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China’s funeral reforms seek to save space

Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) Families will be encouraged to share same tombs, and ecologically friendly funerals will be promoted over the next five years in China, under a guideline designed to save land resources, the…




Tokyo shares end higher

Tokyo, Feb 25 (IANS) Tokyo shares ended higher on Thursday following an upbeat overnight US equity market and the rebounding oil prices. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped 111.24 points, or 0.70 percent, higher from…




Chinese shares open lower

Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.23 percent, at 2,922.24 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.16 percent lower at 10,290.96 points, Xinhua news…



Chinese yuan weakens

Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 16 basis points to 6.5318 against the US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…


Spanish stock market index plummets

Madrid, Feb 25 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 3.07 percent to close at 8,013.70 points, down from the 8,267.60 points of the previous session. IAG shares led falls losing 5.09 percent on…



Italian PM opens Milan fashion week

Milan, Feb 25 (IANS) Milan’s womenswear fashion week started here with Matteo Renzi becoming the first Italian prime minister to inaugurate the event. It is strange that I am the first prime minister to open…




Bengal prisoners’ art work goes online

Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Condemned within the four walls of a prison, they have been seeking redemption through painting and now art works by West Bengal prisoners are available for the world to admire courtesy…