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  India performs poor on meeting reduction targets for stunting, anaemia and malnutrition, suggests global report

  India | June 16, 2016 9:16 IST

  New Delhi: India is still perfoming bad on various health indicators, a new report on global nutrition suggested. In terms of of number of children who are stunned under five years of age, anaemia in

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  Al-Baghdadi 'killed in US-led coalition air strike': report

  World | June 14, 2016 12:35 IST

  The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group's alleged leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an air raid in Syria by the US-led coalition, reports said on Monday.

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  Barack Obama could be Hillary's secret weapon in rallying Democratic support: Report

  World | May 30, 2016 7:20 IST

  Washington:US Democratic Party front-runner Hillary Clinton could have President Barack Obama, who remains popular at end of his eight-year presidency, as a secret weapon in her presidential run, a report said on Sunday. There is

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  April 2016 was the hottest month on record for earth, according to NASA

  World | May 16, 2016 9:28 IST

  London: Last month was the hottest April on record, according to new data released by NASA, making it the sixth month in a row to have temperatures more than one degree Celsius above the 1951-1980

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  Indian economy ‘gaining momentum’ in 2016, says UN report

  May 26, 2016 23:36 IST

  United Nations :Notwithstanding delays in domestic policy reforms, India's economy is "slowly gaining momentum" and is projected to grow by 7.3 per cent this year, a UN report today forecast. The World Economic Situation and

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  400 people die everyday in road accidents in India: Report

  India | May 08, 2016 13:41 IST

  New Delhi: In India, over 400 people were killed in road accidents every day in 2015 in road accidents, data submitted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the Rajya Sabha last week

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  Brussels bombers were plotting UK attack: Report

  World | April 12, 2016 21:40 IST

  London: New information retrieved from the laptop of one of the suicide bombers involved in the Brussels terror attack last month has revealed that Britain was also on their hit list. Files from the computer

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  Global merger, acquisition deals down 25% in January-March period: Report

  March 28, 2016 21:54 IST

  Global merger, acquisition deals down 25% in January-March period: Report

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  Indians to make up 5% of global super-rich by 2025: Report

  March 02, 2016 21:10 IST

  Mumbai: India is expected to account for five per cent of the total ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) in the world by 2025, a study said.According to ‘Knight Frank Wealth Report 2016', the country's

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  Islamic State pay cuts forcing fighters to join rival groups: Report

  World | February 08, 2016 17:13 IST

  Washington: The recent defeats of the Islamic State (IS) signify its worsening money problems, desertions and a dwindling pool of fighters with many of them joining rival militant groups after facing pay cuts, according to

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  Smriti Irani likely to get Z-plus security: Report

  Politics | February 04, 2016 10:59 IST

  New Delhi: The security cover of Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani is set to be upgraded following escalated protests against her in the aftermath of the suicide of the Hyderabad University Dalit scholar Rohith

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  India may be third largest economy after 2030: Study

  December 27, 2015 16:36 IST

  London: India could become the world's third largest economy after 2030 and its ascension could see France and Italy kicked out of the exclusive G8 group or its membership increased to 10 to accommodate India

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  Russia offers to build pipeline for gas exports to Pakistan: Report

  World | December 02, 2015 18:49 IST

  Islamabad: Russia has offered to lay a pipeline for gas exports to energy-starved Pakistan that will run parallel to the TAPI pipeline, a proposal that stems from fears that Moscow may lose the European Union

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  India is world's 6th most terror-hit nation

  India | November 19, 2015 16:34 IST

  New York: India is among the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism in 2014, according to a new report which said that ISIS and Boko Haram are now jointly responsible for more than half of

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  Survey finds China passes US in number of billionaires

  World | October 15, 2015 17:20 IST

  Beijing: China has passed the United States in the number of billionaires, driven by the rise of fortunes in technology and manufacturing, according to a survey released Thursday.Despite a cooling economy, the number of Chinese

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  Russian Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine: Dutch probe report

  World | October 13, 2015 19:05 IST

  The Hague, Netherlands:  Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was destroyed by a Buk surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine, the Dutch Safety Board said Tuesday as it presented the results of an official probe into the crash.The

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  Highly engaged hotels rate higher on popularity chart: Report

  September 13, 2015 18:56 IST

  Mumbai:  Highly engaged hotels are more popular as compared to the non-engaged ones on the back of greater communication engagement with the customers, a recent survey showed.The average 'popularity ranking' for highly engaged hotels was

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  Twitter top source for breaking news on social media: Survey

  September 03, 2015 16:41 IST

  Washington: Among all social networking platforms, micro-blogging site Twitter is the top source for users when it comes to breaking news, a new online survey of more than 4,700 social media users has revealed.Nearly nine in

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  India to be home to 4.37 lakh millionaires by 2018: Study

  India | July 08, 2015 20:18 IST

  New Delhi: India will be home to 4.37 lakh millionaires by 2018 with the count doubling by 2023, as a rapid rise is expected in the ultra-rich population over the coming 10 years — making

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  The World's top drinker is an Asian, scientists report

  World | June 19, 2015 11:45 IST

  Made an important discovery last week. There is no masculine way to carry a giant teddy bear and a Disney Princess helium balloon back from a funfair.Never mind. My ego should recover in three to