Colombo: Ranil Wickremesinghe was today sworn in as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister for the fourth time following his party’s victory in the parliamentary polls, as the country’s two major political parties signed a power- sharing deal to form a national unity government. Wickremesinghe’s victory in Monday’s election thwarted a political comeback by the country’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, months after […]
» Read moreJohnnesburg: One of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons has appeared in a South African court on charges of rape. A judge will decide on Friday whether Mbuso Mandela will be granted bail. The 24-year-old is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl. Members of the Mandela family were in the cramped courtroom as Mbuso Mandela appeared in court for the second time this […]
» Read moreMUMBAI: Justice M L Tahilyani, who had sentenced Pakistan terrorist Mohamed Ajmal Kasab to death for his role in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, retires on Friday as a Bombay high court judge after 28 years of distinguished judicial service. Justice Tahilyani is slated to take up a new assignment as the Lok Ayukta of Maharashtra on August 24. Justice Tahilyani […]
» Read moreAshwani Lohani, Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) official, was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of national carrier Air India Ltd, for three years. He will be replacing Rohit Nandan, whose extended tenure ends tomorrow. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved appointment of Mr. Lohani, a 1980 batch IRSME officer, as CMD, Air India Ltd, for […]
» Read moreNagapattinam: The carcass of a 33-feet-long whale was washed up on the shores of a village beach near Tarangambadi in Nagapattinam district. Forest Ranger Gopinath said the carcass was sighted by fishermen of Chinnagudi village. The whale weighed five tonnes, Gopinath said. Since the carcass was highly decomposed, the forest department did an autopsy on the spot. It was later […]
» Read moreBengaluru: Watch out Sundar Pichai. There’s a high school project that tops Google’s main cash cow, the search engine. Sixteen-year-old Anmol Tukrel, an Indian-origin Canadian citizen has designed a personalized search engine that claims to be as high as 47% more accurate than Google, and about 21% more accurate on an average. Tukrel, who just completed his tenth grade, said […]
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