NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The Members of European Parliament along with scholars and academics have strongly criticised the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) while discussing the interrelated legal, geo-strategic, economic and environmental impacts at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday.
They were speaking at a seminar titled "CPEC - East India Company Mark II?" which was organised by the European...
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said trade secrets stolen from an Idaho-based semiconductor company were valued at $8.75 billion. - Alex Brandon/AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned on Wednesday at President Trump’s request, ending the tenure of a loyalist he soured on shortly after Sessions took office in 2017 because the former senator from Alabama...
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Washington DC : United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has approved sanctions exemption for the development of Iran's Chabahar Port, which is related to Afghanistan's economic development and reconstruction assistance.
In a statement, a US State Department spokesperson told ANI, "After extensive consideration, the Secretary (Pompeo) has provided for an exception from the imposition of certain sanctions...
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Amid mounting tension between the Reserve Bank and the finance ministry, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan Tuesday said the central bank is like a seat belt in a car, without which accidents can happen.
Pitching for respecting the institutional autonomy of the RBI, he said the central bank has the liberty to say no if the government pushes...
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 195 for 2 (Rohit 111*, Dhawan 43) beat West Indies 124 for 9 (Bhuvneshwar 2-12) by 71 runs
November 6, 2018: India v West Indies, 2nd T20I, Lucknow After a quiet start, Rohit Sharma regularly hit the ball over the top. - AP
LUCKNOW - Rohit Sharma scored his fourth T20 international century - the...
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
The "black box" flight recorder recovered after a plane crash off Indonesia shows four of the crashed Lion Air jet's flights had problems with the airspeed indicator, investigators have said.
The head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee, Soerjanto Tjahjono, says the "black box" data recorder from the crashed Lion Air jet shows its last four flights all...
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
It's looking like the remodeling boom is starting to fade in the United States - and that slowdown may have implications for home-improvement retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's.
Over the last several years, home-improvement sales have soared. The good times even seeped into US pop culture, as remodeling-oriented reality shows like "Fixer Upper" have become TV juggernauts.
But...
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
Brief Scorecard: India 110 for 5 (Karthik 31*, Krunal 21*, Brathwaite 2-11, Thomas 2-21) beat West Indies 109 for 8 (Allen 27, Kuldeep 3-13) by five wickets
November 4, 2018: India v West Indies, 1st T20I, Kolkata Dinesh Karthik played with a cool head to guide India's chase - AFP
KOLKATA - West Indies' next-gen stars, who...
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
After Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency with a pledge to put “America First,” Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping quickly moved to present himself as a champion of globalization.
Nearly two years later, Xi is locked in a trade war with Trump and hasn’t succeeded in persuading the world that he’s serious about opening the economy quickly. The China...
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
UN ambassador Tanmaya Lal (Image courtesy: Permanent Mission of India to the UN)
Calling terrorism “the worst form of violation of human rights”, India has decried attempts by some countries to prevent a unified international response to the threat.
“Terrorism has emerged as one of the worst forms of violation of human rights... My country has had...
