Modi looking forward to visiting Islamabad for SAARC summit
People living in glass houses should not be throwing stones at others, the Indian envoy in Pakistan has said as he described Kashmir as an internal matter of India.
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How NASA aims to tackle medical emergencies in deep space
A team of experts is working with NASA to determine what medical training and technology astronauts need so that they can respond to any emergency like a heart attack, even when they have lost contact with the Earth.
A journey to sainthood
Mother Teresa will enter into sainthood on September 4, 2016, after a relatively short period of 19 years since her passing away on September 5, 1997. Pope Francis recently recognised a second miracle attributed to her intercession which ‘cured’ a Brazilian patient, awaiting surgery, of an incurable infection in his brain.
NRAI felicitates Abhinav Bindra on his retirement
The president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), Raninder Singh, showered praise on the former World and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra who had closed his brilliant shooting career with a blitzkrieg in the Rio Olympics.
Mother Teresa declared Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, praising the tiny nun for having taken in society’s most unwanted and for having shamed world leaders for the “crimes of poverty they themselves created.”
Newly discovered fish named after Obama
Scientists have named a small maroon and gold fish species after the U.S. President Barack Obama which was discovered 300 feet deep in the waters off Kure Atoll in the Pacific ocean.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), 12 km northwest of the town of Hinatuan, the USGS said.
Another milestone for Serena; enters last 16
Another win, another milestone for Serena Williams who rolled into the U.S. Open last 16 on Saturday by crushing Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-2 6-1 to collect grand slam victory number 307 — the most by a woman in the Open era.
Rosberg pounces on Hamilton at Monza
Nico Rosberg closed the gap to Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One standings to just two points as a shocking start ruined the reigning champion’s Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Revlon Miss Universe Sri Lanka – 2016
Jayanthi De Silva was crowned Revlon Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2016 by the Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2015, Marianne Page at the glittering finale of the pageant at the Hilton Colombo.