June 2, 2013
WASHINGTON: The United States and China have agreed to hold regular, high-level talks on how to set standards of behavior for cyber security and commercial espionage, the first diplomatic effort to defuse the tensions over what the United States says is a daily barrage of computer break-ins and theft of corporate and government secrets.
June 1, 2013
Brief Scorecard: India 337 for 5 (Kohli 144, Karthik 106*) beat Sri Lanka 333 for 3 (Dilshan 84, Kusal Perera 82) by five wickets
Virat Kohli (Left) and Dinesh Karthik (Right) raise their bats after scoring a century, India v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy 2013 warm-up matches, Cardiff, June 1
June 1, 2013
SINGAPORE: US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday accused China of waging cyber espionage against the United States, stepping up pressure on Beijing over the issue ahead of a key summit between their leaders.
June 1, 2013
KOLKATA: In what is likely a global first, inhabitants of 11 Lakshadweep islands have decided to stop using diesel and turn to coconuts for meeting their frugal power needs.
June 1, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Fourteen years after his last stint as a parliamentarian, Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif on Saturday returned to Pakistan's National Assembly, taking oath with other lawmakers in the first democratic transition of power in the country's 66-year history.
June 1, 2013
SINGAPORE: The US military will devote more air power, ground troops and high-tech weaponry to the Asia-Pacific region as it moves ahead with a strategic rebalance, the US defense chief said on Saturday in a speech that accused China of cyber incursions.
June 1, 2013
BANGALORE: Something that he hasn't imagined in his "wildest dreams", N R Narayana Murthy on Saturday described his "second innings" at Infosys as an exciting yet "somewhat" a new challenge.
June 1, 2013
NEW DELHI: A day after two of its senior functionaries called it quits, the crisis-hit BCCI's vice-president Arun Jaitley said the next 24 hours could bring about a "significant" development in the unfolding drama.
Major announcement soon, says Arun Jaitley
May 31, 2013
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama today said the American economy is starting to pick up steam with the creation of some seven million jobs in the past 38 months.
May 31, 2013
LONDON: A Sikh man has for the first time become the mayor of the town of Warwick in England's West Midlands region.
Prabhjit Singh Dhillon, who has been elected the 280th mayor of Warwick, described it as a "privilege", the Coventry Telegraph reported Friday.
"I have become the 280th mayor, a privilege for a local Warwick boy and first Sikh since that time," Dhillon, a former local schoolboy, was quoted as saying.
