Man travelling with 50 human skeletons arrested in India

Published On: November 29, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Agencies

New Delhi, Nov 29: India's Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested a suspected corpse smuggler and recovered 50 human skeletons at the Chapra railway station in Bihar's Saran district. The arrested man, identified as Sanjay Prasad, was traveling in Balia-Sealdah Express.

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 29: An Argentine judge reviewing a Human Rights Watch complaint against Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked the foreign ministry on Wednesday to seek information from Turkey, Yemen and the International Criminal Court.

“Hanuman was a forest dweller, deprived and a Dalit," the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister had told at a poll rally in Alwar.

Ukraine urges NATO to send ships

Published On: November 29, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Agencies

UKRAINE, Nov 29: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged Nato to send ships to the Sea of Azov following a naval confrontation with Russia off Crimea.

UN report says fragile climate puts food security at risk

Published On: November 28, 2018 03:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BANGKOK, Nov 28: Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land and other resources undermine food systems, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization said Wednesday as it renewed appeals for better policies and technologies to reach “zero hunger.”

Greenhouse gas emissions gap wider than ever: U.N. report

Published On: November 28, 2018 02:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

PARIS, Nov 28: Global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 could be between 13 billion and 15 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius this century, a United Nations report estimated on Tuesday.

HOUSTON, Nov 28: The mother of a toddler who died weeks after being released from the nation's largest family detention center filed a legal claim seeking $60 million from the U.S. government for the child's death.

SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg dies after battle with ALS

Published On: November 28, 2018 10:15 AM NPT By: Agencies

OKLAHOMA, Nov 28: Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants, has died, the television network said in a statement. He was 57.

22 dead in blast outside northern China chemical plant

Published On: November 28, 2018 09:52 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Nov 28 : An explosion early Wednesday outside a chemical plant in northeastern China has killed at least 22 people and destroyed scores of vehicles.

UKRAINE, Nov 27: The Ukrainian government on Monday imposed martial law for one month in parts of the country that are vulnerable to a possible military action from Russia, with the Kremlin saying it will trigger hostilities with pro-Moscow rebel-held east of the country.