - 10:07 pm

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg replaced the ministers for energy, EU affairs and justice in her right-wing government yesterday in a reshuffle nine...

France urges DR Congo to 'respect human rights' 20 Dec 2016 - 10:07 pm

France called on the Democratic Republic of Congo government to "respect human rights" after clashes erupted as the president's mandate ended with no...

Britain's Queen reduces royal duties 20 Dec 2016 - 10:07 pm

London: Queen Elizabeth II will stand down as patron of 25 bodies including the Wimbledon tennis championships and the Rugby Football Union, handing...

Kuwait's Warba Bank picks nine to arrange $250m sukuk 20 Dec 2016 - 09:49 pm

Dubai: Kuwait’s Warba Bank has mandated nine banks to arrange an Islamic bond, or sukuk, of up to $250m that will boost its...

Sri Lanka probes 'plot' by Rajiv Gandhi's would-be assassin 20 Dec 2016 - 08:16 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka said Tuesday it was investigating a former navy sailor convicted of attempting to assassinate India's Rajiv Gandhi nearly three decades...

Modi’s holy city shows $1 trillion hidden economy is stalled 20 Dec 2016 - 08:05 pm

In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political base of Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, weaver Zainul Abedin stares at the uneven mud floor of his...

India's war on cash needed a very different approach 20 Dec 2016 - 07:42 pm

As India continues its scorched-earth campaign against cash, the question baffling many analysts is why a country so unfamiliar with digital payments would...