June 17, 2013
HYDERABAD: Home to Asia's first office of Facebook and Google's first in India, these companies have put Hyderabad right on top of the global map by providing zillions of solutions worldwide from the city, but when it comes to their own toilet waste, they apparently have no clue where it is heading.
June 17, 2013
WASHINGTON: The US government only searched for detailed information on calls involving fewer than 300 specific phone numbers among the millions of raw phone records collected by the National Security Agency in 2012, according to a government paper obtained by Reuters on Saturday.
June 16, 2013
HALLE (Germany): Roger Federer won his first title of the year on Sunday, the world number three beating Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 in the ATP final at Halle.
Swiss Roger Federer (left) and Russia's Mikhail Youzhny pose with their trophies after the ATP Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.
June 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is in a crisis with growth slowing down, fiscal and current account deficits running high amid persistent inflation, says a study by an economic think tank.
"The Indian economy is in a crisis. While the growth rate has been declining... the issue (of high CAD) gets amplified against the backdrop of slowing economy, high fiscal deficit and persistent inflation," National Council of Applied Economic Research said.
June 16, 2013
BEIJING: China is pushing ahead with a sweeping plan to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed towns and cities over the next dozen years — a transformative event that could set off a new wave of growth or saddle the country with problems for generations to come.
June 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: The right of mentally-ill patients to decide their mode of treatment, decriminalizing suicide for them and a ban on electric shock treatment without anesthesia are some of the progressive provisions of the new mental health bill proposed by the government.
June 16, 2013
KARACHI: In the aftermath of the crushing defeat to India, former skipper Aamir Sohail has launched a scathing attack on one of Pakistan's greatest cricketers, Imran Khan, saying the World Cup-winning captain is responsible for the current state of sport in the country.
June 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: A database of one lakh offshore entities in tax havens owned by, among others, 498 Indians with addresses in upscale enclaves in major cities, generated a huge buzz on Saturday with agencies expected to try and decipher the disclosures.
June 15, 2013
MELBOURNE: An Indian couple from Punjab have won the right to stay in Australia after applying for refugee status on the grounds that they may be subjected to honour killing in India for an inter-caste love marriage.
June 15, 2013
At least 25 people were killed in Quetta when militants blew up a bus carrying women students and attacked the emergency ward of a hospital treating survivors. The hospital attack lasted several hours and ended when security forces stormed the building, freeing 35 hostages. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
