Candidate cities 2024 deliver vision, concept and strategy plans to IOC
London, Feb 18 (IBNS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has received the four Candidature Files from Los Angeles (USA), Rome (Italy), Budapest (Hungary) and Paris (France)* for hosting the Olympic Games 2024.
Malnutrition mounts in eastern and southern Africa as El Nino takes hold - UNICEF
New York, Feb 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Across eastern and southern Africa, millions of children are at risk from malnutrition, hunger, water shortages and disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today, citing two years of erratic rain and drought combined with one of the most powerful El Nio events in the past 50 years.
Turkey: Bomb attack kills 28
Ankara, Feb 18 (IBNS): At least 28 people were killed in a bomb attack in Turkey's Ankara city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Starmark to host launch of noqnoq
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IBNS) Lifestyle store Starmark will host the launch of noqnoq a childrens fashionline, an Emami Group venture by actress Rituparna Sengupta and her daughter Rishona Niya.
Donald Trump unlikely to be President: Barrack Obama
Washington, Feb 17 (IBNS) US President Barrack Obama took a shot at US Presidential candidate and a front runner Donald Trump and said he will not be a President, here on Tuesday.
YES Bank ties-up with Ultracash Technologies to enable Sound Based proximity payments
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IBNS) YES Bank on Wednesday announced its collaboration with Ultracash Technologies to launch payments processing through Sound Waves.
Google doodles to celebrate Ren Laennec 235th birth anniversary
California, Feb 17 (IBNS) Google om Wednesday celebrated French physicist Ren Laennec's 235th birth anniversary with a doodle.
Aamir Khan likely to be the face of 'Drought Free Maharashtra' campaign
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IBNS) Actor Aamir Khan, who was snubbed from the Incredible India campaign over his 'intolerance' comment, is likely to feature in the 'drought free Maharashtra' campaign, according to reports.
Suspected SIMI terrorists nabbed in a joint operation in Rourkela
Rourkela, Feb 17 (IBNS) Four suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) terrorists were arrested in a joint operation by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Odisha police and Telangana police, from a house on Wednesday morning, according to reports.
ISIS beheads man for 'corrupting earth'
Al-Raqqah, Feb 17 (IBNS) The Islamic State beheaded a man on Tuesday on grounds of 'corrupting earth' charges, according to reports.
JNU: 14 cops transferred over varsity ruckus
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS) As the protests thickens at the JNU campus due to the arrest of their student leader on sedition charges, 14 senior Delhi cops have been transferred, according to reports.
At Security Council, UN relief chief spotlights need to end human catastrophe in Yemen
New York, Feb 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS) With a human catastrophe unfolding in Yemen, the Security Council and the international community must urge the parties to the conflict to ensure unconditional and sustained humanitarian access to all parts of the country, and take greater measures to protect civilians, the top United Nations emergency relief official said today.
Starmark to host launch of Harsho Mohan Chattorajs Ghosts of Kingdoms Past
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IBNS): Lifestyle store Starmark, in association with Penguin Books Ltd., will host the launch of Harsho Mohan Chattorajs book Ghosts of Kingdoms Past.
Syria: Russian aerial bombardment kills 5 civilians
Al-Herak, Feb 16 (IBNS) Russian airstrikes has targeted Al-Herak town in Syria which left five people killed, reports said.
Gas explosion collapses Russian building, 7 killed
Moscow, Feb 16 (IBNS) At seven person was killed as a five-storey building collapsed in Russia's Yaroslavl city following a gas explosion on Tuesday, media reports said.
Kannur: BJP worker hacked to death, state unit cry foul against CPM
Kannur, Feb 16 (IBNS) A 27-year old BJP worker was hacked to death by CPM, the Kerala state BJP alleged on Tuesday.
Muzaffarnagar: BJP wins by-polls
Muzaffarnagar, UP, Feb 16 (IBNS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday edged past its closest rival Samajwadi Party to win by-poll in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, according to reports.
Pakistan's Islamabad city elects its first Mayor
Islamabad, Feb 16 (IBNS) Pakistan's Islamabad has elected its first Mayor, media reports said.
UN experts urge Nigeria to make areas freed from Boko Haram 'truly safe' for returnees
New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations human rights experts have urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for the displaced persons to return.
Ex- Delhi University lecturer arrested on sedition charges
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IBNS): The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested ex-Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani over sedition and other charges.
Manipal ProLearn offers Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services
Bangalore, Feb 12 (IBNS) Manipal ProLearn has launched a certification course in Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Autorickshaw drivers call for a day's strike in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS) Protesting against private taxi company Ola and Uber, the autorickshaw drivers of Mumbai have called for a day's strike on Monday, according to reports.
Snapdeal employee case: 5 men arrested for kidnapping Dipti Sarna
Ghaziabad, Feb 15 (IBNS) Probing the Snapdeal employee kidnapping case, five men were arrested by the police on Monday, according to reports.
World T20: West Indies confirm 12 contracts
St. Johns, Feb 15 (IBNS) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said it received 12 signed contracts from players who were selected for the upcoming 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
F-16: Pakistan 'surprised' over India's disappointment
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IBNS): Pakistan has expressed 'surprise' over India's disappointment over the United States' decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to the Asian nation.
Pakistan: Van hit by train, 8 killed
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IBNS) At least eight people were killed as a van was hit by Lahore-bound Fareed Express close to the near Allah Dino Saand railway station in Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Make in India fire mishap was frightening: Amitabh Bachchan
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS) Actor Amitabh Bachchan has said the fire mishap during a cultural event of the Make in India week programme was 'frightening'.
Syria: for first time in months, UN agency delivers aid to residents of Yarmouk camp
New York, Feb 15 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations relief agency charged with the well-being of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East has been able to deliver urgently needed humanitarian supplies to the civilian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk, on the outskirts Damascus, for the first time in nine months.
All Make in India week programs will be conducted as scheduled: Maha CM
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IBNS): A day after a fire mishap hit a cultural event, the Maharashtra government has said that the Make in India week programmes will be conducted as per schedule.
Anti-India slogan: JNU on the boil, police cracks down on campus
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): Several students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi have been barred from academic activities over the incident of anti-India slogans within the campus in support of hanged Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, even as tension ran high on the campus after a students' union leader was arrested over sedition charges and police searched for more student suspects in the slogan shouting.
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