Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| NASA selects SpaceX for 2022 'Psyche' as | Washington, Feb 29 (TIWN) NASA has selected Elon Musk-run SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency's Psyche mission that would journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. | 29-Feb-2020 |
| I always believed I would be freed: Aasi | Paris, Feb 29 (TIWN) Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was cleared by the country's Supreme Court of blasphemy charges after spending eight years on death row, has said that she always believed she would be freed. | 29-Feb-2020 |
| Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy revers | San Francisco, Feb 29 (TIWN) A US federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump administration must halt its 'Remain in Mexico' policy of requiring Central American asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico pending American approval. | 29-Feb-2020 |
| Afghan govt team leaves for Doha to meet | Kabul, Feb 29 (TIWN) A six-member Afghan government team has left for Qatar where they will meet Taliban members after the militant groups signs the long-awaited peace deal with the US on Saturday in Doha, sources said. | 29-Feb-2020 |
| NZ's Ardern lashes out at Australian PM | Sydney, Feb 29 (TIWN) Visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday lashed out at her Australian counterpart Scott Morrison over his government's deportation policy. | 29-Feb-2020 |
| Putin prefers hotline phone over gadgets | Moscow, Feb 28 (TIWN) Russian President Vladimir Putin is very upbeat on scientific and engineering progress, but still prefers the special hotline phone to any of the modern gadgets, it was revealed in an interview. | 28-Feb-2020 |
| Malay King to meet party leaders to deci | Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 (TIWN) After interviews with all MPs this week, the Malaysian King was yet to identify one parliamentarian with the majority support needed to be the next Prime Minister and will now meet leaders of all parties, the National Palace said on Friday. | 28-Feb-2020 |
| Thai PM overwhelmingly survives no-confi | Bangkok, Feb 28 (TIWN) Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday overwhelmingly survived a no-confidence motion alongside five of his cabinet members. | 28-Feb-2020 |
| COVID-19: Death toll rises to 26 in Iran | Tehran, Feb 27 (TIWN) The outbreak of coronavirus, officially named COVID-19, in Iran has affected 245 people whereas the death toll so far is 26, Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced on Thursday. | 27-Feb-2020 |
| Delhi violence: 113 companies of CAPF, D | New Delhi, Feb 27 (TIWN) A total of 113 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and Delhi Police are deployed in the strife-torn areas of the national capital to maintain law and order, the Union Home Ministry said on Thursday. | 27-Feb-2020 |
| US Jews urges solidarity against virus-g | Washington, Feb 27 (TIWN) The Jewish community in the US has voiced its support in an open letter for "their friends in the Chinese American and Chinese communities" against xenophobia over the novel coronavirus outbreak. | 27-Feb-2020 |
| Saudi suspends entry for Umrah pilgrimag | Riyadh, Feb 27 (TIWN) Saudi Arabia authorities on Thursday have temporarily suspended entry for people planning to visit the Kingdom for 'Umrah' (Pilgrimage) or for visiting the Prophet's mosque in Medina over fears of the deadly coronavirus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. | 27-Feb-2020 |
| BJP may 'play a role' in US poll, party | New Delhi, Feb 27 (TIWN) Ever since the glitzy congregation at 'Howdy Modi' in the US last year there was a murmur, but now a senior functionary of the ruling BJP here has confirmed it with a tweet -- India may "play a role" in the US Presidential election. | 27-Feb-2020 |
| Indian Union Cabinet approves widows, di | New Delhi, Feb 26 (TIWN) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020 to ensure effective regulation of the service and also allowing widows and divorcees to be surrogates, if it was "altruistic". | 26-Feb-2020 |
| 10 wounded in motorbike blast in Kabul | Kabul, Feb 26 (TIWN) At least 10 people were injured when an explosive-fitted motorbike exploded on Wednesday afternoon in Police District 6 in the Afghan capital, police said. | 26-Feb-2020 |
| Imran forgets Pak minorities, attacks 'N | New Delhi, Feb 26 (TIWN) Even as the death toll in violence in northeast Delhi rose on Wednesday to 21, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed that Nazi-inspired RSS ideology had taken over nuclear-armed India and that 200 million Muslims were being targeted. | 26-Feb-2020 |
