October 31, 2013
WASHINGTON: For the first time in five years, the US government has run a budget deficit below $1 trillion.
The government said yesterday that the deficit for the 2013 budget year totaled $680.3 billion, down from $1.09 trillion in 2012. That's the smallest imbalance since 2008, when the government ran a $458.6 billion deficit. It's still the fifth-largest deficit of all time.
October 30, 2013
Brief Scorecard: 50 overs India 351 for 4 (Kohli 115*, Dhawan 100, Rohit 79) beat Australia 350 for 6 (Bailey 156, Watson 102) by six wickets
Virat Kohli celebrates century during their 6th ODI cricket match against Australia in Nagpur on Wednesday.
October 30, 2013
LONDON: Holy smoke arising from Hindu funeral pyres, Muslim cemeteries and Buddhist temples are responsible for almost a quarter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming on the Indian subcontinent and the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, a new study has claimed.
October 30, 2013
WASHINGTON: America's top spymaster offered "the Casablanca defence" for the US spying on world leaders, including its close allies, saying everyone did it and trying to determine foreign leaders' intentions was a "fundamental given".
October 30, 2013
NEW DELHI: Defence minister A K Antony on Wednesday voiced concern over increasing ceasefire violations and infiltration attempts from across the border and said they cannot take place without the "tacit support" of the Pakistan Army.
October 30, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Mumbai 136 (Rahane 51, Joginder 5-16) and 240 for 6 (Tendulkar 79*) beat Haryana 134 (Mohit 49, Nayar 4-38) and 241 (S Singh 63, Zaheer 4-62, Dabholkar 4-54) by four wickets
October 30, 2013
ROME: Riches from a Neapolitan treasure trove said to be worth more than the British crown jewels are going on show in Rome in an unprecedented exhibition of emeralds and diamonds once owned by popes and kings.
October 30, 2013
NEW DELHI: Neither the government nor officials are willing to grant even an inch of autonomy to the CBI and all political parties - once in power - want a stranglehold on its functioning, the agency told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
October 30, 2013
NEW DELHI: The NBA season is all set to begin on Wednesday morning (IST) when current champions Miami Heat play Chicago Bulls and fans in India can expect a treat this year as they would get to view over 300 live regular season games.
October 29, 2013
Washington — India ranked a lowly 134 in the ease of doing business index, but implemented the most number of business regulatory reforms in 2012-13 reforms in the South Asian region.
A new World Bank Group released Tuesday also finds that India has made an improvement of 0.5 percentage points in what is called "the distance to frontier" measure with a range between 0 and 100, with 100 representing the best performance or the frontier.
