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  IOC starts probing in 28 new doping cases for Russian Olympic athletes

  Other Sports | December 24, 2016 0:08 IST

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday said that it had opened 28 proceedings against Russian athletes whose urine samples during 2004 likely to be tempered. The IOC said Friday it has opened 28 disciplinary

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  Ebola vaccine found safe, effective in human trials: WHO

  World | December 23, 2016 12:54 IST

  The World Health ​Organisation (WHO) today said that an experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be 100 per cent affective against the deadly virus in a major human trial in Guinea.

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  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights appeals to India and Pakistan for access to J&K, PoK

  World | August 17, 2016 23:24 IST

  Voicing concern over alleged human rights violations, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed “deep regret” at the failure of Indian and Pakistani authorities to grant the UN Human

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  Pop went the weasel and down went the Large Hadron Collider

  World | April 30, 2016 8:26 IST

  Geneva:It’s one of the physics world’s most complex machines, and it has been immobilized - temporarily - by a weasel. Spokesperson Arnaud Marsollier says the world’s largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

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  Lamborghini unveils limited edition 'Centenario' at Geneva Motor Show

  March 03, 2016 22:27 IST

  Geneva: Italian supercar maker Lamborghini has unveiled its limited edition 'Centenario' at Geneva Motor Show. The supercar, the company says, is inspired by a fighter jet.The company decided to launch the limited-production supercar on the

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  HSBC's Swiss, Dubai arms under lens for tax evasion by Indians

  February 22, 2016 18:34 IST

  London: Armed with "sufficient evidence", Indian tax authorities have issued notices to global banking giant HSBC, warning of prosecution against its Swiss and Dubai arms for allegedly abetting tax evasion by four Indians and their

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  Amid shaky start to Syria talks, IS-claimed blast kills 45

  World | January 31, 2016 19:49 IST

  Geneva: A triple bombing claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 45 people near the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday, overshadowing an already shaky start to what are meant to be

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  WHO highlights misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance in India

  India | November 16, 2015 23:01 IST

  New Delhi: Around 75 per cent of Indians who took part in a WHO survey think, incorrectly, that colds and flu can be treated with antibiotics, the UN agency said as it sought to highlight

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  Tycoon buys diamonds worth $58 million for 7-yr-old daughter

  World | November 12, 2015 18:08 IST

  Genava: An exceptionally large blue diamond sold Wednesday for 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.5 million) - a record price for any jewel at auction, Sotheby's said, culminating two Geneva auctions in which a convicted Hong

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  So how exorbitant could be a night's stay at world's costliest hotels!

  Lifestyle | June 25, 2015 16:15 IST

  Have you ever dreamt of living lavish and carefree? Have you ever fantasized the luxuries of the most exorbitant places of the world? Howsoever, far off dreams these may seem, but indeed, there is no

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  Saudi warplanes destroy Yemen's airports

  World | June 20, 2015 17:02 IST

  Sanaa : Saudi-led air strikes struck military and civilian airports here on Saturday, destroying the runways, after peace talks in Geneva collapsed.An airport official told Xinhua news agency that the air strikes destroyed the runways

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  Worldwide displacement of people at all-time high: UNHCR

  World | June 19, 2015 8:00 IST

  Geneva: The number of people forcibly displaced at the end of 2014 had risen to a staggering 59.5 million, which was at the highest level since records began, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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  UN wants Lanka accountability mechanism before September

  World | June 16, 2015 7:48 IST

  Geneva: The UN yesterday hoped that Sri Lanka will put in place mechanisms for accountability and reconciliation ahead of its September session when the long-awaited report on alleged human rights violations in the country will

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  Slight deceleration in trade restrictive steps in G-20: WTO

  June 16, 2015 7:14 IST

  Geneva: The G-20 economies witnessed a "slight deceleration" in application of new trade-restrictive measures, with average number of such steps imposed per month falling to the lowest since 2013, a WTO report said on Monday.However,

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  UN-led talks on Yemen to begin tomorrow

  World | June 13, 2015 11:34 IST

  Geneva: The UN-led Geneva Consultations on Yemen will begin on Monday, officials said.The announcement was made by Ahmad Fawzi, director of information service of the UN at Geneva, on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.According to

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  US Secretary of State John Kerry flown to Swiss hospital after bike crash

  World | May 31, 2015 16:09 IST

  Geneva:  U.S. officials say Secretary of State John Kerry has been helicoptered to a Swiss hospital after a bike crash outside of Geneva, where he had been holding nuclear talks with Iran's foreign minister.State Department

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  Global catastrophe plan needed after Ebola crisis: Angela Merkel

  World | May 18, 2015 18:09 IST

  Berlin:  The Ebola crisis in western Africa showed the world in a painful way that a global catastrophe plan is needed to deal with future epidemics, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday."The struggle (against Ebola)

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  UN chief instructs Syria envoy to seek political end to war

  World | April 10, 2015 10:52 IST

  United Nations: The U.N. secretary-general instructed his special envoy to Syria on Thursday to relaunch a political process aimed at ending the four-year-old conflict, the clearest sign yet that a plan to freeze hostilities in

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  John Kerry lands in Switzerland for make-or-break Iran nuke talks

  World | March 26, 2015 10:12 IST

  Geneva:U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Switzerland to resume Iran nuclear talks as negotiations go down to the wire against an end-of-month deadline for the outline of a deal.With just days until

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  Weekly Ebola cases rise for time this year

  World | February 05, 2015 7:41 IST

  Geneva: The weekly Ebola cases in the three most affected countries -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- rose for the first time this year, according to the latest tally released Wednesday by the World