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Erdogan loyalist to be appointed as Turkish PM

Ankara, May 22:  Turkey’s Transport Minister Binali Yildirim will be formally appointed as head of the ruling party and as the new prime minister today,

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Afghan Taliban leader Mansour ‘probably killed’ in US air strike

ASIA, May 22: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has probably been killed in a US air strike, US officials say. He and another male combatant were targeted as they

Apple’s Cook meets Modi; discusses manufacturing possibilities

New Delhi, May 21 : Showing interest in making Apple products in India, the global technology giant’s chief Tim Cook on Saturday discussed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “possibilities

Two visually impaired women receive Ph.D degrees

Kathmandu, May 21: Laxmi Pokhrel and Sweta Singh have against all odds including visually impairment successfully attained Ph.D degree to become the first blind women students to hold this degree

Deepika Padukone gifts Indian wear to ‘xXx’ director

Toronto, May 21 : Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone gifted traditional Indian wear to DJ Caruso, director of her Hollywood debut film “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage”. Caruso tweeted the

10 metric tons of waste collected from Bagmati River bank

Kathmandu, May 21: Around 10 metric tons of solid waste was collected from the bank of Bagmati River at Buddanagar area today marking the 158th week of the Bagmati Clean-up

Human welfare if all could accept Buddhist philosophy

Kathmandu, May 21: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today said that only if everyone could move ahead with acceptance of Buddhist philosophy human welfare could be achieved. In his greetings

Indian refiners clear part of $6.4 bn dues to Iran

Tehran, May 21:  Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to Iran, Indian refiners have made first euro payments in four years to clear a part of the USD

After Ebola, WB creates pandemic insurance plan

Japan, May 21: The World Bank today announced a new programme to mobilise funds quickly against virulent disease outbreaks after the world was caught unprepared in the 2014 Ebola disaster

Foreign climber who died on Mt. Everest is Dutch

Kathmandu, May 21: The foreign climber, who died on the Mt Everest after suffering from altitude related sickness on Friday night, has been identified as Eric Arnold from the Netherlands,