INDIA: Start exchanging pre-2005 currency notes: RBI
January 24, 2014
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank has advised the public to start exchanging pre-2005 notes at banks, saying the volume of such notes that are being withdrawn from circulation is ‘not significant.’
RBI advised the public to start exchanging pre-2005 notes at banks.
Australian Open 2014: Federer vs Nadal semifinal clash – Another epic...
January 24, 2014
MELBOURNE: Resurgent Roger Federer relished passing a stiff mental and physical test against a dogged Andy Murray to book his 11th successive Australian Open semi-final and a mouthwatering clash with great rival Rafa Nadal.
Federer and Nadal have always produced their best when they've faced off. Prajwal Hegde picks five classics...
South Korea vows harsh penalties for data leaks
January 24, 2014
SEOUL: South Korean regulators on Wednesday vowed tougher penalties for financial firms and executives who fail to protect customer data, following the unprecedented theft of information from at least 20 million people.
"If an accident like this happens again, the company in question will be shut and its executives will no longer be able to work in this industry," Shin Je-yoon, the head of the financial supervisory commission (FSC), told reporters.
Pakistani counter terrorism funds spent on luxury gifts
January 24, 2014
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials used a secret counterterrorism fund to buy wedding gifts, luxury carpets and gold jewellery for relatives of ministers and visiting dignitaries, according to documents seen by AFP.
The revelations cast a spotlight on high-level corruption in Pakistan as the impoverished but nuclear-armed country battles a surge in Taliban violence.
Edward Snowden sees ‘no chance’ for fair trial in US
January 24, 2014
WASHINGTON: Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has said that he has no plans to return to the United States, because he would have "no chance" for a fair trial.
NSA Leaker - Edward Snowden
My parents couldn’t afford a blazer for me: Raghuram Rajan
January 24, 2014
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan recalls his younger days when his parents could not afford a blazer for him to wear to school, or the times he played the banjo as part of the school orchestra.
Reserve Bank of India Governor: Raghuram Rajan
Nasa to launch five Earth science missions in 2014
January 24, 2014
WASHINGTON: For the first time in more than a decade, five Nasa Earth science missions will be launched into space in the same year, opening new and improved remote eyes to monitor our changing planet.
The five launches, including two to the International Space Station (ISS), are part of an active year for Nasa Earth science researchers.
Australian Open: Sania Mirza in mixed doubles semis, Bopanna crashes out
January 23, 2014
While Sania and Tecau beat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Julia Georges 6-3, 6-4, Rohan Bopanna and Katarina Srebotnik lost 5-7, 3-6 to Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden in the other quarter-final
FDI in food processing touches $2.15 billion
January 23, 2014
MUMBAI: The food processing industry attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) worth $2.15 billion between during the April-October period of this fiscal and the government expects higher inflows to improve further this fiscal, a senior government official said here today.
"We see significant increase in FDI in the food processing sector. The average FDI inflow was $117 million for 11 years ending FY12 and $401 million in FY13. During the April-October period, it jumped to $2.15 billion.
US lawmaker cites Indian Army chief’s faith to press Sikh rights
January 23, 2014
WASHINGTON: A New York lawmaker cited the Sikh faith of to press for Sikh religious rights in the US military after the Pentagon's latest regulations regarding keeping their turban and hair while in service left the community dissatisfied.
India's current Army chief - Bikram Singh
