Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara defeated world No. 2 Saina, who seemed to struggle with her ankle injury, 21-14, 21-6 in women’s singles. The World Championship silver medallist will play world No. 1 Carolina Marin in another Group A match on Thursday. Srikanth ....

Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and Mr. Sharif’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz were among those present during the meeting. Earlier, Ms. Swaraj, speaking at a multilateral meet on Afghanistan, said it was time India and Pakistan display “maturity ....

The Republican presidential front-runner’s statement on Monday, advocating a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S.”, was blasted as bigoted, unconstitutional and potentially dangerous for American interests abroad. U.N. spokesman Fa ....

Kerala-born entrepreneur Sunny Varkey, founder of the founder of the Varkey Foundation, launched the prize at the Global Education & Skills Forum 2014 to draw attention to the achievements of teachers. The teachers, two from Mumbai, one each from Delhi and Bengal ....

 As Beijing and its surroundings continue to choke, Chinese netizens are keeping up the pressure to clean up the air and water on a government which has drafted elaborate plans to counter runaway pollution. On Wednesday morning, pollution levels were 10 times higher ....

“We have, in our Bill of Rights, respect for the freedom of religion,” one of President Barack Obama’s top foreign policy aides, Ben Rhodes, told CNN. reacting to Mr. Trump’s comment. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of the Republican Party ....

 Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi, the Centre on Wednesday dared him to give proof in Parliament on his allegations against the government and the PMO on National Herald issue instead of wasting time of the House, after the Congress stalled proceedings alleging political v ....

 Congress members, upset over the 'National Herald' case, on Wednesday disrupted Parliament, protesting against alleged “vendetta politics” leading to the adjournment of the Rajya Sabha. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Congress preside ....

Ms. Swaraj added that the decision had come as a result of the talks on terror by the National Security Advisors in Bangkok on Sunday. In their joint statement, Ms. Swaraj and Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz “condemned terrorism and resolved t ....

Official data from the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board for the last 20 days suggest that the high precipitation and reservoir outflows on November 16 and December 1 respectively were primarily responsible for swelling the rivers. On November 17, 18, ....