Washington: President Barack Obama, marking his final Fourth of July in the White House, said freedom isn’t something that “just happens” but must be defended every single day. US President Barack Obama speaks during an Independence Day celebration at the White House. Obama said it’s important that people remember what “a miracle” the US is and how “incredibly lucky we are that people generations ago were... 

Lenovo is not a name when you think of gaming laptops but the company has just launched the Ideapad Y700 which is a sub Rs 1-lakh notebook capable of running the latest games. Lenovo has priced it at Rs 99,990 which also includes includes a Lenovo Y Gaming Backpack. Lenovo Ideapad Y700 gaming laptop. If you throw in an extra Rs 2,499, Lenovo will offer accessories worth Rs 12,999 including a Lenovo Y Gaming surround sound headset which comes with... 

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday condemned the terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia which killed at least four security men and has urged for international anti-terror response. “The government and people of Pakistan are deeply shocked and saddened over the terrorist attacks in holy land and share the pain and grief of their Saudi brethren,” Sharif said. The suicide... 

File Photo – PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping BEIJING, CHINA: In China, the state-run media is continuing a sharply critical analysis of India’s bid to enter the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which was thwarted by Beijing last month. A state-run daily today said India is “still stuck in the 1962 war mindset” as it called for a more objective evaluation of Beijing’s stand. “The Indian public... 

Narendra Modi’s Cabinet reshuffle is important as the government needs to fill vacancies before the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament that begins July 18. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office has intimated the Rashtrapati Bhavan that the Cabinet expansion will take place Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday reshuffle his council of ministers at a ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The function, on... 

Samsung Galaxy S7 was first launched in February this year. Samsung will sell unlocked versions of its flagship Galaxy S7 phones in the U.S. so consumers can switch carriers more easily. Although two-year service contracts are now rare, consumers are instead stuck with two-year installment plans and cannot take a phone to a rival until it’s paid off. Unlocked phones have no such restrictions. They are also free of carrier-specific apps for messaging,... 

Twelve students from a Delhi school have been selected to participate in the finals of the prestigious International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC) at Nasa. The Class X to XII students of Delhi Public School, R K Puram, were invited by Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh for an interactive session on the eve of their departure for Florida. Hailing the achievement of the students, Singh said they not only... 

World’s largest telescope installed in China. Installation was completed on the world’s largest radio telescope on Sunday as the last of 4,450 panels was fitted into the centre of the big dish. Hoisting of the last triangular panel to the reflector, which is the size of 30 football fields, began at 10.47 a.m. and lasted about an hour. It was a landmark step for the telescope’s planned launch of operations in September, Xinhua news agency reported. About... 

New Delhi: India’s indigenous nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)  Agni-V, which can reach targets as far as Beijing, has been stuck due to a technical snag with its battery and not because of any other considerations, DRDO Chief S Christopher said. The problem is solvable and the next test-firing of Agni-V is expected by the year-end, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief added. Representational... 

President Barack Obama is backtracking on his warning that Britain would go to the “back of the queue” for a US trade deal, as he tries to contain the fallout of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Post Brexit, Obama’s priority of locking in trade deals before leaving office now becomes a distant second. The shift in tone illustrates how Britain’s vote has abruptly scrambled Obama’s reality. Where the president had tried to...