Yearly Archives: 2014
Indians adding to world obesity problem: Report
January 4, 2014
LONDON: The general view that obesity is a problem associated with relatively richer Western countries has been turned on its head by a new report which states that middle-income countries like India are now at the heart of a "fat explosion".
Devyani Khobragade case: Video footage of strip search is hoax, US says
January 4, 2014
WASHINGTON: The US has dismissed as a hoax a video purportedly showing CCTV footage of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's strip search after her arrest, saying it is a "dangerous and provocative fabrication".
US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records
January 4, 2014
WASHINGTON: A secretive US spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constitutional.
Fears over scribbled notes despite RBI clarification
January 3, 2014
Rumors that currency notes with scribbles on them have been made invalid from January 1 have left many concerned, despite a clarification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that no instructions have been issued on non-acceptance of such notes.
Scribbled Currency Notes
Australia all out for 326 in fifth Test
January 3, 2014
Brief Scorecard: England 1 for 8 (Cook 7*, Anderson 1*) trail Australia 326 (Smith 115, Haddin 75, Stokes 6-99) by 318 runs
Australian batsman Steve Smith (R) plays a cut shot on the first day of the fifth Ashes cricket Test against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Petrol price hiked by 75 paise a litre, diesel by 50
January 3, 2014
Even after the 12th price hike since last January oil companies are incurring Rs. 9.24 per litre loss on sale of the fuel, Indian Oil, the nation’s largest fuel retailer, said.
Incomes have risen faster than inflation: PM
January 3, 2014
New Delhi: Addressing his second press conference in the UPA’s second term, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the worry about inflation was legitimate but the income of most people increased faster than the rate of inflation. He added that there was need to increase supplies to keep food prices under control.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Schumacher is a fighter who won’t give up, says family
January 3, 2014
PARIS: The family of Michael Schumacher described the Formula One legend as a fighter who "will not give up", as he turned 45 Friday while lying comatose in a French hospital.
Kejriwal presents 17-point agenda
January 3, 2014
Next on agenda is to pass Jan Lokpal Bill in 15-20 days
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with his Cabinet members addressing the media after proving the majority in Delhi Assembly, in New Delhi.
First snowstorm of 2014 descends on northeast US
January 2, 2014
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT: The northeastern US, including New York City, prepared on Thursday for heavy snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures that threatened to slow the region's return to work after the holidays.
A small tractor clears remaining snow from a parking lot in Trenton, New Jersey on early Sunday.
