December 6, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in November and the jobless rate fell to a five-year low of 7.0 percent, which could fan speculation the Federal Reserve could start reducing its bond purchases this month.
December 6, 2013
BALI: It's turned into an India versus US face-off at WTO with hectic negotiations between the world's two largest democracies going well past midnight amid speculation that the developed countries have offered a solution, which was unacceptable to the government.
December 6, 2013
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 358 for 4 (Amla 65, de Kock 135, de Villiers 77, Duminy 59*, Shami 3-68) beat India 217 (Dhoni 65, Steyn 3-25, McLaren 3-49) by 141 runs
Pink wasn't pretty for India: Quinton de Kock punished the Indian bowlers
December 5, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet gave the go-ahead for the creation of a 10-district Telangana on Thursday evening and outlined the blueprint for carving out the country's 29th state from the current Andhra Pradesh.
Shinde assured the PM that adequate forces have been deployed in Seemandhra region.
December 5, 2013
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved a $182 billion package on Thursday to pull the economy out of deflation, but doubts remain about the impact.
December 5, 2013
NEW YORK: India has been ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world's best countries for doing business that has cited poverty, corruption and discrimination against girls among the challenges facing the country.
December 4, 2013
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said there was no possibility of Pakistan winning any war against India in his "lifetime".
"There is no scope of Pakistan winning any such war in my lifetime," he told reporters.
December 4, 2013
LONDON: Nasa has reported that "faint signatures of water" have been found in the atmospheres of five planets outside our solar system, marking a further development in the search for planets capable of supporting alien life.
December 4, 2013
LAGOS, NIGERIA: Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.
The Nigerian cook survived by breathing an ever-dwindling supply of oxygen in an air pocket.
December 4, 2013
BEIJING – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that relations between Washington and Beijing had to be based on trust, amid a dispute over a new Chinese air defense zone which has rattled nerves regionally.
