US joins Adani Group to build terminal at Colombo Port

By Susitha Fernando | November 8, 2023 1:34 PM

Colombo, Nov 8 (IANS) The US had joined the Adani Group with a half a billion dollar loan to build a new deep water shipping container terminal at the in strategic Colombo Port in the race against China’s acquisition of part of ports in the Sri Lankan capital and the southern town of Hambantota.

5 Indians, including two children, die in Australia pub crash

IANS | November 8, 2023 11:02 AM

Melbourne, Nov 8 (IANS) Five Indians, including two children aged nine and 11, were killed and several others injured after a car driven by an elderly man ploughed into the beer garden of a pub in the Australian state of Victoria, police said.

Indian-origin researcher uses AI to develop vax for gonorrhoea

IANS | November 3, 2023 2:20 PM

New York, Nov 3 (IANS) A team of researchers, led by one of Indian-origin, used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify key ingredients of a vaccine for antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea -- a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that affects more than 80 million people worldwide every year.