June 29, 2012
Weakness in rupee, high inflation and slowdown in growth led to decline in economic confidence in the country in May compared to the earlier month, according to research firm Ipsos. According to the Ipsos Economic Pulse of the World Survey, economic confidence among Indians declined by two points to 70 percent in the month of May as compared to the previous month. It had stood at 72 in April.
June 29, 2012
Former Finance Minister and Congress-led United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee said that he had no regrets for not becoming the Prime Minister of India despite being a strong contender for the Rashtrapati Bhawan in past.
June 29, 2012
Air India, which is operating a curtailed global flight schedule due to the pilots' strike, is likely to reopen international bookings and firm up a fresh operating schedule by this weekend with the help of 130 executive pilots.
June 28, 2012
With Government online networks facing threats from hackers, security of sensitive cyber domains will be reviewed at a high-level meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which will discuss ways to counter such offensives.
June 28, 2012
The Congress Party is trying to HIT back at BJP real hard.
Congress asked BJP to rename itself as Bhrasht (Corrupt) Janta Party after the Opposition party attacked the government over the Adarsh scam and the resignation of Union Minister Virbhadra Singh. "BJP has lost all moral rights to speak on corruption and that is why they have outsourced it to the civil society. The opposition party should look within.
June 28, 2012
In a dramatic victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld the 2010 health care law Thursday, preserving Obama’s landmark legislative achievement.
The majority opinion was written by Chief Justice John Roberts, who held that the law was a valid exercise of Congress’s power to tax.
June 28, 2012
Strategies to bring out-of-school children, most of whom are migrants, under the umbrella of education are being tried out in Gujarat.
ISSUES OF MIGRATION: Children of salt pan workers have it hard.
June 28, 2012
Pakistan released 300 Indian fishermen who were arrested after crossing the indiscernible border into Pakistan. This marks the largest release of prisoners on a single day in Pakistan, which many see as a sign of improved relations.
June28, 2012
A gruesome video released by the Taliban shows 17 heads of Pakistani soldiers who were killed and beheaded in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan. The video obtained from the Pakistani Taliban indicates the domestic and external threat Pakistan faces from militants opposed to the current government.
June 27, 2012
Bollywood star A.R. Rahman has teamed up with American rock artist Liz Phair to write the score for ‘People Like Us’, an Indie film starring Elizabeth Banks and Chris Pine. Despite their musical differences, the duo successfully collaborated to create a piece of music that was a departure for both of them.
