India’s growth is projected to rise to over six percent in fiscal 2014-15, increasing to 7.1 percent by fiscal 2016-17 with the world economy expected to strengthen this year, according to the World Bank. Growth is picking up in developing countries and high-income economies appear to be finally turning the corner five years after the […]
Three candidates from Maharashtra are among the top eight scorers in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013, a CAT official said Wednesday. “Among the eight 100 percentile scorers, three are from Maharashtra and even in the 100 to 90 percentile score, the state is leading,” CAT convenor Rohit Kapoor told IANS. “From the national capital, […]
The draft of the much-touted Jan Lokpal bill, which the Delhi government announced it will introduce in the first week of February, will be ready by Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. “The chief secretary has told me that he will submit the draft Thursday or Friday”, Kejriwal told reporters. Earlier, Chief Secretary S.K. […]
A 51-year-old Danish tourist was robbed and raped at knife point by eight “vagabonds” near the New Delhi railway station Tuesday, police said. Two men were arrested Wednesday and some of the stolen belongings recovered. Police said Mohd. Raja, 22, from Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh and Mahendra alias Ganja, 25, hailing from Maharashtra were arrested […]
a Earlier, the Netherlands beat reigning Olympic champions Germany 2-1 in another last eight match to set up a semi-final clash against reigning world champions Australia. India will now play the World No.1 Germans in a 5-8 position classification playoff Friday. The first 23 minutes completely belonged to World No.10 India who surprised the Kookaburras […]
Indian and Pakistani commerce secretaries met here Wednesday in an attempt to smoothen trade relations ahead of a meeting of their commerce ministers. The secretary-level talks, between Commerce Secretary S.R. Rao and his Pakistani counterpart Qasim M. Niyaz, came after more than a year. The last talks were held in September 2012. Hindrances in trade […]
Over 90 percent of Egyptians approved the country’s new draft constitution in a referendum, a media report said Thursday, citing preliminary results. Vote counting was underway to reach the final results supposed to be submitted to the High Election Commission (HEC), Xinhua reported citing the official news agency MENA. The constitution will be approved by […]
Subra Suresh, Chennai-born Indian-American president of Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a rare and highly coveted distinction within the academic fraternity. The head of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based university, Suresh, 57, was chosen for his scientific contributions in materials science and engineering, including his […]
Nine school students were injured Thursday when a truck rammed into their bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida town, a suburb of Delhi, police said. The school bus was hit by the speeding truck at the sector 25-31 intersection in Noida early Thursday, police said. The bus belonged to the Army Public School and was carrying […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 28.93 points or 0.14 percent down in the pre-noon trade Thursday. Selling pressure was seen in auto and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors, while good buying was observed in metal sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), […]