| Ensure no Pak territory is used to launc | New Delhi, Feb 26 (TIWN) The India-US joint statement sent out a stern warning to Islamabad asking it to ensure that no territory under Pakistan's control were to be used to launch terrorist attacks, and also expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of such attacks, including 26/11 Mumbai and the Pathankot attack. | 26-Feb-2020 |
| Trump says US confronting Pak on terrori | New Delhi, Feb 25 (TIWN) In a major setback to the Imran Khan government, President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated that India and the US were together in their fight against "radical Islamic terrorism" and his government was committed to "confront" terrorists operating from Pakistan's soil. | 25-Feb-2020 |
| Qatar invites Pak FM for US-Taliban peac | Islamabad, Feb 25 (TIWN) Qatar on Tuesday extended a formal invitation to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to attend the signing ceremony of the landmark peace deal between the US and Afghan Taliban in Doha on Saturday, the Foreign Office here said. | 25-Feb-2020 |
| Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak | Cairo, Feb 25 (TIWN) Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak -- ousted by the military in 2011, has died at a hospital in Cairo, the BBC reported on Tuesday. He was 91. | 25-Feb-2020 |
| 'Trump effect' emboldens public to expre | New York, Feb 25 (TIWN) US researchers including those of Indian-origin have for the first time found empirical support for what they term President Donald Trump's "emboldening effect" - a phenomenon where racially inflammatory speech by political elites can embolden public to express their deeply-held prejudices at free will. | 25-Feb-2020 |
| Heavy floods paralyze Jakarta after torr | Jakarta, Feb 25 (TIWN) The Jakarta Metropolitan Region was paralyzed on Tuesday by floodsafter torrential rains lashed the city, flooding several areas of the Indonesian capital. | 25-Feb-2020 |
| Trump will remember warm welcome from UP | Agra, Feb 24 (TIWN) The BJP on Monday claimed that US President Donald Trump, who is set to visit the historic city of Agra on Monday, will receive a warm welcome from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that Trump will cherish for his lifetime. | 24-Feb-2020 |
| Underworld don Ravi Pujari flown to Beng | Bengaluru, Feb 24 (TIWN) Underworld don Ravi Pujari, 52, was flown to Bengaluru from South Africa, where he was arrested a day before, police said on Monday. | 23-Feb-2020 |
| Venice Carnival ended, lockdown in Italy | Rome, Feb 24 (TIWN) The Venice Carnival was ordered shut on Sunday, two days ahead of schedule, and a lockdown imposed in party northern Italy, as authorities scramble to control the country's coronavirus outbreak, which is so far Europe's worst, reports said. | 24-Feb-2020 |
| Turkey hasn't honoured Sochi agreement o | Moscow, Feb 24 (TIWN) Turkey has yet to fulfill its obligations under a 2018 agreement regarding Syria's last rebel stronghold of Idlib, the Kremlin said on Sunday. | 24-Feb-2020 |
| Coronavirus China's biggest health emerg | Beijing, Feb 24 (TIWN) President Xi Jinping has said that the coronavirus epidemic that has killed over 2,400 people is China's "biggest public health emergency". | 24-Feb-2020 |
| Vizion plans tie-ups with European light | New Delhi, Feb 23 (TIWN) Architectural lighting company Vizion Lighting plans to build relationships and collaborations with European lighting companies along with expanding the parnership with Indian lighting designers, according to the company's founder and Managing Director Vishal Singh. | 23-Feb-2020 |
| Role of judiciary to be pivotal in comin | New Delhi, Feb 23 (TIWN) President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday that the role of the judiciary is bound to be pivotal amid dramatic transformations in the coming days. | 23-Feb-2020 |
| As Gujarat warms up for visit, Modi says | New Delhi, Feb 23 (TIWN) Twenty-four hours before the Trumps land in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he is "looking forward" to welcoming US President Donald Trump. | 23-Feb-2020 |
| Modi not to accompany Trump, Melania to | New Delhi, Feb 22 (TIWN) The Centre on Saturday denied US reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accompanying President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania to India's iconic monument Taj Mahal in Agra. | 22-Feb-2020 |
| Prince Charles to meet storm Dennis floo | London, Feb 22 (TIWN) The UK's Prince Charles will meet victims of storm De | 22-Feb-2020 |
