WORLD, TECHNOLOGY
First UAE astronaut to fly to ISS for 11-day mission on April 5, 2019
First UAE astronaut to fly to ISS for 11-day mission on Apri...
MOSCOW, Sept 29: – The first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 5, 2019, and will return to Earth on April 16, 2019, the ISS launch schedule, shared with Sputnik, has shown.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
Palestine takes US to International Court of Justice over Jerusalem embassy move
Palestine takes US to International Court of Justice over Je...
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 29: The Palestinian authority has asked the International Court of Justice to compel the US to shut down its embassy in Jerusalem, because it violates the Vienna convention, which says an embassy must be located in a host country.
Sep 29, 2018
SPORTS
U-19 Asia Cup: India puts 305 runs on board for Nepal to chase
U-19 Asia Cup: India puts 305 runs on board for Nepal to cha...
KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Nepal's U-19 cricket team will have to get 305 runs on the board to defeat India in the first game of U-19 Asia Cup. India, which opted to bat first after loosing the toss scored 304 runs on the board in Bangladesh.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
Powerful typhoon approaches southern Japan, charts course for main island
Powerful typhoon approaches southern Japan, charts course fo...
TOKYO, Sept 29: A powerful typhoon brought heavy rain and high winds as it approached southern Japan on Saturday, leading to flight cancellations and power outages in several cities.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
India's Supreme Court lifts ban prohibiting women of menstruating age from entering Hindu...
India's Supreme Court lifts ban prohibiting women of menstru...
NEW DELHI, Sept 29: India's Supreme Court has nixed a ban which prohibited women from entering a prominent Hindu temple if they were of menstruating age. The temple's authorities say they will appeal the ruling.
Sep 29, 2018
Lifestyle
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76
NEW YORK, Sept 29: Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s “San Francisco Sound” both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other Bay Area bands performed, has died. He was 76.
Sep 29, 2018
SOCIETY
51 year old neighbor rapes 5 year old child
51 year old neighbor rapes 5 year old child
DOLAKHA, Sept 29: Yet again, a child has become a victim of rape.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash
Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash
WELLINGTON, Sept 29: The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday in Micronesia now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
Legal abortion services can prevent 47,000 women dying each year - UN
Legal abortion services can prevent 47,000 women dying each...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29: “Unsafe abortions cause the deaths of some 47,000 women each year and a further five million suffer some form of temporary or permanent disability,” said the UN Human Rights Council Working group, on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
7 Gazans, including 2 boys, killed by Israeli fire on border
7 Gazans, including 2 boys, killed by Israeli fire on border
GAZA CITY, Sept 29: Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians, two of them children, and wounded dozens more, Palestinian health officials said, in the deadliest day in recent weeks as Gaza’s Hamas rulers stepped up protests along the border fence.
Sep 29, 2018