Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) Caution over US rate hike, coupled with profit booking and negative Chinese indices dragged the Indian equity markets lower during the early morning trade session on Tuesday. Consequently, the barometer 30-scrip…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the temperature of dry air in the morning being 19.8 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The sky would remain clear in…
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 22 (IANS) Amid party establishment’s ‘Dump Trump’ campaign, the billionaire continues to be the top choice of Republican voters for their party’s nomination, while Hillary Clinton beats rival Bernie Sanders…
New March 22 (IANS) With the ongoing excitement surrounding the most awaited movie of the year “Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice”, nearbuy and Warner Bros. Pictures have entered into a digital partnership and the…
Taipei, March 22 (IANS) Unemployment in Taiwan stood at 3.95 percent last month, a new high since October 2014, the country’s statistics agency revealed on Tuesday. The rate in February was up from 3.87 percent…
Seoul, March 22 (IANS) South Korean authorities have detected the first Zika virus case in the country, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Tuesday. A 43-year-old man, who had made…
New York, March 22 (IANS) New York City has initiated a connectivity campaign that is designed to transform payphone booths with ultra-fast Wi-Fi hotspots, the media reported on Tuesday. The LinkNYC programme is a 12-year…
Havana, March 22 (IANS) US president Barack Obama has vowed to help Cuban entrepreneurs prosper and said that he will continue working to adopt changes that would improve and increase access to internet on the…
Tokyo, March 22 (IANS) Tokyo shares opened trading on Tuesday sharply higher following overnight gains in the US market and the Chinese yen’s depreciation. At 9.15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped 373.44 points,…
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.57 percent, at 3,001.63 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.82 percent lower at 10,308.91 points, Xinhua news…
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese yuan to weakened 147 basis points to 6.4971 against the US dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China’s…
From K J M Varma Beijing, Mar 22 (PTI) Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to surpass the US multinational firm WalMart soon as the world’s largest retail platform with its total trading volume…
San Francisco, March 21 (IANS) Aiming to make deeper inroads into the emerging markets like India and China, tech giant Apple on Monday stunned its rivals by launching a cheaper, smaller yet powerful iPhone SE…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Monday that the world needs a new international agreement on the lines of Bretton Woods that created the current multilateral…
Hyderabad: YSRCP MLA RK Roja who was suspended from Andhra Legislative Assembly for one year talks to press after High Court quashed the ban in Hyderabad, on March 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad: YSRCP MLA…
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) is set to come into effect from April 2, and it will provide for fast-tracking procurements which…
San Francisco, March 21 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook, referring to the ongoing battle with the US government over encryption to unlock an iPhone used by an attacker in a mass shooting in San Bernadino…
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Feb 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) India has embarked on the path of educational diplomacy in order…
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that increased pensions under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme have been disbursed to…
Bengaluru, March 21 (IANS) In a shock to thousands of second year pre-university course (equivalent to class 12) students across Karnataka, the higher education department cancelled the chemistry exam held on Monday as its question…