Jaipur, March 22 : A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case convicts Devendra Gupta and Bhavesh Patel.NIA Special Judge Dinesh Kumar Gupta pronounced the judgment in the case in the presence of both the convicts. A cash fine of Rs 5,000 was […]
VIENNA : Vienna, Austria’s grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer’s list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live.The survey of 231 cities helps companies and organisations determine compensation and hardship allowances for […]
SYDNEY : A health blogger who lied about having brain cancer and curing herself through natural therapies was Wednesday found guilty by an Australian court of misleading the public. Belle Gibson, 25, launched a popular cookbook and smartphone app in 2013 on the back of claims she had overcome the disease through alternative remedies such […]
Washington : Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be as cyber-savvy as President Xi Jinping, specially in their use of social media, swipe for swipe, but his country and people continue to trail far behind China in internet use, almost three times less. At least 71% Chinese either use the internet occasionally or own a smartphone […]
Sydney : The head of Australia’s Anglican Church expressed sorrow and shame after a government report published on Friday said close to 1,100 people had filed child sexual assault claims against the church over a 35-year period. The interim report, which said most children were aged around 11 when they were abused, came a month […]