An oil tanker with 22 Indians on board has gone missing in the piracy-plagued waters off the Benin coast in the Gulf of Guinea near West Africa, the Directorate General of Shipping said today. No contact has been established with the vessel so far and there have been no reports of a ransom call, it said. “The region has a history ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After a call from Union Minister Rajnath Singh, the disgruntled Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of Chandrababu Naidu has decided that TDP will not snap ties with the BJP led NDA. A final call will be taken if the government fails to announce any provision for Andhra Pradesh during the budget session, said party leader Ram Mohan Naidu. ...

AFP DAINIK NATION BUREAU With China facing a massive gender gap and a greying population, a company wants to hook up lonely men and retirees with a new kind of companion: “Smart” sex dolls that can talk, play music and turn on dishwashers. Rows of voluptuous silicon bodies hang in the warehouse of EXDOLL, a firm based in the north-eastern ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand, where man animal conflict has become routine affairs, state government is planning to increase the ex-gratia and other compensation amount, which is being provided to wildlife attack victims, by 70 to 100 percent shortly. The wildlife authorities have proposed a hike in the ex-gratia amount by Rs two lakh i.e. Rs five lakh from Rs three ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A wide variety of energy drinks have become available for consumers over the years promising to make people feel rejuvenated. But these products may also have disastrous side effects if one goes overboard. A man almost lost his life to brain haemorrhage as he drank 25 cans of energy drinks in just six hours. He was diagnosed ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that Union Budget 2018 is dedicated to middle class. In this budget, people will get the benefit of the world’s largest health insurance scheme. He said this after dedicating and laid the foundation stone of 33 projects worth Rs 15 crores at Tapkeshwar Temple Premises on Sunday. The CM also approved the construction ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Information and Broadcasting ministry is considering expansion of Doordarshan’s round-the-clock news broadcast to around 100 countries with a view to reach out to the diaspora and put across India’s perspective on domestic and international issues, a senior official said Currently, DD India primarily produces various cultural and general entertainment programmes for broadcast in overseas countries. It ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Jammu and Kashmir Police have released a girl, who was arrested a day before Republic day from south Kashmir on the suspicion of being a “suicide bomber”. An 18 years old Pune girl was handed over to members of her family, who were camping in Srinagar, after the police found nothing incriminating against her. Sadiya Anwar ...