Quit worrying: The truth about the US economy
February 15, 2016
After months of intensifying attacks on its policies, and steadily tanking equity markets, the best the Fed found to say last week was "don't blame us, blame China and the weakening energy prices."
Needlessly on the defensive, the Fed apparently could not find anything to reassure the markets with facts about the true state of the U.S. economy. So, here are some ideas.
T20 Cricket: Ashwin weaves spin magic as India clinch series 2-1...
February 14, 2016
Brief Scorecard: India 84 for 1 (Dhawan 46*) beat Sri Lanka 82 (Ashwin 4-8, Raina 2-6) by 9 wickets
R Ashwin celebrates a dismissal with Yuvraj Singh, India v Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Visakhapatnam, February 14, 2016 © Associated Press
Trump, Jeb Bush clash over George W. Bush at the South...
February 14, 2016
SOUTH CAROLINA – The months-long feud between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump has moved well beyond simple clashes over policy. At Saturday night's South Carolina debate, it again took on a very personal dimension.
Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks during the Republican presidential debate.
Indian-American in the running to become US Supreme Court judge
February 14, 2016
WASHINGTON – Within hours of the passing of Antonin Scalia, a leading conservative judge of the US Supreme Court, Saturday Indian American Sri Srinivasan emerged as a likely successor.
Ignoring India’s protest, US government justifies decision on F-16 jets to...
February 14, 2016
Washington: Notwithstanding India's strong protest, the Obama Administration today justified its move to sell eight F-16 fighters to Pakistan claiming that these jets were "critical" to the country's counter-terrorism operations.
Tops seeds Williams, Kerber pull out of Dubai Open
February 13, 2016
DUBAI – Top seeds Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber have withdrawn from the WTA Dubai Open, organizers announced on Saturday.
Make in India: PM Modi promises stable tax regime, reforms
February 13, 2016
NEW DELHI, INDIA – Promising stable and predictable tax regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said this was the best time to invest in India as the government carries reforms including setting up a company law tribunal and effective IPR regime.
150,000 penguins killed after colossal iceberg in Antarctica leaves colony landlocked
February 13, 2016
A colony of Adelie penguins faces being wiped out after an iceberg the size of Rome became lodged in their bay.
Paul Goldstein from Wimbledon shot these images of penguins in Antarctica earlier this month
‘There is a crisis of confidence in the government’: Manmohan Singh
February 13, 2016
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said there is a crisis of confidence in the government and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must give "every Indian" the confidence that he cares for people's well-being.
Singh was critical of the prime minister for not speaking on issues like beef or communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and elsewhere.
Bruno Senna’s surname legacy still follows him
February 12, 2016
"If you think I'm fast, just wait until you see my nephew Bruno."
