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Himalayan glaciers melting twice as fast
Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast now as they were before the turn of the century, according to a new study that relied on recently declassified Cold War-era satellite imagery. The study, which appeared in Science Advances on Wednesday,
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Philippine security forces tracking down Malaysian hostages
MANILA: The Philippines security forces are closely monitoring its remote southernmost provinces of Tawi-Tawi and Sulu following reports that the 10 Malaysian fishermen kidnapped last Tuesday by suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen from waters off Sabah were taken to the bandits’
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Face Indian court or get arrested, Zakir
PUCHONG: A special prevention of money laundering court has ruled that Indian Muslim televangelist Zakir Naik must present himself in court on July 31. It also ruled that a non-bailable arrest warrant will be issued only if he fails to
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US may cap H-1B visas to counter India’s data rules
NEW DELHI: The US has told India that it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, widening the two countries’ row over
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Chennai’s water crisis: Man-made problem
It not uncommon to come across newspaper headlines which highlight a water crisis in Chennai. This year however the intensity of the crisis appears worse than anything experienced in recent memory. The scale of the water crisis has now begun
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Miss India Universe Ushoshi Sengupta pens Kolkata horror
Miss India Universe Ushoshi Sengupta narrated her late-night ordeal in Kolkata in a horrifying post on Facebook. Ushoshi Sengupta took an Uber from a five-star hotel in Kolkata on Monday night. Little did she know that the ride would turn
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Trump-Xi may rekindle trade talks at G20
WASHINGTON: China and the US are rekindling trade talks ahead of a meeting next week between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, cheering financial markets on hopes that an escalating trade war between the two countries would abate. Trump said
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Carrie Lam apologises, refuses to quit
HONG KONG: Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam yesterday signalled the end of a controversial extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed after some of the most violent protests since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in
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Dog saves toddler: Viral video makes Internet emotional
The Internet today went abuzz over a heart-warming video of a little girl and her pet dog that has gone viral. The 16-second clip shows a little toddler was walking towards a river to collect her ball. Before she could
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Xi underestimated Hong Kong dwellers’ anger
BEIJING: When Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping announced a ‘one country, two systems’ principle to govern Hong Kong starting with its July 1997 handover from the UK government, guaranteeing a high level of autonomy and freedom of expression for 50 years,
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