April 28, 2014
NEW DELHI: Once known as the biggest gateway for flow of funds into India, Mauritius has slipped to the second place after the US in terms of quantum of money being brought in by overseas investors into Indian markets.
According to the latest data available with the capital markets regulator Sebi, the US accounted for the largest chunk of 'assets under custody' of foreign institutional investors investing in the Indian equity and debt markets at the end of 2013 with over Rs 4.37 lakh crore worth of funds.
April 28, 2014
BOSTON: Microsoft Corp is rushing to fix a bug in its widely used Internet Explorer web browser after a computer security firm disclosed the flaw over the weekend, saying hackers have already exploited it in attacks on some US companies.
April 27, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Delhi Daredevils 126 for 4 (Vijay 40, Malinga 2-17) beat Mumbai Indians 125 for 6 (Pollard 33*, Unadkat 2-29) by six wickets
Having restricted Mumbai on 125-6, KP's Delhi chased down the target in 18.5 overs
April 27, 2014
Chief Justice Lodha succeeds Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and will preside over the Supreme Court for five months as his term ends on September 27
April 27, 2014
UK remains the state’s biggest market and Europe continues to be a key market as well but officials say the US has emerged as the second market
April 27, 2014
The second seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair defeated the German pair of Antonia Lottner and Anna Zaja 6-2, 2-6, 10-4
Stuttgart: Sania Mirza earned herself an opportunity to win her first title of the season after reaching the summit clash of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix with Zimbabwean partner Cara Black on Saturday.
April 27, 2014
Swiss Minister in a letter defends country’s position in some matter
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram addressing a press conference at Congress Head Quarters in New Delhi on Saturday.
April 26, 2014
KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah has won the most votes in the first round of Afghanistan’s presidential vote, the election commission said on Saturday, adding as it announced preliminary results that he lacked the majority needed to avoid a run-off.
April 26, 2014
ITANAGAR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH: The curriculum of universities in the country needs to be updated regularly, UPSC chairman D P Agrawal on Saturday said, noting that they have not been revised for more than a decade.
Pointing out that the curriculum in many universities have not been revised in a decade or two, Agrawal said these should be fine tuned with the changing times.
He said this during an interaction here with eminent intellectuals, educationists and senior citizens.
April 26, 2014
The biggest component of the forex reserves, had increased by $2.74 billion to $281.55 billion in the week ended April 11
Mumbai: India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell by $31.6 million to $309.41 billion for the week ended April 18, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.
