Новости за 28.12.2016

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said today he was ready to resume peace efforts with Israel if it stopped settlement building, reacting to a major speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today as biased against Israel and more focused on settlements than Palestinian violence.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 rocked Japan`s Ibaraki prefecture at 9.38 p.m. (local time) on Wednesday, leaving two people slightly injured.

Israel`s attorney-general has ordered police to open a criminal investigation in two unspecified matters involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel`s Channel 10 television said on Wednesday.

Sakeena Akhtar, the only qualified female cricket coach in Kashmir training the under-19 state girls team has been working hard for past eight long years at the Kashmir University.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's demonetisation drive to wash out black money from the country kicked off from November 8, 2016, the emphasis has been on digital payments. With our country marching ahead to become a complete cashless economy, Mobile Wallets, Digital Wallets or e-Wallet apps have hit a major high.

Viral V Acharya, a New York University economics professor was today announced as Reserve Bank of India's new Deputy Governor by the Government. Interestingly, Viral once called himself 'poor man's Raghuram Rajan'.

It has just been a few months and the giant animal is back in news. Remember some time back in May this year, a gigantic alligator, who looked like a full-size dinosaur made his stunning presence at Florida's golf course? Well, the huge alligator named Chubbs is back in the game.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced Delhi AAP legislator Jarnail Singh would contest against Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

Follow Day 3 actions of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka being played at Port Elizabeth.

Stephen Cook hit a century as South Africa took control on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka.

In this image, the planet appears darker in regions where the cloud deck is lower, such the region interior to the hexagon.

With Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav ruling out any alliance and releasing a list of 325 candidates for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, a state Congress leader said on Wednesday that the development was not a setback for the party.

Defence minister Manohar Parrikar's car was today involved in a minor mishap when it scraped past another car here this evening, police said.

Over 60 passengers were injured, some seriously, when 15 coaches of the Ajmer-Sealdah Express derailed on Wednesday morning in Uttar Pradesh.

Over 60 passengers were injured, some seriously, when 15 coaches of the Ajmer-Sealdah Express derailed on Wednesday morning in Uttar Pradesh.

A Pakistani man was arrested by the police for murdering an Indian shopkeeper in Sharjah, in less than 12 hours after the incident, police said on Wednesday.

The team of archaeologists uncovered the garden during a roadwork.

Tightening the noose around Lashkar-e-Taiba, the US on Wednesday designated the Pakistan-based terror group's student wing Al-Muhammadia Students a terrorist organisation.

The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the Ordinance on deadline to deposit old notes.

Prior to each spacewalk, the new batteries will be robotically extracted from a pallet to replace 12 older nickel-hydrogen batteries through a series of robotic operations.

In a new legal development on the controversy over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton`s emails, an appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling and said two U.S. government agencies should have done more to recover the emails.

Turkey and Russia have agreed a ceasefire for all of Syria that should come into force at midnight, Turkish state media said today, but rebel groups said no such official truce had been agreed.

The I-T department has begun the process to examine bank deposits and transactions to check possible black money instances and said once the last opportunity to declare funds in old notes under the PMGKY scheme ends it will be very tough for hoarders.

Tainted former Indian Olympic Association president Abhay Singh Chautala on Wednesday hit back at Sports Minister Vijay Goel.