June 15, 2013
London — Indian tennis pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna entered the men's doubles semifinals of the Aegon Championships with a hard fought victory over fifth seeded British pair Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray here.
June 15, 2013
Washington — India and the US have agreed that their legal agencies associated with the enforcement of competition law would interact closely as envisaged under the framework of an MoU signed in September 2012.
India's visiting Minister for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot reviewed the MoU signed jointly by his ministry and Competition Commission of India with the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission with FTC chairperson Edith Ramirez.
June 15, 2013
DUBAI: Moderate Iranian cleric Hassan Rouhani looked to be heading towards an outright victory over his conservative rivals in the presidential election, initial results showed on Saturday.
June 14, 2013
US commission on international religious freedom, whose recommendation to the state department, along with pressure from liberal-left Indians and Indian-Americans, has resulted in the continued ban on Modi visiting US.
June 14, 2013
BRUSSELS: The United States is confident it will bring Edward Snowden to justice for "extremely damaging" leaks about secret internet surveillance programmes, US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.
June 14, 2013
UNITED NATIONS: India will surpass China to become world's most populous nation around 2028, with its population crossing the 1.45 billion mark, according to latest report by the United Nations.
June 14, 2013
LONDON: Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, will be first British king with proven Indian ancestry, DNA analysis has revealed.
Britain's Prince William, (L) and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in London.
June 14, 2013
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT: President Barack Obama has authorized sending US weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, a US official said on Thursday after the White House said it has proof that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON — It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants, retail stores and hotels.
June 13, 2013
UNITED NATIONS: A new UN report is forecasting that the world's population will increase from 7.2 billion on Thursday to 8.1 billion in 2025 and 9.6 billion in 2050.
The report, released on Thursday, said most of the population growth will occur in developing regions which are projected to increase from 5.9 billion in 2013 to 8.2 billion in 2050.
