Only a third of urban Indian voters are online: Google survey
October 8, 2013
A new survey released on Tuesday by Google revealed that only a third of urban Indian voters accessed the internet regularly, underlining the limitations of online campaigning ahead of elections next year.
World scrambles for dollars as US debt deadline looms
October 8, 2013
LONDON: Demand for dollar cash outside the United States surged on Tuesday, with market participants paying sharply higher premiums to get their hands on dollars to tide them over a mid-October deadline to raise the US borrowing limit.
Banks and investors around the world always have a need for dollar liquidity, but do not have direct access to the lending windows run by the Federal Reserve which guarantee US banks easy access to cash.
Supreme Court annuls Maldives presidential vote
October 8, 2013
MALE: The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Monday annulled the results of the first round of voting in the country's presidential election, agreeing with a losing candidate's claim that the election was flawed.
Miss Universe ‘violates’ rules at Taj Mahal
October 8, 2013
Olivio Culpo wore one of the sandals and held another in her hand while cameramen shot the scene with the Taj in the background
Obama urges Congress to reopen govt, avoid default
October 7, 2013
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, in a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Monday to spotlight the loss of government services because of the shutdown, urged Congress to reopen government and raise the debt limit immediately.
Retiring from Test cricket made me more emotional: Rahul Dravid
October 7, 2013
NEW DELHI: He has been the finest ambassador for India in the traditional form of the game and Rahul Dravid, after calling time on his cricket career, remained true to his first love – Test cricket.
Ratan Tata, 8 Indian-Americans inducted in US engineering academy
October 7, 2013
WASHINGTON: Leading Indian industrialist Ratan Tata has been inducted into the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering in the US for his "outstanding contributions to industrial development in India and the world".
Former players call life ban recommendation on Jwala Gutta harsh
October 7, 2013
NEW DELHI: Throwing their weight behind an embattled Jwala Gutta, several former players have described the Badminton Association of India disciplinary committee's recommendation of a life ban on the star doubles player as "ridiculous and harsh".
Obamacare architecture flawed: Experts
October 7, 2013
NEW YORK: Days after the launch of the federal government's Obamacare website, millions of Americans looking for information on new health insurance plans were still locked out of the system even though its designers scrambled to add capacity.
Haruki Murakami, Malala Yousafzai tipped for Nobels
October 6, 2013
STOCKHOLM: A Pakistani teenage activist shot by the Taliban and a Japanese author who writes about alienation and a fractured modern world are tipped as Nobel Prize winners ahead of the annual awards that start on Monday.
