US envoy Richard Verma on Friday visited Mukti Ashram, a transit rehabilitation centre run by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi and NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), and met 52 rescued child labourers....
A billion users logged into social networking site Facebook on August 24 for the first time, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said....
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Police in Langley city have released the sketch of an Indo-Canadian man who, in an inebriated state, sexually harassed a female gas station employee, a media report said....
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Seven Indians feature in Forbes Asia's ninth annual Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting some of the region's most noteworthy givers from 13 countries across Asia Pacific. ...
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday went on the offensive and accused Republican presidential candidates of holding views on women's health issues as those of "terrorist groups"....
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will attend the 10th Annual Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament and the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament to be held in New York from August 29 to September 2, an official said....
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A former deputy treasurer of Ohio has been extradited from Pakistan to the United States to serve a 15-year prison sentence for his role in a bribery and money laundering scheme involving the Ohio Treasurer’s Office....
