July 4, 2013
WASHINGTON: Yoga enthusiasts in the US got a big boost this week when a California judge ruled that the practice which originated in India is now a ''distinctly American cultural phenomenon,'' while dismissing complaints from some parents that teaching it to school children amounted to ''an unconstitutional promotion of Eastern religions.''
July 4, 2013
Washington — India's Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia sees great potential for US investments and co-operation in the Indian power sector
Potential areas of such co-operation include transmission technologies, development of large scale hydro power, supercritical technology development for efficient energy production, smart grids and energy efficiency improvement programmes, he said.
July 4, 2013
BEIJING: Defence minister AK Antony arrived here on Thursday on a four-day visit for high-level talks with Chinese leadership on new confidence building measures to maintain peace at the disputed borders in the backdrop of incursion of PLA troops in the Ladakh region.
July 4, 2013
London — Indians Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza will play their doubles matches at the All-England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon here Thursday.
July 4, 2013
CAIRO: Egypt's armed forces overthrew elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday and announced a political transition with the support of a wide range of political, religious and youth leaders.
July 4, 2013
NEW YORK: Encouraging news about the US jobs market trumped higher oil prices and worrying developments in Europe's debt crisis on Wednesday.
Oil climbed above $102 a barrel for the first time in more than a year as the political turmoil in Egypt intensified, raising the risk of supply disruptions in the Suez Canal. In Europe, traders dumped Portuguese stocks and bonds as the country's government teetered on the edge of collapse.
July 3, 2013
KARACHI: Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi has said that the national team needs to adopt and play in the same positive manner as the Indian team is doing currently.
Talking to reporters in Lahore, where he is training at the National Cricket Academy, the former Pakistan skipper said there was a time when the Indians were derided for not playing positive cricket.
July 3, 2013
NEW DELHI: Indicating its intentions to fly abroad very soon, proposed airline AirAsia India today trashed the "bizarre" policy of allowing carriers to operate international flights only after five years of domestic operations.
July 3, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Wednesday promised to protest US snooping of its Washington embassy, in a significant backtracking of the remarks of foreign minister Salman Khurshid, who dismissed such concerns in Brunei on Tuesday.
Salman Khurshid earlier virtually defended the US’s vast surveillance programme.
July 3, 2013
WASHINGTON: In a major concession to business groups, the Obama administration on Tuesday unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until after the 2014 elections, in a central requirement of the new health care law that many companies provide coverage for their workers or face fines.
