OCTOBER 14, 2019
NEW DELHI - Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's husband Parakala Prabhakar has said that the government is in denial mode about the economic slowdown. In a column for The Hindu, Prabhakar has said that while sector after sector is facing a rather challenging situation, the BJP government is yet to "show signs that it has come to...
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were awarded the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their approach to alleviate global poverty.
Fifty-eight-year-old Banerjee was born in 1961. He studied in Calcutta University’s Presidency College and Jawaharlal Nehru University and then did a PhD from Harvard in 1988.
Duflo, 46, is the second woman to...
OCTOBER 13, 2019
Team India completed another rout under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. India defeated South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in the second Test at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. With this win, Team India also captured the three-match Test series against the Proteas 2-0.
It was an all-round clinical performance by the home team...
OCTOBER 13, 2019
SWEDEN - Melting ice is opening access to new energy resources faster than predicted, prompting a nascent great power struggle in the Arctic as the political and economic map of the world is transformed.
That, at least, is one picture that's being sharply drawn at this weekend’s Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland, a kind of Davos for the...
OCTOBER 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The third branch of government last week offered an assertive restraint on the power of President Donald Trump. And there's likely to be more bad news for Trump from the federal courts system as the US House's impeachment inquiry progresses.
Seven separate federal courts dealt major blows to Trump, on everything from his immigration policy...
OCTOBER 12, 2019
In this photo from July 10, 2018, President Trump is joined by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, second from right, as he arrives at Melsbroek Air Base in Brussels. - Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, intends to tell Congress this week that the content of a...
OCTOBER 12, 2019
NEW DELHI, INDIA - The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and top officials of the finance ministry are working on administrative measures and incentive packages to boost the sluggish economy as the government is “deeply” concerned about the steep fall in key economic parameters besides dwindling revenue collections, three officials aware of the developments have said.
The PMO and...
OCTOBER 12, 2019
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 275 (Maharaj 72, du Plessis 64, Philander 44*, Ashwin 4-69), Yadav 3-37) trail India 601 for 5 dec (Kohli 254*, Agarwal 108, Jadeja 91, Rahane 59, Pujara 58, Rabada 3-93) by 326 runs
PUNE - Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander, the lead spinner and senior seamer of the South African squad, were picked to...
OCTOBER 12, 2019
The two leaders were treated to a sumptuous dinner which had a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies. (Source: Twitter/ RaveeshKumarMEA)
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU - A traditional south Indian spread, confluenced by Tamil and Kerala cuisines, was the theme of the dinner menu prepared for the Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi when the Prime Minister hosted the Chinese...
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 36 for 3 (de Bruyn 20*, Umesh 2-16) trail India 601 for 5 dec (Kohli 254*, Agarwal 108, Jadeja 91, Rahane 59, Pujara 58, Rabada 3-93) by 565 runs
PUNE - On day two of Test two, Virat Kohli and friends just stood there and beat every bit of fight out of a tattered...
