Greater Noida: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, the HRD ministry is planning to come up with a ‘Think in India’ drive to encourage students and researchers to come up with innovations and new ideas and to keep the talent back home from leaving abroad.Read More

Mumbai: Indian-origin Governor of the US state of South Carolina, Nikki Haley Thursday said she is very optimistic about India and will focus on building ties between the two countries. “We are very optimistic about where India is going and believe that the world is looking at the country enthusiastically.Read More

Ottawa – A former Bloc Quebecois MP is joining the federal New Democrats. Maria Mourani has been sitting as an Independent since she was expelled from the BQ caucus over her opposition to the Parti Quebecois government’s proposed charter of values. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair will welcome Mourani into hisRead More

Washington, Democrats re-elected Rep Nancy Pelosi to another two-year term as House minority leader on Tuesday, two weeks after elections in which the party lost at least a dozen seats in the chamber. In a closed-door meeting of House Democrats, Pelosi was re-elected by voice vote in a race inRead More

Moscow, Germany’s foreign minister, on a shuttle mission between the Ukrainian and Russian capitals, called Tuesday for quickly drawing a division line between the government troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine to save a floundering peace deal. Even though the cease-fire agreement signed in the Belarusian capital Minsk inRead More

Vienna, Iran and six world powers get down to business in Vienna today, groping for the elusive magic formula to secure a milestone nuclear deal that satisfies hardliners in Tehran and Washington. The clock will be ticking though on the second day of a final round of talks, with theRead More

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday for deeper ties with North Korea to improve regional security, a day after holding talks with a personal envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Senior North Korean officials visit Moscow infrequently but the isolated country is trying to counter aRead More

Paris: France will deploy six Mirage fighter jets to Jordan as it steps up attacks against the Islamic State group in Iraq, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday. “French air forces will be reinforced with six Mirages to be stationed in Jordan,” Le Drian told Parliament. AFP

Kiev: The newly-elected Ukrainian Parliament will meet for the first time next week, Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman announced here on Wednesday. “The first meeting of the Ukrainian Parliament will be held on November 27,” Groysman said after the gathering of the preparatory parliamentary group. During the first plenary meetingRead More

Istanbul: Turkish authorities have signalled they intend to go ahead with the redevelopment of Istanbul`s Gezi Park, the project that sparked deadly anti-government protests last year, reports said on Wednesday. The controversial plans to raze the park and rebuild an Ottoman-era army barracks on the site, which is adjacent toRead More