Jerusalem: A short handwritten letter by Mahatma Gandhi 80-years-ago on the same day the World War II broke out, wishing the "afflicted (Jewish) people" an "era of peace", has been unveiled for the first time by the National Library of Israel.

The Pentagon announced Thursday the deployment of 200 troops with Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia to help with the country's defense in the wake of last months attacks on oil installations blamed on Iran.

Vikram had a "hard landing", NASA said on Friday, as it released high-resolution images captured by its reconnaissance orbiter of the Moon's unchartered south pole where the Chandrayaan 2 lander attempted to soft-land during the ambitious mission three weeks ago.

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday hoped the economy will start looking up in the second half of the current financial year as consumption rises and banks increase their lending operations.

New Delhi: The Washington Post has hired Indian journalist Rana Ayyub as its latest contributing writer to the Global Opinions section, the Jeff Bezos-owned company announced on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Kushagra Rawat triumphed in 400m freestyle to bag his fourth gold medal while Srihari Nataraj created a new meet record on his way to gold in 100m backstroke at the Asian Age Group Championship, here on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday demanded that the winter session of the state legislature be held in Belagavi hit by floods, saying it will facilitate expediting relief and rehabilitation work.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today assured a delegation of senior journalists drawn from major Kannada and English publications from across the country and  National News Agencies that he would resolve the problem relating to extension of lease of BBMP land on which  United News of India (UNI) had built its building more than 35 years ago, within two days on priority basis, a press release from UNI informed.