India

Pakistan teen activist Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 on Friday. She won the award jointly with Indian social activist Kailash Satyarthi.

J&K government announced that the annual school examinations in the flood-hit Valley will be held in the last week of October.

Sebi has made a contribution of Rs 9.10 lakh towards Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to help victims of floods in Jammu and Kashmir.

The 60-year-old child right's activist had just 200 odd followers before the announcement which soared to 6,820 by 5 PM with the number growing exponentially.

The auction also includes the earliest electric keyboard and a rare 1905 Helmholtz sound synthesiser.

Mark Zuckerberg, is visiting India to participate in an event to boost Internet usage.

Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic was upset by Zheng Saisai of China 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Tianjin Open on Thursday.

President Jose Mujica on Thursday welcomed 42 refugees seeking shelter from the civil war when they arrived at Montevideo airport.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Swachh Bharat" mission could help bring down malaria incidence in the country, according to top experts.

The Lotus F1 team will switch from Renault to Mercedes power units next season as part of a long-term deal, both parties announced at the Russian GP.

The apex court by its August 13, 2013 verdict, had expressed concern over the climate tragedy in Uttarakhand that year and prohibited setting up of any new hydroelectric power project in the state till further orders.

The report was released by Fertilizer Minister Ananth Kumar at the FICCI's 8th India Chem International Conference 2014.

BJP termed criticism by the opposition party as "unfortunate" saying the sensitive issue should not be "politicised".

In a mark of solidarity to the critically injured Bianchi, Russian GP organisers have placed his name above the Marussia F1 team garage in Sochi.

Nokia's Here map app is designed to run on Galaxy smartphones running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and higher, with 1GB of RAM or more.

Boisar police station sub-inspector S K Pote told PTI that a reactor in the premises of JPN Pharma Private Ltd exploded this afternoon killing two and injuring three workers.