Новости за 23.06.2016

British bookmakers on Thursday afternoon revealed that the final flurry of bets placed on the outcome of the "In/Out" referendum on European Union (EU) membership were strongly backing an "In" result.

Hurricane-force winds, freak hailstorms, pounding rain and a tornado killed 78 people in China`s eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday and injured nearly 500 others, Xinhua reported.

Republican Donald Trump has forgiven nearly $50 million in loans he made to his presidential campaign, he said on Thursday, signalling to donors that future contributions will be used to fight Democrat Hillary Clinton and not to repay himself.

As polling in Britain on whether to Remain or Leave the European Union nears the end, surveys show that the results could still go either way.

In a major development, BJP on Thursday dared the Bihar government to ban ongoing meeting of the VHP in Patna.

Firing a fresh salvo, Swamy targeted Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das while making light of FM Jaitley's support for the official, saying that he can directly speak to the prime minister on the issues raised by him.

The Colombian government and the FARC rebel force signed a definitive ceasefire and disarmament agreement Thursday, one of the last steps on the path to ending their half-century conflict.

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The Indian aerospace industry should enhance its capacity to meet the growing demand for space-based services, India's space agency ISRO said on Thursday.

If a team of astronomers are right, then the future gravitational wave detectors are going to be busy as a beaver.

The Delhi Police on Thursday denied allegations of the ruling AAP that the probe into the murder of NDMC estate officer M.M. Khan is being influenced politically, while noting there was "no evidence" against BJP MP Mahesh Girri and former legislator Kanwar Singh Tanwar.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday turned his guns on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and sought from IIT-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) the details of his admission in the premier institute.

Israel accused the Palestinian president of libelling the Jewish people after he charged Thursday that rabbis had called for Palestinian wells to be poisoned.

More than two dozen trains were diverted through other routes late on Thursday after traffic on the busy Delhi-Howrah rail route was brought to a grinding halt after a crane fell on the rail tracks in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, officials said.

Volkswagen admitted in September that it had installed software on diesel cars that tricked US emissions tests into showing the cars met environmental standards. After testing, the device switched off, allowing the vehicles to spew up to 40 times the permitted amounts of nitrogen oxides.

The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Thursday said it has summoned Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra to appear on July 4 for questioning in the alleged water tanker scam.

Popular fast-food chain KFC India has introduced a new meal box 'Watt a Box' that will help you charge your phone while you enjoy a 5-in-1 meal.

About 4,500 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said, adding that the body of one person had been recovered.

Bumrah scalped 5 wkts in three-match T20Is series against Zimbabwe to become India's highest ranked bowler in the format.

Vikas entered the semifinals of the AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku to book a Rio berth.

A top ex-minister of Brazil`s suspended president Dilma Rousseff became the latest official to get arrested in a sprawling corruption probe on Thursday, authorities said.

The US space agency NASA's Juno spacecraft will soon enter orbit around the largest planet, Jupiter in few weeks.

BCCI president Anurag Thakur named former India skipper Anil Kumble as the head coach for the next one year.

Hurricane-force winds, freak hailstorms, pounding rain and a tornado killed 78 people in China`s eastern province of Jiangsu on Thursday and injured nearly 500 others, 200 of them critically, Xinhua reported.

Railways Thursday said no changes are being made to rules regarding booking and cancellation of wait-listed and Tatkal tickets from July 1 as has been reported on some social media platforms.