UN climate experts stress solidity of new report
September 24, 2013
STOCKHOLM: Seeking to dispel any doubts over the credibility of their work, UN climate experts called their latest report an unbiased and reliable assessment of global warming as they presented it Monday to officials from 110 governments for a final review.
BlackBerry to be acquired by Fairfax group in $4.7 billion deal
September 23, 2013
TORONTO: Smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd said on Monday it agreed in principle to be acquired by a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, for $4.7 billion.
Purchasing managers’ index survey points to economic pick-up across eurozone
September 23, 2013
Further evidence emerged on Monday that the economic recovery across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro is picking up and that unemployment may be peaking.
Wrestler Yadav bags India’s maiden medal in Greco-Roman
September 23, 2013
Budapest – Indian wrestler Sandeep Tulsi Yadav scripted history by winning the first ever medal in the Greco Roman category as he beat Serbian Makismovic Aleksandar to bag the bronze medal on the last day of the World Championships here Sunday.
Narendra Modi’s long shadow creates a rift in Chicago
September 23, 2013
CHICAGO: The shadow of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, and his alleged complicity in the 2002 communal riots in his state, has created a controversy here with the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR) withdrawing its support to the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekananda.
At Navy Yard service, Obama says don’t treat gun violence as...
September 23, 2013
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea on Sunday for Americans to overcome their "creeping resignation" about gun violence and demand tougher gun laws following the country's latest mass shooting.
Pakistan again violates ceasefire in Kashmir
September 22, 2013
JAMMU: Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir late Saturday, an army spokesman said on Sunday.
Indian troops retaliated, and the exchange of gunfire continued till the early hours of Sunday.
"Pakistani troops fired at our positions in Hamirpur area of the LoC in Rajouri without any provocation late last night (Saturday)," defence spokesman Captain SN Acharya told IANS.
Attack on Pakistan’s historic church kills over 60, Taliban claim responsibility
September 22, 2013
PESHAWAR: A pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing over 60 people in the deadliest-ever attack on the country's Christian minority, officials said.
Tamil National Alliance wins northern provincial elections in Sri Lanka
September 22, 2013
JAFFNA: The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) secured two -third majority in the elections to the Northern Province Council in Sri Lanka held on Saturday.
The TNA won 30 out of 38 seats (28 direct and 2 bonus seats) while ruling United People's Freedom Front (UPFA) got seven seats and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) won one seat.
US immigration bill to hurt Indian IT, ITES firms’ interests
September 22, 2013
NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares to leave for his bilateral meeting with US President Barack Obama, New Delhi has reiterated that the proposed immigration Bill being discussed in the US Congress will hurt Indian information technology (IT) companies by adversely impacting visas for highly skilled non-immigrant workers.
