Aadhaar or cards: UIDAI and banks disagree on use of biometric...
July 30, 2013
MUMBAI: Will banks have to spend a fortune to give customers the choice of either putting their finger prints or swiping plastic cards to withdraw money from ATMs and pay for purchases?
UIDAI says biometric authentification at ATMs/PoS won't be expensive, but banks disagree
Weak rupee to adversely hit fuel prices in coming months: RBI
July 30, 2013
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank on Tuesday cautioned that rupee depreciation will have adverse impact on prices of fuel and manufactured products in the coming months even as it aims to keep inflation at 5 per cent by March end.
IPL spot-fixing: BCCI probe panel illegal, Bombay HC says
July 30, 2013
MUMBAI: In a severe blow to BCCI and its president-in-exile N Srinivasan, the Bombay high court on Tuesday held as "illegal and unconstitutional" the two-member probe panel set up by it to look into spot-fixing and betting charges in the IPL tournament.
FBI arrests 150 in three days in sex-trafficking sweep
July 29, 2013
WASHINGTON - The FBI arrested 150 people across the United States on charges of holding children against their will for prostitution, a three-day weekend sweep that officials on Monday called the largest-ever operation against child sex-trafficking.
Pakistan wrap up West Indies’ tour on winning note
July 29, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 135 for 7 (Akmal 46*, Narine 3-26) beat West Indies 124 for 9 (Tanvir 2-20) by 11 runs
Umar Akmal's late burst gave Pakistan enough to defend
Britain confirms £3,000 cash bond for visas for visitors from India,...
July 29, 2013
LAGOS, NIGERIA: The British Home Office confirms it will demand a £3,000 ($4,350) refundable bond for visas for "high-risk" visitors from six former colonies in Africa and Asia.
Spacecraft Sees Giant ‘Hole’ In the Sun
July 28, 2013
A space telescope aimed at the sun has spotted a gigantic hole in the solar atmosphere — a dark spot that covers nearly a quarter of our closest star, spewing solar material and gas into space.
Ind vs Zim: India beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets to take...
July 28, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 187 for 3 (Kohli 68*) beat Zimbabwe 183 (Williams 45, Mishra 4-47) by seven wickets
Virat Kohli was among the runs again as India won a one-sided encounter
Obama worried over fraying US social fabric: Report
July 28, 2013
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama expressed concern in an interview published on Sunday over widening income inequality and an erosion in upward mobility that he said is leading to a fraying of American society.
Meiyappan, Kundra get clean chit; Srinivasan may return as BCCI chief
July 28, 2013
KOLKATA: BCCI president-in-exile N Srinivasan seems set to return to the helm of affairs after a two-judge probe panel found no evidence against his team Chennai Super Kings in the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal which rocked the sixth edition of the event.
IPL spot-fixing: Meiyappan, Kundra get clean chit
