A S Kashyap Over 90 people have been killed in an explosion at a gas station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, the fire service said.
The victims had sought shelter there from the torrential rains, which had left many people homeless and without power in the city since the last two days, reports the BBC.
Local officials said that the morgues were full and added that the death toll was expected to rise.
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that Jammu would be the first place in Jammu and Kashmir to have AIIMS.
Dr. Singh was addressing media persons in connection with the completion of one year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government at the Centre under the programme, ‘Saal Ek Shuruyat Anek’ in Jammu.
Mizoram Bru (Reang Tribes) refugees in Tripura are reluctant, none of them turning up for identification till the third day on Thursday at Kaskau relief camp in North Tripura district, officials said.
Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday finalised the guidelines for Smart Cities Mission and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
He held a meeting with officials to review the status of Smart Cities Mission and the AMRUT.
Naidu had held meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this issue yesterday.
In a tweet, he said the programmes will be launched soon.
The two programmes aim at recasting the urban landscape of the country to make urban areas more livable and inclusive besides driving the economic growth.
An Egyptian appeals court has reportedly directed ousted President Hosni Mubarak to stand for a second retrial over the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolution.
The retrial is scheduled to take place on November 5.
Mubarak was earlier cleared in a retrial in November 2014 after being imprisoned for life over the death of 800 demonstrators during the Arab Spring, reports the BBC.
The 87-year-old leader, who is currently in the Maadi military hospital in Cairo, was also convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail earlier this year.
United States officials have warned that there is no way to keep a watch on Islamic State’s (IS) online encrypted communications as it continues spreading its propaganda and
recruiting messages to at least 2,00,000 people on social media across the globe.
According to Fox News, Michael Steinbach, head of the FBI’s counterterrorism division said that some companies build their models of business around “end-to-end encryption”.
The officials said that technology was complicating efforts to monitor several thousand IS’ propagandas.
Ed Sheeran might have pointed a finger on Ellie Goulding with his 2014 hit ‘Don’t,’ but the 28-year-old singer claims she has no idea where it came from.
The ‘Love Me Like You Do’ hit-maker said she did go on a few dates with One Direction star Niall Horan, but was never in a relationship with the 24-year-old singer, reports the Us magazine.
She said she absolutely has no idea why talks turned into such a big thing.
Congress leader Manish Tewari on Thursday criticised the decision of the Somnath Temple trustees that non-Hindus have to receive special permission to enter the temple premises, and said “there seems to be a very strange kind of bigotry which is taking hold of liberal and a tolerant ethos called the Hindu faith”.
Speaking to ANI, Tewari said : “The essence of the Hindu faith is that you can be an agnostic and yet be a Hindu. The essence of the Hindu faith is that you can worship one out of the seven million gods.
New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has said he is delighted with his side’s aggressive approach after coming from behind to draw a Test series with England.
New Zealand defeated England by 199 runs in the second Test at Headingley after they lost the first Test by 124 runs at Lord’s. The victory, only their fifth in 54 Tests in England, saw New Zealand level the series one all and unbeaten in seven successive Test series.
Hesson said that they stuck to the way they wanted to play and in a short space of time they got the initiative back, Sport24 reported.
China on Thursday called for a code of conduct pact with India to maintain peace along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), rather than the clarification of the border as proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Beijing last month.
According to reports, Chinese Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Asian Affairs Huang Xilian has said that both sides should try to reach an agreement as past attempts to clarify mutual positions on the LAC had encountered difficulties.
Romance seems to sizzle again between Kate Hudson and Derek Hough, but the pair is keeping quiet about their rekindled romance for the past month and a half.
Sources reveal that the 36-year-old actress recently rocked out at U2’s concert with the 30-year-old dancer where she hugged him and they kept their arms around each other, reported Us magazine.
It is being said that the pair was inseparable at the concert and looked cosy all night.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal would be taking on Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Ya Ching while Parupalli Kashyap would face fifth seed Korean Wan Ho Son in the second round of Indonesia Open Superseries Premier in Jakarta.
After a disappointing performance by the Indian shuttlers in the Australian Open, the talented crop would be determined to do better in the tournament.
Earlier, second seed Nehwal got the better of her Thai opponent Nichaon Jindapon 21-16, 21-18 in the first round while P Kashyap defeated Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-17, 21-7 to advance to the second round.
