US SUSPECTS CHINA IN goVT DATA BREACH
Washington: China-based hackers are suspected of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. Government personnel office and stealing identifying information of at least 4 million federal workers, American officials said. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday in a statement that data from the Office of Personnel Management and the Interior Department had been compromised.
‘No bar on Indian workers to Saudi Arabia’
Riyadh: The Indian Government has not put curbs on sending workers to Saudi Arabia, the Indian embassy here has said.
US marine chopper crash in Nepal killed 13 people
Kathmandu: The US Marine Corps helicopter that crashed in Nepal while carrying out earthquake relief last month killed 13 people, including a woman, and not eight, the Nepalese army said on Friday.
UK launches Maggi tests for lead content
london: UK's food safety agency on Friday said it has decided to test a few samples of Maggi noodles, after a number of reports said the popular instant snack sold in India was found to have lead content above permissible limit.
ISIS advances on key Syrian city
Beirut: The extremist Islamic State group fought fierce battles on Friday with Syria's armed forces in a bid to seize control of Hasakeh, a key provincial capital in the country's northeast.
NASA's manned mission to Mars possible by 2039
New York: NASA may be able to land astronauts on Mars cost-effectively by 2039 if the US space agency takes a stepwise approach that includes a manned trip to the red planet's moon Phobos, scientists say.
2 mild aftershocks recorded in Nepal
Kathmandu: Two mild aftershocks were recorded in Nepal on Friday. A 4 magnitude tremor was recorded at 2.16 pm with epicenter located in Kathmandu and a second aftershock measuring 4.1 magnitude was recorded at 10.02 am with epicenter at Sindhupalchowk district.