Новости за 24.09.2015

Internet giant Google`s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai on Thursday said the company was looking to renew and strengthen its partnership with the country it sees as a pivotal market in its global expansion plans.

India would soon use indigenous space technology to check illegal mining and guard its mineral wealth using satellite imagery, a top official said on Thursday.

A day before Eid-ul-Zuha, the National Green Tribunal Thursday asked the Delhi government to ensure that no blood is allowed to directly seep into the Yamuna river due to slaughtering of cattle.

A lawyer Thursday moved the National Green Tribunal against the environmental hazard caused by use of fire-crackers during festivals like Diwali and sought the creation of designated time and places for bursting them.

Researchers have demonstrated that a wireless technology allows power to flow in either direction between a 3D-printed solar-powered building and natural-gas-powered hybrid electric vehicle.

Israel on Thursday took several steps, including barring all non-Muslims from entering the Al-Aqsa mosque, to allow unrestricted Eid prayers at the sensitive site, amid mounting international pressure on Premier Benjamin Netanyahu to ease the restrictions on Muslim worshippers.

A university in Britain`s Staffordshire county has issued an apology after a student was accused of being a terrorist, the media reported on Thursday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to raise Kashmir issue during his address at the UN General Assembly, a senior diplomat here said on Thursday.

Sri Lanka should not be allowed to water down a UNHRC resolution on its alleged rights violations during its civil war with the LTTE, according to a prominent rights group which said that the current draft was "counterproductive" to the reconciliation efforts of the government.

Pedro Piquet, son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, escaped an enormous barrel-roll after being hit by another vehicle during the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge in Brazil on Sunday.

Indian ace triple jumper Arpinder Singh's dream of training in the United States ahead of the Rio Olympics 2016 had suffered a setback.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mourned the death of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, whom he considered as his guru.

In more rouble for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti, who continues to evade arrest, the Delhi government on Thursday granted its nod to the authorities to prosecute the former Delhi law minister in last year's Khirki Extension raid case.

Indonesian police have arrested 18 migrants who were stranded in the waters off Java island after their boat ran out of fuel as they tried to reach Australia, an official said.

Ahead of the Modi-Obama talks in New York next week, the White House has said that it expects India to play a constructive role in the climate talks in Paris later this year.

In a watershed moment for cricket, on this day, eight years ago, MS Dhoni-led India won the first ever Twenty20 World Cup defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in a thrilling final by five runs at Johannesburg's Wanderers Stadium.

There is a reason behind your baby's smiles. A new study suggests that toddlers time their smiles to make their moms smile in return.

A team of researchers has come up with a new synthesis method that imitates the way molecules were formed at the dawn of life on Earth.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for unilateral air strikes against Islamic State in Syria if the United States rejects his proposal to join forces, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Beijing advocates the building of a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyber space, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

Ever since the West Bengal government released the top secret files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the debate over the veteran freedom fighter's mysterious death has intensified further.

European Union leaders discussed whether to allow euro zone states to run higher deficits to cope with the costs of the migration crisis, EU officials said early on Thursday, but failed to find a common position.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a rousing welcome by the members of the Indian community here. He is in the US to participate in the United Nations summit on development and give a boost to his `Make in India` and `Digital India` programmes.

Parents of 43 Mexican students who disappeared last year began a 43-hour hunger strike, a day before meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto ahead of the case's anniversary.

The Jammu-Srinagar highway was on Thursday opened for traffic after being shut for two days due to landslides, an official said.