October 16, 2012
Mumbai: The rupee fell for a second successive session on Monday after inflation data was stronger than expected, pushing back hopes for a rate cut that investors had hoped would help boost growth and spark further foreign flows into equity markets.
Indian Rupee vs US Dollar
October 16, 2012
In 2009 Swiss giant Nestle applied for a patent to produce a product similar to a traditional Indian remedy using cow’s milk to cure constipation. The Indian government successfully fought the patent; it is now at work on hundreds of other cases to protect the country's "genetic heritage."
October 15, 2012
LUCKNOW: The first day in class for any new pupil can be an overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as one of 40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's biggest school.
October 15, 2012
The world’s largest casino company Caesars Entertainment is looking to site live entertainment events like concerts and musicals in Mumbai, Dehli and Goa. Gaming may follow.
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
October 15, 2012
Skydiver Baumgartner breaks record for highest ever parachute jump
October 15, 2012
KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee has given the Congress-led UPA government "between two and six months" and wants the Trinamool Congress to become the nucleus of an anti-Congress front which, she thinks, will decimate the Grand Old Party in the next general elections.
October 15, 2012
NEW DELHI: Delhi government is yet to notify the ban on plastic bags due to "technical difficulties", an official said, even as the state cabinet approved it a month ago.
Have you ditched the plastic carrier bag?
October 15, 2012
Shanghai — Leander Paes of India and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek beat India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna for the doubles tennis title at the Shanghai Masters Sunday.
The fourth seeds claimed a 6-7(7-9), 6-3, 10-5 comeback victory over the Indian duo, seeded seventh.
October 14, 2012
Brief Scorecard: Sydney Sixers 185 for 5 (Henriques 49*, Watson 46) beat Chennai Super Kings 171 for 9 (Du Plessis 43, Raina 57, Henriques 3-23) by 14 runs