Bengaluru, April 1: The IH2 technology, which converts solid waste to hydrocarbons, will be a "game changer" that could help India become a net exporter of energy, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday. Pradhan made the remarks at the inauguration of US oil major Shell's Technology Centre here. The centre intends to develop IH2
Asuncion, April 1 : Demonstrators in the Paraguayan capital Asuncion stormed the National Congress building in a protest against senators' closed-door vote to allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.The opposition crowd that deemed the measure illegal was on Friday confronted by police wielding water hoses. They stormed the legislature, broke windows and fences.
Dehradun, April 1: Plains in Uttarakhand are in throes of unprecedented heat wave as mercury on Saturday climbed and set new records in the hill state. According to the Met office, temperatures in Udhamsinghnagar, Pantnagar and Dehradun have broken records set 25 years back. The temperatures are hovering over 35-36 degrees Celsius in the
New Delhi, April 1: Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra and his brother Ajay Chandra have been booked under economic offences act and have been arrested by the Delhi Police early in the day today. The two brothers will be brought to court at 2 pm today. Police had been recieving complaints against Unitech group from home
Lucknow, April 1: The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred many mafias from one jail to another following complaints that they were lording over in prisons, conducting anti-social and criminal activities from even inside the jails. An official on terms of anyonimity stated that, mafia don turned politician Mukhtaar Ansari has been sent from Lucknow to Banda
Washington, April 1: US President Donald Trump on Friday signed two executive orders to ramp up trade enforcement. In one of them, Trump required the commerce secretary and the US trade representative to prepare a report within 90 days, assessing the practices of US trading partners contributing to the $500 billion trade deficit the US
Islamabad, April 1: At least 24 people were killed and 68 others injured on Friday in a powerful blast outside an Imambargah in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. The explosion in the crowded Noor market of Parachinar town in the province came as people gathered for Friday prayers near the women's entrance to a Shia
Mumbai, March 30: Three dilapidated buildings of Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) on a 1.2 acre plot, transformed into a cheerful haven within a year for children undergoing cancer treatment and were inaugurated by Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari. "This is the happiest moment for me to inaugurate the child care centres. Within a year,
Kolkata, March 31: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday protested against the alleged "witch hunting" against its leaders and BJP's "vendetta politics". The protest rally, organised by the party's women's wing in the eastern metropolis, started from College Street and terminated at Dharamtala. Led by the Trinamool Mahila Congress chief Chandrima Bhattacharya
New Delhi, March 31: To help safeguard people's information from hackers snooping on unsecured wireless (Wi-Fi) networks, Norton by Symantec on Thursday launched "Norton WiFi Privacy" in India. The solution will work for Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and iPad devices."Consumers are often overly complacent when it comes to using public Wi-Fi networks, believing that nothing