India 98th best country for business: Forbes
December 5, 2013
NEW YORK: India has been ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world's best countries for doing business that has cited poverty, corruption and discrimination against girls among the challenges facing the country.
No possibility of Pakistan winning any war against India in my...
December 4, 2013
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said there was no possibility of Pakistan winning any war against India in his "lifetime".
"There is no scope of Pakistan winning any such war in my lifetime," he told reporters.
Nasa’s Hubble telescope finds signs of water on five distant planets
December 4, 2013
LONDON: Nasa has reported that "faint signatures of water" have been found in the atmospheres of five planets outside our solar system, marking a further development in the search for planets capable of supporting alien life.
Man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic
December 4, 2013
LAGOS, NIGERIA: Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.
The Nigerian cook survived by breathing an ever-dwindling supply of oxygen in an air pocket.
Biden calls for trust with China amid airspace dispute
December 4, 2013
BEIJING – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that relations between Washington and Beijing had to be based on trust, amid a dispute over a new Chinese air defense zone which has rattled nerves regionally.
President Barack Obama urges Americans not be discouraged by rocky healthcare...
December 4, 2013
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama urged Americans not to be discouraged by the rocky rollout of HealthCare.gov on Tuesday and vowed to fix whatever glitches remain as he sought to restore confidence in his leadership.
Obama defends rocky healthcare rollout
WTO meeting: China, India differ on food subsidy
December 4, 2013
BALI: India is under pressure, including from allies like China and Indonesia, to agree to the four-year "peace clause" at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting, but is sticking to its tough stand, at least for now.
IIT-Delhi alumni creates first map of neural circuitry
December 3, 2013
LONDON: Women have sharper memory while men coordinate things better.
The brain is a roadmap of neural pathways linking many networks that help us process information and react accordingly.
India offers $1m in aid, experts to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons
December 3, 2013
NEW DELHI: India has decided to give $1 million to the trust of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague for destruction of Syria's chemical weapons and related facilities, a move that will strengthen its case for inclusion in Geneva-II talks next month.
Derailed US train was moving nearly three times faster than speed...
December 3, 2013
NEW YORK: The New York commuter train which derailed at the weekend leaving four people dead was travelling at nearly three times the recommended speed limit when it hurtled off the tracks, federal investigators said on Monday.
