April 16, 2014
NEW YORK: The New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive programme that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and built detailed files on where people ate, prayed and shopped, the department said.
April 15, 2014
“Number of deaths may shoot up to 1.2 million by 2035”
“Almost three of five cancer deaths in India are associated with tobacco or infectious diseases,” notes a paper published in the “Lancet Oncology” journal.
April 15, 2014
The United States has begun looking at “moderate to strong” economic growth and the impact of the financial crisis in the country was fading, former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said here on Tuesday.
Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke
April 15, 2014
Prize money at the French Open will rise to more than 25 million euros ($34.5 million) this year, an increase of 3 million euros ($4.1 million) from last year.
The men’s and women’s champions will receive 1.65 million euros each, 150,000 euros more than 2013, and losing finalists will receive 825,000 euros, a raise of 75,000 euros.
April 15, 2014
NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday created the "third gender" status for hijras or transgenders. Earlier, they were forced to write male or female against their gender.
SC recognizes transgenders as 'third gender'
April 15, 2014
Mumbai: The rupee was trading weak by 5 paise at 60.22 against the dollar at 4.09 p.m. local time.
The rupee opened weak by 12 paise at 60.29 per dollar against the previous close of 60.17 per dollar due to disappointing IIP numbers and a flat opening in the domestic equity market.
April 15, 2014
NEW YORK: Washington Post and Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service on Monday for revealing the US government's sweeping surveillance programmes in a blockbuster series of stories based on secret documents supplied by NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
NSA Leaker - Edward Snowden
April 15, 2014
CAPE CANAVERAL: Night owls and early risers in North America can watch a rare celestial event on Tuesday as the Earth's sunset-hued shadow falls across the moon, shifting its colour to bright orange, depending on local weather conditions.
Total Lunar Eclipse, April 15, 2014
April 14, 2014
NEW DELHI: Days after the Congress praised Atal Bihari Vajpayee to target Narendra Modi, the party did a U-turn on Monday calling the BJP veteran "the weakest PM India ever had", a taunt often directed at Manmohan Singh by the opposition party.
Vajpayee was India’s weakest PM, says Congress leader Sanjay Jha
April 14, 2014
The presidential advisory committee did not urge the NSA to get out of the business entirely.
