UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has placed the Saudi-led military coalition supporting Yemen's government on an annual blacklist over the deaths of hundreds of children in airstrikes.
Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels who seized the capital Sanaa in September 2014 were also added to the list of children's rights violators.
The situation in Yemen was particularly worrisome with a five-fold increase in the number of children recruited (by armed groups) and six times more children killed and disabled compared to 2014.
France to Welcome 400 Refugees per Month
According to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, France has pledged to take in 400 refugees per month from Greece.
This week 97 refugees arrived from Greece and Italy. An additional 253 asylum seekers are due to come next week.
France has promised to receive 30,000 refugees over the next two years.
SEBI banned 76 entities from the market for allegedly using fraudulent trading methods in an illiquid stock in July 2015 to avoid long-term capital gains.
SEBI investigation showed that the connected entities sent out mass SMSs to induce investors to buy Dhyana Finstock for a sharp gain in a few days, and after investors bought the stock, these connected entities including some of the promoters of the company sold the stock to make handsome profits. In the process, the entities made over Rs. 100 crore profit and avoided paying long-term capital gains.
For the first time, an international team of scientists has detected a faint signal emitted by hydrogen gas in a galaxy more than five billion light years away.
The team observed radio emission from hydrogen in a distant galaxy and found that it would have contained billions of young, massive stars surrounded by clouds of hydrogen gas.
Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated Fitriani Fitriani in the women's singles event to enter the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Super Series Premier tournament.
Saina will next either face world No. 1 Carolina Marin or Akane Yamaguchi.
If Saina goes on to win the tournament, it would be her first maiden title of the season.