2016 Archives

Use of dredged material can reduce the quantities of primary resource needed for activities such as construction and habitat creation

International

May 12, 2016 IANS

Muslim ban was ‘just a suggestion’, says Donald Trump

Republican party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump has demoted his proposed Muslim immigration ban to a mere “suggestion”

International

May 12, 2016 Arun Kumar

House Republicans press speaker to back triumphant Donald Trump

As Donald Trump comes to Washington to meet House speaker, House Republicans are pressing the latter to fall behind the presumptive presidential nominee

Business

May 12, 2016 IANS

No silver bullet to stop terrorist use of internet: Microsoft

Microsoft said on Wednesday that there is no silver bullet that will stop terrorist use of the internet

News

May 12, 2016 IANS

New NATO division becomes partly functional in Romania

The NATO Multinational Division Southeast (MND-SE) became partly functional here on Wednesday, announced the headquarters of the division

News

May 11, 2016 Aroonim Bhuyan

Southeast Asia on radar of two Indian start-ups

Two Indian start-ups — an e-commerce venture and a transportation solutions provider — are expecting to reap rich dividends from Southeast Asian markets.

News

May 11, 2016 IANS

Agusta Westland: Never met Sonia, Manmohan; Khaitan brain behind deal, says Michel

Christian Michel, one of the middleman in the Agusta Westland chopper deal, has said in an interview that he “never met Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh”

Sports

May 11, 2016 IANS

Juventus’ Buffon, Barzagli given contract extensions till 2018

Italian football champions Juventus extended goalkeeping legend Gianluigi Buffon and veteran defender Andrea Barzagli’s contracts till June 2018

Politics

May 11, 2016 IANS

Rajya Sabha discusses, returns two bills to Lok Sabha

The Rajya Sabha debated for over four hours the Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2016, and the Finance Bill, 2016, which have already been passed by the Lok Sabha