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June 11, 2017 8:41 AM

Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan inaugurates India Pavilion at Expo 2017

Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Harsh Kumar Jain inaugurated India Pavilion at Expo 2017 at Kazakhstan capital Astana yesterday. The world class exhibition display renewable and green technologies. The Indian Pavilion showcases several indigenously developed solar technologies and devices of the cou...

June 11, 2017 8:39 AM

Man in Pakistan gets death sentence in Facebook blasphemy case

In Pakistan, a man belonging to minority Shia community was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in Bahawalpur district of Punjab province, for posting blasphemous content on Facebook. This is the first death sentence handed for blasphemy on social media in the country. The sentence is the ...

June 11, 2017 7:34 AM

Adam West, TV's Batman dies at 88

A well known US actor, Adam West died in Los Angeles. He was suffering to leukaemia for some time. He was 88. Adam West rose to prominance in 1960s for a TV series Batman. First appearing in season two in 2002, he voiced Quahog's eccentric Mayor Adam West, described by series creator Seth MacFa...

June 11, 2017 7:33 AM

US-backed force pierces into IS-held Raqa from west

US-backed Syrian fighters broke into the western part of the Islamic State terror group's stronghold Raqa yesterday. AFP reports quoting Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group that this is opening up a second front inside the northern Syrian city.<br/>The Syrian Democratic F...

June 11, 2017 7:32 AM

France goes to polls to elect members to National Assembly

France goes to the polls in two-phases to elect members to the lower-House, the National Assembly. The first phase of election is being held today. The second phase of elections will be held next Sunday to determine the course of French Government and politics. The Presidential contest held last mon...

June 11, 2017 6:23 AM

Pilot diverts EasyJet flight to London over suspicious talk

An EasyJet flight to London made an unscheduled landing in Germany after the pilot became suspicious of a conversation on board. The plane coming from the Slovenian capital Ljubljana landed at Cologne-Bonn airport last night (10 PM IST). <br/><br/>Airport authorities said in a statement ...

June 11, 2017 6:22 AM

Northern Ireland's party agrees to support PM May's minority govt

In the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has agreed to support Prime Minister Theresa May's minority government on an informal basis in Parliament. <br/><br/>The DUP has agreed to support the government on a confidence and supply basis, but will...

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