Mobile services shut in Pakistan ahead of Chinese Premier's visit

by PTI
Pakistani authorities today shut mobile services in Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi over security concerns on the arrival of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here

Gupta family wedding scandal: India says plane landed after proper 'authorization'

by PTI
A controversy - dubbed as " Guptagate" - erupted and made global headlines when the plane chartered by well-connected Gupta family, carrying around 200 guests from India, landed at Waterkloof Air Force base here on April 29 allegedly without proper authorisation for a lavish wedding

Japan's trade deficit expands 70% in April

by AFP
Japan's trade deficit expanded a worse-than-expected 70 percent on year to $8.6 billion in April, government data showed Wednesday, as a weaker yen made imports costlier

New Xbox One unveiled as home entertainment hub

by AFP
Microsoft on Tuesday staked a claim to the Internet Age living room with an eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One console touted as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond games.

Sunbathing crocodile shocks Indonesian beach goers

by AFP
Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-metre (13-foot) crocodile laid down next to them to soak up some rays, an official said on Wednesday

Vitamin C kills tuberculosis bacteria: Study

by AFP
A team from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York made the accidental find while researching how TB bacteria become resistant to the TB drug isoniazid
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