| SL committee proposes immediate burqa ba | Colombo, Feb 22 (TIWN) A Sri Lankan Parliament committee on national security has proposed the immediate ban on the burqa and also suspend registration of political parties on ethnic and religious basis, the media reported. | 22-Feb-2020 |
| S.Korea confirms 100 more COVID-19 cases | Seoul, Feb 22 (TIWN) South Korea on Friday confirmed 100 more cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total number of infections to 204. | 22-Feb-2020 |
| Made in India for the world | New Delhi, Feb 22 (TIWN) Rewind. Go back to 1995. Try remembering the Indian pop song and video that caught the fancy of an entire generation and sold around five million copies, with the man who featuring in it replacing Tom Cruise posters from rooms in many girls hostels. | 22-Feb-2020 |
| HK airport to close concourse as flights | Hong Kong, Feb 21 (TIWN) The Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is preparing to consolidate all flights into the main terminal building, and close a newer concourse that sits between the two runways, as passenger flights into and out of the city have dropped by two-thirds, sources said on Friday. | 21-Feb-2020 |
| S.Korea reports first COVID-19 death | Seoul, Feb 20 (TIWN) South Korean authorities on Thursday confirmed the country's first coronavirus (COVID-19) death as the number of people infected with the disease continued to swell since the first reported case a month ago. | 20-Feb-2020 |
| 5 killed in tragic road accident in J&K | Jammu, Feb 20 (TIWN) At least five people were killed in a road accident at Gagwal on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway on Thursday, officials said. | 20-Feb-2020 |
| Thai House votes down anti-coup motion | Bangkok, Feb 20 (TIWN) Thailand's House of Representatives on Thursday voted down the Future Forward Party's (FFP) motion for a committee to study ways to prevent future military coups. | 20-Feb-2020 |
| Using daily moisturisers cannot prevent | London, Feb 20 (TIWN) Researchers have found that using daily moisturisers on newborn babies cannot prevent eczema as previously thought. | 20-Feb-2020 |
| 2 die in Iran after testing positive for | Tehran, Feb 20 (TIWN) Iranian health authorities have confirmed that two men have died after testing positive for the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), making it the first fatalities in the country and the second outside Asia. | 20-Feb-2020 |
| Boeing's crisis-hit 737 Max jetliner fac | London, Feb 19 (TIWN) Boeing's crisis-hit 737 Max jetliner faces a new protection issue as particles has been found in the fuel tanks of several new planes which were in storage, awaiting delivery to airlines. | 19-Feb-2020 |
| US President commutes Blagojevich's sent | Washington, Feb 19 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's vacated US Senate seat. | 19-Feb-2020 |
| Pak PM directs authorities for action ag | Islamabad, Feb 19 (TIWN) Pakistan Premier Imran Khan has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Interior Ministry and other law enforcement agencies to take stringent action against smuggling in the country. | 19-Feb-2020 |
| Afghan air raids kill 12 militants | Jalalabad, Feb 19 (TIWN) A total of 12 militants were killed as fighter planes struck Taliban hideouts in Mohmandara district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, an army statement said on Wednesday. | 19-Feb-2020 |
| Afghan President Ashraf Ghani wins secon | Kabul, Feb 19 (TIWN) Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as President of Afghanistan, the country's independent election commission has announced, more than four months after polls closed. | 19-Feb-2020 |
| Turkey hunts 467 over suspected links to | Ankara, Feb 18 (TIWN) Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 467 suspects over their alleged links to a network believed to be behind a coup attempt in 2016. | 18-Feb-2020 |
| 54% higher rates of COPD in women with H | Toronto, Feb 18 (TIWN) Researchers have found that the rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among women living with HIV was 54 per cent higher than that of HIV-negative women. | 18-Feb-2020 |
| UN chief visits Kartarpur gurdwara in Pa | Islamabad, Feb 18 (TIWN) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday visited Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Pakistan's Narowal district. | 18-Feb-2020 |
| Pak toxic gas leak: 3 more die, toll ris | Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) The toll in the toxic gas leak in Pakistan's port city Karachi rose at eight on Tuesday prompting Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to order evacuation of residents from the affected areas. | 18-Feb-2020 |