USA: Gas prices will fall another 15-20 cents a gallon
October 14, 2014
NEW YORK — Gas prices have fallen below $3 a gallon at 43,000 U.S. gas stations, according to GasBuddy.com, or one-third of the stations it tracks.
And prices at the pump, already the lowest in four years, should continue to fall, said Tom Kloza, GasBuddy’s chief oil analyst. On Tuesday, he cut his forecast for the national average price this fall to between $2.95 and $3.10, from his previous call of $3.10 to $3.25.
India to be missile-import free by 2022: DRDO to PMO
October 14, 2014
New Delhi: The defence research and development organisation (DRDO) plans to make the country “missile import free” by 2022, the defence research agency has told the Prime Minister’s Office.
10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen: WHO
October 14, 2014
If the response to the Ebola crisis isn’t stepped up within 60 days, a lot more people will die, he says
Bruce Aylward, World Health Organization assistant Director General in charge of the operational response on Ebola gestures during a news briefing at the WHO headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday.
‘Brahma Kamalam’ in full bloom at Tirupati
October 14, 2014
TIRUPATI, ANDHRA PRADESH: ‘Brahma Kamalam’ made a surprising appearance in the Bonsai garden of Lakshmi Bharathi, a resident of Varadaraja Nagar in Tirupati on Saturday night.
‘Brahma Kamalam’ at a home in Varadaraja Nagar in Tirupati. —Photo: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar
Supreme Court to hear Jayalalithaa’s plea on October 17
October 14, 2014
CHENNAI: The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a special leave petition filed by three-time former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa challenging the Karnataka High Court order refusing to suspend the execution of her sentence and grant of bail in a disproportionate assets case.
Global Slowdown Threatens Recovery
October 13, 2014
Gathering signs of a slowdown across many parts of the world are roiling financial markets and confounding policy makers, who after years of battling anemic economic growth have limited tools left to jump-start a recovery.
Indian PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi address rallies in Maharashtra, trade barbs...
October 13, 2014
Thane: While winding up the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the state elections in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Thane accused the Congress and the NCP of looting Maharashtra and destroying its economy.
Atletico de Kolkata acknowledges Kolkata’s football past while leaping into the...
October 12, 2014
There are three things most Bengalis feel passionately about - Tagore, Communism and Football. Every sports lover in India knows that there are football fans. And there are Bengali football fans. The bragging right of being the most passionate football fans is something the Bengalis have earned. After all the first Indian to ever kick a football was a Bengali.
Cyclone Hudhud Loses Speed as it Crosses Andhra Pradesh: 10 Developments
October 12, 2014
Cyclone Hudhud, which hit Visakhapatnam on the coast of Andhra Pradesh before 11 am on Sunday, has now lost speed, the weather department has said. The cyclone currently has a wind speed of 120-130 kmph.
Naomi Campbell congratulates ‘malaria’ for Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 2014
English supermodel Naomi Campbell's tweet congratulating "malaria" for winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral on social media.
Campbell was apparently meaning to wish Pakistani girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai , but the message backfired when she wrote the word "malaria" instead of Malala.
