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Dark matter and exoplanet discoveries win Nobel Physics Prize

8:15 pm October 8, 2019

Stockholm: Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for research that increases the understanding of our place in the Universe. Peebles won one-half of the prize “for theoretical discoveries that have contributed to our understanding of how the Universe evolved after the Big […]

At rallies in Bihar, Rajnath touches upon Gilgit-Baltistan

Rajnath Singh to hold talks with French President before sortie in Rafale jet

3:03 pm October 8, 2019

Paris: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday and receive the first of the 36 Rafale aircraft in the French port city of Bordeaux, where he will perform ‘Shastra Puja’ on the occasion of Dussehra and take a sortie in the fighter jet. “Delighted to be in France. […]

No claimants for dormant Swiss accounts of Indians; some may get liquidated soon

India gets first tranche of Swiss bank account details under automatic exchange framework

6:59 pm October 7, 2019

New Delhi/Berne: India has got first tranche of swiss bank account details of its nationals under a new automatic information exchange pact, a major milestone in the government’s fight against black money stashed abroad India is among 75 countries with which Switzerland’s Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has exchanged information on financial accounts within the framework […]

France admits ‘failings’ over Paris police attacker’s radicalisation

11:32 pm October 6, 2019

Paris: France’s interior minister acknowledged Sunday that officials should have kept a closer eye on the Paris police employee who stabbed four colleagues to death last week, after investigators found evidence he had supported an extreme version of Islam. “Obviously, there were failings,” Christophe Castaner told TF1 television, but he said he would not resign […]

EU’s Juncker warns of problems in UK Brexit offer

11:12 pm October 2, 2019

Brussels: European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday that there are “problematic points” in Britain’s new proposed Brexit withdrawal deal. Juncker highlighted concerns about London’s proposed customs regime aimed at avoiding checks on the border between British-ruled Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland. But he recognised “positive advances” in the […]