17th March News in Nutshell:Important stories of the day
India | March 17, 2016 20:12 ISTImportant stories of the day
Important stories of the day
Important stories of the day
National News-FM Jaitley withdraws EPF tax proposal announced in Budget 2016Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced the rollback of his budget proposal that allowed a part of the Employees Provident Fund withdrawal to be be
National News-Congress should be ashamed of Rahul Gandhi's JNU visit: Amit ShahBJP president Amit Shah today launched a scathing attack on Congress and its vice President Rahul Gandhi over JNU row and said that the
National News-EC announces poll schedule for 5 state assemblies, counting on May 19The Election Commission of India today announced the schedule for assembly polls in five states – Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and
Kabul: The Afghan passport has been identified as the least powerful in the world for the restrictions the countrymen face in terms of visa-free travel, an index by a London-based consulting firm showed on Friday.The
New Delhi: George Aldrich is no ordinary man. One, he works for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the world's premiere space agency. However, it is not his employer that sets him apart.Instead, it
San Francisco: Wikipedia is getting another source of cash for its 15th birthday, expanding beyond fundraising drives that have already poured $250 million into the Internet's leading encyclopedia. The additional money will come from a
Geneva: In what could add to the woes of world leaders who will be attending the crucial climate change summit next week in Paris, United Nations weather agency has predicted that year 2015 could be
New Delhi: Articulating global worries over cyber security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India should come up with solutions to meet the challenge posed by this threat of "bloodless war" as he launched a
For the first time ever, the year 2014 saw India's carbon dioxide emissions growth accounting for the largest share of global emissions growth, according to a new global report. India's CO2 emissions from energy use
Melbourne/London: Thousands of yoga enthusiasts across the world today took to mats and stretched, bent and twisted their bodies in multiple complex postures as they marked the inaugural International Day of Yoga, celebrating the ancient
Suzhou (China): India's Sharath Kamal moved into the men's singles third round at the World Table Tennis Championship here on Wednesday.Sharath defeated 35th-ranked Simon Gauzy of France in the second round. The World No.44 Indian
Chennai: Indian chess Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli exited the World Women's Chess Championship on Tuesday, losing the crucial semi-final tie-breaker to Ukraine Woman GM (WGM) Mariya Muzychuk.The tie-breaker scores stood at 3.5-2.5 in favour of Muzychuk.In
Tehran: Iran has taken “necessary steps” and now it is the turn of the World powers to “seize the opportunity” of sealing a landmark nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said on tuesday.“Right now good progress
Columbus, Ohio: A man who tried to buy an airline ticket using a fake ID was fatally shot Wednesday after returning to his illegally parked car, where he lunged at an airport police officer with
New Delhi: If you are an adventure junkie and snow excites you, how about planning a trip to the world's best skiing destinations? Try gliding on snow at locations like Aspen, Colorado in the US
New Delhi: After a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new
Washington: The US has sent a warship, USS Sampson, to the Java Sea for aiding in the search for the missing AirAsia plane, officials said.The USS Sampson was expected to arrive Tuesday in the search
Bari,Italy: Exhausted and cold but safe, a group of 49 people arrived at the Italian port of Bari Monday after they were rescued from a Greek ferry that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea. Some
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