Iraq hires Indian nurses to combat staff shortfall
October 20, 2012
Iraq is welcoming Indian nurses to help with staff shortages at healthcare facilities. Thirty-one Indian nurses have arrived to work in the southern province of Diwaniyah while 35 have been assigned to Baghdad's Medical City hospital.
Indian Rupee falls to 1-month low
October 20, 2012
MUMBAI: The rupee slumped to a one-month loss on Friday to post its biggest weekly decline in four months on the back of huge dollar buying from state-run oil and defence companies, along with demand from foreign banks.
Oil companies, the largest buyers of dollars in the domestic currency market, were spotted buying the greenback through the session, more than offsetting the large dollar sales from exporters.
Indian Telcos queue up for spectrum
October 20, 2012
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel and Vodafone joined Norwegian telecom major Telenor, Videocon, Idea Cellular and Tata Tele - four companies whose licences are among 122 cancelled by the Supreme Court - to bid for 2G spectrum in the fresh round of bidding that starts next month.
Indian Telcos queue up for spectrum
Sonia Gandhi vetoes dilution of land acquisition bill
October 20, 2012
NEW DELHI: Congress leadership has vetoed the dilution of land acquisition bill, saying that 80% landowners have to agree to let the government acquire their land for private projects.
India-Russia cultural fiesta Oct 24-Nov 4
October 20, 2012
NEW DELHI: Cultural ties between India and Russia have got a boost with the signing of a protocol between both the countries for a festival to be held Oct 24- Nov 4 in New Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai.
Indo-Russian Cultural ties strengthen
One dead in Indian Kashmir hotel attack: police
October 19, 2012
SRINAGAR, India: At least three gunmen attacked a popular hotel in the volatile region of Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing a bellboy and leaving at least two other people injured, security forces said.
Starbucks opens first India store in Mumbai’s historic Elphinstone Building
October 19, 2012
Starbucks inaugurated its first store in India on Friday in a historic building in southern Mumbai as the Seattle-based coffee giant seeks growth in a market long associated with tea drinkers.
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban is improving, doctors say
October 19, 2012
Doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham report that 15-year-old shooting victim Malala Yousufzai is now able to write and stand with help; however, the fight is far from over as the activist still battles an infection.
Mitt Romney opens a stunning 7-point lead over President Obama in...
October 19, 2012
Daily tracking poll reveals Romney widens to a 52%-45% advantage nationally among likely voters
A gesture of epic significance
October 19, 2012
In the midst of the grim bleakness that seems to suffuse every facet of our national existence today, a tiny ray of sunshine seems to have emanated from South Block. The stoic ministry of defence issued a statement Friday morning that the defence minister and three service chiefs would honour the memory of Indian soldiers who had fallen on the battlefield during the 1962 Sino-Indian clash.
