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...
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
BENGALURU: India is set to touch 1 billion in debit cards. It was a mere 84 million a decade back. Even four years ago, it was less than half of what it is today. This phenomenal growth is because of governments' consistent push towards rural financial inclusion, with schemes such as MNREGA, opening of Jan Dhan accounts,...
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
An exchange shop displays rates for various currencies in downtown Tehran last month. Iran is bracing for the restoration of U.S. sanctions on its vital oil industry set to take effect on Monday, as it grapples with an economic crisis that has sparked sporadic protests over rising prices, corruption and unemployment. - Vahid Salemi/AP
Midnight on Sunday will...
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
LOS LUNAS, N.M. — The tumultuous 2018 midterm campaign, shaped by conflicts over race and identity and punctuated by tragedy, barreled through its final weekend as voters prepared to deliver a verdict on the first half of President Trump’s term, with Republicans bracing for losses in the House and state capitals but hopeful they would prevail in...
