India – Between 2000 and 2012, jobs grew by a mere...
February 9, 2014
As India heads towards a bruising general election, one of the key issues in the minds of both people and political parties is jobs. Big parties and their star campaigners can already be heard harping on the theme. The reason is that the jobs scenario has been decidedly grim for more than a decade.
Jobs scenario has been grim for more than a decade.
Mominul ton earns Bangladesh draw, Sri Lanka win series
February 8, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Sri Lanka 587 (Sangakkara 319, Shakib 5-148) and 305 for 4 dec (Sangakkara 105, Chandimal 100*) drew with Bangladesh 271 for 3 (Haque 100*, Perera 2-55) and 426 (Rahman 106, Kayes 115)
Chasing 467 runs to record a series-levelling victory, Bangladesh finished at 271-3 at Stumps on the final day
Establishment of true democracy should begin at school, Vice-President Hamid Ansari...
February 8, 2014
KATRA, J&K: Asserting that establishing a truly representative democracy in a country of 1.2 billion people was a major task that could not be left only to the government, Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said this task needs to begin at the school level.
Here is what Earth looks like from Mars
February 8, 2014
Nasa's Curiosity rover has taken a photograph of Earth from the surface of Mars, showing what our planet looks like from 100 million miles away.
(Curiosity rover posted the photo on Twitter during its 529th Martian day)
1st Test: Tim Southee strikes, India lose Murali Vijay in chase...
February 8, 2014
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 503 and 105 (Taylor 41, Ishant 3-28, Shami 3-37) lead India 202 (Rohit 72, Wagner 4-64, Southee 3-38, Boult 3-38) and 87/1 (Dhawan 49*) by 320 runs
Zaheer Khan is ecstatic after a wicket, New Zealand v India, 1st Test, Auckland, 3rd day, February 8, 2014
After anarchy, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal unleashes auto-cracy
February 8, 2014
NEW DELHI: Complaints against autorickshaw drivers will now only lead to challans. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a slew of measures for auto drivers on Friday, including curtailing the powers of the Delhi traffic police. Police can suspend licences or impound vehicles only if the permit, drivers' licence or fitness certificate is missing. The usual fine or challan is just Rs 100.
Cameron’s emotional appeal to Scotland: Don’t break away and erode UK’s...
February 7, 2014
LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron made an emotional appeal on Friday for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom, warning Scots a vote for independence would undermine Britain's global clout and imperil its financial and political stability.
India face shame in opening ceremony of Sochi Games
February 7, 2014
SOCHI (Russia): India will face the ignominy of witnessing three of its athletes march without the national flag during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday night.
Earliest human footprints outside Africa found in UK: Scientists
February 7, 2014
LONDON: Footprints left by ancient humans 800,000 years ago have been found in Britain, the earliest evidence of such markings outside Africa, scientists said on Friday.
Researchers discovered the footprints, which were left by both adults and children, in ancient estuary mud at Happisburgh in Norfolk, eastern England.
The only older footprints found so far are at Laetoli in Tanzania, at about 3.5 million years old, and at Ileret and Koobi Fora in Kenya at about 1.5 million years, they added.
Bharara Strikes: Mathew Martoma, PIO hedge fund manager, convicted of insider...
February 7, 2014
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager has been found guilty by a federal jury here on charges that he participated in one of the "most lucrative" insider trading schemes totaling USD 276 million involving information about clinical trials for an Alzheimer's drug.