Congress leader Ajay Maken, in a letter written to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has urged the city government to consider June 5, which is celebrated as World Environment Day, as a ‘Public Transport Day’, assuring that all workers of his party will give up using their private vehicles on the occasion.
“I wrote a letter to Arvind Kejriwal on environmental issues. Delhi is now considered as the most polluted city in world. One main reason behind the pollution is vehicular traffic. At the moment, approximately 85 lakh vehicles ply in Delhi, mostly commercial,” Maken said.
Google is aiming to develop a new app that will estimate the calories of the food from the photos on people’s Instagram feed.
The idea came from DeepMind, a company Google bought in 2014 for 400 million dollars, and it will be called Im2Calories, People Magazine reported.
While the kinks of the app are still being worked out, Google has already filed its patent application for the app. (ANI)
Highlighting the initiatives taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to channelise its significant resources towards inclusive growth of all constituents of economy and society, President Pranab Mukherjee has said that this is an opportune moment for Belarus companies to invest in India.
President Mukherjee said India is a fast growing economy and an expanding market for investors and business partners, and a fascinating land of ancient culture and incredible regional diversities for tourists and academicians.
The airlines plan to preload carry-on bags above passengers’ seats on some flights in order to speed up annoying boarding process.
The new “Early Valet” system would offer passengers the chance to have a steward take their baggage from them at the gate and place it in the compartment above their seats, the Independent reported.
Delta Airline executives hope that it would take some of the stress out of the boarding process and reduce expensive delays before take-off. (ANI)
As per a new study, people who have problems with their sense of smell may be at an increased risk for dying sooner than those who don’t.
The study found that older adults with a reduced ability to identify certain odors had an increased risk of dying during an average follow-up of 4 years.
The mortality rate was 45 percent in participants with the lowest scores on a 40-item smell test, compared with 18 percent of participants with the highest scores.
Lauren Richardson has denied being romantically involved with singer Zayn Malik and sleeping with him after the photos emerged of them hanging out together in Thailand.
The ‘Love Island’ contestant said that it was an innocent picture and she took a taxi home alone, even though she was pictured leaving the club together with the 22-year-old singer holding hands, the Mirror reported.
Hours after the photos emerged, Malik fled Thailand and headed back to the UK for “crisis talks” with Perrie Edwards to reportedly “salvage” their relationship.
A team of researchers has shown how endocrine-disrupting chemicals including Bisphenol-A (BPA) can affect maternal and paternal care when both parents are exposed.
University of Missouri researchers have used the monogamous, biparental California mouse species to prove that offspring born to parents who are exposed to BPA receive decreased parental care by both the mother and father. Scientists believe results could have relevance to human parenting as well.
Former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha leader Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday took his political mentor and successor Nitish Kumar to task over the fruits controversy, saying it shows the twisted mindset of the Janata Dal (United) leader.
“This shows Nitish Kumar’s twisted mindset that a person from the Scheduled Caste cannot access the fruits,” Manjhi said.
“When Lalu ji was in this house was this security provision made? This is not respectable,” he added.
Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said the decision to ban Maggi permanently can be taken only after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) submits its report on its findings to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ( NCDRC).
Prime Minister of The Netherlands Mark Rutte, who will be on a three-day visit to India from June 5-7, is scheduled to hold delegation level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow at Hyderabad House.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) ceremony will be held between the delegations of two countries with representatives of large Dutch and Indian enterprises.
On the second day of his visit, Rutte will lay wreath at Mumbai’s Hotel Taj Mahal Palace for remembrance of 26/11 attacks.
Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has died at his home aged 55, his family said.
The Scottish ex-MP’s death was not believed to be suspicious and the cause of death has yet to be confirmed, reports the Scotsman.
Kennedy lost his seat in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency to the SNP’s Ian Blackford in last month’s general election.
Researchers have discovered that crashing comets caused mystery swirls on Moon over the last 100 million years.
Brown University researchers used state-of-the-art computer models to simulate the dynamics of comet impacts on the lunar soil. The simulations suggested that such impacts could account for many of the features in the mysterious swirls.
Egyptian authorities have reportedly detained two top leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, who had been on the run for the last two years, a security official said.
The New York Times quoted the source as saying that Abdel-Rahman el-Bar, the group’s top religious cleric, and Mahmoud Ghozlan, the Brotherhood’s former spokesman and a member of its top decision-making body, were nabbed from a Giza suburb hideout on Monday.