New Delhi: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 40-million people each year, says World Health Organisation (WHO). Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and...

SINGAPORE: Muslims in Asia celebrated the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday today with prayers for peace as they marked the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan. As at the start of...

ISLAMABAD: China's foreign minister has urged leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve relations and establish a crisis prevention and management mechanism during visits to both countries, the Chinese foreign...

LAHORE: An oil tanker crashed on a road in Pakistan today and 132 people, many of whom had rushed to collect leaking fuel, were killed when it exploded, apparently after...

China: Rescue workers in southwestern China pulled bodies out of piles of rock and mud today as they searched for 93 people missing after a landslide buried a mountain village,...

More than 700 people were evacuated from homes, campsites and hotels due to the threat from a forest fire in southern Spain, emergency services said today. Like much of Spain,...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerje today congratulated shuttler Kidambi Srikanth for his winning singles title in Australia. Kidambi Srikanth clinched his fourth Super series title after winning the...

Undated: Premier League champions Chelsea will find it difficult to replace influential striker Diego Costa if he departs in the current transfer window, club legend Frank Lampard has said. Costa,...

Mumbai: Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia has assured exporters that they would not be adversely affected by GST, and the new tax regime would rather make exports more competitive. The Commerce...

New Delhi: Traders association Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) today said it will hold 100 GST Clinics across the country to educate its members from July 1, 2017, the...