Новости за 20.06.2016

The US has asked the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to consider and support India's application to join the grouping during their plenary meeting in Seoul beginning tomorrow.

Jihadists of the Islamic State group drove Syrian regime troops out of Raqa province on Monday, killing dozens of fighters in a lightning counter-attack, a monitoring group said.

Facebook Inc shareholders approved a proposal to create a new class of non-voting shares, a move aimed at letting Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg give away his wealth without relinquishing control of the social media company he founded.

Touted as the world's thinnest notebook, HP Spectre is as thin as an AAA battery -- at just 10.4 mm and weighs 1.1 kg.

The Congress on Monday termed External Affairs Sushma Swaraj's statement that India would not oppose application of Pakistan for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as "surprising".

BJP MPs Subramanian Swamy and Manoj Tiwari and party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya lent weight to Girri's protest.

Last year, approximately 200,000 Saiga's died in Betpak-Dala, Kazakhstan, in May, which became a cause of deep concern for conservationists.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday stepped in to quell the simmering discontent in the ruling Congress over the cabinet reshuffle in which 14 ministers were dropped and 13 new faces inducted on Sunday.

The concrete shelter will provide protection not only to the villagers, but it will also be useful to the Bakarwals (nomadic goatherds) passing through the village.

Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL), India's second biggest CNG retailer, will hit the capital markets on Tuesday to raise around Rs 1,040 crore through an initial public offer.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Delhi Police registered a FIR in connection with the Rs 400-crore irregularities in the water tanker distribution management system during the Sheila Dikshit government.

Mateen, a New York-born U.S. citizen and Florida resident of Afghan descent, who has been described by US officials as "self-radicalized" in his extremist sympathies.

Both the Islamic State terrorist group and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the bloodbath.

An all-out war broke out between BJP and AAP on Monday after East Delhi MP Mahiesh Girri sat on an "indefinite fast" a few metres away from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence even as the latter kept on demanding the former's "arrest" in connection with the murder of an NDMC official.

India on Monday announced sweeping reforms to rules on foreign direct investment (FDI), opening up its defence and civil aviation sectors to complete outside ownership.

The southwest monsoon has covered almost half of the country, including the drought-hit Marathwada, even as the overall rainfall deficiency has come down to around 22 per cent, the Met department said on Monday.

A Taliban spokesman on Twitter claimed the first attack, which killed 14 Nepali security guards working for the Canadian Embassy in Kabul in a massive blast that left their yellow minibus spattered with blood.

The rehearsals ahead of International Yoga Day hit the traffic movement hard in Delhi on Monday as the commuters were stuck in the traffic logjams for a long time.

Apart from the main event at the Capitol Complex, yoga day events will be held at 100 other locations across Chandigarh.

During the shedding process, the complete outer layer of skin is shed in one complete layer, after which, the old and worn skin is replaced.

Government's move to relax FDI norms in sectors, including civil aviation, single-brand retail, defence and pharma, will help attract big investments and boost job creation, India Inc said on Monday.

Veteran Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has recently met WWE superstar The Great Khali.

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan Monday said Brexit could be "quite damaging" if it happens, but India is adequately prepared to face any consequences.

A BJP leader in Gujarat's Vadodara, accused of raping a student of a private university of which he is president, has been suspended from the party even as police on Monday launched a search for him after he went underground following the police complaint against him.

In a fresh trouble for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former CM Sheila Dikshit, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday filed a First Information Report (FIR) in the Rs 400 crores water tanker scam.