Koko the gorilla, who appeared on National Geographic magazine cover, could chat, tease and even argue with scientists using more than 1,000 hand signs, has died in California at the age of 46.
Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and best-selling author Charles Krauthammer, who came to be known as the dean of conservative commentators, has died. He was 68.
Facebook has announced to expand its fact-checking programme to new countries that aims to fight spread of fake news on its platform.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said populist measures such as loan waivers and free power would not provide lasting solution to the distressed farmers in the country and sought timely credit at affordable interest rates besides giving latest know-how to them to improve farm productivity.
A Dalit women's collective, leading their side event for the first time at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Thursday, voiced their concern over increasing violence and atrocities against women and called for "structural upheaval" to combat the situation, a statement said.
Kerala: A well known social worker, politician and community leader of Kerala P C Hamza (62) passed away on Friday.
A 12-year-old child was shot dead allegedly for plucking mangoes from an orchard in Bihar's Gogri police station limits of Khagaria area on Thursday.
Bengaluru: Sanatana Sanstha has alleged that the Special Investigation Team probing the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh is torturing the arrested to obtain the confession.
Lenovo India on Friday announced the appointment of industry veteran Pankaj Harjai as Director of its tablets business.
The European Union (EU) on Friday launched tariffs on some $3.2 billion worth of American goods, in retaliation for tariffs US President Donald Trump's administration imposed on imported steel and aluminium earlier this month.
