200 dead after tunnel collapses at North Korean nuclear test site

As many as 200 construction workers are feared dead after the collapse of a tunnel at a nuclear test site in North Korea, the Independent reports citing a Japanese media report. The tunnel was......

Japan: Efforts on to stabilise Nuclear plant

As hectic efforts were on to contain Japan's worst atomic crisis, police in protective gear on Thursday for the first time launched a search for tsunami victims in a 10-km zone around a......

Coronavirus: Indians on board ship quarantined in Japan seek help

An unspecified number of Indians were among the nearly 3,000 passengers and crew members on board a cruise ship quarantined off Japan due to diagnosis of coronavirus cases, the Indian Embassy......

Pakistan government clean: US

Only individuals, and not the Pakistan government, are involved in nuclear proliferation, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has said.The US has held significant discussions with the......

No-contest clause in Ratan Tata's will raises questions on legal validity

The inclusion of a “no-contest” clause in Ratan Tata’s will has caught the attention of India Inc, prompting a wave of interest among promoters of listed companies and business......

Asahi plans Rs 600 cr glass plant

Asahi India Glass on Friday announced the setting up of its single largest integrated glass plant at Roorkee in Uttaranchal with an estimated investment of Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion). The plant to......

Asahi, Shoaib Akhtar & an ad campaign

Asahi India thinks its new ad will do to it what the Amir Khan campaign did to Coca-Cola. The company has just canned a television commercial for its new brand, Stronglas, featuring Rawalpindi......

Asahi India to set up plant in Chennai

Glass company Asahi India Glass Ltd on Friday said it would invest Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) in setting up a plant to manufacture automotive safety glass in Chennai.The plant, the company's......

'Lining up beside Cristiano Ronaldo like video game'

IMAGE: Al Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo shoots at goal from a free-kick during the Asian Champions League semi-final against Kawasaki Frontale at King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, on Wednesday.......

Tokyo Olympics to allow local spectators?

IMAGE: Organisers will finalise plans for spectators before the end of this month after consulting with the Japanese government, as well as the Tokyo administration, media quoted Tokyo 2020......

Will Tokyo Olympics happen in 2021?

Japan ruling party heavyweight calls for $239-billion extra budget IMAGE: An athlete competes in the men's hammer throw event during the morning session of the Athletics test......

Tokyo Games spectacle at risk of further downgrade from pandemic

IMAGE: Visitors looks at a newly installed Olympic rings for celebrating the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Yokohama. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Japan is looking at barring all but VIP......

Tokyo Olympic torch staffer becomes event's 1st COVID-19 infection

IMAGE: Spectators try to touch the torch carried by torchbearer Junko Ito, after her run during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay on the second day of the relay in Fukushima, Japan (Picture used......