Gandhi's name and image evoke the "concepts of peace, restraint and passivity, even in the face of violence and extremism" as the world faces both challenges and hopes, General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa said on Tuesday.
US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) on Tuesday unveiled its first full-scale transportation capsule at Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain, which will be ready for passengers in 2019.
Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Delhi govt plans feasibility studies for 11 under-construction hospitals in PPP model
7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Vehicle catches fire during AAI building inauguration near Bengaluru
Grammy-winning composer suspects food delivery man of having stolen his sump cover
Students for Streeties urge Karnataka to scale up ABC, ARV programmes
Strict security measures in place in Mumbai for Messi's events at 2 venues Dec 14, say police
Speaker UT Khader attends local cricket tournament during Bhatkal visit
NIA court declares absconding Delhi blast accused Muzaffar Rather 'proclaimed offender'
Akhlaq lynching case: Brinda Karat seeks President's intervention in UP govt's move to drop charges
J-K CM Abdullah throws open Asia's longest ski drag lift in Gulmarg
At least 13 people were killed and 30 others were wounded after a suicide bombing ripped through an election rally in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday, officials said.
Google will contribute $1 million (nearly Rs 7 crore) towards relief and restoration work in Indonesia which was hit by a 7.5-magnitude quake and an ensuing tsunami that has claimed over 1,200 lives.
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday to Arthur Ashkin of the US, Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada, making her the third woman to receive the prestigious award.
At least 300 million people in the Asia-Pacific region have no improved access to water, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday.
Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 1,234 in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Sulawesi island last week.
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Sumba island of Indonesia on Tuesday, barely four days after a 7.5 magnitude quake hit its Sulawesi island triggering a tsunami and killing nearly 900 people.
Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed him to attend the event, according to several Twitter handles run by Saeed’s supporters.
A French photographer at the centre of a sexual abuse and financial misconduct scandal that led to the postponement of 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature was on Monday sentenced to two years in prison for rape.
