Yearly Archives: 2014

March 29, 2014

RIYADH: Russian President Vladimir Putin called US President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss a US diplomatic proposal for Ukraine and Obama told him that Russia must pull back its troops and not move deeper into Ukraine, the White House said.

March 29, 2014

NEW YORK: A United Nations human rights panel has called for more oversight and transparency in the program of targeted drone strikes carried out by the United States and recommended the prosecution of all those involved in unlawful killings and torture overseas, particularly "persons in command positions."

March 28, 2014

PATNA: California-based Indian filmmaker Ravi Verma is set to make "Viva Democracy", a documentary focusing on the nine-phased 16th Lok Sabha elections that involve 814 million voters. He says the purpose is to show the "people's perspective" on the battle of the ballot and draw a contrast between the Indian and US election processes.

March 28, 2014

LONDON: Scientists have made the first artificial chromosome which is both complete and functional in a milestone development in synthetic biology, which promises to revolutionize medical and industrial biotechnology in the coming century.

March 28, 2014

MUMBAI: Continuing its rising streak, the rupee on Friday strengthened to below 60 level at 59.90 for the first time since July 2013 against dollar in late afternoon trade on sustained foreign fund flows.

The rupee today strengthened to below 60 level at 59.90 for the first time since July 2013 against dollar.

March 28, 2014

Brief Scorecard: India 141 for 2 (Kohli 57*, Rohit 56) beat Bangladesh 138 for 7 (Anamul 44, Mishra 3-26) by 8 wickets

R Ashwin began the slide for Bangladesh

March 28, 2014

LONDON: Five Indians — of which four are economists — are in the running for the title of "the world's most important thinker 2014" as part of an annual global poll taking place for the past 10 years.

March 28, 2014

NEW DELHI: In a brave decision marking reclamation of foreign policy from narrow political interests, India abstained from voting on a US-sponsored resolution on human rights situation in Sri Lanka. While India had supported it in 2012 and 2013, the latest resolution was much tougher, calling for an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations in the island nation.

March 27, 2014

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Former India captain and legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar said Thursday he was ready to become interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as proposed by the Supreme Court.

I will be honoured to take up BCCI top job: Gavaskar

March 27, 2014

NEW DELHI: The central government told the Delhi High Court that it will issue an advisory prohibiting government employees from accessing social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter through officials systems and networks.