Hurricane Irma tears through Caribbean islands and is likely to hit...
September 8, 2017
MIAMI — Hurricane Irma’s deadly fury threatened to swamp low-lying islands of the Bahamas with a possible 20-foot storm surge Friday as the massive storm moved toward Florida’s doorstep and increasingly threatened to ravage the state with destruction not seen in a generation.
Trump admin strongly supports sale of F-16, F-18 jets to India
September 7, 2017
The Trump administration has told Congress that it "strongly supports" the sale of F-18 and F-16 fighter jets to India and asserted that the proposals have the potential to take Indo-US defence ties to the next level.
Gold down Rs 190 on global cues, fall in demand
September 7, 2017
New Delhi, INDIA – Gold prices fell further by Rs 190 to Rs 30,360 per 10 grams at the bullion market today, tracking a weak trend overseas amid tepid demand from local jewellers following beginning of inauspicious fortnight of ''Shradh''.
1993 Mumbai serial blasts: Death for two, Abu Salem sentenced to...
September 7, 2017
MUMBAI, INDIA: Twenty-four years after serial bomb blasts ripped through iconic Mumbai locations, a special court has announced the death penalty for two men convicted on charges of criminal conspiracy and murder.
7 lakh people to go jobless in IT and BPO sector...
September 7, 2017
There are both good and bad news for those worried about predicted job losses in India's IT sector.
First the bad news: A report by US-based research firm HfS Research says around 7 lakh low skilled workers in IT/BPO industry in India are expected to lose their jobs to automation and artificial intelligence by 2022.
Myanmar Suu Kyi blasts Rohingya ‘misinformation’
September 6, 2017
Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said September 5, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps.
If decision (noteban) is exposed, country will ask what inputs went...
September 6, 2017
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran/Files)
Hurricane Irma’s damage could be most ever, topping Katrina, Barclays predicts
September 5, 2017
Barclays (NYSE:BCS) research said Tuesday that incoming Category 5 storm, Hurricane Irma, which is expected to hit Florida later this week or early next week, could be the largest ever in insured damage in the U.S., topping the record currently held by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
President Obama slams Trump’s DACA decision: “This is about basic decency”
September 5, 2017
President Barack Obama called the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program “cruel” and “self-defeating” in a statement on Facebook Tuesday afternoon.
Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as Hurricane Irma intensifies to a...
September 5, 2017
Tampa, Florida – Authorities in Florida have begun bracing for the potential arrival of Hurricane Irma, a roiling storm that intensified into “an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane” as it churned toward the United States.
